Sunday, May 27, 2012
Being an example of the believers!
So this last week at work I had a really neat experience with one of the agents that works for us. She had e-mailed asking if I was mad at her
cause I guess I had sounded frustrated with her. I had had some frustrating agents before her. So I guess I may have sounded frustrated with her. I had let her know I
wasn't. I also thanked her for calling me out on it and then we got talking and she said that she didn't know what
faith I was but that she believed that god takes care of all of us. I let
her know that I was Mormon she then told me she was going to be having
he missionaries over and was asking what they drink since we don't drink
coffee. She also asked if they would like cupcakes. So I told he water or
milk. Then we got talking about how I had a brother who was serving
right now and that we got to skype with you on Christmas and mothers
day. She couldn't believe that we only got to talk with you twice a
year. She said she has a son that doesn't talk with her very often. She
also said that she believed that the missionaries were doing amazing things
and that they come home better men. She also told me she was going to
pray for for my brother. This really was an awakening moment for me. I realized that I truly need to be an example and be more open to sharing my beliefs with others. We have brothers and sisters out there just searching for the truth. We can truly be an instrument in the hands of God. We just need to be praying for opportunities to help him in our daily lives. I love this gospel. I am so thankful for the comfort and guidance I can receive in my life through prayer and scripture study. My we all strive to be instruments in Gods hands!
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Hike, EMTs, Search & Resue and an ambulance!
If That title wasn't gripping enough for you wait until you hear my story. I had gotten invited to go hiking to Horsetail falls in Alpine with a group of friends from my ward. Hillary Waldron, Ben Austin, Abe Austin, Christian Austin, Imma, Kaory and Shelby. The hike up wasn't too bad. just very steep and rocky. So we went up to the upper falls and sat down and took some pictures and then decided we wanted to go down to the lower falls.
Going to the lower falls is difficult cause you have to climb down all these rocks. Shelby and I were a head of the group. We came to this rock that we needed to climb down. Shelby had already gone down it and I had crouched down to go down when my left foot slipped and my right foot stayed. I twisted my ankle. Or so I thought that was all I had done. Cause all of the sudden I had a shooting pain in my knee. I knew something was wrong and that I wasn't going to be able to walk out of there. The rest of the group finally caught up with us and Jacob moved me to a flatter place and out of the trail. He gave me some Advil for the pain. He then gave me two options for how I was getting off the mountain. He could either carry me or call emergency. I opted for the second option. I knew that the trail up was very rocky and I was afraid of him losing his step and dropping me. So we called emergency. This happened about 6:30pm May 12th. Right after it happened the Austin's gave me a blessing. They went up to see if there was anywhere that life flight could land. Went they got back they said that they had seen people on horses and tried to get their attention. Life flight came but they couldn't find a flat enough place to land and they don't do the basket when its getting dark if they don't have to. So they left. While we were waiting for the EMT to come up we were joking about whether or not they would be attractive. So the first EMT makes it to me at about 7:30. He gets there and is starting to give me an IV. Imma of course decides to ask him if he is single. His response was I have five kids and a mortgage you don't want this.
The first EMT had seen the couple on the horse and they had offered to take him up. I was told he said no and kept running and then turned around and said yes. So he and the guy got on the horses and took off on a dead run. leaving the guys wife to keep running up with the other EMT. So the guy with the horses comes down to where I am and I said hey I know you. It had been Kolby and Amy Rollins up there riding. They use to be our neighbors and they keep their horses in the field next to us. They had been talking about taking me down on horse. The EMT asks me if I am allergic to anything and I said yes horses. So we waited for search and rescue to come up with the gurney. So while we were up there waiting for everyone to come Shelby had called mom and dad and told them what had happened. They came up to the trail head and this is what they saw when they got there.
Mom did say it was a little disheartening to show up and see police, ambulances, fire trucks, ambulance and 30 search and rescue cars.
So when search and rescue finally got there they got this gurney setup. it had just one wheel underneath and then guys would carry it on. There was one and my head and feet. Then two or three on each side. to get me on the gurney there were a couple of guys holding up the bottom so it would be level while they strapped me in. They of course had to pull me up the part I had fallen down. It was so cold up there, while I was still sitting there I had lots of jackets and a blanket on me. While I was on the gurney I had a blanket and a down sleeping bag.
The journey down to the ambulance seemed to take forever. There were a couple of times when the guys would trip over a rock and drop part of the gurney. kind of freaky. They would also but the sleeping bag over my face when the branches got low. They had Kolby and Amy out in front scouting out the best trail to take me down. They had guys with ropes at the front and back to help keep the gurney from sliding down.
When we got to the bottom and I saw my dad I started crying again. (my mom said that it was killing him that he couldn't hike up the trail to get to me. Cause of his MS he couldn't hike to me or they would be carrying him out also.) We got to the ambulance at about midnight.
So then they moved me from one gurney to the other one that goes in the ambulance. My dad rode in the ambulance with me. We got to the hospital and they moved me from one gurney to a bed. They put me in a room. They said that they would come and get me for x-rays. They asked if I needed anything for pain. I had said no. But as soon as the nurse left I decided I needed some. I pushed the call button and asked for it. They were taking forever to bring it to me. Dad got frustrated and went out to the desk and told them to bring me the pain medicine. I got it right away. After they gave it to me they took me in to x-rays. When the morphine started to take affect I fell asleep. I woke up while the doctor was talking with my parents. My dad told me the knee wasn't broken. I fell back to sleep. While we were in the hospital I said Happy Mother's day mom. I am sure she could of come up with a better way to spend Mother's day.
