April & Don Updates

Donnie has had a work injury for a while. He has pain on his left side: hand, wrist, & elbow. (he peels peperoni all night) He has went through one round of light work duty & physical therapy a couple months ago. He was told he had tennis elbow: an inflammation of several structures of the elbow. These include muscles, tendons, bursa, periosteum, and epicondyle. After a couple weeks with the therapist he felt better, and was released back to work normally.

His pain come back worse recently and more in his shoulder this time. They again put him on light-duty at work, and went through physical therapy for about three weeks when they decided to do an x-ray and send him to a specialist. The specialist decided that it was: Rotator cuff tendinitis: an inflammation (irritation and swelling) of the tendons of the shoulder. The doctor gave him a cortisone shot told him to come back in three weeks. Don did have a mild reaction to the shot, and didn't feel well for the 24 hours after it was given to him, but he now says he is feeling much better and in allot less pain. His only physical restriction currently is that he is not allowed to lift his arm over his head (which his job does not require). Doc says that he should be good with some mild exercises at home.

April does not have much exciting going on, just work and the kids. The kids are doing well. Fenix is still getting over being sick, so mom gets as much sleep as the sick baby gets - and that is still an "if-y" situation. So, I'm pretty tired!
Jareth and I are trying out "homework time" whether his teacher assigns it or not. Either we do a couple pages of tracing/writing letters, counting, or quiet reading. He likes to read/look at his magazines (Highlights: High Five & Playground) especially the ones where he has to look for hidden pictures. He likes "homework time" (at least at the moment LOL).

Even though i am not getting much sleep, i am putting it to good use. I managed to move our blog to this cool new site, at 2am the other morning. Hopefully I have updated all of our family & friends that we have moved. I am also hoping to get my portfolio (www.colddesigns.com) updated within the next couple of weeks. I have not put up any new designs for about a year. I would LOVE to do some personal design projects with photos of the boys, but it is not real high on the priority list, when it is so time consuming.



At work I keep busy with the normal: updating the web site (www.citizenscu.com), designing newspaper ads, designing & scheduling the electronic sign, and as always marketing research.
Besides the normal, we are so busy this season, so many community events happening that the credit union supports:
-We just got done with a blood drive, the "blood bus" parked in our parking lot and with some promotion we had an
-This year United Way: Day of Caring (Sept 11th) has come to the Credit Union. We have formed a team to go to the fort dodge humane society to help in grooming, cleaning, walking, and in any other way we are needed.
-Right now my big focus is on designing the promos and brochure for "kidsfest" (a fund raising event that helps the ft dodge schools, where local businesses set up games and booths for kids to have a fun night in the mall). We will be promoting our kids savings account in hopes for some new members. But the job is fun and there is always some thing new to design or do!!