Surgery Day

Surgery was moved to 8am on Wednesday. Wait that is just a few hours from now. Yikes!! Will update everyone tomorrow morning. Surgery should take two hours or so. Thanks for everyone's prayers.

Home Again

Wesley ended up back at home. The good news is he stayed out of the ER. It is now 11:30 and he is doing better. Just a bad day. Hopefully tomorrow is better. I keep telling him and myself, two more days and we trust God and the Dr.'s that relief is in sight.

Sunday at the Bounds Home

I have so much to get done before surgery. I actually went to work for a few hours today. Wesley is going to be off with no pay, so I am trying to get in as much overtime as I can. I know we will be fine, but I just do not know what expenses will come up with him, so any extra money I can bring in will be a plus.
Kyra laid around most of the morning with a headache. First one she has had in a while. By this afternoon she was better.
Wesley went into work with a bad headache, that is getting worse and now he is throwing up.
Normal day for Wesley- headache, somedays very bad and throwing up. So really just a normal day for Wesley, I do not know whether he will make it at work all night or not. We will see. Two more days. God is in control. I really believe that God would not had brought us this far to let us down.

I am back and happy to be!!!

I miss blogging so much, the truth is I just can not find the time. As I think everyone knows I am working full time now. I have a case load that consists of about 20 families, so you can imagine. I love my job. Somedays can be hard, but it is rewarding. God knew exactly what he was doing when he put me in this role. It fits me perfectly. I love helping people and of course children.
But, still my number one job is being a mom. I am still going ninty to nothing being a mom. Before I give a much needed update on Wesley, let me share the kids with you.
They are doing very good. Growing so fast. School has started.
Haley is in the 7th grade. She is hoping to play Volleyball. Haley loves the youth group at our church. She spends a lot of time with them.

Blake just had a birthday. We surprised him and had two friends over and we all went bowling. He had a good time. Blake just started the 3rd grade. It just seems impossible. He is playing flag football again this year.

Kyra and Breanna are both going to Pre-K together. Kyra is in the 4 year old class and Breanna is in the three year old class. Their classes are right next to each other. They both really love it. Their teachers really brag on them. I was a bit worried about Breanna since she has never stayed anywhere, but she did just fine.

Breanna Grace

2010-2011 School Year!!


Wesley has kept getting worse and the Dr. (one in Dallas) has been working along with the Dr. in Austin and he has decided to remove his shunt on Wednesday Sept. 1st and see if he can live without it. He feels it it causing more problems then good. The Dr. believes that at one time Wesley did need it, but no longer. So he will be having brain surgery on the 1st. The shunt will be taken out and then he will be monitored for brain swelling. If all goes well, then it will be kept out. I will not even discuss what happens if his brain starts to swell. I will not think about that!! We are praying that this is his last surgery. Our prayer is that the Chiari Surgery holds up and the patch stays in place and he never has to be opened back up. Awww.. How amazing that would be!!
We thank you in advance for your prayers. Keep them coming. You would think the surgeries would get easier, but they do not. Still lots of fear and unknown. I will update after surgery and as the hours go by.

So much more I would love to say about Chiari, but I promise to keep the blog up and start posting more. I miss it so. I do want to say that we have found a top notch children's surgeon that Kyra will start seeing after the 1st of the year. 2011. She has to get checked once a year for now. My prayer is that hers never gets worse. Right now she is doing very well.