Crazy Day

Today has been Crazy! Really the whole week. We had appointments today and tomorrow is N's party. I also had to work last night so I haven't had a lot of time to clean the house or get all the little things I wanted to done. I feel like all I've been doing it running around the last few days.
Anyways, today wasn't to much better. I had a few hours this morning to clean and straighten then I had to get the diaper bag ready so M and I could go to her appointments. Grandpa watched N for me so I didn't have to worry about him too. Which was really nice, plus, I'm sure he had more fun with Grandpa then he would have with us. So at 12:15 we left to head to the hospital(15mins later then I wanted to). We made pretty good time, I think we got there about 1:15. So first stop X-Rays. That was fun! M doesn't like to be laid down on anything other than beds or carpet. And by doesn't like I mean HATES!!! It's usually a scream fests when I do have to like at the mall, so needless to say she wasn't happy when I had to lay her on a metal bed w/out her pants or diaper. Then I had to hold her legs straight, that position wasn't so hard. Now mind you she has high muscle tone so she's VERY strong. After the legs being straight she had to have her legs in the frog leg position. Which at normal times isn't to had to do, but add in the fact that she's not happy which makes her Hypertonia worse it wasn't good. It took all my might to hold her still. The poor thing was holding on to me for dear life once I picked her up. We were in and out in about 40 mins, which in most cases would have been a great thing, but her Neurologist appointment wasn't til 3:45 which meant we still had 2 hours to kill. I hadn't eaten so we ended up getting back in the car and driving around til I found somewhere to eat. You would think with the hospital and a college right there there would be more food places around. All I found was 2 sit downs and a subway that's it!! Subway only killed about 45mins, but the driving around was about 20 so I still had some time, but we headed back anyways, I figured maybe we would get in early. The wait at the neurologist wasn't to bad. There was another kid there who just turned 2 and M was fascinated by him. Then again everyone fascinates her. I'm not really sure what his disability was I'm guessing either SBS or CP, but he was a cutie, he was even trying to flirt with M. The appointment it's self went good. The doctor was very happy to see her crawling and pulling herself up. She still wants M to have the spinal MRI, and she also wants her to have Occupational Therapy. What that is I'm not 100% sure, I'm trying to find out. I do know it has to do w/helping her grab at things better. I told the doctor about how she pinches things and grabs at things, it's sort of like a little robot, and she wants her to have help with that. The doctor also noticed that her left side seems to be getting "tighter"then her right, which is one of the reason's she still wants the MRI done. We are to continue with the physical therapy, and she's fine with it just being once a month, so that's good. The appointment wasn't very long we were out of there by 4:10. On the way home I did have to stop at Publix to get some fruit that I forgot. I'm making this fruit salsa that sounds really good, plus I figured it was a little healthier. Right now that is in the fridge, it's suppose to chill for 6-24hrs. It has sweet peppers in it, can I tell you those things are nasty(in a good way), I chopped them up at lest 1.5hrs ago washed my hands 3 times since then(if not more) and I still have the "juice" on my hands! My nose is very itchy(cuz of all the dusting today) and my eyes are dry and every time I touch either one they burn for AT LEST 5 mins it's driving me nutty! Well, the kids are finally out I better go finish cleaning I'm going to swiffer the floors and maybe put up the streamers tonight!

I almost forgot the other good news today....the school district called when I was in the X-Ray with M so I called them back and N was approved for their program. He will be going to the preschool that is right down the street. That will be nice, cuz if I have I wanted I could walk there, though it is a bit of a hike and I have to try and cross our busy street, but still it's really close! The only thing is they don't have a speech program at that school, so he'll have to either go to a different school once a week or have someone come to the house. We have a meeting with them at the end of the month so we'll figure it out then. But he has been talking more. I made him his picture book and it really seems to be helping. He really likes it to! He even has been looking at all his other books, which is good since we have so many. Not that I'm complaining! I LOVE having all the books, he just never wanted anything to do with them, unless of course it was I Love You This Much He loves that book. I'm off, I'll write tomorrow about N's party!