March 27, 2009

• Still Spinning

  Another busy day, yesterday, and not a particularly smooth one.

  Rissy woke up in the morning crying because she wet the bed.  She's 8yo and I don't even remember the last time she wet the bed.  It's no big deal.  We have plastic mattress protectors on all of the beds.  But, Rissy was humiliated and it put her on edge almost all day. 

  All 3 girls have various stages of a cold.  Makes them *all* on edge.

  All of us got ready to go to Rissy's physical therapy appointment.  Rissy was frantic because she couldn't find her 2nd black shoe - the ones she wears almost all the time.  She became hysterical and we told her just to wear her white tennis (athletic) shoes.  We got out of the car and noticed Rissy was wearing two "right* shoes!!!  She was further humiliated and upset. (sigh)

  We all went into her appointment, which normally is 45 minutes long.  I wanted Jesse to see her exercises so he can make sure she does them properly.   They had a woman there to consider orthotics for her and no therapy exercises were done.  We were there an hour and a half - not 45 minutes.  They made plaster cast molds of Rissy's legs and she burst into tears.  When she was able to talk (FINALLY) she wailed, "I don't want to wear these on my legs!"  We explained they were "molds" to make her brace and not permanent casts for her legs.  There was an adult brace available and we showed that to Rissy to calm her fears.  In the middle of being fitted for braces, Jesse knocked on the door and said LUCI was wearing Rissy's missing black shoe and handed it to us in case we needed it.  (rolling my eyes)  It was determined that Rissy had double scoliosis but is young enough to be treated.  AND, her one leg is 3/4 of an inch longer than the other when measured from hip to inside ankle bones.  No wonder she hurts!

  We left and decided it was best to go to Wal-Mart for groceries, since we have had an updated snow forecast of "maybe 1 -3 inches" to "definitely 3 to 8 inches" in our city.  I had a grocery list and methodically zipped through the store.  We were supposed to meet with people from a church who could possibly help care for the house and children while I'm recovering from surgery, etc.  So, we felt rushed in the grocery store.

  We came home, quickly made sandwiches and ate our lunch.  I decided NOT to clean the house because I wanted them to see how behind I have gotten with just appointments to tend to - not to mention surgery recovery!   The minister, his wife, and the prospective helper came and were as nice as they could be.  I talked about what I thought might be necessary for the helper to do and showed them around the house.  I don't know what will come of it all, but I felt blessed to have met more Christian people!

  I have the girls' therapy appointment this afternoon and I've already been interrupted several times as I wrote this.  So, no proofreading or spell check again today.  I've become an open book lately - right down to my typing and gramatical flaws!

  Be Blessed  ~

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