He was able to eat all the snacks and drink all the drinks without any problems. However, he has very shallow breathing with very little diaphramic support. She gave him some exercises to do and will do another eval in March.
On this trip we had a very fun experience having an early dinner with Johm and Sue Laing. They are Patrick's parents and they live in Salt Lake. They had us for lunch one day when Tessha and Patrick were dating. We were flying back from Seattle and Patrick had arranged for us to meet his parents. Sue had a wonderful lunch ready for us and we visited for a little while before driving on home. Now, almost a year later, we met up with them in SL. They introduced us to a wonderful resturant on 300 S called "The Other Place". The food was wonderful and the company even better. The only problem was that even though I had my camera in my purse, we were having such a nice time, I forgot to take it out and get a picture.
Regardless, we had a nice afternoon and a great dinner before heading down to Orem to spend the night.
Laura and Mark were doing a last chance Utah ski day so the next morning they brought Jace and Annie to our hotel room and we all went swimming.
Gracie kept Brooklyn so she could drive her up to the slopes at feeding time. Kristi and the kids came over and joined us in the pool.
When it was time to check out we went to Kristi's place and she took the boys and Katara to a birthday party in Sprinfield.
With Jace, Annie and Marley, Dan and I stopped by Burger King and got hamburgers and fries for all.
We ate them at the house and then played the rest of the afternoon. It started snowing pretty hard around 3:00 when Kristi got home. We were expecting Laura and Mark soon. The plan was to head home that evening but it was snowing so hard that we keep putting off leaving thinking it would ease up a bit. Laura talked us into staying in Orem. She even arranged a room for us that night at the Orem Hampton Inn. We were excited at the thought of staying another night and got it the car to head to the hotel.
I don't remember if it were Dan or Alisha but one of them spoke up and said, "Don't you have to work tomorrow? OH NO!!! I had forgotten. The pharmacy had given me Saturday off so I didn't have to go down and come back both on Friday. But, I had promised I'd be back to work for Sunday so we turned around and went back to Kristi's to tell Laura we wouldn't be able to stay. We had to head for Idaho. The roads looked ok; not good, but ok.
But that changed soon after we were on the freeway. It was slushy, very slick ice and cars and trucks were going every which way. It was so slick that I was really afraid. The police were on the right and the left as cars were sliding off the road in both directions. We even saw a white truck right in front of us suddenly start spinning and went through three lanes of traffic before it was on the side of the road. Luckily, he didn't hit anyone and nobody hit him. Amazing when you think of it. About the time we got to south SL I called Laura and told her we were turning around and coming back. We weren't going to make it home alive that night. She told me to pick a place to stop and she'd get us a room wherever that was. She didn't even want us to drive to come back.
We were supposed to pick up a gift for Tessha and Patrick from Sue and John before heading home so we decided to try to get to their place in North Salt Lake and then we'd find the Hampton in Woods Cross and stay there that night.
It meant that we were on the road a little longer but we were blessed and got there safely. We were so grateful for a nice place to spend the night off of the roads. Thank you, Laura!! We spent the night there and headed home the next morning. I will say the roads were a little better, not much, but a little. And it was light outside with some sun to melt the ice.
It took us about 5 hours but we made it home and I was at the pharmacy by noon. I have to say, this was one trip I was just glad to get home safely~ even if I had to work when I got there.
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