AMA Super Cross Finals Part 2

Well tomorrow has become a couple weeks later LOL. The AMA Super Cross finals were a blast. As I said in Part 1 we got to meet some of the riders and got their autographs and such. When the show finally started the opening ceremonies where cool. Each rider came out on their bikes as they were introduced. It was funny to see just how popular or unpopular a rider was by the cheers and boos of the crowd. I happen to like them all.

We were able to watch most of the race from where we sat. They did end up going outside the arena at one point, which only made it more exciting to see who would have the lead when they came back in.

I loved watching Wayne watch the race. It was like watching a kid in a candy store. What was even better was that at one point we got hit by the dirt that was spit out from behind the dirt bikes.
I can't remember who won in the lights class, but in the big bikes the race started off with James Stewart in the lead with Ryan Villipoto in second and Chad Reed in third. After a few laps Ryan Villipoto over took Stewart. Wayne and I couldn't understand why Stewart wasn't fighting to get the lead back. It was almost frustrating to watch. Several laps later Chad Reed over took Stewart and Stewart was now in third and showed no signs of fighting back. He was taking it real easy. When the race was almost over we found out that Stewart only needed to place in the top three to still will the entire season. So Villipoto finished 1st, Reed 2nd, and Stewart 3rd and Windham 4th. It was more fun then Wayne and I had ever imagined. After the closing ceremonies we all ended up at IHOP. We finally hit our condo at 1:00 a.m. and went to bed.


I was a perfect day! Wayne and I plan on making this an every year event.

AMA Super Cross Finals Part 1

So this past weekend Wayne and I went down to Las Vegas with his sister and brother in-law to see the AMA Super Cross Finals. Wayne and I bought our tickets back in December, so needless to say we were very excited. As most of you know Wayne loves everything about dirt bikes. He loves to ride them, race them ,and watch them. We have been watching Super Cross for 5 years and know all the top riders.

When we got down to Vegas Audra (Wayne's sister) and I went shopping at Towne Square. We hit a couple of stores, H&M and Victoria's Secret before it was time for dinner. I found some dang cute shirts and accessories, but was unable to buy them because H&M's credit machine was down. I was totally bummed, but figured it was a good excuse to go again. We had dinner at Brio an Italian restaurant. It was amazing! After dinner we headed back to the condo we were staying at and decided to try our luck with the penny and nickle slots. Linn (brother-in-law) was the big winner with a $40.00 jack pot. Wayne won $8.00 which I then lost. I was fun. We then headed for a good night of watching tv in bed until sleep over came us.

The next day we ended up waking up at 6:30 Utah time ( go figure right) and watched some tv for an hour before we decided to get dressed. We went and had breakfast and headed over to Sam Boyd Stadium for the meet and greet with the riders. When we got there, there was a line that was wrapped half way around the stadium. We waited in line for the doors to open. As soon and we got in we walked out in to the stadium and watched some of the riders doing their qualifying times. After a few minutes of that we headed out to the pits where we could go and meet the riders. We weren't sure exactly how it worked so we decided to pick the one person we wanted to meet the most and go with that. We decided that James Stewart was the man and we got in line. The sign said that the autographs would start at 2:00 and it was about 1:00. Audra and I decided we would stay in line and Wayne and Linn should go and find where the other riders trailers were. While standing in line we learned that first 100 people would get to meet James Stewart. Then the man him self walked out of his personal trailer and into the Yamaha trailer only to come back out a few moments later in his riding gear. It was surreal... I have been watching this guy on tv for 5 years and now he was 5-10 feet away from me. I was so bummed that Wayne wasn't there to see him kick start his bike and ride off to go and do his qualifying times. After that Wayne and Linn stayed in line with us. At 2:30 we finally got to meet him. He was really nice. Both Wayne and I got and autographed poster and a picture taken next to him.

Our plan after we met James Stewart was to go met Kevin Windham, because he will probably be the next to retire. He is also one of our favorite riders. We headed down to where he was signing autographs and I was able to get a few picture of him and the lights class rider Trey Canard (also a favorite). Wayne and I signed up and got in line when a man stopped us and said they weren't letting any more people in. We were so close!! We decided that Kevin will be our first pick next year.

We then headed over to Chad Reeds trailer, but it was slammed full of people and we didn't want to wait. So as we headed over to the Monster trailer where Ryan Villipoto was we ran in to Erin one of the SPEED tv announcers and she was sweet enough to take a picture with Wayne.

We finally made it to the Monster trailer and got to meet Nick Wey. Ryan Villipoto wasn't signing any more, but we were still in awe with the other guys we met. They were all very nice especially Bobby Kiniry who talked with Wayne and I.

Wayne and I took all our signed posters to the van and on the way saw Cowboy Kenny Bartram. He is a free style rider (they do all the cool tricks) riding past us. We hurried over to see if we could met him, but he was doing a show so all was able to do was take pictures.

