mom's point of view!

Well lots has happened since our last blog. Whitney and I did a lot of unpacking, cleaning and rearranging; Which was a challenge with two little ones. the first day unpacking ap&t turned off the power for about 2 hours, a challenge all in its own. When Dean got home That night he was shocked by the amount of trash; he took some to the dumpster but didn't  want to fill it up so a lot stayed inside. after getting a little organized we had dinner and relaxed, finally.
 Thursday morning we got up extremely early in order to conquer the bedroom. We emptied their closet, unpacked more boxes, went through more stuff, and started our reorganization. We kicked BUTT!! The room got done and it was all coming together.
Whitney decided to go take her Written test for an Alaska license, she also thought she would see if the stuff had arrived from the barge. We both were excited to get the other to boxes too, do to it being mostly new stuff. So off she went while I stayed home to put a few more things away. A bit later whitney called, she had just picked up boxes from the barge, but had to go back for more so needed help.
once Whitney had gotten home she started bringing in two jumbo zip bags while I am getting shoes on. (Kolby had been walking in and out watching whitney and me.) All of a sudden  I hear a scream and Kolby starts crying. I run to the door and see Whitney on the ground in mud, she couldnt get up, so after 20 min of wondering what  we sgould do; i called 911.
upon them answering they asked for our address ,  which neither of us knew.  Luckily a van happened to stop by and told the 911 operator we were across from some lodge in town; ) lucky we live in a small town, they quickly found us. They took Whitney to  the hospital in kalwock, i  however, stayed with the boys and got kolby calmed down.
After about a hour the gentleman from the ambulance came back  to let me know where she was.  He said it is broken, bad; I was scared and worried. About that time Dean's bosses wife stopped by, (small town) She asked how I was and I just started crying; Great first impression. She was really great, all they guys work with were. Another guy, Doug brought his daughter to watch boys and ran me to the hospital to meet dean and whit.
The plan was to life flight Whitney to Ketchikan, unfortunately the weather made different Plans. So they sent her home with pain meds and directions to be at the ferry by 7 am.

Well small town to a bit bigger; but not much. We entered the ER and went straight  back to a very small room. The drs and nurses were asking questions, trying to find vein, the disc we brought with xrays on them didnt ,so back to X ray we went.  Still no IV or pain meds on board, whitney was screaming in pain. Finally they gave her a shot  of pain meds and someone else to get the iv started; plus a bigger room. We saw a doctor soon after who informed us it was broke in not 1, not 2, but 3 places. She was going to need major surgery to put the ankle back together.
They talked about sending her home and coming back due to there being so much swelling and  having to 7wait for surgery. I looked at the Dr and said admit her, she in pain and it is a 3 hour ferry back home. So he did.
Now here we are in the Ketchikan hospital where if they fill up and need to put another patient in Whitneys room I have to leave. The cafeteria is only open for 2 hours. And the gift shop is not open at all on the weekends. On the other side, the view is amazing, the sun has been out, and the people are so so kind.
It has been a adventure moving to Alaska, and now the town knows that Dean's wife broke a bone. Great way to meet people.
At times I wish we were in Seattle, but Dr is kind and very informative.