Al's procedure

We are all at home watching TV in bed. Al has her leg propped up and seems comfortable. Campbell is sitting between us in her Boppy looking around. Marley is laying between Al and me with her back resting on the Boppy and her butt against my leg, so she knows where everyone is and what they're doing. We got home from the hospital late yesterday evening. Al's surgery went well. Here is my best explanation of what happened in the surgery: The first thing Dr. Dugas did was scope her knee with two small holes on the front of her leg. There was a lot of fluid and other gunk in there that he cleaned out. He also decided to shave out the vast majority (98+%) of her synovium. He then flipped her over to work on the back of her knee and remove the cyst with the help of a vascular surgeon. Dugas preferred to have the vascular surgeon help because the cyst was so large it was pressing nerves and an artery. The cyst came out in multiple pieces because it was so large it couldn't all be seen on the MRI. Dr. Dugas felt that this cyst had ruptured about 15 times. The whole procedure took about three hours.Al stayed overnight at St. Vincent's with a morphine pump to help with the pain. She was taken off that Saturday morning and is now only on a low dose of Loritab. Dr. Dugas feels pretty good about the condition of Al's knee. He said there appears to be no deterioration of the cartilage. He feels that removing the synovium will buy us ample time to build our family until Al will have to be on her RA medicine.
I took the GMAT yesterday and scored well enough to get in anywhere around here and anywhere I'd want to go. I could have done better, but I'm satisfied with it considering what all has been going on around me. We will continue to team up with the help of MeMe, Meme, and everyone else until Al is mobile again. She begins physical therapy tomorrow.

8 weeks old

Campbell went for 8 week check up. She now weighs 9lbs-2oz and is 21 inches long. She's getting big. This past weekend was also Campbell's Big Baptism Bash. It was great. We were so happy that so many family members were able to come. We wish everyone could have been there.

Cam's due date

Campbell is growing! She has outgrown her newborn diapers and is growing in to some clothes that were too big. We've begun to make the switch to formula ($), so we're mixing formula with mommy milk. Poor Cam's tummy didn't handle it very well, but she's getting back to regular bm's now. We haven't gotten a weight lately. I guess the last weight was around 7.5 pounds a week or so ago. She has a doctor appointment on 02/16/09, the day after her baptism and subsequent party. We'll see how big she is then. Nonetheless, she seems to be more beautiful by the day.Al is doing well enough. She just got her hair cut, and it looks good. Unfortunately, her knee has gotten worse, and she is scheduled to have surgery 02/20/09. She'll have to stay the night, which causes some logistical problems...What about Daddy? Well, work is wide open now. I'm building prototypes like crazy and developing new products. I'm also taking the GMAT soon. Yep, I'm thinking about going back to school. I guess I miss football season... The GMAT is the morning after Al's surgery. I think we'll make it work with Jen, Meme and MeMe teaming up to help with my two needy girls.What about Marley? She's as sweet as ever, and she loves her baby sister. We got to get out for some good walks though the woods over the weekend. I need to take her to the farm and let her run wild soon.