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different kind of week

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With out boys at Scout Camp this week it's been somewhat different for Kupcake and me.  I am SO glad that D and B were able to go to the camp, and D went down the zipline and everything.  I wondered beforehand what exactly K and I would all week with just the two of us. I'm thinking she had a plan all along. :) We've fed and watered the dog every day, watered the garden plants, played in the water hose, swung on the swings, swam in the pool, went to library day, cooked things, read books over and over for hours, went shopping.... we have not been bored.  K has slept through the night every night, wakes around 6:30 and I get her and put her in bed with me.  We generally get up around 9am.  Thanks to Nana we've learned that Daniel Tiger IS now available on PBS Kids through roku- hallelujah! K has learned that while she is scared of the vacuum, it's much quicker if you can convince someone else (me, usually) to vacuum your messes off the floor instead of picking th

It's looking like surgery for Dball...

This morning I received a call from the radiology nurse (I swear that's what she said) at the pediatric clinic.  She said D has both an esophageal ring and a hiatal hernia.  Joy!  This Thursday we have a "surgical consult" with a Pediatric General Surgeon who travels from Arkansas Children's Hospital to NWA every month to see patients here.  I'm guessing that means there is to be a surgery, we just need to go over the xrays/upper GI that are on CD (that I have to remember to pick up from WRMC beforehand) and decide when and where, and what specifically he's going to surge.  Dball is stressed out for a person anyway, and he's additionally so now thinking about the IV's and needles.  I'm hoping he'll like the Dr and maybe it will put him at ease some.  Unfortunately, having some experience with both conditions, I know that ring didn't just show up one day.  It was built up, probably in part because of the hernia.  I'm wondering how lo