Webster FAMILY Blog

It would be grossly unfair for me to call this a Webster Family Blog when the majority of it is a Tiffani & Michaella Blog. So to be completely fair here is a blog about the Male in our house hold. That's right not many of you know to much about him (because he is a hermit) he is my Husband and Michaella's Daddy... Michael John Webster.

Michael's favorite thing in the world is Duck Hunting. This lasts from Mid-October to Mid- January. This year he bagged over 100 ducks and he ate most all of those. Some he jerkied some he cooked up. I'm not a big fan of the stuff but this blog isn't about me. His duck jerky is a big hit at both his place of employment and mine. One day maybe if any of you are extra lucky you will get to try it.

Not only does Mike love hunting but Lucy loves hunting. And Michael loves Lucy. She is 7 years old and Michael is already stressing over what he will do when she dies. He loves that dog. And he swears she is the best hunting dog ever. I weeded through all the hunting pictures this year and 95% of them were all Lucy.







Since Duck hunting is now over he will move on to his next hobby. Michael does the best at everything he puts his mind to. He loves astrology (I'll have to post pictures when he gets out this summer). He loves fishing which as soon as spring comes around we will do plenty of. But right now he has found a new hobby...Genealogy. He has been working on his Grandpa Webster's side and has already found 700 relatives going back as far as 1532. And this is just stemming from his Great Grandpa Golden "J" Webster. Mike is a 5th generation John. His Dad is Jeffrey John his Grandfather John Elliot, Golden "J" and then John Alfred. But with all this work he has found that his name John goes back even further back centuries and generations. He is really loving it. I will have to do a post just on some of the stuff he has found like original pictures, passports and census reports.

Anyway. Michael is a great and wonderful Daddy and Husband and this blog is about what he likes.

9 years

Today Is Mike & My 9th anniversary. I can't believe how fast time flies. This weekend we are going to get a babysitter for the first time. Any other time we've been out we've either gone as a family or family has been able to watch Michaella.
We sure have been through a lot in the last 9 years. But there is very little I would change about it. We have one beautiful wonderful little girl who is the perfect collaboration of Mike and me. We have house and home, we have good jobs and we have each other. What more can you really ask for?

Fathers Day

For Fathers Day on Sunday we went and did the Mike thing...we went fishing. Mike even got Michaella her own fishing rod which she was totally stoked about. Too bad we didn't catch anything, the river was just a bit too high and too fast. Oh well it was an absolutely beautiful day and the weather was perfect and we all had a great time and a wonderful Father's Day for a wonderful Daddy.

Is it over yet??

Okay. So Mike had another surgery yesterday to remove the stent and remove the very last kidney stone. I thought once I heard that it was all over. But alas, this morning we ended up at the emergency room because Mike was having spasms where the stent was removed. So short and sweet my question to you all is....Is it over Yet?

Another surgery

Oh lucky Mike. He has another surgery next Wednesday. We go in to have the stent removed today only to find out they were not going to remove it. The Doctor neglected to tell me after Mike got out of surgery the first time that they were going to have to go back in because there was another kidney stone stuck on the other side and they put the stent in because it was so inflamed it was almost swollen shut. I'm a little frustrated and confused as to why we weren't informed of this right away. It makes we wonder if going back in could be some medical mistake. That would just be our luck wouldn't it?

Okay one kidney stone is out we still have 2 more to go. Everything went well yesterday. They broke up the one big stone that was stuck on the right side. On the other side where the majority of the pain is, they placed a stent. This will allow the other 2 kidney stones to pass easier. He is in a lot of pain. Urine is salt water and the big one cut him up a bit. So salt water and wounds...ouch. Also the act of urinating is also very painful especially with the stent in . He feels the need to pee frequently and often there is nothing there. With the stent the bladder thinks that it is not empty so at the end of every pee he gets a sharp pain because there is nothing there to really get rid of.
He is on a lot of pain meds...yeah for me and hopefully soon this will all be over. He goes back in on the 6th to get the stent removed. He is not looking forward to that.

