Thursday, March 11, 2010

Yee-Haw

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We felt like true Houstonians last night when we attended the Houston rodeo, which is apparantly a really big deal. One of Brad's vendors gave us tickets to go see Rascal Flatts (who we love!). And we found out that the Houston rodeo is not just a rodeo but some fun combination of the State Fair, Rodeo and Concert. Grayson loved the petting zoo, running from animal to animal to pat all of them. He looked like he owned the place. We think he's destined to be a farmer when he grows up, but I think that's more of something you inherit these days, not something you just become. He also loved his first theme park ride, which he technically was not even tall enough to ride and we didn't even have tickets, but when he ran through the gate and started climbing up onto one of the bees, the guys told me to just go ahead. Sometimes it pays off having an out of control toddler :) None of us really cared all that much about the rodeo part, with the exception of a little sport I discovered for the first time called Mutton Bustin, which is the cutest thing I've ever seen. Since Brad's parents have sheep on their property, I'm thinking we could start training Grayson to participate in the event :) A great time was had by all, with maybe the exception of the guy who sat in front of us who Grayson tapped or touched or kicked at least 15 times on accident....who are those people who are dumb enough to bring their 2-year-old to the rodeo??? Lauren Banks & Me sitting in the tire of the giant John Deer Tractor And this is Grayson's back-pack, which we purchased for pre-school a few days ago. He is all of a sudden obsessed with it and insists on bringing it everywhere. Doesn't he look like he's running away from home?

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Thank You for your Prayers

I just wanted to thank everyone who prayed for my Mom and for the sweet emails, texts and voicemails we received.

My Mom had the heart cath this morning and everything went well. They did not have to put in a stint because she only had about 50% blockage, which is actually pretty normal for a diabetic, and they don't take action unless it's 70% or more. So, it looks like her heart issues were a result of the severity of the pnemonia, and she most likely did not have a heart attack. Thank God!

She will have to have heart exams regularly moving forward and someday something may need to be done, but not now. It was definitely best case scenario and she should be able to go home tomorrow or Saturday. Praise the Lord! She is ready! And so are we!

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

An Update

Hey all!

Just a quick update tonight. Momma is looking really good. She had catheter and all IV lines removed except one port in case they need to draw blood again. She would have been moved to the cardiac step-down unit today but they didn't have any available beds so they're going to keep her again overnight in ICU. The doctors suspect coronary artery disease and the plan is to have a heart catherization done on Thursday and if a stint in needed they will put that in during the procedure. Thank you for the prayers and support and please continue to pray! Our family really appreciates it.

Whitney Coben (Haley's sister)