Bike ride

We got Austin a new big boys bike on Saturday so Gavin could have his own bike and Austin could have his. Austin was begging for a pink bike to ride…..great. We talked him into the cool Spiderman bike instead! It needed to be a bike that both of them would like to use so that’s why we went away from the pink. Nothing against it really… They had a blast going up and down the sidewalk.

Austin got fast quick! As a result one of his training wheels got off the sidewalk a few times and made him fall over. One of the times he fell he hit into an electrical pole….Yes another injury and scar for Austin. Great! Here’s a pic of that! Looks like my blog is going to become the “This is what this injury should look like” kind of blog….

This is after I got the bleeding stopped… His chin got it good as well.

So we have a burned ear on one side, and a scrapped up face on the other side…I guess we should have gotten the helmet on a little sooner. We just didn’t think he would get THAT fast…

My most proudest moment as a parent was Austin asking to get back on his bike again!

This time complete with helmet. I don’t think we will ever have to fight him over wearing that! That’s my boy!

They rode their bike all night long! they got at least 5 hours of riding in. Here’s what his face looks like today:

Yeah he was WAY happy to get another picture taken….. :)

Weight loss: Week 17

So as you can tell I haven’t been keeping up on this segment! Jumping from week 9 to week 17? That’s crazy! But I guess with a kid burning his head, end of semester, and a week long family vacation it’s easy to fall behind.
So before I reveal my numbers keep in mind I haven’t been doing ANYTHING right except trying to keep to my portion sizes..mostly. I’ve been eating junk food, and juices, and eating late at night. In fact, I ate 2 gushers packets before I wrote this. I know, NOT the portion size at all…
Measurements:
Weight: 185.5   +.5 (total –10.5)
Chest: 44.25, +1.25 (total +.75)
Belly: 41.75, +.75 (total –.25)
Hips: 42.75 + .25 (total –1.25)
Thigh: 24.75, same (total, –.2)
And I would like to add arms: 13
I’ve noticed that some of my clothes aren’t fitting as well around my arms anymore so I’d like to see that progress now as well.
So overall I’m not pleased with the results but what was I to expect? I haven’t been eating too well and eating whatever I want. \
What I’ve done to hopefully make me more successful in the future:
1st off I’m considering this my start over. I’m basically back to my original size just 10 pounds lighter this time. Which I’m still happy about! I am re-motivated
2nd I have bought all the food I was eating before that made me successful. I didn’t have the money to get them and now I am all stocked up!
3rd Andrew, my husband wants to exercise with me! At night before we can watch that show or play that game we MUST exercise! I think this will help me SO much! :)
So that’s the game plan. My goal is to get down to the total loss in each of the categories I was before.
Happy change of habits to you all!

Burn Update

 

It has been longer than I meant to give everyone an update on Austin’s condition. He is doing awesome considering. We did get a small infection in his ear though and if it wasn’t for Austin we wouldn’t have noticed it as early as we did. That story later.

We switched our services to Dr. Brown instead of the burn clinic since I just don’t trust them anymore. I gave them an extra chance. I don’t want to deal with the male nurse practitioner anymore. I liked the female practitioner there though.

We also went to Arizona for a week. That was a blast, and everyone should be jealous if they didn’t get to come there with us. :) just kidding. I was afraid that we would end up burning his burn there and not keep hydrated but we made it with no sunburns except for the part in my hair, urg. At least it was me and not someone else. Austin did develop a water blister on the back of his ear. We think it was from playing in the misters at one of the playgrounds in Arizona. We didn’t realize how wet he had gotten I guess.

Now for the story: Austin likes me to take pictures of his ear so he can see it. I know, he is SO my child, :) Well, we got this new camera and I don’t know how to use it yet. So when I took the picture, Austin looked to have an elfish ear. I blamed it on my angles and tried again. Nope still there. That is when I looked closer at Austin’s ear. It was inflamed, hot to the touch, and had an odd color to it. I called up Dr. Brown’s office and had an antibiotic to give him by the afternoon. Thank goodness we went to see Dr. Brown 2 days prior so he was comfortable to call that in. I had no time that Friday with activity day and other responsibilities to take him to the doctor too! If Austin hadn’t of asked for a picture that day we would have noticed it, and prob. would of had a full fledged scary infection on our hand! Thank you Austin for taking care of yourself!

Here are some pics of his progress:

May 3rd

      May 7th                                     May 8th                 

            May 15th                                           May 16th

May 21st- at Dr. Brown’s office. The red area on the back is where the water blister was.

May 29th (today)

As you can tell there are some days that look great and then other days look horrible. The bad days were when his wrap fell down at night. We are no longer wrapping his head as of today. We are nervous about it but I think it will be for the better since there have been so many little things with the wrap that have delayed his healing process.

As you can see he is looking great. And I expect it to be completely back to normal with some thinker spots on his ear thanks to the scar tissue. His healing will be completely done in 1 year. yes, 1 year. So until then I must put sun block on him and have him wear a hat every time he leaves the house. But not too bad all in all…