So the weekend after Christmas was eventful. For those of you that haven't heard, Dan was admitted to the hospital again for a partial bowel obstruction. He was only gone a total of 48 hours but that was already too much! Thankfully, my parents were here so I could take him in the middle of the night to the ER. They found undigested food still in his stomach 24 hours after he'd eaten it, which should have been digested in 2 hours, per the GI specialist that he saw. Good and bad news came out of this visit. The good news is, he is now recovering and he needs to change his diet and this will hopefully never happen again (knock on wood!). The bad news is that this new "diet" is for the rest of his life and couldn't be more opposite of how we normally eat. He can't have raw veggies, steak, chicken, beans, whole wheat, whole grain, nuts, raisins, seeds, fruits with seeds, anything with fiber, etc. He is pretty much stuck to fish, regular pasta, very soft veggies (and not even all veggies at that), ground beef, etc. All meats are limited to 3-4oz when he could easily eat triple that, especially chicken. We used to eat a lot of whole grain or wheat, veggies, and chicken, and this will certainly be a lifestyle change for us. Seems almost anti-healthy, but if his body can't digest it, then his body can't digest it. Not much else we can do. We just want to avoid hospital stays, so hopefully this will lessen his pain (which had been getting worse and worse), and keep him out of the hospital. He's still in pain most of the day, unfortunately. This is most likely due to scar tissue between his two surgeries. The doctor thinks his intestines are kinked, which also makes food hard to pass through, but the pain is probably from adhesions from the scar tissue. Unfortunately, there is nothing that can be done except more surgery, and even then, it's not guaranteed that he will be better from it, and in fact, it could make him worse. So it seems like we're stuck without any other options. We can only hope this new diet will help lessen his pain a bit.
We went to Disney for the weekend when Dan was on his weeklong "liquid" diet after his hospital stay- that was interesting, lol. Lots of yogurt, pudding, cream soups, etc. We did have a lot of fun though and Ashlan got to meet some princesses she'd never met before. It is nice that I am pregnant now because we can still get fast passes and Dan and Ashlan can go twice on a ride which we'd all be able to just go on once before. She is obsessed with the Maelstrom in Epcot- she and Dan went on it four times in about an 18 hour time period, lol. She also finally met Tiana and Merida this time. She keeps asking for Belle, and one of these days we will get there but she's only in Epcot and the line is always super long! We are going in February though, so since I can't ride rides, I will stand in line and we'll do it that way. Our annual passes are also due for renewal in February. Hard to believe it's been a year already since we first bought them! We went there seven times throughout the year, so it was worth it. After February's visit, we will probably take some time off since I'm due in early April. Will be fun to explain that to Ashlan, lol.
A week after Dan got out of the hospital (and the day after we got back from Disney), we all got the stomach flu. Our first family flu, lol. Poor Dan just can't catch a break here with his stomach. Hopefully we're all on the mend now. This has been a rough end to 2013 and a rough start to 2014. We can only hope and pray it will get better!
We switched Ashlan's gymnastics class because the other girl quit and Ashlan was by herself. So now she's taking an hour long class. We weren't sure how she'd do but she's doing great! She's also in with two other girls- one is four and one is five. They tower over her but she can do the same things they can. They are way better at sitting still though, lol. Ashlan will wait her turn but she is always fidgeting. Luckily, she has her same teacher, who is fabulous with her and knows how to handle her personality, so Ashlan feels comfortable with her and so do we.
Ashlan got her first haircut (just a trim) yesterday and she did great! I got my haircut first, so she watched me, and before we went, I had been telling her that she was going to have to sit still for the haircut. Magically, she did sit still, lol. The stylist was pretty fast and efficient though, so that helped, and we promised her McDonald's if she was good, so it was probably a combo of everything, but she did great.
We went to Disney for the weekend when Dan was on his weeklong "liquid" diet after his hospital stay- that was interesting, lol. Lots of yogurt, pudding, cream soups, etc. We did have a lot of fun though and Ashlan got to meet some princesses she'd never met before. It is nice that I am pregnant now because we can still get fast passes and Dan and Ashlan can go twice on a ride which we'd all be able to just go on once before. She is obsessed with the Maelstrom in Epcot- she and Dan went on it four times in about an 18 hour time period, lol. She also finally met Tiana and Merida this time. She keeps asking for Belle, and one of these days we will get there but she's only in Epcot and the line is always super long! We are going in February though, so since I can't ride rides, I will stand in line and we'll do it that way. Our annual passes are also due for renewal in February. Hard to believe it's been a year already since we first bought them! We went there seven times throughout the year, so it was worth it. After February's visit, we will probably take some time off since I'm due in early April. Will be fun to explain that to Ashlan, lol.
A week after Dan got out of the hospital (and the day after we got back from Disney), we all got the stomach flu. Our first family flu, lol. Poor Dan just can't catch a break here with his stomach. Hopefully we're all on the mend now. This has been a rough end to 2013 and a rough start to 2014. We can only hope and pray it will get better!
We switched Ashlan's gymnastics class because the other girl quit and Ashlan was by herself. So now she's taking an hour long class. We weren't sure how she'd do but she's doing great! She's also in with two other girls- one is four and one is five. They tower over her but she can do the same things they can. They are way better at sitting still though, lol. Ashlan will wait her turn but she is always fidgeting. Luckily, she has her same teacher, who is fabulous with her and knows how to handle her personality, so Ashlan feels comfortable with her and so do we.
Ashlan got her first haircut (just a trim) yesterday and she did great! I got my haircut first, so she watched me, and before we went, I had been telling her that she was going to have to sit still for the haircut. Magically, she did sit still, lol. The stylist was pretty fast and efficient though, so that helped, and we promised her McDonald's if she was good, so it was probably a combo of everything, but she did great.
At Hollywood Studios because Ashlan insisted we see Sully.
With Jake.
With Mickey, of course. He's always on her list to see.
And Daisy too.
Couldn't stop talking about seeing Pluto. It was freezing that night!!! Yes, we did need a hat and gloves, it was around 45 degrees...
With Snow White.
With Tiana.
With Merida.
Trying to shoot an arrow.
With Alice and the rabbit.
With Cinderella.
With Ashlan's favorite band, British Revolution. Ignore her wet shirt, she had just gone potty and washed her hands, lol.
New sunglasses that she insisted on wearing during the fireworks, lol.
With Ariel.
With Rapunzel.
Wouldn't be Ashlan if she wasn't in a princess dress while playing with her dinosaurs in her dollhouse.
First haircut!
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