Soon after that we finally made it out to the parking lot and put our posters away and found Audra and Linn. We all found our seats got a couple sodas and food and waited for the show to start. I will do another post all about the race tomorrow.

You know it's bad when...

Well last night for family night we dyed and decorated Easter eggs. We each picked a color an put our eggs in the dye. After letting them sit for a few minutes we pulled them out, dried them and started to decorate them. Here is how they turned out.

You know it's bad when the color of your Easter Eggs remind you of different dirt bike brands instead of a cute furry aninmals.

Update on Kaitlyn

So here is an update on Kaitlyn. As most of you know she had a doctors appointment this past Tuesday at Primary Children's Hospital. Her doctor is Heidi White and Kaitlyn seems to like her, so that is good. Here is what we found out. She has what is called Primary Vesicoureteral Reflux which is were the one-way "flap valve" that prevents urine from backing up into the kidney is not contracting and is allowing the urine to travel backwards into her right kidney which causes the infection. There are varying stages ranging from 1 being not bad to 5 being very bad. Kaitlyn is at a 2. There is an 80% chance that she will grow out of it and it will fix itself. She will have to take and antibiotic for a year. If she continues to get bladder, kidney or UTI's while taking this antibiotic then she will probably have to have surgery. If she doesn't then she will return to Primary's and have another test done to see if she has out grown her reflux. Wayne and I are so glad that she doesn't need to have surgery and that she has continued to do well. Thank you to everyone who has called to see how she is doing and who has kept her in their prayers.

Now I am going to vent a little... I was thoroughly disappointed at the service from the Urological department at Primary's. Now I will admit that we were 10 min late to her appointment from circumstances out of my control, but I have never been treated with such rudeness in my life. When we checked in I apologized about being late and the girl said "well half your appointment is over. I will see if we can squeeze you in ( I wasn't aware that the visits were only 10 minutes long seeing how half my appointment was over)." I apologized again an mentioned that I was coming from Cedar City...4 hours away. Then I turned around to see that there was only one other person in the waiting room and they walked in after us. When they called Kaitlyn's name the nurse was very nice and I thought maybe this won't be so bad after all. When Dr. White came in and started asking about Kaitlyn's history I told her very thing that has happened in the last three weeks. She seemed satisfied until I couldn't answer one question ( which to my defense had no clue that I was even suppose to be watching for). She looked at me and started talking to me like I was some terrible parent who wasn't doing everything I was suppose to be. In short she made me feel like I was the dirt under her shoe. She continued on to explain Kaitlyn's reflux and what her plan was to solve the problem. I brought my mom so she could help me and explain things to me since Wayne wasn't able to come. My mom asked her what they were going to do with the infection Kaitlyn already has. Dr. White turned to me folded her arms and cocked her head to the side and said "How do you know she has an infection?" I told her that I didn't, but that she has had a steady low grade fever and continuing pain even with the antibiotic she has been taking. I also told her that she had a culture done and that I hadn't heard anything on it yet. She decided have Kaitlyn do another urine sample just in case. When she came back she said that there was something in it but she wasn't convinced that it was turning into an infection yet and that I needed to take it to the lab to be cultured. If there is anything then I will hear from her in two days.
I felt that our visit was rushed even though every room in the office was empty ( I know this because we were put in the last room and the doors to all the other rooms were open). Dr. White at times talked to me in a very condescending way. The office staff was rude upon my arrival even after apologizing twice. I think Primary's is a wonderful hospital and they save lives everyday, but the Urological Department needs a lesson on bedside manner and I am not looking forward to having to meet with them again.

Mustang Megan

Yesterday when Megan came home from school she walked into the office with a huge smile on her face. I thought it was due to the fact that she went on a field trip, but that was only part of it. She held up a little stuffed horse and a ribbon that read Fiddlers Canyon Elementary Model Mustang. She got it for doing well in school. Wayne and I are so proud of her and her love of learning.

Not 1 but 2

So while Kaitlyn was in the hospital she discovered that she had her first loose tooth. She was so excited about it that she told everyone who came into the room. I even let her call Megan before she left for school so she didn't have to wait all day to tell her.

Kaitlyn has been very vigilant about wiggling her tooth. She would come up to me several times a day and ask me to wiggle it to see if it was ready. I would always say "almost keep wiggling". On Sunday night it was finally time. We tide some dental floss around it and I told her that I was just going to pull when she wasn't paying attention. So we sat for a minute or so and then I pulled and out it came. She was so excited and confused at the same time. She ran and got some toilet paper to stop the bleeding and then ran into the office to show Wayne.
Earlier in the week I had discovered that her other bottom front tooth was loose. Several minutes had passed and I asked Kaitlyn to let me check her other tooth. It to was ready to come out. So like the first we tied some dental floss around her tooth and I waited til she was distracted and then I pulled. And like the first the second popped right out. So in one night she lost her first and second tooth.
At bed time she put them under her pillow and for the first time she went to bed with out stalling. In the morning she ran in my room to show me that the Tooth Fairy had brought her $2.00. She now has been waiting very patiently for her mom to take her to the dollar store so she can spend her well earned money.

