Not a normal kid

Madison was hanging out with her friends tonight and she text to see when we wanted her to be home. Her curfew is midnight so I told her that. Her response back to be was quite funny. I definatly had to share this text to show what an easy kid this girl has been.

I guess she is tired from working so hard being on crutches.

Schools of choice

Allison has had her high school years planned out since 4th grade. She has always wanted to attend Renaissance to get her associates along with her high school diploma. Just recently she started talking about maybe going to the Meridian Medical charter school. When she attended both the informational nights she set her sights on the medical school. Today the lottery was posted at the medical school and unfortunatly she is on the waiting list but she did get into Renaissance so she is at least happy about that. It was a real let down not to get into her first choice but she can try again next year.

Tooth pulled

Ashley lost a filling on Tuesday so I called the dentist and I was delightfully surprised that they were able to get her in so quickly. When I made the appointment I wasn't even thinking about her PACE presentation being today also. Ashley appointment was early so I shouldn't have interfered with her presentation time but unfortunately the appointment didn't go as planned. First when they called her back they got her mixed up with another patient so they started cleaning her teeth. I was a bit confused so I started asking questions but they told me this was the appointment that was made for her. She has her regular scheduled appointment for next week so I just went along with it because maybe they moved it up. Another hygienist came in and told her that she had the wrong patient so they switched patients and we were finally in the right place. Once Dr. Witt came in and checked out Ashley's tooth we decided the best plan was to pull the tooth. He was certain that another filling would fall out like this one so beside pulling it the other option was a root canal which I did not like since this was a baby tooth that was going to fall out soon. Ashley had never had a shot to numb her before so this was new for her. Dr. Witt usually uses topical numbing because it is less traumatic when she gets a filling and she has always done great with that. The numbing shots are definitely painful. She was done after that and wanted to leave but they still had to pull her tooth and put the spacer in. I felt bad for her but she did a great job. She was in a lot of pain so I didn't have her go back to school and so therefore she missed her presentation. I felt bad because she has worked so hard and she looked so cute all dressed up.

She rested for the rest of the afternoon. They gave her her tooth so she could put it under her pillow for the tooth fairy.

Heartattacked

We have had a hard time lately and the girls have not been regular at mutual. Tonight we got heart attacked. It made the girls smile to know that they have been missed.

Moms sick

When it rains it pours. Kevin came home from his trip on Wednesday and I wasn't feeling the best. He checked my temp and it was in the low hundreds. He sent me to bed and took over taking care of the girls. I don't get sick that often so I was sure that I would wake up the next morning and feel better but that was not the case. My temperature just kept rising and just kept feeling worse and worse. At one point my temperature was a little over 105. I ended up going to the doctor today and I tested positive for the flu. I have never been so miserable. I can not wait for this to go away.

Kevin has done a great job taking care of what I haven't been able to. I hope I never get the flu again.

Another knee surgery

Today Madison and I were up early for another knee surgery. I can't believe she has had two knee surgeries before she is 18. Before she went into surgery we knew that things might be different from the last surgery but I didn't expect her to be on crutches for 6 weeks again. When the surgeon came out to tell me how the surgery went he told me when he got in there the cartilage damage was worse then he thought. He cleaned it up the best he could but cartilage damage is worse then what we were originally thinking with a meniscus tear. The meniscus tear was not repairable like last time so that is why didn't think she would be on crutches. It is going to be a long six weeks for her.

Madison is resting comfortably. I hope she can tolerate the pain meds this time.

Recovery buddies

Madison and Allison have enjoyed our new bed. It is the best to recover in after surgery or an allergic reaction.

I am hoping Allison will be up to going to school tomorrow. Today the swelling in her face had gone down and I am hoping it will be normal tomorrow. I know Madison enjoys the company but Allison needs to go back to school.