Quarantine

When it was announced we were going into quarantine I had the great vision of being able to finally do some of the projects and cleaning that I have been putting off.  The boys appeared to be getting their work done.  Ila needed help but that only took a couple of hours so I worked on a few projects.  I made two blankets for a couple of Briggs team members in theater.


I loved spending time in the yard.



And we didn't go without great food.

Luckily and Thankfully Adam has stayed busy at work so the only time he took off was when he was in the hospital.

Where to go from here

Years from now if someone reads the past entry and then this entry it will be hard to realize how much the world has changed in a month.

The kids have been out of school for 3 weeks and doing their classes online. 

I was awakened a couple of weeks ago by an earthquake shaking our home.  For days we felt the after shocks of that quake. 

And to top it off we have a plaque sweeping the world, corona virus, and killing thousands of people.  

The economy went from one of the best times in history and dropped to one of the worst. Thousands are out of work and thousands more are contracting this deadly illness.  

Even though we have been very careful and I have kept my kids quarantined in the house in hopes that we could avoid any illness, accident or virus Adam had a massive attack Saturday evening.  He was up all night Saturday night in pain and throwing up.  Sunday Adam spent the day in bed.  He appeared to be doing better but he didn't eat anything all day.  Monday morning he went to get a project started for work and then he decided to swing by the house and have a little oatmeal because he was feeling weak and hungry.  He ate the oatmeal and shortly afterward he was doubled over in pain.  He said, "I think I need to go to the hospital."
Well in hope of avoiding the hospital I took him to the insta care.  After 45 mins there they told us they couldn't help him and sent him to the hospital.  As we walked through the emergency room doors Adam fell down and couldn't make it another step.  A wheel chair was brought out.  Luckily there wasn't anyone in the waiting room and they took us back to a room quickly.  The got an IV started and began running tests and giving him pain medication.  He was in so much pain.  It didn't take long before he was admitted to the hospital and we were told he would need his Gallbladder removed.  His bilirubin numbers were sky rocketing and his pancreas numbers were at 4000 (they should be at 70.  The following day the doctor said she still couldn't perform surgery because his numbers were still too high.  Now at this point Adam had eaten a bowl of oatmeal Monday morning but other than that he really hadn't eaten since Saturday.
Surgery finally happened on Wednesday.  They removed his gallbladder and then had to perform an ERCP to clean the stones and sludge out of his system.  Between the two procedures he was in surgery for 5 hours.
Due to the Corona virus there are no visitors allowed in the hospital.  Following surgery they allowed me to come by for one hour.  After 3 days in the hospital Adam began to cry when he saw me waiting in his room.  He really struggled coming out of the anesthesia and I couldn't stay long.  Eventually the nurse came in and told me I had to leave.  It just killed Adam being left alone again.  The next couple of days were horrible for Adam.  He wasn't improving, he was in pain, and he was home sick.  Good Friday came.
During conference President Nielson asked us to have a world wide fast on Good Friday in order to unite in prayer for our world economy, the fight of the corona virus and for those suffering.  At this point Adam had been in the hospital for 5 days.  Adam was added to many peoples fasting and prayers.
Friday night we instantly saw the miracle of fasting and prayer.  Adam was improving drastically.  Friday night he was finally able to drink water again.  By Saturday he was doing so well that he had some malt o meal for breakfast.

Today is Saturday, it just so happens to be Adams birthday.  Tomorrow is Easter.  This is such a difficult weekend to be alone in the hospital.  This afternoon I decided to go to the hospital and beg them to let me in to give Adam a hug and wish him a happy birthday.  At first they told me know but I continued to beg them.  I told them I have been quarantined all week, I haven't been to the store, I was just showered and I had clean clothes on.  The front desk realized I was going to  keep after it so they called the head nurse on Adams floor.  She agreed to let me come up for a few minutes.
I walked into Adams room and he just cried.  There were a couple of nurses in his room and they both stepped out to give us a few minutes.  Tears just ran down his cheeks (and of course then I started crying).  Adam said this is the greatest birthday present ever.  It broke my heart to see how lonely he was.
Some people need the love and support of family in order to heal.  It's so sad to think of all the people that are suffering and dying in the hospitals all alone.

Home school

Home school is something I think I would have enjoyed as a student.  My kids on the other hand really enjoy the luxury of not having school but hate the responsibility of home school.  That being said, I am very busy all day long tracking the kids, helping them understand their work, and making sure they are completing everything.

I have loved being more involved with my kids schooling but when they ALL need help it makes it difficult to keep up with all of them.  

18 years

We celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary.  We were under quarantine so we let our anniversary come and go without hardly realizing it happened.
Originally we were planning to be in Idaho Falls for Briggs big ballroom competition but that was cancelled so that cancelled our get away.

Ila is 10

While in Quarentine Ila Turned 10.  We had Pearl come over for a sleep over.  That was the extent of the party for Ila.

I bought some strawberries and we made chocolate covered strawberries.  Ila loves chocolate covered strawberries.


Ironically last month we decided to meet up with Adams old mission companion and his family at Disneyland.  Ila has been begging to go to Disney land for a long time.  She doesn't remember when we went about 8 years ago.  Adam and I ended up surprising her and we drove to California for and spent a couple of days in Disneyland.  This was her birthday present which worked out well because we didn't realize she would be quarantined for her birthday.








We left the boys at home and made it a super quick trip.

Ila had a blast and was completely exhausted by the time we went home.