B+C+B+C+B+C: Stitches out!

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Stitches out!

I'm finally free of the "spiders" tied into my knee (that's what Brianna calls them). I got them all removed today. Sadly, I still have to keep my right leg straight all the time until I go through physical therapy for gradual mobility. Apparently the tendon fibers could tear more if I go too fast. I see the Orthopedic guy tomorrow, which means another appointment I have to carefully orchestrate so all my kids are taken care of and someone chauffeurs me. I'm really grateful to my fabulous friend Lisa for sitting in the car today with the babies while these sutures were removed. When I hobbled back to the car today this is how I found her:

Poor girl - juggling two babies, trying to keep them happy, while attempting to read her Hunger Games book. I wish I could read it too - everyone says it's so good. But I literally - LITERALLY - cannot keep my eyes open and focused long enough to do any real reading. And I probably wouldn't retain anything I read. This sleep deprivation is getting to me. Where's the light at the end of the tunnel?!?! I don't see it yet.

7 comments:

Unknown said...: Wait, gradual mobility? didn't you just post about putting your shoes on for your first post-natal run? How exactly does one run without bending one's knees?

On another note, you should totally sign up for Amazon Mom from amazon.com. You get the 30% off diapers and wipes (and anything else in their "baby store") PLUS free Amazon prime (free 2 day shipping) for 3-12 months!!!

And one more thing - thanks for the middle of the night reading material. Your posts are funny enough for me to keep my eyes open, for an entire post at a time...not long enough to comment, but I'll take what I can get!; September 8, 2010 at 9:20 PM
chelsea mckell said...: Keish - timeline check: the accident happened 3 weeks postnatal. I got 4 good runs in before crashing. That photo was taken a few days before my demise.
I'll totally check out the Amazon deal - we went through 600 diapers in 5 weeks - I need all the discounts I can get!
Glad you enjoy my blog. That makes me happy. The posts will either get funnier or stupider as I continue to sacrifice shuteye. I really wish you could come help me Babywise train my babies. I know you're good at it.; September 8, 2010 at 9:31 PM
Holly said...: Hey Chelsea! Congrats on the babies! I'm so happy for you. On the other hand sorry about your injury...I hope you recover quickly. I can't imagine how you're coping with the children and an injury but, you're amazing...I have not doubt you will have it all conquered in no time. Sleep...who needs sleep lol.

Thanks for the comments on my blog. I need all the encouragement I can get.

By the way, when you get a chance and aren't exhausted...The Hunger Games series is really good. Hope to read the last one, Mocking Jay, soon.

Take care!; September 9, 2010 at 4:58 AM
Jordan and Crystal said...: glad you have such good friends! Just caught up reading your birth story! You amaze me....a run before your c-section. I love it. Hope things heal quickly! remember how its almost been 10 years since we graduated high school? thats weird. Rob and I were talking about a 10 year reunion....ha ha...not sure if I would be able to go..but you never know.; September 9, 2010 at 6:57 AM
Unknown said...: Thanks for the timeline check. I was picturing you trying to run without bending the knee. A rather funny image if you ask me.

I wouldn't say I'm good at Babywise training, it's more that I'm desperate for sleep! Living with another nursing mom and newborns, would at least mean we'd have company in the middle of the night. Hang in there, it's gonna get eas*ier real soon!; September 9, 2010 at 7:44 PM
Misty said...: Hum the light at the end of the tunnel... For me it didn't come until 4 months. Thats when I started feeling like a human being again and not like a walking zombie. Sleep came in longer increments and I enjoyed meals and showers again. Sorry, hope that doesn't make things worse :)
P.S. Hope you don't mind my reading/posting on your blog - I'm so glad to know another local twin mom!; September 9, 2010 at 9:04 PM
Lisa-Lou-Who said...: Oh you really must black out my horrible scowling face in that picture! I look awful! Those babies wer JUST fine and they were sleeping peacefully. It was no big deal. I look like I am about to die but really it wasn't that bad. Seriously.; September 10, 2010 at 10:03 AM

Quotes I want to remember

"The Lord knows our bearing capacity, both as to coping and to comprehending, and He will not give us more to bear than we can manage at the moment, though to us it may seem otherwise. Just as no temptations will come to us from which we cannot escape or which we cannot bear, we will not be given more trials than we can sustain."
- Neal A. Maxwell

"It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters. We become enamored with men's theories such as the idea of preschool training outside the home for young children. Not only does this put added pressure on the budget, but it places young children in an environment away from mother's influence."
-Ezra Taft Benson

“Perhaps there has never been a time when we had greater need to pray and to teach our family members to pray. Prayer is a defense against temptation. It is through earnest and heartfelt prayer that we can receive the needed blessings and the support required to make our way in this sometimes difficult and challenging journey we call mortality.”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Live the gospel as conspicuously as you can. Keep the covenants your children know you have made. And bear your testimony! Don’t just assume your children will somehow get the drift of your beliefs on their own.
-Jeffrey R. Holland

"We hold in our arms the rising generation. They come to this earth with important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. We cannot be casual in how we prepare them. Our challenge as parents and teachers is not to create a spiritual core in their souls but rather to fan the flame of their spiritual core already aglow with the fire of their premortal faith."
-Neil L. Andersen

"Certainly there are times when getting the family together to read the scriptures does not stack up as a spiritual experience worthy of a journal entry. But we must not be deterred. There are special times when the spirit of a son or daughter is just right and the power of these great scriptures goes down into their heart like fire. As we honor our Heavenly Father in our homes, He will honor our efforts."
-Neil L. Andersen

President Hinckley admonished both men and women to be nurturers. He said, ‘How much more beautiful would be the society in which we live if every father . . . and . . . mother regarded [their] children . . . as gifts from the God of heaven . . . and brought them up with true affection in the wisdom and admonition of the Lord.’ ”
-Susan W. Tanner

"Children are like trees. When they are young, their lives can be shaped and directed, usually with ever so little effort. Said the writer of Proverbs, 'Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it' (22:6). That training finds its roots in the home. There will be little of help from other sources. Do not depend on government to help in this darkening situation. Barbara Bush, wife of former U.S. president George Bush, spoke wisely: 'Your success as a family, our success as society, depends not on what happens at the White House, but on what happens inside your house.' "
-Gordon B. Hinckley

“I give counsel to husbands and wives. Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to make your companion’s joy your own. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and soften the sorrows of your companion.”
-Henry B. Eyring

“Reverent behavior is not a natural tendency for most children. It is a quality that is taught by parents and leaders through example and training. But remember, if reverence is rooted in love, so is the teaching of it. Harshness in our training begets resentment, not reverence.”
-Margaret S. Lifferth

"There is no one perfect way to be a good mother. Each situation is unique. Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children. What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else."
- M. Russell Ballard

“As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure. Are our examples worthy of emulation? Do we live in such a way that a son or a daughter may say, ‘I want to follow my dad,’ or ‘I want to be like my mother’?”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Security for our families comes from learning self-control, avoiding the excesses of this world, and being temperate in all things.”
-Kent D. Watson

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Stitches out!

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