Edda’s bed rails work pretty well. She sleeps mostly through the night except for the nights right before and during her period (mostly). But she moves around like a clock hand. Here she is in the morning when I found her – all bunched up at the head of the bed perpendicular to her starting position. I got a huge packet for her back surgery from children’s over the weekend and I spent some time looking over it. There is a mention that I could donate blood for her to use during her operation and my initial gut feeling was that I totally want to donate blood for her. And then I’m like – who am I kidding? The blood donation will flatten me for two weeks and I need all my wits about me for the next couple of months. Also am I really going to add 2-3 more appointments to the 17 I’ve already got scheduled?
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Vince went to his 15th annual checkup. Everything checked out OK. We talked about vaccines for his China trip and also a bit about maintaining a healthy weight.
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But then I took him to McDonald’s after school as a celebration (thank you for the 10,000 days of Chinese tutoring) and send-off for my parents who are headed to China tomorrow.
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Joanne, our Medicaid waiver coordinator, came by for dinner tonight. She meets yearly with the each of the fifty families she manages. We are here very last ones for the quarter!
