NO MORE TORTURE PLEASE!!

Well, today was the day we had to take Ammon to Sunrise Hospital In Las Vegas to get a test on his kidneys. The test is called a Mag 3 Renal Scan. Anyway, we were told he needed to be well hydrated and sleep deprived when we got there. He doesn't take a bottle, he won't even suck on it, no way no how, so we kept giving him water through a medicine dropper on the drive down to Vegas. He did pretty good staying awake, I stayed in the back and played with him and stuff. By the time we got to Vegas he was done, he was sooooo ready to fall asleep, but we kept him awake and he was not happy. We finally got to the hospital and had to go to admitting and get all set up and then we made our way to Radiology. The nurse in Radiology was very good and so nice. She explained everything to us and we were ready. He needed to get an IV because they would be putting radioactive fluid in his body and the camera could watch everything that was going on with his kidneys. So, the pediatric nurse came in to do the IV and Cathider :( it all went haywire from there. She was one of the top nurses that do IV's on little babies all the time, but it was not working on Ammon. She tried the IV in his foot. It looked like she was in the vein but blood was not coming out. She tried for a minute and still it was not working. So, she took it out and found a good vein on the other foot. Poked my poor baby again, blood was coming this time and they started to thread the tube on and it wasn't flowing, it wasn't working again. So, they pulled it out again. My poor baby was already screaming by this time. They called the other top nurse in pediatrics and she tried in each hand, still not working. They then called on other departments IV people and the pediatrics Boss man. Nobody could do it. My poor baby. After the fifth time of getting poked they gave us a break and told me to nurse him. I nursed him and his little body was just shaking and shaking. I almost broke down right there and started crying, but I held it in. They tried 3 more times after that. One nurse who did it kept prodding the vein, she first stuck it in and then it wasn't working, so she pulled it slightly out and then put it in a different part of the vein, she kept doing that pulling out slightly and then putting it in, I seriously wanted to slap her! Sorry! 8 IV tries all together, 2 in each hand, 2 in each foot and they still couldn't do it. After calling all the different departments and then they called the "IV team." The Radiology nurse told us if we wanted to be done we could just come back a different day. She gave us a minute to talk about it and I just held my little Ammon and tried to calm him and tell him it was going to be okay. After 3 hours of this craziness, he fell asleep on my shoulder exhausted. Artie and I discussed for a minute what to do, if we should have the "IV team" give it a shot one more time or just call it a day! Ammon fell asleep exhausted on my shoulder and I said, no more! I couldn't let them do it again! I really didn't want to have to say that we'll come back again to try, but I really didn't want to put him through anymore. I wish we could just get the results of the test and know whats going on with his kidneys... I'm really not sure what to do, I don't wanna go back and do that again! But we really need to do this test! As we put our Ammon into the carseat to head home he woke for just a minute and started to cry in a panic, he probably thought we were laying him back on that table so they could strap him down and try again. :( My poor little guy, I so wish I could have gone through all of that for him, I wish they could have poked me 8 times instead of him. I wish he really knew how much we hate to see him go through all of this and want him to be comforted and be okay. I hope he knows we don't want him to hurt. My heart just hurts so much! I'm not looking forward to next time!

What a WEEkEnD!

Friday the kids and I and a couple of my cousins, Danyel & Celeste, and their kids went to have fun at the Splash Park. It's always fun each time we go there. The kids have a BLAST and this time Ammon actually liked the water splashing on him. I forgot my camera so thanks Danyel for giving me these pics!

