Top 10 Scary Moments: Air Show

On Saturday, June 25th, we attended cousin Ava's baptism in the morning.  We thought since we were already an hour north of Salt Lake that it would make sense to go to the Hill Air Force Base Air Show.  The thing is, we were not prepared.   We lacked drinking water  and proper shade, such as hats or an umbrella.  We did stop at 7-11 and picked up some Slurpees, but they did not last long on our 1.5 mile trek into the base.

We arrived around 2 or 3 pm and really enjoyed watching the airplanes do their tricks.  We were thirsty though and we didn't plan ahead like we should have.  I didn't even know that they had water stations around.  The heat was sweltering.

Towards the beginning of the last performance, the most anticipated performance of all (Blue Angels), Lincoln, who was standing next to me, suddenly tipped over like a stiff board.  His knees didn't buckle; he was straight and rigid and collapsed sideways, making a goose egg on his forehead where he landed.  I leaned over and picked him up and his eyes were wide open and glassed over.  He was staring at nothing!!  This was really scary to see! He wasn't responding to me yelling at him, shaking him, or hugging him tight, nothing.  Just the glassy glazed over empty stare.  But even worse, next his eyes started moving back and forth similar to a seizure.

By now I was panicked and I frantically told Scott, "He needs help!! We need help!"  The crowd around us now noticed.  A lady brought over a water bottle and the gentleman in front of us took off his ice cold Camelback canteen and we poured water all over Lincoln.

Probably only 1 minute went by, but it felt like ages.  It's weird how time slows down where you're in crisis mode.  In anger of ice cold water being poured on his face and shirt, Lincoln snapped back to reality.  Oh, wow, thank goodness!  We needed a miracle and were given one when he came back to us.

Scott clutched him tightly and we walked toward the Red Cross tent.  A slew of military doctors laid Lincoln down and checked him out for probably an hour and a half.  They paged the head pediatrician of the base and he concluded that Lincoln had collapsed because of heat stroke caused by dehydration and heat.

When we were given the okay to be released, the show already ended and we slowly made the 1.5 trek back to our van.  I was so relieved that Lincoln was okay and it didn't turn out worse.

Moral of the story:  Be prepared!  If we would have planned accordingly: for example, brought water and shade and thought about it more, we would have all been protected.  This can be compared to life:  If we use the proper tools and stand with armor against evil, we will be safe and protected.  We can all learn from past mistakes and do better.   I know we were watched over from above.

June 2016

Makayla researched the Shoshone Indians for school.

Then the school year ended and we gave the kids a surprise for finishing the year.

We played outside lots.

Twinners.

We made crafts for Father's Day.

And celebrated ours.

And had a picnic.

Then we made some good memories in Washington and Oregon.

Theses two goofed around with Fat Gus.

We had a great time at Nickelmania.

For the first time, I earned my name on a pinball machine!

Maria invited us on a little waterfall hike.

We saw "Angry Birds" at the theater.

Had fun at Lagoon, and mom, dad, & Makayla took our first ride on Cannibal!

My college roommates got together for a picnic at the park: Julie, Anya, Christine, Kristin, and Emily.

Back in the day, we would do this bird arm reach to find each other in the crowd.

We ended the month by attending cousin Ava's baptism.

Makayla's Tonsils

In April, at Makayla's wellness check, her doctor took one look at her tonsils and exclaimed,"Those are definitely coming out! They are abnormally large and probably interfering with her sleep." I confirmed that the tonsils caused Makayla to snore loudly and sometimes seemingly stop breathing and flail her arms (aka sleep apnea).  So he gave us a referral sheet of the best ear, nose, and throat (ENT) doctors in our network.  And I found my own ear doctor, Dr. Gull, on that list.  Soon after, I was making an appointment with him to see my daughter.  Dr. Gull agreed that Makayla's tonsils should come out, as they were blocking her breathing path at night.  So we made a surgery appointment for June 28th, during summer vacation from school.

We arrived at 9am and they got her prepped for tonsil removal surgery.

They encouraged her to bring a stuffed animal for comfort.

Dr. Gull even offered to take a few photos in the operating room since I wasn't allowed in.

He took this one just after her medicine put her to sleep.

And snapped a photo of her tonsils.  What a cool doctor!

After her surgery she was given a grape slushee to drink.

Such a strong girl!  For one week after, she was only allowed to eat soft foods like yogurt, applesauce, smoothies, etc.  Her first request was mashed potatoes and gravy.

Her cat (MaryEllen) was dressed up for surgery too.

Grandma Vickie and Grandpa Marv sent her a beautiful bouquet and balloon.

We picked her up a couple of 10 dollar lollipops for her numbing medicine.  They worked really well: lick for 30 seconds and it numbed her throat for up to 3 hours.

And her Activity Days leaders made her some chocolate dipped strawberries.  Makayla was such a trooper!  She handled the one week of soft foods like a champ.  Going 10 days without exercising or intense activity was more of a challenge, but she did it!  She recovered smoothly and now when I watch her sleep, she is getting all the air she needs and snoring less.  Sounds good!