A New Doc

We're adding a new specialist to the list, podiatrist.  After trying to buy shoes for Alex last week and being told how flat his feet are, we decided we better get on the orthotic bandwagon.

Will be interesting to see how it goes.  Mixing a kid with textural aversions and forms in the shoes could spell disaster!

Where is Spring?

Did we only get a couple of days and now winter is back? It's almost May for Pete's sake (whoever Pete is, I'm sure he'd want Spring too).  We're all tired of being cooped up in the house.

Alex is more than likely getting orthotics.  We see the doc on Monday. Good times.  No really.  We have neglected this poor kid's feet long enough.  When you're battling life altering diseases, feet don't register high on the danger scale (in fact most days, you don't go looking for other problems...there is plenty on the plate already).  But Monday night we decided the kid needed new shoes.  Well since we're "tiger" parents like that and given the fact that the school has begun to duct tape his shoes to his feet.....it was time.  Boy this kid has flat feet! It was pointed out by two different shoe tryer on-ers.  So I called a Podiatrist.

In the grand theme of things, orthotics aren't a big deal. Unless you're a kid with textural aversions, strong aversions and you can't seem to pull your sh*t together in the morning to get ready for school.  When it's a battle royale to get out of bed, go to the bathroom, brush your teeth, get your jeans on, get your shirt on, get your socks on, get your shoes on, take your medicine, get your coat.....one can only imagine the tears over having foreign objects in the shoes, stiff foreign objects..... 

Mommy may need to start stiff drinks early in the morning.....

When God Hands You a Sign

You best be reading it.  And when he smacks you over the head, hello!

We didn't make to Kansas City.  Our good friends Sue and Cody invited us to go to the Kansas City Down Syndrome Guild Easter Egg Hunt. Complete with Rachel Coleman. I know right?  Kewl.

We've planned it for about 3 weeks now. My mom was coming with us and it was going to be fun. We wanted dinner at the T Rex Cafe Saturday night and then we had CoCo Key Water Resort all lined up for Sunday.

So early Monday morning, I have to get up to pee.  Nothing new, except when I got up, I about hit the floor. Vertigo. Yup.  And it wasn't pretty.  I got back to bed and stayed there til about 10:00am the next morning.   Missed work.  Got up Tuesday morning and felt fine.  Went to work, hit the grocery store, walked the dogs, made dinner.  Hit the sheets and BAM or should I say TILT A WHORL? The world was spinning again. Did the work from home deal.  Sue (see above) thought the chiropractor would be a good idea. I wasn't convinced but I tried it anyhow.  Worked miracles.  He thought it was the joints in my neck and not my ears causing the problem and he must be right....no spinning since.

So last minute I tell Sue we're a go.  I had mentioned on Wednesday that if I was still sick, we better not go.  So phew! We're going. 

This morning we get up at 5:15am to be on the road (well we were actually up at 4:30 cause the clock in my mom's room was an hour ahead and she got up even earlier).  Loaded up the car and the sleepy/grumpy kid and Grandma and hit the road.  Made it to Rockport, MO and my car shot craps.  On the side of the road, stopped.  Seriously.  Two hours on the road.  Called around and the dealership said we could drive with the check engine light. So we loaded up and headed on south. Drove another 20 mins and the car just shut off.  That was it.  Turned around and went home.  I finally got the message.  Do not go to Kansas City.  So we spent 4 hours on the road and went nowhere........

UGH!

Welcome to the Island

Pop on over and visit my friend Sarah.  She talks about our future plans (which we have planning sessions everyday on skype!).  You'll be jealous!