Cramping+ Nausea+Pain = Surgery

Monday morning, August 6, Kayden and I got up and had a yummy breakfast.  We had a fun adventure planned.  I had to get a new Military ID because mine was expired.  So Kayden and I headed out the door around 10am to travel 2 hours to Yakima, WA.  About 20 minutes into the drive Kayden told me his tummy hurt.  He said he was cramping.  I thought he needed to make a BM.  So I stopped at the next rest stop.  Kayden said his tummy was a little better, but not much. I gave him 2 tylenol to help with the pain.  We continued on our way.  We got to Yakima Training Center around 12:15pm. Went inside to get my ID and just as we were ready to take my picture the computers went down.  It took about 30 minutes to fix them.  Kayden was really uncomfortable.  Lots and lots of cramping.  I suggested he go to the bathroom again.  We finally got finished with my ID card.  We went back to the car and I got out the yummy picnic lunch we had packed.  I had Kayden eat some.  He didn't want to eat.  He was now feeling nauseated.  His pain was a 5-6/10.  I was like okay lets head home.  We were going to do some other things in Yakima but  decided we better get him home. Kayden was pretty miserable all the way home. He was just laying down as best as he could in the car with his seat belt on. He was just kind of out of it.  When we got home, he curled up on the couch and said his pain was now an 8/10. I gave him some Ibuprofen and called his Doctor. (Dr. Milnes) to see if he had any openings this afternoon.  I thought it could possibly be appendicitis but wasn't' sure because the only sign Kayden had was the pain on his right side and the nausea.  He had not thrown up and did not have a fever.  They told us to get him down to the ER.  So off to Central Washington Hospital we go.  We got to the hospital around 3:30pm the hospital was kind of full.  The waiting room was full of people.  They took Kayden's vitals and told us to have a seat in the waiting room.  I was like humm they must not think this is too bad they are making us wait.  I have always gone straight back to a room.  So I was doubting the appendicitis.  We waited for about an hour and half.  Kayden was still miserable.  He was just laying on my lap and moaning.  He was in a lot of pain. There was this guy sitting across from us and kept asking Kayden questions and making comments, "Man, you don't look so good."  "What's wrong?" Kayden told him his tummy hurt a lot.  The guy said, "Don't you know you are suppose to get sick during school not during the Summer?  This made Kayden smile.  This guy was so sweet and really helped take Kayden's mind off all the pain.  The nurse came out and told Kayden they needed to take his vitals again.  When Kayden stood up, he turned white and weak in the knees.  They didn't even have a wheel chair for kayden let a lone a bed.  His vitals were off the charts.  He was so pale and he felt like he was going to throw up.  The immidetly started an IV right there in the middle of the ER waiting room they also took 4 vials of blood. Gave Kayden some Zophran for nausia.  I asked if Kayden could get some pain meds.  They said that they would have to talk to the DR. The ultrasound tech came to get Kayden with her own wheel chair to take Kayden to ultrasound.  She helped Kayden get on the bed and Kayden was wincing he was still in so much pain.  She started to push the probe on his belly and he was asking her to please stop touching.  I asked her if there was anyway she could wait until he had some pain meds?  She said it helps her know what hurts. The ER Doctor came into the ultrasound room and did a little exam and said he would bet money Kayden had appendicitis.  Sure enough the ultrasound Tech and Dr. were like Yep there it is.  Then the Radioligist came in and said what the Tech and ER Doctor said.  Yes, indeed he had appendicitis.  So the Doctor said that the surgeon would be coming to talk to us.  The ultrasound tech took us back to the ER in the bed Kayden was in because they still didn't have any beds or rooms availiable.  So they put Kayden in the hall and put a curtain around him.  So he were are in the middle of the ER room.  CRAZY!!!  Dr. Thomas R. Tuszynski came and talked to Kayden.  He was the General surgen called to take on Kayden's case.  He had a student Dr with him.  (I cant' remember her name?) they both examined Kayden and asked a lot of questions.  Dr. Tusznski said they were going to bump some surgeries to get Kayden in ASAP.  He had to make a couple phone calls.  Turns out Kayden would be having surgery in about 1 1/2  hours. They gave Kayden some morphine to help with the pain then sent us up to our room on the second floor. We were answering a bunch of questions.  They were trying to get a urine sample for Kayden because the ER said they had collected one when they indeed had not.  Well the problem was Kayden was in so much pain 12/10 he was having a hard time breathing and he kept saying his lungs hurt.  There was no way he was moving let alone peeing; the pain continued to get worse and worse. At this point, I crawled into bed with Kayden to hold him as he was crying.  I have never witnessed my child in so much pain and it was unbearable.  It really was so horrible.  I was praying that I could take away Kayden's pain. I asked Jeremy to give Kayden a father's blessing.  It was so nice to have Jeremy there and the power of the priesthood filled Kayden's hospital room.  Kayden was able to calm down a little and I just continued to hold him and Jeremy said an amazing blessing of comfort, healing, and blessing the Doctor about to operate on Kayden.  When the blessing was over, we only had to wait 5 more minutes then they wheeled Kayden and I down to the Operating Room.  The guy took us the long way so we could stay together a little longer.  He didn't want to pass any red lines.  That was super nice.  So we got to stay with Kayden until the very last moment.  Kayden's surgery was only 45 minutes.  Dr. Tuszynski was able to do it laperscopic and everything went better then we could have ever hoped.  Kayden spent the night in the hospital and was dischared Tuesday around 11am.  Kayden has done so well recovering.  He only took two doses of Narcotics.  He has managed the pain with tylenol and Ibuprofen.  He is a trooper and is healing well.  Thank you to all who prayed, called, and visited Kayden.  We love  you all so much.  Thanks to our Heavenly Father who blessed us with the healing power and strength to make it through this trial.  Kayden we love you so much and we are so happy you are healing and doing so much better.  I hope we never have to experience that pain again. 

