Short Hannah Update

I realized that I have not been very good about updating this blog on how Hannah is doing. She has had a lot going on the last two months. I have been good about notes on facebook but have neglected this site, due to a busy schedule. Hannah has not had the best of healthy over the past few months. It seems that she gets over one thing and then starts into something new. Over the last 6 to 8 weeks she has been on 4 different antibiotics, and been diagnosed with three different illnesses. Hannah has always been highly susceptible to illnesses in the past but has never gotten sick so repeatedly. We had to cancel our trip for thanksgiving because Hannah had pneumonia and had to receive shots over the course of a few days. This illness hit her fairly hard and since then her lungs are having a hard time recovering. We had a visit with her Allergy- Asthma specialist today and he is concerned that her lung are worsening. He ordered a chest xray and some lab work today and I will be meeting with him in January to discuss the findings. Hannah will be staying on an oral medicine for now for her lungs along with her inhaler and breathing treatments- as needed. One of his concerns is that Hannah is not able to fight illness lately and a few of the test will be looking at her immune system to make sure it is doing what it should be doing. I have faith that she is going to be just fine but that the doctors want to be extra carefully when caring for Hannah. Hannah also has another stomach emptying study in about two weeks to take another look at her stomach to see if she has made any progress with her food digestion. We will be meeting with her GI specialist in January as well to go over those results. Hannah looks great at this point, from a plain eye view, she is happy and very, very active. She has yet to let being sick slow her down much. I ask that Hannah be kept in prayers that the doctors will continue to see what needs to be done and be able to do it. I will be better about posting updates as they come available and if anyone ever has any questions or suggestions please never hesitate to call our home. you can email me if you would like as well, I check email often. -Karen

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!!
We just wanted to take a moment and wish everyone a Merry Christmas. This year has been very busy for us and the month of December proves to be nothing short of very busy. I am not going to be able to get a Christmas card out so this will have to do this year. We grow in so many ways each year and look forward to 2010 and the adventures it holds for us!
The Nelson's

Pictures.. some older than others but I just found them :)

I know I am off by a couple of months but I did get them up and that counts right?

Never again will I agree to "help" carve pumpkins.. those patterns are NOT easy!

Hannah and her crazy hair

Micah at one of his football games.. I love that smile!!

I recently found the camera that had some other pictures of our travels this summer. this one was my favorite for two reasons, it has all the cousins squished onto a couch after having torchered them plenty with a photo shoot before this and that the child screaming is not mine.. (sorry Linsey but it is nice to have it not be mine for once :) All the children had there moment to complain..

I will I will

I promise to update with pictures soon.. I have been crazy busy with school, the children's school, and sick family. Everyone is starting to feel better and I am supper happy about that one. I also hurt my back about a month ago and after lots of continuous pain went in and found that either my tail bone is broken or I have a bulging disk in my lower back. The doctor is leaning toward the second but both have the same strategy, physical therapy. I was told in may be awhile before I feel back to normal.. sigh! We will be heading to Portland, Oregon for Thanksgiving to spend it with my Brother Ray and his family. We are very excited to see them it has been a long long time!
We have a new addition to our family.. not a child but a newer car. Our Dodge Caravan was a great vehicle but it finally gave up and was going to cost to much money to repair for how old it was. We were very blessed to find a great deal from a local car dealership and now are proud owners of a 2005 Chevy Uplander. It has low miles and I think it will be a good car for us. After some finagling I also got them to throw in a warranty for 36,000 miles... which is great. I hate having a car payment again but at least we have a dependable car.
We got to take our first trip in it to Seattle for Halloween. Trent had a work training up there for a week so the kids and I drove up at the end of the week to spend some time with family. We went Trick or Treating with Steve and the kids, it was way fun and the kids got plenty of candy. I knew we were in a nice part of town when I went through the kids candy and found a lot of organic candy.. too funny! I was able to see most of my family that lived there with the exception of my Sister Krista and her family. They were sick with the flu and stayed away.. thank you!
Pics to come.. I know word are boring, but I wanted to make sure you new we were all doing well and no one has gone missing :)

Flag football

Micah is the one with the red pants with the strip down the side.

Yeah that is rain

We have had so much fun with flag football this year. They were short coaches so I was nice enough to volunteer Trent and his close friend Dave to coach for our boys team. Micah is loving having his father as his coach and out team this year is doing a great job of learning plays, growing in skill and having a great time. I finally took my small camera and was able to get some pictures. I admit they did not turn out well and I plan to fix it with bringing a better camera tomorrow.
tonight was especially crazy due to a sudden pore of rain... This is probably one of the hardest teams we have played.. the first time they stomped us but this time we held our own and lost by very little. We have won a few games, tied a few games and lost a few games. But in the end we have had many coaches commend our boys on skill and sportsmanship- which is so much cooler! Trent even said tonight he never knew he would have this much fun (Like I said, I volunteered him :)

looking up

Hannah is doing so well today. It looks like she is going to come out of this fairly fast now that she had that IV fluid. She was playful and happy most of the day... whinny towards the end but she is two and all.

Say a little prayer

It is weeks like these that remind me how fragile Hannah can be when it comes to illness. Hannah has had the stomach flu for 6 days. Because she already has stomach issues this was a hit to her system. She has been sick for so many days and lost so much in the way of fluids that yesterday she had to endure a battery of test, blood draws and x-rays to make sure we are not missing something. The test came back "OK" but Hannah was on a really close watch today. This afternoon Hannah would not stop crying, I realized that she was no longer making tears.. this was a bad sign since it had already been two days since a wet diaper.. ( only diarrhea) I got a hold of her doctor and quickly took her to the ER for rapid fluids through IV. I was able to take her home after 4 hours in the ER, but only because at the end of the IV she finally went potty in her diaper. I am so grateful we are home tonight and she and I get to sleep in our beds. The doctor left instructions that I am to call in the morning and report on how she is doing.
I am asking for prayers. I pray that the lord can help our family through this and that Hannah will recover now that she has had fluids put back into her. I pray that Trent and I can find patience for each other and our children as we are very sleep deprived and worried for Hannah. I hope that Hannah's recovery is quick and that it is full. I want to see my little ray of sun running around and getting into things again. I hope that again, our children understand we love them all this much but are just worried about Hannah.
I will keep you all updated. I know she will get better and I just hope it is sooner rather than later.
Thank you
Karen