Overflowing

Friday Avarie, went and had steroid injections in her ankles. They put her under anesthesia for it. They said it could take 1-3 days to fully work. Today is day 2 and we are seeing some improvement, although it is slow. They also said that the steroids could cause some mood swings, like extreme grumpiness, which if you look at the pictures below you can get a glimpse that that one is true. They listed a lot of potential side effects, so far the emotion one is the only one we have noticed. She stood a couple of times yesterday and today we are working on her starting to walk, she has walked a little this morning, but most times she starts crying saying it hurts, so we're not pushing it too hard. Although I did tell her that I would not carry her any more today, so she crawls and then carefully gets her self up on things. I think she is a little scared to walk just yet, but I can tell that it does still hurt her a little, and it is still swollen, its not as swollen though.

Her Grandma Giles gave her this little pink kitty to help her through the procedure. Then when she woke up she was nauseous and threw up on it. We then went and picked up the rest of the kids from my sister in law Rachelle's house, it was the first time I have left the baby that long, almost 3 hours and he did really well. I noticed that my car was acting up, and the battery light was on, but Avarie was so sick and they wanted her to take it easy all day and so I attempted to try to get her home. I thought if I could just get home the car could then die if it wanted. Unfortunately, we didn't make it. We broke down on the freeway. I was able to coast off at the Powell Blvd. exit, where I died in the
middle of the road. I have no cell phone right now and I couldn't get out and walk with Avarie, and the baby and two other children. So I sat and waved cars around me trying to figure out what I was going to do, when a really nice man stopped and pushed my car with his truck around the corner and up the street to a safe place to park. Then he let me use his cell phone to call my sister in law Rachelle. She came and picked me and the kids up and drove us all the way home. She had a million things to do that day, they are in the middle of moving, and her son had a birthday party that he then skipped all to take us home. I am so grateful that I have such a wonderful


family that would do so much for us and not even think twice about it. Turns out that the alternator went bad. We just put a new one in about a year ago and it is under warranty so Monday they are replacing it and my brother in law is putting it in for us. Again a wonderful family to give up his Saturday night to tow our van to his work and then Monday he is going to install the alternator.
Then that night I was suppose to be getting ready for a garage sale on Saturday that I needed to have, but I was so exhausted from the day I didn't know how I was going to get ready for it, until my sister in law Becky called and offered to come over and help me. She showed up and stayed until everything was priced and ready. My mind was so shut down that that was quite a task for her to keep me focused. The garage sale was a success and another wonderful sign of my family, my sister in law Rachel and my brother Ryan came over to shop at my garage sale, but ended up bringing us lunch and cleaning my kitchen for me.
I can not say thank you enough to everyone for all of their wonderful help. I would never have made it through this weekend with out all the help. This weekend was definitely one of those times when my plate was overflowing and I am so grateful to have loved ones that are willing to help with the overflow. Thank you, everyone.