I had just dislocated my knee. My dad said the injury I have is common in football players. It is when they are crouched down and get hit. In my case it was crouched down and slipped. The nurse came in and gave me a knee brace and then had me test out the crutches. Not a good option when you are drugged up.
So I finally got home from the hospital at about four. I went straight to sleep. So I had a great story to tell Nate we we spoke to him on Sunday.
Going to the lower falls is difficult cause you have to climb down all these rocks. Shelby and I were a head of the group. We came to this rock that we needed to climb down. Shelby had already gone down it and I had crouched down to go down when my left foot slipped and my right foot stayed. I twisted my ankle. Or so I thought that was all I had done. Cause all of the sudden I had a shooting pain in my knee. I knew something was wrong and that I wasn't going to be able to walk out of there. The rest of the group finally caught up with us and Jacob moved me to a flatter place and out of the trail. He gave me some Advil for the pain. He then gave me two options for how I was getting off the mountain. He could either carry me or call emergency. I opted for the second option. I knew that the trail up was very rocky and I was afraid of him losing his step and dropping me. So we called emergency. This happened about 6:30pm May 12th. Right after it happened the Austin's gave me a blessing. They went up to see if there was anywhere that life flight could land. Went they got back they said that they had seen people on horses and tried to get their attention. Life flight came but they couldn't find a flat enough place to land and they don't do the basket when its getting dark if they don't have to. So they left. While we were waiting for the EMT to come up we were joking about whether or not they would be attractive. So the first EMT makes it to me at about 7:30. He gets there and is starting to give me an IV. Imma of course decides to ask him if he is single. His response was I have five kids and a mortgage you don't want this.
The first EMT had seen the couple on the horse and they had offered to take him up. I was told he said no and kept running and then turned around and said yes. So he and the guy got on the horses and took off on a dead run. leaving the guys wife to keep running up with the other EMT. So the guy with the horses comes down to where I am and I said hey I know you. It had been Kolby and Amy Rollins up there riding. They use to be our neighbors and they keep their horses in the field next to us. They had been talking about taking me down on horse. The EMT asks me if I am allergic to anything and I said yes horses. So we waited for search and rescue to come up with the gurney. So while we were up there waiting for everyone to come Shelby had called mom and dad and told them what had happened. They came up to the trail head and this is what they saw when they got there.
So when search and rescue finally got there they got this gurney setup. it had just one wheel underneath and then guys would carry it on. There was one and my head and feet. Then two or three on each side. to get me on the gurney there were a couple of guys holding up the bottom so it would be level while they strapped me in. They of course had to pull me up the part I had fallen down. It was so cold up there, while I was still sitting there I had lots of jackets and a blanket on me. While I was on the gurney I had a blanket and a down sleeping bag.
The journey down to the ambulance seemed to take forever. There were a couple of times when the guys would trip over a rock and drop part of the gurney. kind of freaky. They would also but the sleeping bag over my face when the branches got low. They had Kolby and Amy out in front scouting out the best trail to take me down. They had guys with ropes at the front and back to help keep the gurney from sliding down.
When we got to the bottom and I saw my dad I started crying again. (my mom said that it was killing him that he couldn't hike up the trail to get to me. Cause of his MS he couldn't hike to me or they would be carrying him out also.) We got to the ambulance at about midnight.
So then they moved me from one gurney to the other one that goes in the ambulance. My dad rode in the ambulance with me. We got to the hospital and they moved me from one gurney to a bed. They put me in a room. They said that they would come and get me for x-rays. They asked if I needed anything for pain. I had said no. But as soon as the nurse left I decided I needed some. I pushed the call button and asked for it. They were taking forever to bring it to me. Dad got frustrated and went out to the desk and told them to bring me the pain medicine. I got it right away. After they gave it to me they took me in to x-rays. When the morphine started to take affect I fell asleep. I woke up while the doctor was talking with my parents. My dad told me the knee wasn't broken. I fell back to sleep. While we were in the hospital I said Happy Mother's day mom. I am sure she could of come up with a better way to spend Mother's day.
I had just dislocated my knee. My dad said the injury I have is common in football players. It is when they are crouched down and get hit. In my case it was crouched down and slipped. The nurse came in and gave me a knee brace and then had me test out the crutches. Not a good option when you are drugged up.
So I finally got home from the hospital at about four. I went straight to sleep. So I had a great story to tell Nate we we spoke to him on Sunday.
Cancer Walk 2012!
This year my co-workers and I did the cancer walk. The day before the race we had a potluck and made our tutu's. Our team was the tutu's for ta ta's. As you can see in the pictures even the boys wore tutu's. We did the 5k walk. Susie ended up the 5k even though she wasn't planning to. She and her two kids were only going to do the mile.
Hillary Waldron and her work were doing the race also. We decided that we should stay in Salt Lake the night before since we didn't want to walk up supper early the next morning to drive up. So we met my cousin
Ashlie at City Creek were we got some dinner. We also went to Tiffany's and looked around. We then went and got some chocolate from Rocky Mountain Chocolate factory. We called it our diamonds and chocolate night. After we went back to her apartment and watched Extremely Loud and Incredible close. Of course I fell asleep during it. It was a fun weekend.
Ashlie at City Creek were we got some dinner. We also went to Tiffany's and looked around. We then went and got some chocolate from Rocky Mountain Chocolate factory. We called it our diamonds and chocolate night. After we went back to her apartment and watched Extremely Loud and Incredible close. Of course I fell asleep during it. It was a fun weekend.
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