RJ's prognosis.....

Inside of RJ's truck after the accident

Finally able to cuddle with Daddy after the accident !

RJ got to see his truck after the accident before they hauled it away for good !


Gracie being supportive of Daddy with her own bandage on her knee!

The New House !! Of course we need to plant some grass seed in the front yard :)

Well so far I can say that RJ has been in a ton of pain. Everyday for the past 2 weeks he can barely stand for a long amount of time and he has crutches. It is killing him not to be able to play with the girls. He has made it through sitting in the gym watching Alex play in his AAU basketball tournaments, and then he suffers when we get home. He is on pain meds and anti-inflammatory pills. He hates being waited on hand and foot by me.

We were referred to the Orthopedic specialist last week and were sent to physical therapy for 2 weeks. It is really starting to help and RJ is able now to stand and walk very slowly with his crutches on his right leg. They are thinking that there is NO damage to the ligaments or tendens so far, but they also haven't done an MRI yet. One possibility is that he could have a "burst fracture" on the joint surface of the knee. This could require surgery but we just don't know yet. What we do know is that he is off work at least until Tuesday the 8th, and then we will know more. Short term disability is what he is on right now, but it's only 75% of his pay so he is having to use 2 hours of vacation each day to make up for the loss of pay. To start off with his company required that he use 56 hours of vacation before short term would even kick in, so he is almost out of vacation. It's a earn as you work basis for vacation. He has been off work since the accident on February 7th. His work won't let him come back until he is off pain meds and can get up and walk around for more than an hour. It's a lose lose situation right now.

On a positive note : WE MOVED!!!!!!!!!!!

We are now living at 903 Crawford still here in Boone. My cousin moved to Texas and we moved into her house. Our house is still currently on the market for $59,000 and we have had 3 potential buyers look at it in the last week and a half. We are trying to be very optimistic and keeping our fingers crossed.

The new house is all one level. The girls still share a room, we finally have a bedroom and Alex has his room that is also part of the laundry room! The washer and dryer are recessed into their own little nook so it's not actually part of his room. The house is pretty much brand new. My cousin gutted the entire inside and redid the floor plan then put in all new cabinets, appliances. We also now have a garage! We have never had one, or at least one we could park in! It was a process moving, especially since RJ couldn't help. Luckily we kind of had a heads up about it and a couple of weeks ago in January we actually moved more than half of our stuff to her garage to store. Turned out that is just what we needed. My mom and my sisters helped us get the rest of the stuff over in 2 days! Worked out great. The girls are loving it and it is easier to take care of RJ and them at the same time.

We will keep everyone updated on how RJ is doing. It has been very busy for me the past couple of weeks so I haven't been able to post anything until now. I will try to do better as RJ gets better!
Thanks for all the support and love everyone has shown since the accident! It's means so much to us!!

A miracle.....

Yesterday morning I was woken up to a phone call from one of RJ's co-workers. He said "Sarajane, this is Al Thompson and I work with RJ, there's been an accident and he's hurt pretty bad". Instantly I was panicked and scared all at the same time. He said he had been in a head on accident on the way to work and I needed to get to the hospital. He said he was concious but they didn't know how bad he was yet. Of course I beat them to the hospital. After what seemed like forever they finally brought him in and after a bit I was able to see him. His Mom and I went back and he was lying on the bed with blood running down his nose/chin. They had a neck brace on him and he was still secured to the back board. He saw us crying and he started crying. He said he was so scared and he was hurting really bad. I was never so glad to kiss him or hold his hand. After lots of tests it turned out he has a broken nose, broken ribs, and a right knee/leg that was too swollen yet to tell what was wrong with it. After a couple of hours they sent him home. He is sooo sore today. He is on pain meds and lots of ice packs/heating pads.

I just can't stop thinking about what could have happend. We are so lucky that he is alive and still with us. It really was a miracle. The girl that hit him ended up with only a broken toe, she was very lucky as well. Both vehicles are totaled, but the only thing that matters is they are ok.

She had lost control on an icy patch of the road and when she over corrected she ended up in RJ's lane. Complete accident, but so lucky................

Good things in 2011.........

I am so hopefull that this year is going to be great. We are getting our ducks in a row in every aspect of our lives. Here's what going on in our world,,,

Gracie loves to watch "Malcom Duke" aka Marmaduke. It's her new favorite movie. Little does she know that her cousin Liam left it at our house and is going to want it back soon... :(

Lucie is into everything she possibly can be. Trying to say words, but just can't get them out yet. There was one day that she said "I love you" twice, and I have it recorded to prove it. Since then nothing. Oh well.

Alex finished his last official basketball game as a 7th grader yesterday. Unfortunately RJ was stuck in class for work in Des Moines and I was home with Gracie who has ear infection so we couldn't make it. They lost their game, but this season has been great. He is now playing AAU again this month. His grades are looking better and just in time. He has several tournaments this month and next and is very excited about them. We think basketball is definetly his sport. We were a little sad to hear that he isn't playing baseball this summer, it would have been his first year in Baberuth. But he doesn't want to and that will give us more time to fish and camp and actually do some fun stuff rather than sit at the ball park all week and weekend long. (I still love to do that:) )

Our friends " The Woods' " turned us onto a great new game of "Mexican Trains Dominoes". We have been playing it every weekend and in our spare time. We love it.

We can't wait to see our friends "The Larsons' " sometime soon. We were crazy busy last weekend when we were supposed to get together and we ended up canceling, SORRY GUYS.
They are most gracious enough to help us with setting up a budget which we so desperatly need. Hopefully we can find time to see eachother again soon, we haven't seen Ellie walk yet and she is trucking all over the place!

As for RJ and I, we are still having fun raising our beautiful children. This year we will be looking forward to Gracie turning 3, Lucie turning 2 and that's right Alex will be 14. We still can't believe how much they have all grown so fast. Alex was 4 when RJ and I started dating. It's crazy.

Well that's enough about us, as Gracie say's "Mom you have to go to work to make money", so here I go....................