Thanksgiving with the Hoehne Family

We spent Thanksgiving over at the Richard E Hoehne Family (my brother and sister in laws) house. People in attendance were Richard and his wife Kim, their son Larry. Kim's Mother - Joyce and Joyces brother Keith. Richard A. Hoehne and his wife Carole were there. Then there were two lil wee ones in attendance with their Mom - Kristena. And since we don't know proper names as kids here is the table.
Nana - Grandma Carole
Papa - Grandpa Rich
Mom - me (Kristena)
Mom - Kim
Dada - Rich
Uncle Rich - Rich
Auntie Kim - Kim

The kids had a great time playing together - and we need to get the cousins together far more often. It's amazing to watch Larry and Kameron side by side as they were only born 11 days apart and Kameron being born a month too early. They definitely are cut from the same genes - for sure!

Tough times

Since September 18th - it's been a bit difficult for Kassie and Kameron and our whole family. Mommy completely ruptured her Achilles Tendon while out on an evening run. The doctors tried the conservative treatment first with a soft cast and no pressure - didnt work. After running some MRIs - the Surgeon decided to operate to repair the Achilles Tendon, transfer another tendon over to reinforce the Achilles Tendon, and to also shave off a deformity in one of the bones. The surgery was done on 11/3. Painful the first few days... The worst part is the kids had to stay with their paternal Grandparents for 4 weeks. I only got to see them one day out of those 4 weeks... Then the kids have finally come back down to stay with Kevin (he had to modify his work schedule). The wound is not healing unfortunately. I have been hospitalized, pumped full of IVs, Blood drawn, had a CTScan, etc... The results of the CT Scan show a rather large pocket of fluid near one of the tendons, some bone spicules, and other medical terminology that is above my head. I am scheduled for another surgery this coming Friday December 16th. Needless to say - this whole thing has been extremely trying, frustrating and sad. I miss the kids horribly and I want to get back to my normal life and get them back to their normal life.
Warning - pictures not for the weak.... these are pics taken two weeks after the surgery - actually those look better than what my ankle looks like now. The incision hasn't healed and has in fact expanded and continues to ooze and bleed. Not fun... We are hoping with all we've got that this coming Friday's surgery will fix it all and get me back up and running... so to speak. haha.