Doing the Wright Way - it isn't always good but when we do something we make the best out of it...

 A HARD YEAR IN THE WRIGHT FAMILY....

I've been told not to believe Blogs about people who have bad things happen all the time.  Well - my blog is true.  In the past two years my family has had 2 miscarriages, 5 hospitalizations and one amputation - among loss of job, insurance, move, etc.  So my life has been busy.

This blog will be the amputation.

My brother in law lives in a very rural community.  Population 100 maybe..  His job is a farm hand and the day before Thanksgiving 2012 - he had an accident.  He was helping to remove a pin from the tongue of a large trailer when it slipped and fell on his foot.  The foot was smashed - totally.  He was life flighted from the Utah/Nevada border -Baker, NV area- to the University of Utah.  My family is the area and wanted to help since he had no where to go.  Part of his leg was removed, below the knee on Wednesday night, he was sent home on Friday.  I think that was too soon but we survived.

As we went through this, I never thought to Blog or log our adventure - which is what it turned out to be.  Remember, he lives in the middle of nothing..His wife came in on Thursday and went home on Saturday, after all she has a life.  My family became the caretakers (his wife never did come back to help or anything).

We have a two story home with the bedrooms upstairs.  We borrowed a bed and created a room for him in the living room until he was able to make the 13 steps up to the guest bedroom.  It was a challenge to help him with his meds, showering and general care during the early weeks.  I will say it was a biggest challenge to understand and realize the foot was gone.  Having someone you love go through this has been a great lesson.  I understand more the false pain, the draw on ones heart and the healing process of this type of accident.  I am not so afraid of this anymore.

This is the trailer that dropped down on Doug's foot.  Within one second, his life was changed.

This is the "stump" after one month...my heart felt very heavy many times when I would see it unwrapped.

We were talking to another amputee - his leg was removed because of illness.

More to come later....

IT DOESN'T WORK

My last blog was talking about fixing an ice machine -- pointing out the plug should be attached to the wall.  I would like to also add that when your car won't start -- MAKE SURE THE CAR IS IN PARK.  If you can't take the key out of the ignition--MAKE SURE THE CAR IS IN PARK.  Anyone have any other ideas to add?  It may sound like common sense but when a person is frustrated or mad, no one has common sense.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAVE A GREAT NEW YEAR!

We would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and have a great New Year.  If you are traveling, please be safe -- there are many people who love you and want you to be well and happy even if it means being late.  This is my crew, it's a couple of years old but everyone is in it.  New picture to follow.

Sorry - slow on blog

Christmas is crazy. Sorry my blogging is a little off, New Years resolution -- work on my blog on a regular basis.

ICE MACHINE BROKEN

Bryant has started working for my brothers' waterstore "WATERMART".  A great place to buy wonderful clean water.

He went in and found the ice machine broken.  - by the way, you need great clean ice to go with your clean water!!  He took in upon himself to fix the machine, he is so great at repairs.  The following is how he fixed it:

Bry:  " I went over to the machine to look at it and see if I could fix it.  The first thing I did was try to turn it on, I found the machine was not plugged in so I plugged it in.  The ice maker turned on :).  I was looking to see how the water flows and such and saw that the water to the machine had been turned off... I turned it on.  Lo and behold--- it worked."

Moral of the story---- if an appliance stops working do some simple steps before you call in a repairman.
1.  Check power source.  Is the breaker popped, is it plugged in?
2.  Check other connections to the machine.

Now for my story ---  I spent $65 in a service fee to have someone come fix my dryer, he went to the breaker box, flipped the switch and --- It worked.  Go figure.

And now the reason behind this post is... Carol and I started a weight loss program in Oct. 2011.the most recent pictures are from mid December 2011. For those of you who know me and may be worried that I am so thin, I am fine , I have not felt this good in years and I have been cleared by my doctor. We are very proud of our result but still have a ways to go to reach our goals. I hope you can appreciate our hard work and give us your love and support. Thank you all for being in our lives, we love you all and hope we will see you soon. Thank You, Phil and Carol

Another project finally finished.

My son is an awesome repairman...see the Before photos and compare the after photos. This is a really great job. Well done Bry!!!