Weekend Review

This is how Arianna's right ankle looked when I woke up Friday morning. I was freaking out!!! I thought her ankles were getting worse (ankle pronation) because I just jumped to conclusions, but Robert the wonderful dad he is decided to give her some Benadryl and the swelling went down a little. I made an appointment with the pediatrician anyways since it was Friday.

By the time we got to the pediatrian her ankle looked better but very red and warm to the touch. After a few residents looking at her and our pediatrician they thought it was an allergic reaction to a bug bite.

I didn't see a place where she was bit in the morning but I had to spend the afternoon at the hospital working for my support group. By the time I got home you could see a bubble where it looked like she was bit.

The pedi gave us antibiotics in case she got worse over the weekend. They said it could also be cellulitis so the antibiotics would be used to treat that if in fact that is what she had.

This is what her ankle looked like Friday afternoon.

Much better!

She keeps telling me she has a boo boo on her ankle and crys so I'm sure it still bother her. Thank goodness that is all it was. However, the mother I am I already scheduled an appointment for the orthopedic doctor this Thursday so I can talk to him more about her ankles. He really doesn't seem concerned with them but to both me and Robert we think the ankle pronation is gettinng a little worse...more on the right then the left. Of course in this picture you can't tell with all the swelling.

Not much else going on around here. I had a very busy week last week working on alot of things for my support group. I'm starting a visiting program for the NICU next week so it will be nice to meet some newly diagnosed heart families. Maybe nice isn't the proper word. I just get so much out of supporting other heart families.

Yesterday we went to get a group photo for our support group. It was alot of fun to be around heart families and just talk. I got to hold a couple babies which felt SO good. Arianna is the second to oldest child in our group, the oldest being 4 years old with HLHS.

Then today we went and got family photos and of course they suckered us into buying more photos then we would like. I got the cutest picture of all 3 kids and one of Arianna by herself. We won't get them till next month but I'll scan them so you can see them.

We don't have too much planned this week. I go in for my first physical therapy session tomorrow, which I'm really happy to finally be starting. I've actually had less back pain this weekend which was great. Last week I did alot of walking at the hospital but thanks to my wonderful doctor who finally prescribed me something stronger than Ibuprofen I was able to handle it. Hopefully PT will really help me out.

Then Arianna has Early Intervention and speech therapy on Tuesday which is normally just alot of playing so Arianna loves it. Speaking of speech, her speaking is really taking off. She is putting more sounds together and saying alot more words. I swear one of these days I'll get her on video.

It's 9:35 and I think I'm actually heading to bed. I've had a pretty emotional day today so I just need a good nights rest. Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I know I need to check up on all my heart buddies...I promise to do that tomorrow.

Good night!