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Jace's Adventure

Jace's back has been hurting since New Year's Day this year. He had an MRI done in Las Cruces in February. They said that it was arthritis and that physical therapy was his only option. He started pt. We went to Dr. Otero and he gave him him supplements and exercises to do. He had a kenalog shot and was living on Ibuprofen. When the second kenalog shot did not work. Dr. Spence told him to send his MRI to the Laser Spine Institute. He had them sent. They called. We planned on going. There was one in Scottsdale, Arizona. That is where we wanted to go because we could see Kristi and Ken but our insurance paid more if we went to Florida so here we are.

We left Monday, September 13 and drove to El Paso. We arrived at the airport right on time, an hour before the flight. When we got to the ticket counter we found out that our plane was an hour late so we would miss our connection in Houston. So she put us on a plane through Dallas. We changed planes there. We flew to Austin but we didn't have to change planes. We arrived in Tampa at 9:20 at night. Our hotel had a shuttle so it was easy to get to the hotel.

The next day we went to the Laser Spine Institute. We saw the anesthesiologist and two nurse practitioners. Jace had another MRI and xray taken. He had an EKG and blood taken. After all morning at the institute. I call it that because it is really not a hospital. We went back to the hotel and took a nap. Then we went to the mall. The hotel shuttle took us. We shopped a little and went to a movie. We ate seafood at a local restaurant We went back to the hotel and watched a movie.

The next day we went back to LSI and saw the doctors who read the MRI to us and told us what they were going to do. We could see the discs bulging. I don't know what the people in Las Cruces were thinking. It would be interesting to see the first MRI. This made Jace feel a lot better. There was really something there causing his pain.

Today, Thursday, September 16, I sit in the waiting room typing this post to my blog waiting for Jace. He is in surgery now. They will call me when he goes to the recovery room. He went in at 8:00 and the surgery takes about an hour and a half. So I wait.

Feeding the Buffalo and Septic Tanks

Today Jace and I went to Arabella, New Mexico. There is a man there that needed Jace to tell him where he needed to put his new septic tank. The place was old and had stuff everywhere.

He also had buffalo. He gave us some food and the buffalo would eat out of your hands. They would pick up the food that was shaped in a cylinder with their tongue. It was very interesting.

Las Vegas

We (Jace & Jan) had a wonderful time in Las Vegas. We saw (the fake) Bette Middler, Michael Jackson, & Elvis, then got to see the REAL Cher. Cher put on quite a show! Our days were spent walking and watching people. My goal Sunday was to take 10 photos for other people, I got to 5 and kinda got bored of that.

We went to the top of the Eiffel Tower (1/2 size anyway). We rode the roller coaster at New York, New York. And we solved a case at the "CSI Experience". We disagreed with their conclusion, the injured guy that was eating the pizza and watching TV would have been damaged on the LEFT side of his head, not the RIGHT.

M & M World is always a fun stop, they make 22 different colors! Jan's class was very excited that she was bringing them all of the colors in a mix. She'll have stories to tell about that! Jan had her very first Massage, I think she's hooked now! She also got a pedicure and manicure. Back to reality! Jace Ensor

We ate at the buffet at Caesar's Palace before the Cher concert. They brought crab legs to all of the tables.

Pictures from Gulf Shores

Beautiful Kristi

First Anniversary August 10

Sweet Elsie with Mama and Daddy

Jace and Jan

California Ensors

Tennessee Ensors