*Note the following pictures were taken with my phone.  They are not the best quality.  And all of them have Kayden's approval.  He picked the ones he wanted on the blog.*

Kayden in the ER Waiting to see his surgeon Dr. Tuszynski

Kayden right after Surgery.  Yes, I would say he looks sleepy!!!

Kayden doing his breathing treatment.  Have to make sure our lungs are clear.

It was really nice Kayden asked Dr. Tuszynski if he would take a picture.  Dr. Tusynski said he would do his best to remember.  Sometimes they are in a hurray and forget to take a picture.  But Dr. Tuszynski not only took one but two pictures. Here is the Angry Appendix.  It's suppose to be half that size and pink (Not RED and Big like that)

Sleep tight Kayden.  (At least one of us got sleep)

Here are the three little incisions.  The one by the belly button is a bit bigger than the other two.

Kayden loved pushing the "NURSE" button.  He thought that was great.  They helped him with everything.  When we came home from the hospital Kayden said, Hey, Mom I need my nurse button back."  LOL

Kayden up and about.  He has been walking had breakfast and going to the bathroom by himself.  They will be letting us go in a couple hours.  YEAH!!!!

Kayden is home and doing great!!!!! 

Bastianclan has gone Whole Foods

July 10th we (or Tina) decided we as a family were  going to only eat a "whole foods" diet.  What is a whole foods diet? The Webster dictionary definition- Whole foods are foods that are unprocessed and unrefined, or processed and refined as little as possible, before being consumed. Whole foods typically do not contain added ingredients.
Now let me tell you we are only about 80% whole foods.  (As of now) We (or Jeremy) has somethings he would like to keep.  Aka chocolate chips, Ketchup, Jello etc.  Baby steps.   We did however get rid of about 4 boxes of food.  Crazy!!!  We had little to no sugar.  It's definitely harder than I originally thought it would be.  It's crazy how much sugar we really eat.  I mean just in our peanut butter, or muffins.  Even though I made muffins from scratch I still added sugar.  Well, now I just use the fruit to sweeten the muffins.  It's crazy.  The peanut butter tastes so different.  We have a lot to get use to.  I have always cooked from scratch, but now I am taking it to another level.  I virtually make everything from scratch now. Bread, tortilla's, Jams, Granola, Yogurt, Snacks, Smoothies, Popsicle, treats, Nut butters etc. When we buy items we try to get items with no more then 5 ingredients.  It doesn't always work but we try :-)

For our 14 Anniversary Jeremy got me this Red Blendtec Blender.  I love it sooooo much.  It really helps me with this new lifestyle.  It helps make my yummy "Green Smoothies" Fruit smoothies, nut butters, etc.  This is a life saver.  So worth every penny.

 Probably my favorite website so far is http://www.100daysofrealfood.com/
Lisa Leake is my new "Hero".  She not only took this challenge to feed her family for 100 days on nothing but "Whole Foods" but she has a lot of wonderful tried and true recipes.  I have already made 20%  of her recipes.  YUMMY!!!!  Reading Lisa's Blog really got me on the whole foods Band Wagon.  Thanks so much Lisa.
Lisa, listed a couple books she has read and loved.  I checked them all out at the Library.
 My all time favorite so far is Food Rules by Michael Pollan.  

I read it first, then Jeremy, then each of the kids.  It's a super easy read and really helped explain why I decided our family need to go to a whole foods diet.  I love how Michael set up the book.  It has 36 rules and 1-2 paragraphs explaining those rules. Awesome!!!

