A new year means so many things to so many people. It means a start to something that will be and an end to what was. Adam and I have gone through a lot, I mean ALOT, in the last 17 years together (he asked me to be his girlfriend Dec 9, 1999) but I don't think I've ever looked forward to a new year the way I was looking, dreaming, anticipating, hoping, longing and wishing for 2017. No I wasn't stoked to become closer to the age of 35 then 30 (in just 4 short days) nor was I excited to see my boys grow up even more, that's my least favorite part of being a momma. Can't they be little forever?! I was excited to leave behind all that was 2016; the amount of time we were apart as a family, the broken bones, 4 surgeries between us all, medical bills, losing one of my grandfathers and my least favorite is watching anyone I love suffer, especially my kids. I'm not expecting 2017 to become the be all end all of best years ever but I knew it meant we were that many days past the worst of days. So again I say Happy New Year to you all!
Of course since my last post our bellies were filled with too much turkey on Thanksgiving, all 3 Thanksgivings, and what seems like a million presents were opened to remind us how spoiled, I mean blessed our family truly is during the Christmas season and we spent the evening dancing hard at my parents house at a 'Just Dance" competition to ring in the new year. The best part about this whole holiday season was we were together as a family and our goal of having Zackary walking on his own came true, It was the best!!!
Zackary's last xray was done the first week of December. This time the usual 2 week wait on the doctor flew by due to all the holiday hustle and bustle. It was so beyond exciting to open up the email that reads 'Zackary's bone is 100% healed and he is cleared of any and all restriction's'. I stopped everything I was doing (shhh don't tell my boss) and called, texted and emailed everyone. He was stoked as well to hear he was finally allowed to do whatever he wanted. We got it in great timing too, the day before his basketball practice that he smiled through it the whole time. Since then we have dropped PT down to just 1 day a week and will most likely be dropping it completely in the next month or so. He also was happy to stop having to take his bone growth supplements and constantly wear his bone stimulating machine. He's used his freedom to go 100% at basketball; he had his first game last week and scored 2 pts, had 1 assist and a few steals. He also took one day last week to shake off the dust on his snowboarding skills! Though I was not released yet to board after my broken ankle the boys had a blast spending the day on the mountain in Santa Fe with Uncle Ivan while he was in town from NY. Lastly he has been able to add bike riding which has always been his favorite way to pass the time. For awhile it was just a couple minutes out in front of the house but since the new year he's gone on two long trips; 3 miles one day with Adam and then another 5.5 miles a few days later on a family ride! Needless to say, except for the scars and slight limp that he's always had you'd never know he needed assistance walking for over half the year last year.
The other half of the email that the doctor sent did include details on scheduling his next surgery. :-/ Yeah it took a little wind out of my sail but I knew it was coming so I wasn't surprised. This surgery will be to remove the rod that is currently in his leg, don't ask me how! They said it will be a quick day surgery, possibly one night stay in the hospital then back to 100% within a week, supposedly. We know Zackary has always been a special case and never go into anything thinking it will be the average/normal of anything. His surgery is scheduled for Tuesday March 21st so we plan to drive out to Baltimore and stay the week, driving home the following weekend. The one up side is we are able to schedule it during spring break so the whole family gets to make it a fun road trip! We'll of course continue to keep you up to date as that gets closer.
The last of the updates include the rest of the family. I'm back to 'normal' if there ever was a thing. I'm still at PT once a week but I stopped wearing my boot this past week and plan on joining the boys on the mountain this coming weekend the celebrate Johnathan and I's birthday weekend. I've promised to take it easy and do not plan on doing jumps quite yet. And for those who are asking I broke my ankle 9 weeks ago so I am well inside the "8-10 week fully healed" timeline, plus there's metal in there now so really it's stronger...right? Adam continues to plan and take a work trip once a month, or so, and Johnathan is so excited to be back in school, or was it so excited to miss school for snowboarding (shhh don't tell his teachers)?!?! Either way we are all just happy to be together and face this year as a family doing what it takes to make 2017 a fabulous Miller memory making year! Thank you for the continued support to both the financial and emotional side of this whole journey. Knowing you all are there for us in prayer and so much more helps us sleep better at night, so THANK YOU! Praying for you all as well and hope this letter finds your 2017 starting out better then you could ever hope, dream, long or wish for!
Until Next Time~
Momma Miller