The Aftermath

So Kelby is doing so much better now. He now has is hard cast was cleared to start school this week and is back to his old self making jokes pulling funny faces and being rowdy. While Kelby was still in the hospital Forrest came up with a plan to have a benefit shoot to help raise money to help with the families medical bills. Forrest got to calling and emailing all of his friends in the archery world so of which know Rashelle because she works at Mountain Archery (the local archery shop). Asking for donations for a raffle and we called the local archery club and worked with them to borrow the range to hold it at. I was in charge of food taking the money for the shoot and selling raffle tickets. The shoot was this past weekend and it was very much a success. We worked hard and then had lots of fun doing it over the weekend. We raised lots of money which will help with the bills and finally got to spend time with friends before hunting season starts and no one sees anyone anymore. Here are a few pics. Thanks to everyone how donated or help pull this off it meant a lot to the family and us as well.

Chase was a trooper being out there for two days and he shot his bow and walked the range at least 4 times is those two days.

Kelby and a few of the kids that were there.

Talon (Kelby's brother) is the far Navy shirt shooting with some of the other boys

Colby shooting on Sunday as well.

Talon get off the phone you crazy kid!

All the raffle prizes that we gave away.

Thanks to everyone who bought tickets!

People out shooting

Rashelle, Zane and others shooting the last target all at the same time

The next chapter of the story

Ok, so Thursday night before we left IA to come home My best friend Rashelle's mother-in-law died. She had been having a rough fight with cancer it was a blessing the Joyce was not suffering anymore but still hard on the family. I was very glad that I was leaving Friday morning to come home to help and be there for Rashelle and her family. As I was driving home I was stuck in traffic in Omaha, NE and I get a text message from Diana one of my co-workers that was pregnant and due in Aug. she texted me " she is here Olivia Gene Hull" I was so surprised she was 3 weeks early and my parting works to Diana before I left was "don't have that baby until I get back". Well I guess that didn't work. We made it home Saturday evening and Joyce's viewing was the next day so we hurried and unpacked. Sunday came and went smoothly. Monday I went to work for a couple of hours and then headed to the funeral. The service was nice and then when back to the craziness of work. Got home and got a text from Rashelle saying that Kelby her middle son was in a 4-wheeler accident and his leg was hurt they were headed for the hospital. What horrible timing I thought with everything that they had been though this summer. Well a hurt leg was not the half of it. Apparently he fell off the back of the 4-wheeler and rolled head over toes down the road they lived on. He actually had a brain bleed, shattered ankle, a compound fracture in his leg, and all the tendons in his neck were sprained, the doctor said that if he had been an adult his neck would have been broken and he had road rash and bruising all over is body. Because of the bleeding on the brain they had to fly him on the life flight jet all the way to Salt Lake City to Primary Children's Hospital. That was the hardest night waiting to hear the next update worried about Kelby and wondering how Rashelle was handling it all, just waiting for the next text message to come in with an update. I felt so helpless just because I could not do anything to help. That night they did surgery on his leg and pinned his ankle back together and put screws in his leg bones. The next day they did another CAT Scan and the bleeding on the brain was not worse but no better but he was not waking up like the doctors wanted him to. At that point it was day to day. On Wednesday by lunch time he finally woken up, he was in a lot of pain but awake and talking and we were thrilled. Thursday was another good day got moved off the ICU floor and into a regular room. By Friday they decided that he could come home it would be a long road of recovery but he was well enough to make the 4 hour trip home. Because of all the stitches and swelling they were not able to cast his leg so they just wrapped and splinted it. So they had to be super careful with the leg. They would have to go back a week later to have the stitches removed and a hard cast put on and another nero evaluation because the bleeding was still there and had not started draining yet. So they made it home we were so happy to get them all home.

Kelby

Wed. therapy was getting out of bed and going outside

Two days home from the hospital with his baby cousin.

Who said babies are not good medicine.

Home for one week

July Pics

Attempting to take a pic of the big windmills with my phone camera while driving didn't really work but oh well.

Mom stop taking my picture every time we stop some where it's getting annoying :)

By the way this was in Sydney, NE in front of Cabela's

At the Blank Park Zoo

The View from the porch at the cabin

Grandma and Chase on the porch having fun

A Tree frog on the wind chime Chase though this was awesome who knew all that noise at night could come out of such a little animal.

Playing with Grandma

July

Well now that it is 8/16 I decided I better get my July stuff posted. So much has happened since we got home from Iowa it feels like I just got home but in reality it as almost been a month. So to catch everyone up Chase and I went on our first big road trip by ourselves. We drove all the way to Iowa to see Lonna and Mark. As is the custom when work forces you to take 10 days off each summer to "save money" but really just making a calm summer into a hectic one because you have to play catch up. Forrest had to stay home as is now becoming a custom because he never gets vacation time. Chase and I loaded up and drove the two day trek to IA normally we fly but this year plane tickets where way more than driving and it was nice to have an extra vehicle since Lonna and Mark are in the process of moving into their retirement cabin in Keosaqua. We got to spend time in Oskaloosa at that house that they are prepping to sell as well as going to the zoo in Des Moines and then we spent a few days down at the cabin as well. This was the first time I had been to the cabin and it is very secluded on 40 acres of trees near the river with lots of tree frogs, firefly's and cicada's all of which we don't have in Idaho. Oh yeah and don't forget the deer lots of those too but only Forrest is thrilled about that. Chase was an amazing traveler I had lots of things for him to do in the car and a rented portable DVD player also helped. But over all the two of us did alright on the road. We had a cooler in the back with water and snacks so we eat from that durning the day and each way back and forth we stayed in Sydney, NE. We made good time and over all I'm sure I will do it again my only complaint was no cell phone service in the majority of WY so nothing extra to keep me awake when the road got boring. Chase had some funny moments like when we finally made it into NE on the first evening and he asked " Mom what language do they speak in Nebraska". Only chase would like I had taken him to a forgein land of corn and cows :) Over all the trip was great I love the Mid-West and would love to move there someday and I'm sure I will return soon hopefully at fair time next year. Every time I go I get told the best time to come is when the fair is going. So maybe next year when there are not babies waiting to be born in my department but that is another story for the next post. More to come soon.