Georgia Game and an Alli Update

A couple of Saturdays ago we went to Georgia's homecoming game. Andy actually has 4 season tickets for all the home games at the 40 yard line on row 38, so we have great seats. And, since he's gone to so many games the past couple of years he's made friends with the other season ticket holders that sit around him, so he can get extra tickets from them when they don't use all of theirs. So, we got 2 extra tickets from the guy in front of us and took all the kids and my dad with us. We had a good time, and it was a good game for Georgia, thank goodness! Georgia had a rough start this year.Here's Andy with Drew and Evan. No, Andy and Evan weren't drunk, although they look a little out of it! Here I am with my daddy! Here are the kids near the concession stands. We had to go cool off for a little bit - it gets SO hot in the stadium with almost no air flow! Here are me and Andy taking our own picture. I actually got sunburned only on the left side of my face where that tattoo is, so for 3 or 4 days I had a white G on my cheek!

And here are me and the girls. Today, Georgia is playing Florida, and any true Georgia fan HATES Gators. In fact, Gators get ranked with murderers and child molesters and any other detestable beings on Earth. I am so not kidding - I have had Georgia so drilled into my head for the 10 (almost 11!) years I've been married to Andy that when I see someone with a Gator sticker on their car, I have to make a conscious decision not to run them off the road. So, Andy already has a very serious attitude and has revolved his day around this game!

Changing the subject to a more serious matter, I took Alli down to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite yesterday to have a couple of tests run on her kidneys and figure out what's going on with her. They discovered that she has grade 4 kidney reflux (grade 5 is the worst). This means that the tube from her kidneys to her bladder doesn't close all the way, so urine travels back up to her kidneys, which is what has caused her to get all these infections lately. They said she was born with it and we're super lucky she hasn't had problems before this and that her kidneys are still perfectly healthy with no scarring or permanent damage. But, since it's grade 4, she has to have surgery to fix it. The good thing is that at Children's, the surgeon is world renowned and has other surgeons come observe him every time he does the surgery. It's an outpatient surgery and there's no cutting - they go in through the bladder endoscopically and insert what they called a "blob" of protein to close off the tube enough that it won't travel back up. They said they'll have to put her to sleep, but it only takes about 10 minutes, and she should be fine to go to school the next day! So, I'm thankful now that we know what's going on and that it can be fixed and that it's not a difficult procedure. The surgery is scheduled for November 8, so it'll be soon and we can get all this mess behind us! Keep us in your prayers!