Last weekend we took a small trip up to Logan to visit my sister and her family.
Jared had President’s Day off so we decided it would be the perfect time for a mini-vaca.
My sister was recovering from having her appendix out so I hope we didn’t inconvenience her too much!
Jared has been wanting to take Luke (and myself) skiing for sometime.
Since I have been told to stay out of the cold and wind with the bell’s palsy I told Jared to take Luke and I will stay behind with Hank.
It worked out great because my brother-in-law took all his kids along with Jared and Luke and they had a great time.
They went to Beaver Ski Resort Saturday morning and it started out pretty rough with Luke.
He is a hard one to please.
But thankfully by the afternoon he was all smiles again.
Jared said he did pretty well, but wasn’t too happy that Jared “broke his rule” and let go of him while going down the mountain.
They decided to all go back up Monday to give Luke another chance to become familiar with it.
They made sure to have some fun swinging in the snow too.
Here is the cutest video of Luke talking to me from the ski resort:
Maybe one day Jared will get me up on the mountain as well.
I stayed with my sister and we were able to eat at some yummy restaurants and do some shopping.
The rest of the weekend was spent hanging out and watching movies.
Luke LOVES being with his cousins.
He asks everyday is we can go visit Aunt A.
Jared just couldn't get enough of the snow so last night he headed up to Strawberry Reservoir with his brothers and friends to do some snowmobiling.
He just got home tonight and said how much fun it was.
They also got some ice fishing in:
Hopefully next year this is something I will be able to get out and do.
Luke and I stayed home and watched Peter Pan.
He said, “Mom, I have a great idea. Let’s pop some popcorn and watch a movie.”
So that’s what we did.
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Update on Bell’s Palsy:
I stopped seeing the chiropractor a couple weeks ago.
I felt like he had taken my healing as far as he could and it was time to move onto other treatments.
He was great and really helped, but I just haven’t seen progress in the last couple months so I knew it was time to be done.
I started seeing an energy healer in January.
It has been interesting.
It is hard to explain everything that she is doing, but she is trying to get rid of the energy and emotions that are blocking me from healing.
It sounds weird and it kind of is, but I actually believe that she will be able to help.
I also made an appointment with a new chiropractor that is going to be doing some acupuncture.
I read lots of things on acupuncture helping so I figured it was worth a shot.
The other night I got fixated on looking at pictures with the hashtag #bellspalsy on instagram.
It was both good and bad.
It was good to see that so many people are dealing with this same thing.
However, whenever I clicked on a picture to read the caption, the majority would say things like this:
“After 3 weeks of bell’s palsy, I’m finally back to normal”
“Improving after a week of looking like this”
“My bell’s palsy is gone after 2 months”
“After 3 years people still ask me what is wrong with my face”
“A year of bell’s palsy and still looking like this”
“Still no improvement after months of treatment”
Anyway, it was a little depressing, which got me thinking about what if this never goes away.
For the first 6 months I ALWAYS thought that this would eventually go away.
The past two months I’ve been doubting.
All I think about is how I took it all for granted.
The ability to smile so easily was something I never thought about before.
Now I wonder if I am ever going to smile without cringing at the way it looks.
I feel like I am on a time crunch to find something that will help because once I hit the year mark I don’t think I will improve much more than what it is at that point.
It’s hard but I’m coming to terms with it.
What else can I do!?
I am trying every treatment but if nothing helps than I will learn to accept my new face.
Unfortunately, the only thing that isn’t paralyzed on the right side of my face is my tear duct.
Go figure!
That would be the ONE thing that I would love to be paralyzed!
My goal is to take family pics when Hank turns one, no matter what my face looks like.
I hope I can do it!
Oh he looks so cute and grown up with his skis on!! I hope this helps with your bells palsy! Good luck mama that sounds like no fun at all!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun vacation. I really want to take Ryan skiing, but I don't want my mom to take him by herself. I want to be there for his first time, but I can't leave Brynn. It's quite the predicament. I guess I will just have to let her. He would love it. Luke is adorable! I loved that video. Andrea's house is SO cute! I wish I had an ounce of that creativity. Brady LOVED the clocks in the picture. What a fun idea to have multiple clocks. He would go crazy. I hope these things will help the Bells Palsy. Sometimes when we "come to terms" with things is when they go away or whatever. Wouldn't that be crazy? I totally believed I could labor and deliver without "pain" through my hypnobirthing and I still feel pangs of disappointment that I wasn't successful with any of it. I know it's not the same, but I hope that if it doesn't work, you don't feel like YOU failed. I still pray for you every night. Love you!
ReplyDeleteHow fun for Jared and Luke to have a new activity to do together. It bugs me to death that I can't convince Danny that he would like skiing. How can you be from Wyoming and never have gone skiing?! Crazy man. I've heard great things about energy healers and acupuncture (not specifically with Bell's Palsy, but with other ailments), so I hope hope hope this can get you to where you want to be. When we see you guys in a few weeks I want to hear all about what the energy healer is doing. Fascinating. Have a great Sunday!
ReplyDeleteIt was so great to have you a here and a nice break in between all this yuckiness that I feel. Its so great to spend time with family again. It is so hard to patiently wait for healing to happen. I am learning so much patience and it has only been 6 weeks or so. I can only imagine how discouraged you feel at times, and hopeful at others. You have made a lot of progress, and I hope that you will continue to make more. You are beautiful regardless of how it all shakes out. I hope you see that. I know it goes much deeper then beauty. I realize that it is also annoying and painful. I think of you often and your strength and example. I rarely see or hear you complain. I could learn from you. Thanks for being such a great example to me.
ReplyDeleteLooks like fun skiing!! I actually miss that part of rhe snow ;) also fun to spend some time with family!! I'm not sure if Lindsay has told u about the treatment my an Osteopathic manipulation medicine treatment. I have been seeing a Dr here in Henderson for about 3 yrs and I LOVE the fact that its more natural and they treat the whole pic not just one symptom. I know there are some Drs close to UVRMC that practice this treatment. I will ask the Dr here is she knows of a good one she could recommended. I'm sure its been frustrating for you but I know as I'm sure you do the Lord knows us individually and will take care of you!!
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ReplyDeleteSo sorry you have to deal with this. I have always thought of you as beautiful inside and out. I know that may not bring comfort as this is something you deal with everyday, but it takes a lot of courage to be vulnerable and share what it really feels like. I hope and pray that you will find an answer.
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