Welcome to Fall

I know you guys must be wondering. We’re still all okay here.  No H1N1 here.  Emily’s nurse has a yukky cold, but the rest of us are okay.  

A new nurse will come out today to do some orientation training.  Hopefully things will work out and we’ll be fully staffed by this time next week.  I’m glad I know how to care for Emily in the way she needs, but I do get tired at times. 

Emily’s been doing a lot of calling and crying at night the last few months.  I don’t get a lot of sleep (as with many of you out there who read this).  Emily has slept the last couple of days but she is in her room calling out as I type.  I think something is bothering her again…. hormones?  She is on Depo Provera to help regulate that.  It’s almost time for more.  She gets a shot every 3 months.

We had a Thanksgiving “trial run” last Saturday.  That’s just a fun way to say I cooked a turkey dinner and we invited a friend to eat with us.  It was delicious!

Plans for the next few weeks:

Hunker down and keep Emily home from school so she/we can stay as well as possible here.

Birthday tomorrow….  more on that after it happens!

Grace gets her braces off in November!  She’ll have to wear a retainer but all the metal in her mouth comes out.  Yippee!  Will she eat any better?  One can only hope.  Lately we’ve been trying to tame the candy monster here….

Thanks for listening ~