After the big slice...

So this catching up is crap!!! But I am determined to conquer, but I'll be brief...In August we went to St George to pack our crap and move it!!! Grandpa Dave and Grandma Korrie met us there to help. My parents sent a semi down with my brother and his wife and we packed it up and moved it out! Here is a picture of Teagan with Grandpa Dave, this is where she gets her baby blues.
Teagan turned two on the 26th and we had a party. September we moved in to our house. And that should catch us up!!

Teagan's Surgery and more

So to continue where I left off...Teagan had surgery on July 23rd. She looked like someone hit her in the face with a bat. This picture is of Teagan before surgery, I loved the baby slippers they were cute and the PJ's, but it was weird to help her get in her hospital garb. The next picture is of us waiting.

Because there are so many more pictures I'm going to explain them now and then I'll show the pictures in order. When Teagan woke up she had a drain in her head and a drain in her thigh. The nerve that moves the lower right side of her mouth was very weak so she couldn't move the right side of her mouth. She had a larger incision behind her right ear. Her face was very swollen. We spent alot of time out on the patio picking flowers and playing. We also went to the play room alot.

A glance at the past 4 months

We have been out of commission for the past 4 months but we are now up and running!!! Teagan has really enjoyed living by so many of her cousins. She loves to go to aunt Codie's house because of all the animals, baby bunnies, ducks, a pot bellied pig, a mini goat, and Chady the dog. In June we spent all June visiting our friends.
In July we spent the 4th at the upper still water dam, it was beautiful!!! Teagan loved hiking around, that night we watched fireworks with Uncle Justin and Aunt Becca and their kids.


The 23rd of July Teagan under went a five hour surgery to remove the nercrotic lymphnodes caused by her MAC. It was the scariest thing we have ever been through!!! They made an incision from her hair line to the front of her ear and streched it to remove the nodes under her right jaw area. They made another incision about four inches on her upper right thigh to remove the nodes there, she stayed two nights in the hospital, at primary childrens. We left the hopital with a drain in her thigh and later went back to get it
out. I don't have the pictures from her surgey so they will have to wait until next time. This is all for now I'll continue with the first of August next time!!!!

Ford Family Current Events

This is Adam Ford's first post on the family blog. It has been a very eventful few months. We have moved back to duchesne as many of you know, and I have started my new job as a personal banker at Wells Fargo in Roosevelt. We have been striving to sell our home in Saint George, but we haven't has any offers yet. I expect that it will sell soon due to it's low price. In any event, we are going to move into a cute little home here on July 10th. We really got lucky and found a great little home with a great backyard, which is the most important factor to me. MaryJo thinks the home has a lot of great possibilities and is excited about having a nice garden now that we have the room. Teagan is still fighting her infection, and seems to be very cheerful despite the constant annoyance of changing the bandage on her leg everyday. We have recently heard back from her doctor at Primary Children's and expect to have an appointment sometime during the next couple of weeks. We are looking forward to getting into our new ward here and becoming involved. We have been living with Larry and Julie over the past month and it has been a real blessing. We have been able to save some money and Larry gave MaryJo a great part-time job moving wheel lines. MaryJo has been moving wheel lines since she was 10 years old on her own. She has been teaching me the intricacies of moving wheel lines. All in all I would have to say that it is definnetly not as easy as it looks. I am grateful that she is so willing to help us save some money, and make it possible for us to pay both are house payment and rent coming up here in July. Well I would bore you if I got much more detailed than that. I hope all of our friends and family are doing and that they are being abundantly blessed during these economically turbulent times. Bye for now.

Primary Children's

The first part of May I noticed a swollen lymph node on the right side of Teagan's neck. At first I thought that she was probably catching a cold, so I waited and watched, the very next day I notice another swollen lymph node. At this point I knew that it was related to the wound in her leg. We saw her Primary care doctor who referred us to an Infectious Disease Doctor at Primary children's. In the mean time Teagan saw the wound clinic again, and we found out that her wound isn't healing, it is a fistula.

We Took Teagan to Primary Children's Hospital to see an infectious disease doctor. She was diagnosed with Mycobacterium Avium Complex. She is now on three different antibiotics, the lumps in her neck will need to be removed in surgery. Other than that she is cheerful and energetic!

P.S. we are moving....again! Adam got a job offer in Roosevelt as a personal banker, so we are moving back to the farm!

Teagan's Wound

This is Teagan's wound. It's healing well. Sorry that the picture sucks!

Paper Route

On the days I work Teagan does the paper route with her daddy. They have to get up very early so they are both pretty tired. I came downstairs after my nap one sunday and they were both a sleep on the couch. It was so cute that I had to snap a picture!