Enoch had surgery on his knee on Thursday! At 6 feet, no one at the hospital could believe that he was only 14, he was relaxed and a super patient too. After a month of icing it almost everyday with no improvement, I took him back to the doctor, a different one this time. His diagnosis was the same, other than this doctor was sure the root of the problem was his two piece kneecap. He said there would be no danger in living with it, but that if he stays really active it will never get all the way better without surgery. It’s probably not very often that you go to the doctor one day and have surgery less than 24 hours later, especially if it’s not an emergency. The surgeon was available to do it either then or mid March. We opted for sooner than later so that Enoch can be recovered for at least part of the soccer season. We’re hoping this surgery enables him to run without the knee pain he’s had for so long. His kneecap never formed all the way, bipartite patella, so there was one little piece that was moving around enough that it was causing problems. They removed that 1” piece (10% of his kneecap) and sent him on his way. He can’t bend it for two weeks, mostly to help the tendonitis heal, but then he can start therapy. The recovery so far has been a breeze compared to Natalie’s ACL surgery a few years ago, we hope it continues that way.
Natalie has one more week of basketball, I won’t be sad to let go of the 5:30am practices, I don’t think she will be either, but she has had a fun season. She plays a lot of JV, but has played a couple of times in varsity games. The first time she played varsity, they had her number written wrong on the roster, so they called a technical on us. She was in the middle of shooting foul shots at the time, she had missed the first one, but she was left alone out on the court to finish the 2nd one. Even with all that attention, she swished it! All you have to do to earn a Letter in basketball is score in a varsity game and she did it.
Miriam had a similar experience in her basketball game this week. It was tied 11-11 with one minute left. The other team called a timeout, but they didn’t have any timeouts left, so they called a technical on them. We got to shoot two, and the coach sent Miriam out to do it. She swished both of them, it was so exciting.
Ellie started dance classes recently. She loves it! She also started piano. She doesn’t love it … yet, but hopefully she will soon. Miriam and Enoch are taking piano lessons too and it's fun to hear them all playing a little more often.
We’re looking forward to our annual trek to St. George for soccer tournaments this weekend, we’re hoping for some warm weather. Miriam, Ellie, and Natalie are all playing this year. Enoch already went to a tournament in Mesquite in January.
Auriana just performed with the folk dance group at the conference center, and begins her mid-semester tour to the San Francisco area pretty soon.
You all have access to Isaac’s letters, so you know how he’s doing. It is such a blessing to have a missionary out. It has been wonderful for our family as a whole, and wonderful for our individual relationships with Isaac as well.
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| Surgery Day and Supportive Friends |
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| Valentines Box |
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| Happy Birthday Brenda! |
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| I love this kind of homework! |
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| Conference Center Performance Photo cred: Rachel Jacobsen |
