Children's Hospital

So, there was a ranking that went on about what Children's hospital is the best in the nation. Not to brag or anything but Denver just happened to be #1 Children's hospital in the country. I was mostly excited because this is where my little brother received all of his treatment throughout his entire life, and the reason why my parent's never moved from Denver. I'm grateful that my brother was able to receive the best care possible during his life. Sorry, but I was just really excited to see that!! It's actually the building right next to where I go for my Diabetes treatment, so I see it all the time.

Toeriffic news!! Not really

So for the past 2 months I have had a sore toe. Don't know why or how it happened. So when it really started hurting about 2 wks ago I called my Diabetic Doc and she looked at it and tested me for gout. Which is sometimes what diabetics can get, but I didn't have that. She started having me soak it in Epsom salt 3 times a day. Then five days latter my OB doc saw it and put me on an Antibiotic just in case it was infected. It did have a little infection but not very much. So then, I went and saw a podiatrist (who I am kind of angry at) and she said well let's see what the antibiotic does and we'll look at it in a few days. So it got a little better but not great. So last Saturday I woke up with pain in my kidneys and I'm thinking great I have a kidney infection too. So by Sat. Night my parents told me I needed to go see a doc b/c it was looking really bad and it hurt too. BUt Nathan and I were going to go out with some friends to movie and dinner and I would much rather do that. BUt much to my dismay I ended up in Urgent care at 7:30pm. The doctor says you have an ingrown toenail. UH WHAT?? Its down by my cuticle not the side of my toe. So needless to say they numbed my toe and removed that part of the nail below my cuticle. It really hurt and the whole time I was thinking "Oh my gosh, this really hurts and in 3 months I'm going to be having a baby, what did I get myself into!" But Nathan was great and held my hand the whole time. We got home about 9:30pm. Since I've been pregnant I can't really look at blood or I feel nauseated and I want to faint. So Nathan helped clean my wound for the first 2 days. Tuesday is the first day I've been able to kind of walk on it and I had to go to work. By the end of the day my foot really hurt. BUt it's looking better. And the doctor found no infection at all in my toe it was just so sore from the nail. Thank goodness. And I have no infection my kidneys!!

Petersen Reunion 2009

MT. Rushmore


Pretty Black Hills

A turtle in the Lake where we were Paddle boating

Nathan and I in the Paddle Boat

The other Paddle boat, with Grant, Aleisha, Alaina, Brooke and Crystal

Chimney Rock

So my family and I went on a family trip last week. Grant, Aleisha and Alaina flew in from New York and we loaded up in my parent's motorhome and went to South Dakota to see Mt. Rushmore.

We left Wednesday night and made it to Shelby, Nebraska where we spent the night in a Cabela's Parking lot. The next morning my brother, Dad, and husband had fun walking around Cabela's. Then we headed to Chimney Rock. After Chimney Rock we went to Chadron, Nebraska where we went on paddle boats and paddled around a cute little lake. After that we headed to our campsite in South Dakota. My uncle Jim and Aunt Lorraine also joined us up in South Dakota.

Friday morning we got up and headed to Mt. Rushmore. We took a very windy but pretty road to get there. On the way I got carsick and threw up all over Nathan and my uncle and Aunt's car. I felt Really BAD!!! That was the first time I've puked since I've been pregnant. Then we made it to Mt. Rushmore and I got some yummy Ice cream to fill my empty stomach. After lots of pictures we headed back to our campsite and had a campfire. That was fun.

Saturday was a very rainy day. We ended up going to Rapid city and seeing bear country. That was actually a lot of fun b/c all the bears were out b/c it wasn't too hot outside. Then we went to the Purple pie shop (where the building is actually pink and purple) and got some yummy pie.

Sunday we went to the Hot Springs, South Dakota Branch and went to their Church mtg. We made up half the branch. After that we went to my other uncle's house in Wyoming and had Sunday dinner with them. Then we headed home. All in all it was a fun trip with a lot of fun memories.