WOHOO!

FINALLY! We went to see the Neurologist this morning and the first thing he said when he came in is,
"I can make the pain go away and do the surgery today, want me to see if we can get an OR?"

Lyle replied "HECK YEAH!"

So he told his girls to try to schedule it and came back and explained the MRI results. We went to my parents house and waited for a couple of hours for the insurance company to give the go ahead. At 3pm we went to the hospital and checked in, got the green light at 4:20 and surgery at 4:40. He was done by 5:45pm. We will leave the hospital by midnight and then drive home tomorrow! Quite the whirlwind day! We are so thankful he could get in today. This Doctor usually has a 3 month wait. So this is a huge blessing. The surgery went well and Lyle is feeling SO much better! Thanks so much to everyone for your prayers! They worked!

In the meantime, my friend Stacy who has 6 kids of her own and is expecting her 7th in April has my 4 oldest kids overnight and my 2 youngest are with my brother Craig and his wife Molly who have 4 of their own! I guess I will be owing favors after this :). We are so glad they were willing to help us out so much!

UPDATE!

So today we finally found out that we can see a neurologist on Friday(tomorrow) at 11 am in Medford. Of course we are hoping that if surgery is the course of action (and we are pretty sure it is) that they will be able to do it tomorrow. We know our chances are slim to none on that and it will likely be scheduled for some time next week. But we can always hope. We are feeling very grateful that we got in to see him this soon. The other doctor here in Klamath Falls is on vacation until February 6th. We definately can't wait that long as Lyle spent most of the day flat on his back or flat on his front. Sleep isn't coming easy and he is in extreme pain most of the time so we are hoping whatever they decide to do, they will do it quickly and it will reduce the pain by a whole lot. We will keep you updated as soon as we know anything else. Thanks for your prayers and support.
Cherise

The Latest

OK so as many of you know we have had lots of things lately that are cause for concern and many of you have prayed and fasted with us. I thought I would update as I really need you faith and prayers if you can.

1. It looks like the teacher's union and the school district have reached common ground. They vote on the contract on the 4th of Feb. So far it looks like it will pass but we will know on Thursday the 5th. Pray it passes.

2. When you are a teacher the first 3 years are probationary. Meaning they can get rid of you for any reason those years. This is Lyle's 3rd year and if he gets renewed this year it is a lot harder to be let go. We should find out end of February beginning of March. I don't want to move again so please pray he gets renewed.

3. Lyle's back has been hurting since November. Recently it got a lot worse. He couldn't get off of the floor Monday almost at all. We went to the doctor and they did Xrays and then an MRI yesterday. They decided he has a ruptured disk. Surgery is a big possibility. The doc they want him to go to is hard to get in to and we are hoping we can today. Lyle was up most of the night in extreme pain. So pray we get in to see this guy and he can do surgery or whatever quickly.

4. Pray that I can survive it all! :)

Thanks for all of you love and support. Let us know when we can return the favor.
Cherise

Christmas Break was great for us. It was busy. We had Jensen's Birthday, Christmas, my brother Nic's wedding and went to Idaho to visit! Here are some random pics!

Jensen turns 5!

Ok so While I am terrible at updating I thought I would get to it. Jensen turned 5 on December 23rd. This is him that night after his party.
He is just getting so big. Kindergarten next fall! Only 1 left after that!