Another one of my favorite websites is found Here " The Marathon Mom." Brandy, is the mother to 8 boys.  We have tried a lot of her recipes.  YUMMY!!!  They are super easy and packed with lots of good things for our bodies and they are all really good.  We are finding some new family favorites that we keep stocked and in our freezer.

My friend Stephanie Pyne.  You might remember her? She was one of my best-est friends from Georgia.  She started her family on whole foods a couple months ago.  Well, when I was talking to her, she told me about Robyn Openshaw.  Aka Green smoothie girl.  Her website is http://greensmoothiegirl.com/
I have not read Robyn's book 12 steps to a whole foods diet.  I want to though. (Our library doesn't have it. :-(  I did however read her Green Smoothies Diet.

It's an Awesome book!  I Highly Recommend reading and implementing what Robyn suggests. 

One of my very favorite books is Skinny Chicks eat real food kick your fake food habit, kickstart your weight loss. Out of all the books I have read this one makes the most sense several times I was like that makes a lot of sense.  Just the way she put it.  I have heard a lot of this stuff before but Christine really puts it in a way I can understand. I really enjoyed reading this book. I also put it on my wish list to buy.  I would like to read it a couple more times.  It's that good. It also has some really yummy recipes.

This book was fascinating, and an eye opener. Was a very easy read and filled with some fun facts. Victoria Boutenko also has some tried and true Green Smoothie recipes.  

We have started to get Bountiful Basket.  Lots of fruit and veggies.  They have add-ons each week too. This week I got 21lbs of peaches for $25.  Awesome. To sign up go to Here.

My Parents gave me all their canning supplies while we were home. I have already made some Strawberry Honey Jam.  Without Sugar and Pectin. Go Here for the recipe. It turned out really yummy!!!  It does however have a strong honey flavor.  I am really excited to try and can lots of different things.  Oh the Possibilities/ opportunities. 

 I am super excited to embark in this new lifestyle.  It's been a bit challenging.  Still lots of things to learn.    But I can't wait to see how our health improves and our quality of life.  SWEET!

We love the 4th of July

We had one of the best 4th of July celebrations.  We were going to get together with some friends but that didn't work out.  We were not able to have our traditional July 3 firework display because Kayden had a planning meeting for his week long camping trip. Even though we had a lot of things different this year we still managed to have a wonderful holiday weekend.

                               

                                Our beautiful table.  It's so fun to decorate for each holiday.

We played lots of settlers.  We love this game. 

This year I wanted to make something new and fun.  So I found a recipe for Stuffed Blueberry french toast.  Umm can you say yummy?  It had homemade wheat bread, fresh picked blue berries, and egg mixture. It soaked all night then cooked for an hour.

As it cooked we made a homemade blue berry syrup.  It was so yummy.

I found these cute Strawberries on The Sister's Cafe.  So much fun! They are dipped in white chocolate and then blue sugar.

We can thank Pintrest for our next treat.  Pop Rock cupcakes.  Yep we made cupcakes and put Poprocks on them.  How fun.  The cupcake totally popped in your mouth.  Lots of fun.  We took them to all our neighbors.  They were a huge hit.

This was probably my favorite treat.  I found it on The Sister's Cafe.  How fun is this?  The trick? Sugar.  You can do this with any drink.  You just have to watch the sugar content.  Put the drink with the most sugar at the bottom then less and less sugar.  We used  Sobe Pina Colada  26g sugar, then Red Gatorade 22 G sugar, then PowerAid zero. 0 G sugar.   You put a little bit of ice on the bottom then the Sobe Pina Colada, then you fill the glass up with Ice.  We used star ice, then you pour the Gatorade slowly so the drinks will not mix,  You do the same thing with the PowerAid pour slowly and wa la you have a super fun drink.

Our fruit was a Yogurt parfait.  Fresh blueberries and Strawberries.

We had a day of games.  We played soccer in the back yard.

Tackle Football.

Jer, taught the kids some fun new tricks.

Jer and I at the park.  Getting ready to play noodle soccer.

Kayden has his game face on.

Noodle soccer.  I love this game.  Emily Child taught our family how to play this game.  You take a beach ball.  The kind you blow up and then you take swimming noodles and cut them in half.  You divide up into teams and set up your goals.  You can only hit the ball with the noodle.  It's hilarious and lots of fun.

I'm coming in for the steal.  Awesome!

Kayden seeing how far he can hit it.

3 against one.  UMMMM I don't like these odds.

Our goofy kids.  We heart them.

Please... Can you say NO to these faces?

Hear no evil, Speak no evil, and see no evil.