I can’t believe that it’s been three months since I’ve updated the blog. I had nearly 20,000 comments which had accrued – 99.9% of them were spam, I’m sure, but if you left a comment and didn’t see it (and know me) please repost or send me an email. I apologize for my supreme neglect!
I want to update the blog with a zillion things but really should be working right now. What I will do is let you all know that Emily is doing very well since her surgery in July. She got her splint out two days before school and was a bit frail and irritable at that point. She was down a few pounds and was really alarmingly thin (at least in my opinion). She was having issues eating regular food because she’d been on the soft food/liquid diet for so long. She’d even admitted to avoiding food and spitting it out in the sink because she was afraid of choking. Needless to say, I freaked out and took her to the doctor. At that point she had gone without the splint for about a week and was still getting used to real food.
Her doctor said she’d likely improve over the coming weeks -and he was right! She’s been eating more and more since then and has gained all the weight she lost plus more! She’s nearly 50 pounds now, which is saying a lot for a kid who couldn’t seem to get above 48 pounds for a year. She’s also grown taller and, my goodness, she’s such a big girl. I will DEFINITELY post again soon and try to keep the blog updated once a week. Emily is very excited to go trick or treating tonight, I will have costume pics soon. Until then, here’s a cute shot to leave you with! This is Emily hula hooping at her school last month.
