Good Wednesday

Today was another out the door early and don't return for hours kind of day.

We left at 9:30 to drop off some Girl Scout things at Miss Jill's house.  She always likes to chat so we stayed for a bit and the kids played with her dog.

We had to scoot out the door so we could get Andrew to Tae Kwon Do.  See his 2 yellow stripes - he is ready for his belt test on March 1st!!

 After Tae Kwon Do, I stayed a few minutes to talk to his teacher and again he commented, "I forget that Andrew is 4 years old, his focus and attention is beyond anything I have ever seen."  He loves his Tae Kwon do class!!

I dropped off Cairn and Andrew at a friends to play while I took Skylar to Children's Hospital to have an evaluation of her ankle.  She has a lot of ankle pain along with her leg pain.  Her PT didn't know why the pain was traveling down her leg so she wanted to have her evaluated.

Skylar loved this painting in the lobby.  Can you guess why?

I had Skylar do all the talking since it was her appointment.  She checked herself in, and answered all the questions correctly.  Then the nurse called us back and she talked the whole time about why she wasn't at school and how much she likes homeschooling.

Then the doctor came in, "I am looking for Skylar, do you know where I can find her?"  Skylar spoke right up and said, "I am right here.  Why are you looking for me?"  She didn't know he was the doctor.  He introduced himself and then said, "You seem to be pretty chatty so I am going to talk to you," and he started asking her all kinds of questions about her pain and what she does to stop the pain and on and on.  She answered everything without hesitation.  I filled in a few historical pieces but she did most of the talking.  

In the end, he can't find anything physically wrong to explain her pain - other than what we already know - her twisted femurs and tibia.  He is leaning toward rheumatoid arthritis, especially considering her history of an immune deficiency condition (I have long suspected this).  We are going to try a few things at home to see what happens and then return in a few months to talk about next steps.

We went back to pick up the other kids and ended staying for 2 more hours.  We finally headed home at dark.  I put the littles in the bathtub to get them slowing down for the night while I got dinner started and Cairn practiced the piano.

Another full day and yet the kids finished all of their schoolwork with no complaining - something seems to be working these days.

Tomorrow is another full day.