Home again!

It's 11:30 Friday night and I am about ready to fall asleep sitting up, but I figured I had better throw something on here. It feels like we were in the hospital or the car the entire day...maybe because we were! Anyway...long day, but the MRI looked great and they couldn't find anything wrong. The only possibility of something would be some swelling around the two places on his skull where they screwed in a vice to keep his head still during the surgery. Those spots have been sore for him and they said that sometimes they end up screwing right into the muscle that works your jaw so opening and closing your mouth can be an issue or maybe just exacerbate things. Anyway, they hope whatever it is will just take care of itself in the next couple of weeks. I hope this makes sense...I am not focusing well at this point. We're planning to head to NC tomorrow, so I need to get to bed so I can unpack and repack in the morning.
Glad to be home...

On the road again...

Well, nothing has changed here, so we're getting ready to head up north again. We'll probably head out right after lunch and hope to get there by dinner time. We got a hotel room in Bethesda so that we are close to NIH in the morning. Ryan will have to get there early in the morning and wait around until they can work him in for an MRI. Please pray that he can get in quickly and not have to hang out all day. Tori canceled a trip she had planned to help us out, so she'll meet us at the hotel tonight. ...
I'll take our laptop and hopefully give an update when we hear anything.

In Need of Prayer...

Sooo. It's been a long couple of days around here! Ryan has not been feeling so great--he has a lot of pressure in his head if he moves around at all, so he has just been taking it easy. Sunday night he complained of a headache, then pretty much slept all day Monday. We called the doctor yesterday, and they said that it didn't sound like an emergency, but there could be a possible leak of some kind and that he should just rest for the next couple of days and see if it takes care of itself. So far it hasn't. It hasn't gotten worse, really, but definitely not better. We'll call the doctor back tomorrow and see what they say, but if it isn't any different we'll probably need to go back to Maryland for an MRI on Friday.
Here's the rub with that...We're supposed to go down to NC for the week--leaving Saturday! We got a timeshare on Lake Lure booked as soon as we knew the results of his surgery, and we've been so excited to head down and just relax as a family for a little while. Please, please, pray that this takes care of itself and we can have a real vacation. Ryan's surgery and recovery up until this point have been such a miracle, and we are going to hope and believe that God will continue to work miracles for us.
Thanks for your continued prayers...

Slide Show!

I finally got the slide show thing figured out, so here are some pictures from August...I have an album from September to add, as well, but Tori and I are heading up to Roanoke tonight to watch Footloose in Elmwood Park, so I need to get ready! Later...and enjoy!

Home Safe

We arrived home yesterday afternoon, and I feel like we are close to back to normal. Ryan is feeling pretty good--good enough that he wanted to run some errands with my brother this afternoon, so that is great! It was so nice to be in our own bed last night, and Gabe was very excited for his own crib. We're talking up moving into a 'big-boy' bed, though, so we'll see how long the crib lasts.
I have a few minutes to just lay around for a bit, while Gabe is sleeping and Ryan and Mike are out, so I'm going to say goodbye for now!

Halftime in Washington...

It's a sweltering hot day here, but Tori and Noah had a chance to go to the Redskins game this afternoon, so we decided to stick around here at Noah's until tomorrow morning.  It's been nice to take it easy in the big city, even if it is a small condo...I've gotten to shop at Wegman's and eat Chipotle for lunch today, so we'll enjoy it while we can.  Ryan is feeling better all the time, and it has really been good that we didn't try to get home Friday. 

 I think we'll get to give Noah a birthday hug in person tomorrow before we leave, so that is also a perk of staying.  My brother Mike will be coming to visit on Tuesday.  It feels like forever since we've seen him and it will be fun to come home to a visitor.  We are ready to be back in Rocky Mount, and we appreciate all the calls checking on us.  Hopefully we'll see some of you soon...

Detour...

So we didn't quite make it home...Ryan really wasn't feeling good during the first part of the drive, so we just detoured to Noah's condo in Dumfries and will spend the night here. Ryan felt better as soon as he laid down on a bed--keeping his head up in the car was stressful and he can't lean his seat back far with Gabe behind him in the carseat.
Anyway, we'll rest up here and leave whenever he is ready in the morning. Pray that he feels better tomorrow!