from the heart

I mentioned in my last blog that the stomach bug got our family bad and sabatoged all efforts for an on time Christmas card. I regret having to give up on this fun project. I was really looking forward to sending out cards to all our family and friends. I love this time of year for the good old fashion snailmail correspondence. I thought I'd send it anyway via the world wide web. On the bright side, I saved some stress and cents on stamps (?) Oh well, next year I'll try again... ~Merry Christmas from the Longorias~

It's 12:45am and I can't sleep. The last couple weeks have brought about nights of insomnia and days of tiredness . No fun! I thought I'd make the best of it tonight and finally do some blogging. Exactly a week ago Elena finished up her antibiotics for her sinus infection. We were so thankful to finally see her back to her normal self. Peter was gone all week on a business trip, so Elena and I camped out at my parents. It was great to have Uncle Mark back in town from college for the holidays. My mom and I had made all sorts of plans --- shopping, baking and Mark even started designing our Christmas card. We ventured to Pottery Barn Kids on Tuesday to pick up a present from Elena's great grandparents... which Elena is going to love (I'm not spoiling the surprise!) All plans came to halt on Tuesday evening ---- Elena had got the bug! The stomach virus that has been going around our area had attacked with full force. She vomited over 15 times in a 12 hour period. Po...

It's hard to believe over three weeks have past since my surgery. This past week I had my follow up appointment with my surgeon. He said my wound was healing well and that I have very little risk of wound infection or complications at this point. What great words to hear! He has asked to see me again in two months. At that time he will do doppler testing on my legs and feet to see how my blood pressure and circulation has improved since the surgery. I also went to see my cardiologist. He was excited to tell me that the pulses in my groin are normal! Before surgery they were very faint, so this is a good indicator that my blood is flowing to the southern half of my body with no problems! I had been keeping track of my blood pressure over the two weeks after my surgery and I was able to share those readings with him. He said that at this point, I can continue to go without my blood pressure medicine. Great news!!! I still have high cholesterol, so I'll continue taking fish ...