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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
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We had a big day on Friday, in more ways
than one. A little back-story:
Maddie’s had several urinary tract infections over the past
few months, and the doctor told us she wanted to check for
something called urinary reflux, which apparently is somewhat
common in young girls and can cause kidney scarring and kidney loss
if left undetected. So Maddie was scheduled Friday to go in for a
couple rather invasive tests, including one in which she’d be
under general anesthesia. Maddie was less than enthusiastic about
the idea, and Brian took the day off so we could both be by her
side while my mom stayed home with Cora. We went to bed Thursday
night warning Maddie she wouldn’t be able to eat the next day
until after her tests, due to be finished around 12 p.m. or so.
Thursday morning Cora began whimpering around 6 a.m., and I
sleepily brought her in with us to try to get a few more minutes of
sleep. 7 a.m. the phone rang, and we found out my grandmother had
fallen out of her bed and was on the way to the hospital. Ten
minutes later, so was my mother.
Ten minutes after that, Cora began throwing up. Write Comment |
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 |
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Cora's RSV segued nicely into a cold she
caught from Maddie, and now the tail end of it has become one of
those tickling coughs that won't let her alone. As soon as her
breathing slows down she's coughing up a lung, and so I've been
up four to six times a night with her the past few nights.
Me so tired. Write Comment |
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Wednesday, 03 February 2010 |
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It would seem that both of my girls are
addicted to sugar. Maddie is doing the whole “silky
training” thing in an effort to keep a steady stream of
Starburst candies coming her way, and as for Cora, well,
she’s found another way.
Cora has learned how to poop on command. Write Comment |
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Tuesday, 02 February 2010 |
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“Mom, I think I want to begin silky
training now,” Maddie said to me a few days ago.
“What’s silky training?” I asked Maddie.
“You know, where I practice using it less.”
“Do you want to give up your silky, honey?” I asked,
pictures of kids teasing Maddie during quiet time at school dancing
unhappily in my head. I know that when she started school
she’d told me a couple kids had teased her about sucking her
thumb while she snuggles with her silky, and though she’d
told me then she didn’t care I thought perhaps things had
changed and she’d become aware of “fitting
in”. Write Comment |
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Monday, 01 February 2010 |
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I do believe the worst is over – but
I also believe that if I’ve learned one thing as a mom,
it’s to never say that the worst is over.
We’re back at school today (or at least planning on it when I
wake the girls up) and getting into our regular groove. We
gradually emerged into public again over the weekend, white-faced
and anemic from lack of sun and stimulation. Ok, perhaps
that’s a slight exaggeration, but there was something
distinctly animalistic about the avidity with which my girls ran
towards fresh air and public places. Write Comment |
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