When I was in the hospital at the age of five being diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, my mom bought me a toy to keep me occupied. Little did she know, I would decide it would be more fun to take it out of my room and aim for the nurses in the hallways. Actually, she should of known that was going to be going through my little mischievous mind.

She bought me toys called key cars. You stick a plastic key in the back of a match box like car and flick them with your finger. I have not seen them since I have been a young girl. My mom had just come back from visiting family in Winnipeg and told me she bought me a gift to celebrate my “second” birthday. I met her for coffee on my Lungiversary when she surprised me with this gift!!! So cool to have such a neat flashback.

KEY CARS!

That night, Travis and I celebrated the beautiful night by sitting outside for a big Sushi dinner.

2nd Lungiversary dinner

This picture is the closest I have ever been to riding a horse playing Polo. Before my new lungs, I would never have been able to take lessons for the golf on a horse sport. Can you see where I’m going with this? For my Lungiversary, Travis bought me Polo lessons! I will get to use them next summer. I’m super excited!

On August 29th, we hosted our second annual lobster boil. I get together with a group of ladies every month or so. Since August is a pretty special month where we celebrate all the deep breath’s I am now able to take in honor of my donor, we decided we needed to have an extra special evening. We also sing Happy Birthday to Travis.

We booked a one way plane ticket for forty-one live lobsters from Maine. Also on the menu were baby red potatoes, corn on the cob, polish sausage from Kosher’s sausage kitchen, cole slaw, corn bread, and of course melted butter to dip the little crustaceans.

Leela, me, Laura, Annie, Angela, Dana, Julie, Cherish, Kimmy, Kathy, Amy, & Rochelle

Apparently, I was jealous of Travis when he had to wear a brace for his cut tendons. I was carrying a bunch of stuff up our stairs when something heavy dropped on my foot. It hurt bad enough I dropped everything else to grab my foot. I have been wearing “the boot” for a couple of weeks now. I love our State Fair! Even though I was wearing the boot, it may not have been the most wise decision to walk around the Great Minnesota Get Together for hours with Travis on a Monday and then again with my mom and brother two days later. That’s when it really started to hurt. Last week, I had a MRI scan to find out there is a stress fracture in my third metatarsal bone. Three more weeks in the boot 😦

Travis and me at the fair

Had to repeat the photo with my mom and brother

My brother, mom and me at the 2015 State Fair

We were walking by the Merry-go-round at the fair when my mom mentioned she loves to ride them. I said, “let’s go!” The three of us enjoyed the leisure ride but when it came time for the imaginary ponies to stop, my mom’s horse stopped much higher than when she hopped on. We have a great picture of her while the ride is moving, I wish the camera would have been ready to take a photo of her exit. Her leg got stuck and we were laughing so hard!! She wasn’t sure what she was going to do until my brother finally assisted her leg over the saddle. Sorry mom, I still laugh thinking about this 🙂

Mom enjoying the Merry-go-round

I want to give our favorite nephew a shout out for his 21st Birthday! We wish we could have celebrated with him but he lives in Arizona. Can’t wait to see him soon though.We also said a “temporary goodbye” to our dear friend Aimee. She moved to the St. Louis area to help out with family. Hopefully someday she will be back here in Minnesota but we wish her the best of luck with her new adventure.

Holding back tears. Me, Aimee, & Travis

We had a great time on the lake during the long holiday weekend. We spent time with the neighbors and their kids one day on their boat, took Honey for her first boat ride, and had our friends, the Jennings, out for an afternoon on the lake.

Honey’s first boat ride

Travis, Bryan, Gavin, Grayson, & Farrah Jennings, and me

After ALL that, time for a health report. My sinuses have been bothering me a little with the allergy season. I see my ENT on Wednesday. I am guessing she will want to put a date on the calendar for my sinus surgery.

My blood pressure has been slowly creeping in an upwards direction. When I saw my nephrologist doctor back in June, I forgot to tell you, my kidney function is fine for now. We had discussed the option of adding an Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker (ARB) medication.

With the recent changes in my numbers, today, he decided to add that type of medication to my repertoire. The good news is, it is going to help the trifecta of issues I have working against me. It will help stop the progression of kidney disease, elevated blood pressure, and help my diabetes. If it could only stop me from being clumsy and breaking my feet, I would’ve requested taking this medication sooner!