Hello~` long time no blog........

You see I get in these little funks and don't feel like posting. Or things happen and life is all haywire for a while. Like this past week, life was pretty haywire. Things seem to be calming down, and I am hoping it stays that way because I am dreadfully tired. I swear even the bags under my eyes hurt!

Last Monday, Tatiana mentioned a pain in her hip. However , she brushed it off as probably just growing pains. Anyway, I didn't hear any more about it until Tuesday afternoon when she said the pain had increased, yet she wanted to go swimming. As I drove her and her friend home she complained of the pain again with a very loud "Ouch!" She was sitting in the car at the time and had just barely moved her hip and the pain erupted. By the time we got home she took ibuprofen and called it a day. The following day I called her from work and she said she was in intense pain. That was Wenesday. I called her Dr. but he is off Wenesdays, so the nurse said to wait til Thursday. Well, that evening the pain intensified to the point she could not walk. Anyway, about 3 in the morning I get for a bit and hear noise in the living room. Come to find out she is propped up sideways crying her little head off. After calling her father we decide to wait for the Dr. who opens at 9.

Well, apparently Tati thought that we would see the Dr. at 9, but that is only the time they open. So....she was devastated and began desperately crying when I told her the appt. was at 11. Oh, my heart was breaking. We make it to the Dr. he does x-ray and blood work, but both tests show nothing. Flash forward, to the PCMC ER. After testing that takes till about 11 that night, they decide we need to do emergency surgery on her hip. We give our consent and they proceed. By this time we are out of our minds! Yet, we don't let her see us all crazy. We kiss her goodbye and we leave the hospital to run home and pack some things.

We return to the hospital and they tell us that she had a Septic Hip. Basically an infection in the joint. They cleaned it out and say she will be in the Hospital for a few days. Well, we were there until Sunday. She was released with a picc line and crutches, and many future Dr. appts.

Life feels soooooooooo stressful right now. Just trying to coordinate our schedules along with friends who can stay with her while we put in a few hours work has been daunting. I don't know how people with very ill children do it. I give them major props! I guess we just have to take one day at a time, thats what I keep hearing myself tell other people. This is the first time I have actually sat down with nothing to do for a bit! So I decided to blog.

Tatiana is in very good spirits, she is quite the trooper and it helps that her sense of humor is very much intact. She is lucky she has great friends who come to just sit with her and cheer her up. I totally notice a difference in her when her friends come over.

Ha, I took a few photos at the hospital and here they are!