Our Family is a circle of strength and love. With every birth and union it grows. Every crisis faced together makes the circle stronger
The title of this blog is really meaningful to the 1st half of 2013....
On February 9th, Mom and Dad (and family) came up to celebrate the twins 2nd bday. Dad ended up falling down our stairs and breaking 4 - 5 posterior ribs...after a trip to the ER in Cedar Rapids he was sent home to our basement with pain pills. From there things got worse with pain and mobility and ended up reaching out to the local hospital back home to admit dad for pain management. ultimately, every bad thing that could happen because of broke ribs happened and we almost lost my dad. on February 18th Dad suffered a major stroke and his resolved A-fib came back. He was extremely sick with pneumonia and had a severe bruised lung. After he stabilized on February 24th, mom and i decided to move Dad up to Mercy in Iowa City to be closer to his heart doctor and get the best care he could receive from a hospital who could handle his medical needs.
It's been awhile since i posted so i apologize as life keeps getting by me too fast! To bring you up to speed on why life has been so crazy and where we are to date...i felt blogging would be the great way for me to have an outlet of my emotions i would not normally post on FB. We started off the year celebrating our Sieren Xmas at our house in January. here is a pic of Gpa and Gma Sieren with their crazy next generation offspring (aka Grandkids).
On February 9th, Mom and Dad (and family) came up to celebrate the twins 2nd bday. Dad ended up falling down our stairs and breaking 4 - 5 posterior ribs...after a trip to the ER in Cedar Rapids he was sent home to our basement with pain pills. From there things got worse with pain and mobility and ended up reaching out to the local hospital back home to admit dad for pain management. ultimately, every bad thing that could happen because of broke ribs happened and we almost lost my dad. on February 18th Dad suffered a major stroke and his resolved A-fib came back. He was extremely sick with pneumonia and had a severe bruised lung. After he stabilized on February 24th, mom and i decided to move Dad up to Mercy in Iowa City to be closer to his heart doctor and get the best care he could receive from a hospital who could handle his medical needs.
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Adam feeding Gpa Ice Cream at Mercy...he knew that would make his owies better. |
Mercy then kept us until March 4th where they decided although his pneumonia was not resolved dad needed to be in a rehab facility immediately to start working with therapists as Dad's stroke had affected the part of the brain so that his brain was not recognizing his left side of his body. The St. Luke's rehab facility was amazing...staff and all. Dad's health and physical being improved tremendously and they were able to give us a better idea of what our future would be...obviously not the same. Here are some fun pics of Adam with dad.
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Gpa had been asking for a snuggle buddy and Adam was the only one would fit:) |
I want you for MY daughter! You are a jewel, my dear, a true jewel. Please give me your address - the least I can do for a cousin is give some $$. I know all about hard times and can totally relate. Love, your Sieren cousin in Oregon
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