One day at a time

Ok, things are back to (relatively) normal. We still don't know what caused the fever and pain earlier this week, but we're very happy that she's feeling better. Courtney's back to her standard of headaches, fatigue, and general achiness. However, she's smiling more than she has been and has been enjoying having the kids climb into bed with her to read a book with her or just cuddle. While she was in the hospital they removed her staples and she's loving that. She can now sleep much more comfortably on her right side. It's amazing to me that she had such a major surgery and looking at her you can't tell at all; her hair completely covers it.

The kids have been very well taken care of by local friends and family. They've been having "play dates" pretty much every day. It's been a real fun time for them, but they're starting to feel the strain. They were telling me last night that they're tired of all the play dates and just want to play at our place. Our sister-in-law, Karina (sorry if I misspelled that!), was visiting for Thanksgiving and decided to change her flight back home so that sh

e could stay around for an extra week and help with the kids, especially our baby, Jocelyn. She's been wonderful! I took the last couple of days off work, but am back today, so thank you to everyone who has made that possible. If you want a laugh, check out Brian Regan talking about emergency rooms here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9m2FLHlEwA and part 2 at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM-HWkbnDfg&NR=1. I played these for Courtney just before she came back from the hospital and got her laughing so hard she almost had to stay an extra day.

Another before and after picture. Doesn't the after picture look like a sad little brain? Sad little eyes and mouth?