Saturday I went to my sister in law, Rocki's baby shower. We are so excited to see this little Shaner Baby Boy and FiNaLLy the kids will have a cousin on the Shaner side! And of course I always love making some fun homemade items to give, especially for baby showers! I wasn't really feeling so good when I woke up saturday, a little nausea and very tired (NO I'm not PrEgO people, don't worry! :D) But, the day continued and we had plans later that night with some friends for a BBQ and swimming! (of course I forgot the camera again :( We had a great time despite the fact that I wasn't feeling so great! Ammon is officially our little Fishy! He loves the water and kicked & kicked and was so excited the whole time. But, the fun stopped there, later on I had a slight fever and I just wanted to go to bed. I woke up in the middle of the night having to throw up A LOT! Yucky! So, I stayed home from church today and My sweet "Mama's Boy" Ammon and I are just hanging out at home while I try to feel better and Artie and the kids are off visiting family. I sure hope this passes soon and I really hope nobody else in the fam starts feeling this way, especially Ammon, he has plenty to go through this week with his tests on Friday at Sunrise Hospital. Anyway, that's my great weekend, fun but not! Wish me a better week!

An update on our sweet Ammon

So, every 6 months for now Ammon has to have an ultrasound on his kidneys. So, he just got one here at the hospital and then we took the film from the Ultrasound down to Vegas to the Pediatric Uroligist. On the ultrasound it showed that the Pelvic Kidney has not grown much and it is half the size of the other kidney. The Pelvic Kidney also has something attached to it that could be a cyst or it could be that the ureter tube is enlarged there. The cyst looking thing was just as big as the Kidney. So, we have to go down to Sunrise Hospital in Vegas and have more tests... we'll be doing that June 27th. So, our little Ammon will have to have an IV :( and have medicine put into his body and a camera machine thing will scan his body for about 45 minutes and will be able to watch the medicine in his body and it will be able to tell us also what his kidneys are doing exactly. It will also be able to tell us how much work each kidney is doing and if the cyst or whatever it is, is creating some sort of blockage and not letting the pelvic kidney function properly. We will be able to know how much work each kidney is doing whether the left is doing 70% and the right is doing 30% or if the left is doing the whole 100%. Hopefully it all goes well. We'll keep you updated! **Note to self- As Ammon get's older he cannot have soda pop, no added salt, Acidy things, no large amounts of protein. Basically a very well balanced diet with NO POP OR ADDED SALT!

A time to Celebrate!

My niece, Jessica, got married last friday. Yes, I have a niece that is old enough to be married.. a little crazy I know. I have 2 nieces and 2 nephews that are now married. It's crazy! Anyway, It was a great day. The Temple ceremony was awesome as always! While we congratulated the happy couple afterwards Jessica gave me the biggest hug and said how I was the one she always looked up to....aaaaahhhhhh..... If she only new how much I actually look up to her! Even though she is younger than me, I look up to her. She has always had such a strong testimony of the gospel and I'm so glad my girls get to have an example like her (& many others) to look up to and I'm glad they were able to be there to watch her come out of the Temple.

The Flower GirlsAshlyn was so not happy... she was tired and hungry and
not happy in any pictures during the day.....

Then it was time to PARTY!!!!

After a nap and some food (& the chocolate fountain)....Ashlyn was much happier at the reception! :)

The girls DANCED the night away.....

I Love watching Ashlyn Dance.... she is my little ballerina, she loves to do all kinds of spins...

Alley kept finding new and random dance partners... she's too funny!

Mommy & Ammon

Then the girls and I did the LIMBO

We had a blast... by the end of the night Ashlyn was sooooo tired and crying that she wanted to go home and Alley was crying that she wanted to stay....haha... Alley said she wanted to "stay and watch them open their presents." Every party has to have presents right....haha.. so the reception was pretty much over and Jessica let Alley open 2 presents. We had so much fun and it's always fun to hang out with family! Congratulations Jessica & Jared!

The FRO has FiNAlly Fallen!

just having some fun with this crazy hair


aaahhhhh... so handsome!

I think Ammon's hair is finally down for good... no more crazy fro, except for when he wakes up in the morning... :) But, it is now finally controllable! He looks so different to me with his hair down and combed... it's too funny! It got so long I think that it weighed itself down. I actually cut the sides just a little because they were just hanging way down over his ears... and now it looks a lot better. How sad is that, that a 6 month old needs a haircut.... hahaha! He's just so fun and too cute! We love him so much!

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