Falling Down

We must be on some sort of one family mission to keep the B.oston area orthopedists in business. A year and a half ago I broke my foot while pregnant with E and then last spring our au pair broke her ankle skydiving. This was followed by E's infantile scoliosis diagnosis and now I fell down the stairs at a fellow Mom's house and heard a pop in my foot. The convenient part is that we still have our au pair's old crutches but I am not sure how I am going to deal with getting two girls to all their appointments this week while being down by one working foot. I have an appointment tomorrow to have it looked out. I am leaning toward thinking it is a sprain but that distinct pop sound was pretty disturbing. Perhaps it is all just a convenient excuse not to clean like I needed to this evening.

We have a bidder!

If you haven't headed over to the quilt auction please check it out. Just click on the link below. We have one bidder on the quilt and a few days left to go. I am also taking requests to make more quilts with the proceeds going to ISOP.


Quilt Auction for ISOP


Things seem to be better with E's digestive issues since I gave up peanut butter. Of course now that I know I can't have any it makes it all the more enticing but I wouldn't do anything that will hurt her so I just dream of chocolate and peanut butter crepes. The other silliness is that I put away E's second Epipen and it is in such a safe place that I can't remember where I put it. I'm reading a book about peanut allergies that the allergist gave me and it is scary. It is a whole new world for us because we've never had to worry about what we were eating before beyond a simple concern that we've eaten too much take out or candy etc.

We are counting down to the removal of this cast which is good because it has gotten very snug around her hips. We will get an xray this time around and find out what the course of treatment will be going forward. I originally thought we'd be done with casts but after the last cast the rib hump was still there so I am not so sure our cast days are behind us. That's ok though because it is a regular part of our lives now. Those first couple of weeks in the first cast I never could imagine how ordinary the cast could be for us. It was a struggle in the beginning and now we don't even notice. Fingers crossed for some good news this week!

Quilt Auction

I have the quilt I made up on ebay. All proceeds will go directly to the Infantile Scoliosis Outreach Program. Please check it out!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Quilt-Sheep-Baby-size-36-x-38-/251266390282?#ht_442wt_121

Scoliosis with a side of allergies

Poor E has terrible luck. I am glad I stuck to my guns about the allergy testing because no one thought it was necessary. They felt she had an allergy to antibiotics end of story. Friday I finally got the results from the testing we had done with her cast and she has a "slight" peanut allergy. We saw the allergist today and discussed some of her symptoms most especially the GI ones that have cleared up since I've given up peanut butter sandwiches. She thinks it still may be a false positive but now we need to carry an epi pen just in case. I suppose it is good to have just in case. At least we soon will be rid of the plaster cast for the summer. I am increasingly nervous about the upcoming xray.

Jinxed it!

Just today I was thinking how EASY this cast has been. You all know what had to happen because I had the audacity to think such things... VOMIT. E woke up from her nap so Big Sis and I went up to get her. We went in for a little round of bouncing in the crib which E was loving. When we finished she still seemed fine then she looked over at me and vomited everywhere with no warning. This meant that it got in the front of her cast through her shirt and her onesie. I had to take the tape off to get to the moleskin which smelled of vomit. This task took a while because B.oston puts the moleskin on top of the shirt and it is a serious PIA to get it off. I re-petaled and the re-taping took some time because she was quite upset with the all the messing with her cast. This time we did funny food tape. I have to say that I like the 3.M brand tape much better than the duck brand. It is less gooey and easier to cut without gummy up your scissors. I will have to pay attention in the future. The last tape we used was the gooey variety and it was vexing.

The girls hamming it up for the camera pre-vomit fest


New moleskin and tape:

Quilt Auction and general update

I've been quiet since we are all taking turns being sick in this house. I am really hoping that now that the weather is turning and all of the snow is finally melted that we may improve. We have also been busy looking for a new house to rent that is closer to Daddy's work. We found on which makes me very happy because it is old (1800) but completely renovated. No more carpets! I totally hate carpets. I feel like I can never get them clean. Also Daddy can have a real office so that when he works from home he doesn't have to sit on the floor in one of the bedrooms. He will have to share with me because I am over sewing in an unfinished basement. Sewing with frozen fingers is no fun especially to the tune of the washer and dryer which are next to my sewing table. For illnesses we had Big Sis get a cold that turned into an ear infection and once that was under control E got the cold followed closely by the ear infection and then I got the cold so our house is a chorus of whine.

In other news I've finally completed the quilt I intend to auction off for the Infantile Scoliosis Outreach Program. Heather at ISOP was my lifeline when we discovered E's condition. She helped talk me off the ledge after our first cast fiasco (aka one of the longest nights of my life). She works worldwide to save the lives of children with infantile scoliosis most recently bringing a doctor from South America to Cincy for training. A link will follow once we get it up on ebay. I am setting bidding for the cost of materials only. Anything above and beyond that is much appreciated.

Here's a preview:

Nothing much here.

We had a quiet Easter weekend and things have gone along well in this cast. I am hoping the cast continues to be an easy one. After the last go round we need it. We did an Easter egg hunt and visited the children's museum in Acton. This weekend the girls had fun going for bike rides with Daddy. Not much else to report.