Healing

Sam is doing well. Sleeping through the night and only a few doses of pain medication over the last few days. And thankfully for all of us, the awful post-surgery halitosis is gone! Whew! I know he wondered why I was constantly putting my hand over my nose when he came near me. Poor fella. He is still swallowing hard now and then, mostly when he tries to eat, but the progress is clear. We go back for his 2-week post-op visit tomorrow, and he is wondering if John will get his tonsils out too...I hope not!

I have been doing a lot of experimentation with beads in the last few days, and a few special orders, so not much to show yet. The weather turned much cooler today so I will be out there later, hopefully making some beads for auction. Stay tuned!

A Long Week

So we're at Day 5-6 after the T&A surgery...where the doctor said it would be the worst before it starts getting better. I have to concur. Sam was up three times last night, each time unable to continue sleeping because of the pain. Thankfully he got back to sleep once the meds kicked in.

Today has been rough, for sure. He hates the taste of the pain killer, I don't blame him. Unfortunately he waits until he is in A LOT of pain before he'll take it, and then it's not as effective.

I was able to get some beads made over the weekend, and they're on eBay tonight, auctions ending Saturday. I got a request for earring pairs, something I rarely do...but it was fun.

Tonsillectomy

Our older son went for a T&A this morning...poor fella...he is hungry but too miserable to eat. Even the chocolate milkshake, his very favorite, was too painful. He seems to be resting comfortably, though, when he is not trying to eat.

He took Monkey with him and when we went into the recovery room, we saw that Monkey was all bandaged up around the neck...turns out they took out his tonsils as well.

New Auctions

Busy weekend to make up for the lost time at the beach! I had a lot of fun with these...




Click any of the images to go to my seller's page on eBay.

Pictures from Edisto

These are a few of my favorites. I am posting pictures instead of being out in the bead shack, where it is wayyyy too hot to make beads right now...my car said 100+ yesterday and today. Last night I went out there and made 1 bead and decided to pack it in...ugh!

And last but not least, the "That's Enough Mommy" look from Sam...



P.S. I saved these all out at 600 x 400 so I've no idea why some are showing up so large when you click on them...

Back from the Beach

We are back, although not really back into the swing of things! I took a long nap yesterday while the boys went to Bass Pro, so I missed my beadmaking time completely...it was painfully hot out there, so I don't know how long I would have lasted anyway.

Today I want to get a few pictures posted...I took about a million of the little ones on the beach, so many that Sam finally had to tell me, "That's enough pictures, Mommy."