Kaitlyn

Our poor little Kaitlyn has not been feeling very well lately. Last Tuesday she started running a fever that got up to 104. The next morning I decided to take her in to see what was going on. I called and made an appointment as soon as the office opened at 9:00 am. She was suppose to go in at 11:20 but by 10:00 she was at 104.9 and was screaming in pain. So I called and asked if she could come in sooner. I brought her in and was told by Dr. Allen that he wanted some blood work and a cat scan done. So we went across the street to the hospital and she did so good with getting her blood taken. I really couldn't have been more proud. After that we were waiting for cat scan when I got a message 0n my phone from Dr. Allen saying that Kaitlyn had a serous kidney infection and that she needed to be admitted to the hospital. I can honestly say I was surprised to hear that she needed to be admitted. I went and got her admitted and then she went and got her cat scan. They ended up putting her I.V. in while she was there in radiology and because she was very dehydrated (due to the high fever and not drinking anything all morning) her poor little vein was very hard to find and Kaitlyn was done trying to be tough. They ended up shooting iodine into her I.V. so that they could get what they need from the scan. Well we found out that Kaitlyn had a mild allergic reaction to it and her throat started to close off just enough to make it had for her to breath. So now she can't breath, she has a 104 fever and is still in massive pain. I felt so bad, but all I could do is try and comfort her. When we finally got to her room they checked her temp and she was nearly 105. They dosed her up with Tylenol and Motrin and hooked her IV to some machine that feed her, her antibiotic. She said she was freezing, but we couldn't let her put and blankets on because that wouldn't help the fever. Around 2 o'clock she finally passed out. When she woke up she was feeling a lot better and was excited to have her sister with her. Wayne, Megan and Ty stayed for a little bit and then went home. Kaitlyn and I enjoyed watching some TV and a little dinner. At about 8:00 pm she started to feel some pain and within 10 min her fever was back up. I called the nurse a few times and then set out to find someone how could help her. They gave her some Motrin and we waited 20 min. to see if it would lower her temp. It didn't, so once again I went searching for the nurse to let her know that it wasn't working. The nurse came back in and checked her temp again and she had reached 105. The nurse gave Kaitlyn a dose of Tylenol and said that she was going to call the doctor to see what he wanted them to do. During all this Kaitlyn was in a lot of pain and thought she was going to freeze to death. All I could do is let her know that I was there and just try to comfort her. When the nurse came back she brought with her some lab techs who were going to take her blood again for a culture. I found out then that when a fever spikes you are more likely to find something with a culture. About 2:30 am she finally fell asleep and slept until 6:00am when a lab tech came in to draw some more blood. Kaitlyn was not excited to be waking up to another stick in the arm. When she finally got over the stick in the arm she watched some morning cartoons and was given pancakes for breakfast. She was able to talk to Megan before she went to school and was excited to know that daddy would be coming soon. When Wayne showed up I left with Ty and went home to shower and get ready for the day. I also packed her favorite pj's and went to store and bought her the new Barbie Thumbilina movie. When I got back she said her stomach was starting to hurt and I immediately called the nurse and told him that we needed her meds. It took 10 min for him to come and give her, her meds and by that time her temp was almost 104. She was in pain and was freezing again. It took a couple of hours to get her back to a normal temp. After that last spike she did really good. Her smile was back and she at one point was bouncing on her bed. By Friday we were told that she would be able to come home as soon as her cultures came back. When Dr. Allen came in and told us that nothing grew out in her cultures and that it was very weird. He decided to have some more test done.

Now to today. Kaitlyn had her two other test done today. She had a ultrasound on both kidneys and her bladder. Which according to the tech seemed normal. Her next test was shooting a dye in her bladder and then watching her potty. She had to be cathed for this one and she didn't like it at all. And once again all I could do is hold her hand, wipe her tears and tell her I was there. When they finally got the cath in she did better. The filled her up with dye and then told her to go potty when ever she was ready. When she finally went potty we found out that her bladder is refluxing back into her kidneys. We aren't quite sure where we are going from here, but at least we know what is causing it. Kaitlyn will be going to see Dr. Allen on Thursday and I will update everyone then.

I do however want to say thank you to the Giffords, Panahs, Springers, Schanks, Hills, Hughes, Knells, Holmes, Daileys, and Scotts for the dinners, deserts, gifts, visits, taking over car pool, and babysitting. We appreciate everyone for keeping our little Kaitlyn in their prayers.