Day thirteen in Hawaii!!! (we miss u auntie ariel!!)

Another day in Hawaii...same old same old, except today was actually a good day! :) :)

My mom decided to see how long she could go without taking any pain medications. The last time she took them was at six this morning. She is in pain only when she moves. She started walking and doing everything else on her own today, only she still needs help getting in and out of bed. She is trying to make goals for the day so we can get home sooner. She fulfilled her goal for today! Her next goal is to be able to sit down for a long time since she is going to be sitting for ten hours in the plane. She didn't sleep as much today as yesterday probably because of the meds. Pretty much all in all she's doing much better.

My day was pretty busy today. It started out good! Basically I cleaned the house, helped my mom when she needed me, helped Marshall, made the meals, did the dishes, took a little walk around the house, and watched Aika for about five and a half hours. :) Marshall came home about ten thirty this morning with a cut on his head. He had been putting in fence posts across the street and somehow managed to get hurt. It wasn't bad though. Not a big gash or cut. It was like he took off a couple layers of skin in a roughly one inch by one inch square on top of his head. I cleaned it up and put some salve on it then he rested for a couple hours. He is fine now. He actually is on a date right now. :) My mom tried to convince him to bring her back to the house to meet us but Marshall wasn't too keen on the idea...go figure. :) So I've been very busy doing just about everything around here. :) It's actually been great because the busier I am the less time I have to think about how bored I am and how much I miss everyone! :)

Today I've had my hands quite full. Aika is a high maintenance kid! She is always looking for something to do and if you don't provide anything for her she will literally turn your house inside out! Between throwing everything on the floor, chasing the cats, spreading crumbs around the house and trying to get on the computer she always has me on my toes!!! :) It is  hard to watch her when I can't take her outside really and when there are no toys in the house. I have to stay in or right by the house so if my mom needs me, I'm just a holler away. :) Today I did take Aika on a little walk, although I did all the walking, behind the house to a hill and then to the gate out front and back to the house. It was hot and the sun was shining all his rays on us! I was sweating after that short ten minute walk. Aika ended up falling asleep half way through and then slept for almost two hours on the couch. I absolutely love watching Aika!! I think tomorrow Saki is going to bring her over for a little bit too!! :)
I heard from Ayala yesterday that when Micaiah got back to Memphis he slept for like twelve hours then when he got up the next morning, he came out of his room in his swim shorts!! :) It was around thirty degrees outside too!! He was so used to just wearing swim clothes all day in Hawaii!!! My dad and Mic were really in shock after being used to the high seventy weather of Hawaii and going into the low thirty degrees. That's one thing I'm not looking forward to... :(

Hopefully my mom will be able to fly home in a couple days!! Please pray for her!

Well, I have to go for now. I miss you all soooo much!! :(

Day twelve in Hawaii!!!

There isn't really supposed to be a day twelve...but here I am, still in Hawaii! There was only supposed to be half of a day eleven too. I don't know why I'm still here besides the fact that my mom needs me, but there must be a reason why God planned this like it is. Maybe I'll never know, but I am determined to look for what He has for me everyday. I don't want to miss Him here or anywhere.

My mom is doing better. She got out of bed for dinner last night and I helped her walk into the living room where she could sit in a comfy chair to eat. She slept okay last night, I think. I haven't asked her if her ribs hurt her yet, but she didn't wake me up groaning or anything so I guess that's a good sign. :) She came into the living room again for breakfast this morning around 7:30 then went back to bed. She's sleeping now.

My dad and Micaiah made it on the plane last night from Honolulu to Phoenix with seats right next to each other! :) When my dad called the airport before he left, they told him that they had three open seats on the plane but fifteen people who were on standby and they served US Airways costumers first. :(  He didn't think they would be able to make that flight, but God worked everything out!! :) They landed in Phoenix at 5:24am Hawaiian time. He didn't text us when he got on the plane for Memphis so I don't know anything about that yet.

I will update this later when I know more.

12:00pm--My dad and Micaiah made it safely to Memphis around 9:53am Hawaiian time, 1:53pm Memphis time. They are home now!! :)

My mom woke up on and off a little bit last night but wasn't in any bad pain.
After I got done blogging earlier, I went back to bed. I haven't been sleeping a lot lately, staying up until around 2:30am and getting up 7:00am, so that helped. My mom and I just got up for lunch 30mins ago. She is going to get a shower then Brody is going to bring Aika over for my to watch her around 3pm.
I have to get off now and start my day...a little late. :)

Day ten in Hawaii!!!

