Ophir 2012

Summer fun

I love this pup....

The greatest Dog!

I think he loves to sleep....

Mill Hollow camp out

We went to Mill Hollow for a short camping trip with Ben and Karen and their girls. It was cold, so cold.... I think the first night it dropped to 28 degrees. We had a great time and the girls all played non stop. We camped right next to a small river. We did dutch oven Indian food (thanks to the other Smith's)  it was delicious! We fished, went on a hike, and relaxed! Can't wait to go again!

Abigail and her Dad catching our dinner!

 Crossing the tree bridge for our hike!

 Ruger and Oakley had a lot of fun running and exploring.

 The princess's!

 Crossing the bridge back to camp.

 Poor Oakley didn't want to get her feet wet but couldn't jump on the tree! She finally gave up and ran for her life across the river!

 Dad and Abby

 My boy.

 The cutest girl in the whole wide world!

 Cousin*Love

Summer Dance Recital

Abby has been working so hard to get ready for her Summer recital. She did very well and we all enjoyed watching her. I wish I could post the video on here.... I will work on it. We are so proud of her and can't wait for next dance season to start! 

My Princess

 Mom, Dad, and Abigail!

Grandma, Abigail, and Grandpa1

 Abigail and Grandma Judy!

 Abby and Aunt Becky...where is our picture of Uncle Jayson....

 Aunt Melanie and Abigail!

 Abigail and her cousin Camille!

*we get her professional photos in a few weeks...more to come...

Wednesday March 28

 Today I went to the University of Utah Liver Transplant clinic. To be honest I was worried that it would be another useless appointment. I WAS SO WRONG! I love this clinic, the doctors, and all the staff! This is the first time I walked away with the knowledge of whats going on, what needs to be done, what will happen, and what to expect from the clinic, my appointments. The clinic is unsure though exactly what stage I am in. Either I am at stage 3, early stage 4, or in between the two.  Here is a picture of the different stages.

So after a 3 hour appointment I walked away a very satisfied lady. Monday I will be have a CT scan of my abdomen and Liver to try to see exactly what stage I am in and how much if Cirrhosis. The scan will also look for liver cancer. My biopsy did come back negative for that though so I am not worried. The doctor could feel all of my liver when she examined me. I have been uncomfortable most days with about 3 days a week being really uncomfortable.  Next week on the 13th I will be going to the Cardiologist to get some testing done on my heart. They did a EKG today. 

So I walked away with a PLAN.... I walked away with confidence I was going to be cared for. 

I need to stay away from sugar, complex carbs, and eat only full whole grain breads and pasta's. I need to up my intake of fresh vegetables and fruit. Not to bad. I have already been doing well in this area. I have lost about 20 lbs since November. It is frustrating though because I am not losing any in my midsection.....

Some things I learned....

 I was going to have a hysterectomy in May due to some uterine issues and the fact that I can not have anymore children due to the disease. They said if I was to get pregnant it would most likely kill me and the baby. I have not dealt with this yet on a emotional level I am trying to just push it out of my head. So anyways my last gastroenterologist said that it would not be an issue to get the surgery so I was planning on scheduling it soon.

 The transplant clinic said absolutely not (at least not for now) They let me know that abdominal surgery is very dangerous for people with advanced liver disease. It could throw me into liver failure.

 I AM GLAD I DECIDED TO GET A SECOND OPINION

I also was told to take no Tylenol at all. To take ibuprofen.

Again this is wrong. Ib is very bad due to the bleeding it can cause. So I was told to take Tylenol just no more then 2 grams a day. 

I was really excited about a liver function test finally being in the normal range. I told my doctor how excited I was about this and she agreed. Well this is how my new doctor explained it to me

 when your liver is under stress the cells open up and let out a hormone. The hormone then shows up in your blood tests to show there is damage being caused. Well the fact the my test was in the normal range is BAD. It means my liver is so scarred there are little cells left to even cause the hormone to be released anatomy blood. 

 So I am happy I decided to go to the U. I finally feel like I will be taken care of and get all the help and encouragement I need. 

Fishing Trip

Today we went to Deer Creek with the Smith's. 

It was pretty cold and there was tons of people. 

The fishing started out good and within about 20 minutes I hear a thud... I turn and see Abigail's fishing pole fly into the lake. By the time I could have responded it was about 5 feet under freezing cold water. And with a blink of the eye it was gone. 

As we laughed poor little Abigail started sobbing. We couldn't laugh anymore. What a sad little girl

But lucky her Grandpa let her use one of his poles and she was back in business. 

Ben, Kayla, and Lisa

Kayla was the only one to catch a fish!

Laura & Sven

Isaac

He was telling me "I fishin see"

 Abigail and Anna

Sharing hot cocoa.

 Jayden, Anna, and Abigail

Jayden was such a good little fisherman. I think he mastered casting out his pole!

I missed getting pictures of Grandpa and Don. By the time I remembered i had a camera it was time to go home. 

Can't wait to go again....