Merry Christmas
Jeep, Acura, Jetta (Some things never change)
Over scheduled but juggles his responsibilities well
Serving in the Young Men’s Presidency, sad to leave High Council.
Enduring 75 mile round trip commute to downtown Phoenix
Paintball with Michael and Hayden
Has 1-½ years left on City Council
Triathlon training
Really enjoying nursery calling
Eighteen day Georgia, Florida and Caribbean vacation with Joe
Cake decorating class with Jenna
Involved in local and national campaigns
Amarillo, TX. all July to see Joy and kids
Makes it hard to keep food in the house (6ft~ 225 lb, 15 yrs old)
Incredible summer: EFY, scout camp & youth confs. in AZ & TX
Called as 1st counselor in Teacher’s Quorum
High school golf team
Awesome big brother
Eager to start Community College classes in January
Loves football as much as ever
Home schooled 7th grade, 12 yrs old
Awesome flag football, basketball player & pianist
Yaks on the phone with friends, spent summer with Joey Perez
Diabetes is doing well, 3rd JDRF walk for a cure November 2008
Eating me out of house and home (like a good 12 yr. old boy)
Not in primary anymore
Jumps at any chance to play with friends…. little miss social
Enjoying 3rd grade at home and loves piano
Neat to have her baptized by her dad on her birthday
Never sleeps past 6 am
Always gets me up to run so she can ride her bike
Never stops making us laugh
Always talking about Indiana Jones and super heroes
Turned 3 in October
Happy when he can play video games with brothers
Always being asked “who’s your favorite brother?” by brothers
Never passes up a chance to play at the park
We love and miss you all and hope that this holiday season finds you all well. How blessed we are for this season to celebrate the birth of our Savior and Lord. It is our prayer that this celebration is taken into and through the New Year.
Love,
Joe, Trecia, Michael, Hayden, Jenna and Nathan Estes
Mama4x@gmail.com Estesfamilyfun.blogspot.com Joeestes@juno.com
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Hayden in ICU
"Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a state of inadequate insulin levels resulting in high blood sugar and accumulation of organic acids and ketones in the blood. It is also common in DKA to have severe dehydration and significant alterations of the body’s blood chemistry. "
This is an online definition. Basically, his body, for whatever reason doesn't get enough insulin. This is usually onset by an upcoming illness which is what makes it so hard because his body will fight an illness before we see the symptoms of him getting sick. When he is sick he needs more insulin but sometimes by the time he gets the flu or whatever it is too late so his body is already short insulin. He then gets really sick and has high ketones. This causes swelling of the brain which makes him nauseous and then the vomiting starts. At that point it's all over. He gets dehydrated, causing higher blood sugars, causing higher ketones and the cycle spins out of control. This is usually the state a person is in when first diagnosed if waiting to long to see a dr.
Then all of his electrolytes are bouncing all over and out of control. So he requires an IV to flush his body. The ketones are basically an over spilling of acids from the kidneys because the kidneys are over worked at this point. Ketones are released through urine so he went through a total of 12 bags of IV fluids just for his ketones. In ICU he had 5 different bags of 5 different things being pumped into him.
The high blood sugar then causes his body to start "eating" it's own fat and then muscle (the reason to NEVER do the Atkins diet) because there is no sugar going to any of his cells outside of his blood. He lost almost 5 pounds. (Not my kid who needs to lose any weight:o)
Once we got his blood sugars under control we then had to wait until his body was free of all ketones. 48 hours later he was finally negative the ketones. His electrolytes were still all "funky" (which is evidently a technical medical term because I heard it a lot:o) He is on medicine for a week to even out his potassium and and couple of other electrolytes.
The last thing they were watching was his thyroid. This is where diabetics can get problems with thyroid. So far, he has been fine with that, thank goodness.
I came home feeling like I know NOTHING about diabetes, except I can neverlet Hayden get sick:o) I am looking into a bubble today.
Anyhow, that's it in a nutshell. He spent 24hours ICU and then 24 hours on the diabetic floor at Phoenix Children's Hospital. We LOVE that hospital.