Quick Mike update

Well we have finally found out why Mike is still sick. He has a massive kidney stone stuck in his ureter. It's a 5 mm stone and the ureter is about 3mm. So the wonderful kidney stone has wreaked havoc on his ureter. Enough so that they have to put a ureteral stent in. Michaella says that "Daddy has a big rock stuck in his little pee pee." I think this is the only time in his life that he will allow his pee pee to be described as little :).
So tomorrow he goes in for surgery at 2. They will go in and break up the stone with the ultrasound and they will place the stent. All of this will happen while he is asleep. Then a couple days later they will go and pull the stent out. This will happen while he is awake. He is not amused by the idea of being awake.
I am so glad that it is just a kidney stone and nothing more. There were times we worried it was cancer. So yeah for that. But not to say that this kidney stone is not painful. He is hopped up on drugs constantly and is nauseous for the pain. I really do feel for him and I am so excited to get it out so that he can be comfortable again.

More news

Well to make matters worse Mike got some test results in this morning that aren't great. He either has a prostate infection or a slim chance of prostate cancer. The Dr put him on 2 more weeks of antibiotics and flomax which I guess help shrink the prostate. Mike has been having troubles urinating and come to find out this is why. The Dr informed him that if he goes 4 hrs with out being able to go we need to go to the emergency room so they can insert a catheter so that his bladder doesn't explode. This is a pretty serious situation. In fact kidney stones comes in second to this. They can't really do any further testing until they get the infection under control and Mike is healthy. Who knows how long that will be. I know this is the last thing I should be worried about but our trip to Mexico is in 4 weeks. I'm feeling kinda down wondering why this has to be happening now. Or why is this happening at all?

My poor guy

So I mentioned that Mike woke up Saturday night with a fever. I assumed it was from the same flu bug both Michaella and I seemed to have and figured it was just kitting him longer. Mike thought it was an urinary tract infection. But neither of as really knew. Well the fever continued on Sunday and Monday and he was still noticing the symptoms of a UTI. Tuesday was another horrible day for him. That night he started getting pain in his back and he finally decided it was time to go into the Doctor.
Well all he could go to was an Urgent care clinic so the amount of tests they could do were limited. They gave him 3 different meds and made an appointment for first thing in the morning. But at this time we knew it was serious. They had him on an antibiotic a pain med and a med that turned his pee orange (I don't know don't ask me). So all Tuesday night I worried and fretted. I was really concerned about him and I knew he was in a lot of pain.
Yesterday morning he went in and found out he had not only a UTI but also a kidney infection. The Doctor wanted to find out what was causing them because it isn't normal for men to get these kind of infections and this is Mike's 4th infection at least in about 9 years. So he scheduled a CT Scan that same day, an appointment the next morning (today) to go over results and check up on him and then also with a urologist to do a scope on Friday.
Last night was another one of those excruciating nights. Mike was so weak and sick and he was throwing up all the time because his body was infected. Cancer or some other terrible fate was going through my head, I was terrified.
This morning at his appointment he found out he had 6 kidney stones. All about 2-3m in size. I guess your body can pass up to 5mm so they aren't going in to zap them or anything. So in a way that is a blessing because it wasn't anything worse but I feel SO bad for him. He doesn't handle pain well. So needless to say it is going to be almost as tough on me...okay not really but there will be pain involved on my end too.

The yuckies

Well we all got sick this weekend. I left work early on Friday and then went home ans slept the rest of the day. That night I had a fever of 101. Saturday we got up and got ready for Ballet and I felt okay. On the drive to dance lessons Michaella fell asleep which is odd considering she'd only been up about 2 1/2 hours. When we got to dance lessons she got really clingy when I finally was able to pry her off of me She just sat in the middle of the room and cried. SO I picked her up and went home. We got home and took a nap. That is all it took for Michaella but then I started running a fever again. So with the sore throat, the aches, the chills and the fever I thought for sure I had strep. So I decided to go to the Doctor.
Now I've had strep many times in my life and I have yet to be wrong once when I thought it was strep. There's always a first though! I didn't have strep. I actually would have rather had it then I could get the antibiotics and feel better pretty quickly. So I was disappointed. Along with that I also got weighed at the Doctors office...my damn scale at home is off by 4 lbs and not in the right way!! I was so mad. But I am trying to remind myself of how good I feel and that I AM buying smaller clothes. So I just need to keep going.
Well Saturday night Mike woke up in the middle of the night with a fever. So he was sick all day yesterday also and I had sympathy for him because I knew how it felt. Then this morning the full effects of time change hit and ALL of us are really struggling to get back in the groove. Michaella had such a hard time waking up this morning she even asked if she could go back to sleep in the car. We are only a mile from the Babysitters house. Oh well at least it stays lighter later and I feel like I can get so much more done at night.