Worlds worst blogger...

Wow, I don't know if I can even attempt to catch yall up on everything that has been going on. Most importantly, Abby is doing great! Well lets start with the weekend after Abby's birthday, I had plans to clean out my classroom and get things ready for the new year and Abby decided she would like to spend the weekend at the hospital with a viral infection. Following this she had a great summer, attended an ECI play group where her lungs got a great workout, she wouldnt let anyone hold her and we ended up leaving early every week. This was supposed to help prepare us for day care, she did get into the daycare that we had originally chosen and we were so excited. The weekend before she was supposed to start, she began with the congestion, runny nose, and cough. I was supposed to be preparring to start the new school year, however, again Abby had other plans. After multiple doctor appointments, xrays, and meds they determined that she had pneumonia and was able to overcome with an antibiotic. We kept her home from daycare for an extra two weeks because we didnt want her starting with an already compromised immune system. However, daycare didn't last long for us, Abby was steadily losing weight and could not get rid of her cold, which would bring on our next problem~ear infections. Since August Abby has had a consistent ear infection. We will be seeing an ENT in December to arrange for tubes. We will also be seeing a pulmanoligist to possibly get on something for allergies. We have switched to a new pediatrician because her doctor did not accept medicaid and thankfully now we have medicaid to help with all of these appointments. Her new ped has her seeing seven different specialist so I almost feel like it would be better to tell the school what days I can be there instead of what days I need off. We have actually not seen Cardiology since June, we will see them the day before Thanksgiving, so greatful that someone is working that week. I mentioned that the daycare didn't last long, we hired a nanny to watch Abby. Things were going great until the day she decided to not show up, apparently she had gotten another job and didnt know how to tell us. Now she is with Dales girlfriend and they are doing great. Abby is continuing with her physical therapy, she has it three days a week and is making great strides. Eating is still our biggest challenge, we are knocking out the bottles but still not into solids. We had to say a sad good bye to Abby's good friends Lexie, I have some amazing pictures of the two cuties playing just two weeks before Lexie got sick. We were so looking forward to spending time with their family while they were in town waiting for a heart transplant. We continue to stay in touch with Lexie family and feel truly blessed to have them in our lives. Halloween was great, Abby buzzed around in her bee costume. She loved chewing on her honey pot and playing with her wings. Last night we had to have our 4 year old Doberman~Hemi, put to sleep. It was a hard decision to make but it was the best thing for him. Abby had a nurse start on Monday, with the MDCP~medicaid she is supposed to get weekly nursing hours. Tuesday around 9:30 they called to say the nurse had to resign from the job. Abby really is very low maintenance, I just can't understand why you wouldnt want to spend a few hours a day with her. Alright, I think I have gotten y'all as caught up as I can. I will try to do better with updating now that we have our computer up and going. Love to all~Mindy