December happenings

My mom took Noah and I to the Fox Theater to see The Grinch Who Stole Christmas and it was awesome!! Noah loved it!!!




we have been drinking lots of hot chocolate!




and running around at the park!



and Noah and I went to the downtown Alpharetta Christmas tree lighting when Allen was out of town. It was so much fun!!!


There were lots of activities for kids and Noah saw tons of people from his school!and the tree was so beautiful all lit up!! We love driving through downtown Alpharetta and seeing the tree!!


Noah started flag football and they won their first game on Saturday!

and Noah saved the world...again!!! and doesn't even need clothes to do it!

November

Other than dear Archbishop Donoghue dying and turning my world inside out, here are some other things that happened in the month of November...

Noah put on pants! haha, just kidding...
soccer team party at Chuck E Cheese...
with the best cookie cake on the planet!
Noah got glasses "just like daddy"
Noah saved the world...again!
I won tickets on the radio and went to a fun Christian concert featuring lots of great artists. Lisa and Tim Wheeler came with us and Lisa really loved the Turkey sandwich for dinner!!
Cub scouts took a trip to the fire station for a tour!

we went to Allen's Aunts house for Thanksgiving and got to see lots of his family!
mmmmmm...turkey!!
Nancy, Sandy, and Nathan came for Thanksgiving and there was a sword fight! I am not sure who won but it looks rough!

Dad and Diane bought a boat and Noah has claimed it as his own!! I must say it is pretty darn awesome!!!
and that was our November!!

silence is golden...

I am on day 5 and a half of no talking!! If you didn't believe in miracles, I promise you...this is one!!! I still have until Wednesday to go!! Hopefully when I go to my post op appointment on Wednesday the doc will give me the thumbs up to talk again. He did tell me my voice was going to get worse before it gets better but i don't care. I do have to say that having to be silent for so many days couldn't have come in a better era! If I had to do this 10 years ago it would be so much harder. I have been using my text-to-speak app on my ipad a lot! It's great! I just type what I want to say and then the little British lady living in the ipad says what i just typed. I have also been texting and using facebook a lot so really it isn't that bad. Even Noah has picked up on my hand gestures and is pretty good at the guessing game. It's actually been really great having to curl up on the couch with Noah and just hang out and watch a movie. We played Uno last night and somehow I lost on a technicality that i couldn't actually say the word "uno"..hmmmm. I even ordered food from Chick fil a!! The only thing that is kind of weird is if i am out and about and someone says a friendly hi or asks me a question in the grocery store, I can't answer and I look like a weirdo just standing there with a smile. Oh well!! I'm almost done! Only a few more days to go!!

my vocal cord

When i was 16 and diagnosed with thyroid cancer, I had to have a very long and extensive 1st surgery. During that surgery, the doc hit a nerve which paralyzed my right vocal cord. There was a chance it could heal, but it never did. Since my left vocal cord is the only one that works, my voice would strain when i was in a loud place (restaurant, bar, weddings, etc). About 2 months ago i woke up and couldn't talk. My voice was gone. After a week of the random hoarse voice, i went to the doctor to check it out. Basically, my good vocal cord was having to work twice as hard since my right one was not working at all. Because the left one was working so hard, it hemorrhaged, causing a huge blood blister on my good vocal cord causing my voice to be even worse!

Yesterday I had surgery to remove the blood blister and they injected a botox like medicine into my paralyzed vocal cord causing it to swell and kind of act as if it is working to keep the left vocal cord from working too hard again. Eventually I will probably have to have another surgery after the "botox" wears off in about a year. Then they will make a permanent structure to keep my paralyzed vocal cord closer to my left one.

This surgery wasn't bad at all and really I only have a sore throat with some swelling on my tongue and inside my mouth but really it isn't that bad. The worse part is that I can't talk for 8 days and then my voice will still be very hoarse for about 2 months or so. I did forget today and went to open my mouth to say something (out of habit) and nothing came out...my voice is totally gone right now (which the doc said would happen). crazy!! so that's the story...if you call me and I don't answer don't take it personally...i will call you back in a few weeks. Until then, i will be catching up on my movies and tv shows..and sleep!!!