After breakfast this morning we went to the hospital to see my mom. She was awake but didn't look too good. She somehow looked...older. It was probably the fact that she was in pain and that her hair still hadn't been brushed out after the fall and had some briers in it.  I hated seeing her go through that pain, especially when the PT guys came in to help her to try to walk. :( I felt so...helpless. It made me wish that I could take her spot in that bed and be the one hurting. She is still very sore on her right side. There are no bruises that we can see but she is always complaining about her right side hurting bad. She is very lucky she didn't break her hip, arm, or neck! When she fell from the horse, she landed on her right side and fractured her number 7 and 8 ribs. Her right lung had been punctured a little and had kind of collapsed. Today the lung is back to normal but with lots of pain. I got the story wrong yesterday about how she fell off. What happened was she decided to take the horse in a little round pen to run and started out too fast. She didn't close the gate to the pen so when she came around, he bolted for the gate and she tried to stop him but he wouldn't listen. The horse went one way and my mom the other. She is going to stay in the hospital today too. Hopefully tomorrow she'll feel better and be able to come back. She isn't in a good enough condition to fly back to Memphis tomorrow so she will be staying here for another week or so, just as long as it takes for her to feel up to flying. I am going to be staying here with her to help her get out of bed and get food and such. I will probably be missing the Christmas program. :( That is a real bummer! I was looking forward to doing that. I only went to one practice. Anyway, we will be going to see my mom tomorrow afternoon sometime and will be bringing her back. Thank you all for your prayers! She has her cell phone now so she is able to receive phone calls and texts. Just please keep in mind that we are four hours behind you. :) If she doesn't answer your call she is probably sleeping. We love and miss you all and can't wait to see y'all again!! :)

Micaiah's boil is doing much better today. :) It came to a head and popped and most of the puss and blood is out of it. I didn't take any pictures but my dad did on his phone. It looked repulsive! :( My stomach usually doesn't turn on anything bloody or medical but that made it turn! Anyway, he said it feels better. :) Thank you all for your prayers!

Day nine in Hawaii!!! :( :( :(

Today was another one of those lazy/re cooperate days. Yesterday pretty much wore all of us out! :) I've been applying aloe gel on my face like every couple hours. :( I woke up this morning to make breakfast and looked in the mirror and my face was swollen and really, I mean really, red! :( :( It hurt pretty bad last night too. If I didn't stay in one spot my arms, legs and face would ache. :( My arms and legs aren't as bad as my face although they do hurt. I've never seen my nose this bad before! :( I can only just pray that is doesn't peel really bad! With my luck though, it'll be peeling for the Christmas program when I go back to the village. :( :(
So, while I was watching Aika this morning, Marshall took my mom on a horse back ride. They had loads of fun and went from Kaaawa, Brody's valley into Hakipu'u, Marshall's valley. When they got into Marshall's valley, they called for me and I went out to get a picture of them...

They left after that and went to herd some cattle back into their pasture. I went back inside with Aika, my dad and Mic. We got a call about 15-20 minutes later from Marshall saying that my mom had fallen off the horse. Apparently, she was fixing to get down and the horse kind of bucked sending her over the horses head! She landed on her side and we think she broke a couple ribs. Marshall's roommate took my dad to the farm where my mom was and from there he called an ambulance. She was taken to the hospital along with my dad. They are there right now. She should be fine as far as we know. They are just going to do a couple x-rays to see what exactly is wrong. Please pray for her!!

That's all I know right now. I'll update this later if I find anything else out.

5:00pm--Just heard from my dad that him and my mom will be staying overnight in the hospital. They did a CT scan on her and found that her lung was punctured a little from the fall and that her ribs are little bit fractured but not broken. It isn't too bad from what I've heard. Keep praying though. She's still in a lot of pain.

7:00pm--Just got off the phone with my dad. He was using a pay phone because his cell had died. He said that just my mom was staying over night so they could keep an eye on her to watch her breathing. Something like if she didn't breath evenly she might catch pneumonia. My dad is going to catch a ride home with Marshall later on tonight. Right now Marshall is at a Christmas party at the ranch. That's it for right now.

9:20pm--Heard from dad again. Mom threw up a little but they think it is because of the pain medications they are giving her. Dad is still there with her. Dad says that when he goes back tomorrow morning Mic and I can go with him to see her. :) She's been gone all day. I only saw her this morning a little at breakfast then when I took her picture on the horse.

Micaiah's boil is still trying to come to a head where it will pop. It is still causing him pain. I just got done changing his bandage. It looks pretty bad. I took a picture of it to show mom when she comes back tomorrow but I don't know if I want to post it. It doesn't look good at all. :(