Montana/PET scan

The boys have been awesome through all of this. We love them so much. They bring so much happiness into our lives. They have been here, there and everywhere over the last 6 weeks and have been such troopers. The only time Blake has complained is one time when he told me he had "too many beds". But starting this weekend, things should slow down and he will have one bed for a while. It's crazy how only at the ages of 4 and 2 they have a pretty good idea of what is going on. They are very concerned for Layne. Blake is always so happy when Layne does something he couldn't do before. An example of this is when Layne came home he went down the stairs to the basement. Blake was so happy, he said "Dad, you walked down the stairs! Good Job!". Ty always makes sure Layne isn't back in the hospital again. He says "Daddy in hospital?". He is always relieved when I tell him no.

Having some good snuggles!

Having a good nap out on the deck.

On a walk with Ciana and Harper

Harper would go and walks everyday when he came home

Got sent this picture today of Layne's Uncle and cousin visiting from Idaho

We did have a little scare where Layne had to go back to the hospital. While the boys were down in Montana, Layne had an appointment with the surgeon to make sure his incision site was healing properly. We asked him if he thought it would be okay for Layne to go to Montana for the next week so we could be with the boys. He said everything looked awesome and he should be okay. We did have travel insurance for Layne until the end of August and we were only 3 hours from the closest Canadian hospital, so we decided to go down. We were able to spend a few days enjoying time with family at the cabin. Three days after being there Layne went on the boat with us for a few hours and played a little frisbee with us in the afternoon. Later that night while all the kids were back on the boat, I guess Layne started passing out and not being very coherent. It took a while but he started to feel a bit better so we decided to let him sleep the night and his mom would take him home in the morning. When the morning came he still was feeling pretty dizzy and not right so they left. They took him to the Cardston hospital where they did a whole bunch of tests and determined he was dehydrated. Layne has to be very careful that he drinks lots of water every day, the colon is what absorbs water into your body. Now that he has 90% of his colon removed he can become dehydrated easily.  Even though Layne has been very good about drinking 8-10 cups of water a day it seems if he gets out of sun and is active at all he gets dehydrated. So, of course, it happened while we were down in the states. After getting Layne on IV fluids he started to feel much better but unfortunately even after that, it took him a week to recover from it. It totally drained him. We will definitely be more careful in the future.

Waiting for the result of the tests at the Cardston hospital

Layne would have had to come home a few days early from the cabin anyways because he had to get his PET scan done in Calgary. Because I am pregnant I was not allowed to take him to the scan. Layne can not be around any children, pregnant women or immunocompromised individuals for a few hours after the test. Thankfully Layne's mom is awesome and she wanted to take him to the scan, even if that meant leaving all of her family early from the trip she took us on. I am so glad she is such a good mom. Nothing like a mother's love. It will definitely benefit our little family this year. Because I wasn't there, I am not sure how the day went but I know Layne was pretty nervous. From start (prepping him for the scan), to finish, it took him about an hour and forty-five minutes. His arms were pretty sore for a few days after because he had to hold still with his arms up for about 25 minutes. Jackie made sure she took lots of pictures. We are getting the results of the scan tomorrow afternoon.

Some lunch after the scan

Looking Handsome