This is an online definition. Basically, his body, for whatever reason doesn't get enough insulin. This is usually onset by an upcoming illness which is what makes it so hard because his body will fight an illness before we see the symptoms of him getting sick. When he is sick he needs more insulin but sometimes by the time he gets the flu or whatever it is too late so his body is already short insulin. He then gets really sick and has high ketones. This causes swelling of the brain which makes him nauseous and then the vomiting starts. At that point it's all over. He gets dehydrated, causing higher blood sugars, causing higher ketones and the cycle spins out of control. This is usually the state a person is in when first diagnosed if waiting to long to see a dr.
Then all of his electrolytes are bouncing all over and out of control. So he requires an IV to flush his body. The ketones are basically an over spilling of acids from the kidneys because the kidneys are over worked at this point. Ketones are released through urine so he went through a total of 12 bags of IV fluids just for his ketones. In ICU he had 5 different bags of 5 different things being pumped into him.
The high blood sugar then causes his body to start "eating" it's own fat and then muscle (the reason to NEVER do the Atkins diet) because there is no sugar going to any of his cells outside of his blood. He lost almost 5 pounds. (Not my kid who needs to lose any weight:o)
Once we got his blood sugars under control we then had to wait until his body was free of all ketones. 48 hours later he was finally negative the ketones. His electrolytes were still all "funky" (which is evidently a technical medical term because I heard it a lot:o) He is on medicine for a week to even out his potassium and and couple of other electrolytes.
The last thing they were watching was his thyroid. This is where diabetics can get problems with thyroid. So far, he has been fine with that, thank goodness.
I came home feeling like I know NOTHING about diabetes, except I can neverlet Hayden get sick:o) I am looking into a bubble today.
Anyhow, that's it in a nutshell. He spent 24hours ICU and then 24 hours on the diabetic floor at Phoenix Children's Hospital. We LOVE that hospital.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
My elves
I was playing on Joe's computer when I found the Elves. He only has 2 pix on his computer and they are OLD. Nathan was5 months old and sorry, Jenna....she is so photogenic and this is not her best picture, but it's way cute, anyways:o)
You may need to mute the Christmas music (scroll down on right hand side) before you play the elves.
You may need to mute the Christmas music (scroll down on right hand side) before you play the elves.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Dear Santa,
Jenna has been learning and perfecting writing letters in "school". Professional, business, friendly etc...... and so as part of the kids' journaling time today I had them write letters to Santa. I have to share...
JENNA'S LETTER: (age8)
Dear Santa,
How are you doing? I am doing really well. I can't wait until Christmas. I am happy that you are coming. We still live in the same house we did last year.
I want so many things this year. You can pick what ever you want to bring me. I want:
JENNA'S LETTER: (age8)
Dear Santa,
How are you doing? I am doing really well. I can't wait until Christmas. I am happy that you are coming. We still live in the same house we did last year.
I want so many things this year. You can pick what ever you want to bring me. I want:
- a scooter
- soccer ball
- $20.00
- a barbie house
- make-up
- hairbands
- bracelets
- a door that leads from my bedroom to the bathroom
- a DS
I really want a DS because my brothers NEVER let me play with theirs. I hope you have a safe trip around the world.
Love,
Jenna
HAYDEN'S LETTER: (age 12)
Dear Santa,
How are you? I am just fine. What is it like at the North Pole? It is hot down here in Maricopa. I have a few questions for you. What is it like being so loved? How have you lived for so long? Will you tell me the secret to living so long? Is it all that fresh air you get on Christmas Eve?
From
Hayden Estes
MICHAEL'S LETTER: (age 15)
Dear Santa,
Hello, how are you today? I just thought I'd write to you and say that you are my favorite gift giving entity. While we're on the subject of gift giving I'd like to remind you that Christmas is only a little while away and I have been a VERY good boy. Always obedient to my parents and loving to my siblings (especially my sweet little sister). With this in mind I have compiled a list of objects that would bring me great joy on Christmas morning:
- A pair of black Oakleys (you know the ones)
- A Storm Trooper hoodie
- A projector for my bedroom.
I think these are all reasonable items. After all we don't want everyone to see those pictures from last year's Christmas party.... do we? So bring me my demand list and the pictures will be on your doorstep for you to do what you want with.
Sincerely,
Michael Estes
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