Happy 7th Birthday, Isaac

7 years ago, we opened up the next chapter of our lives. We became first-time parents. Our first born is now 7 (and in 1st Grade). Crazy.
We enjoyed a basketball cake, after supper from Burger King (which he requested). Then opened some presents (a new 20-inch bike and a new scooter). Before bed we played some Connect 4, his FAVORITE game, which was from Grandma/pa Radabaugh.

Happy 7th, Peanut, and hope you had a great day.

One Year and Counting

One year ago on the 18th of February (yesterday), we learned that after 3 rounds of chemo, B was now cancer free. God stuck to his promise and answered our prayers. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!

PT Update

A setback. Had 2 other knee specialists look at my catching/clicking problem at PT today. Plica is causing my knee alignments/movements to be all backwards. So its back to the drawing board for a few things. If not working after awhile....back to the Ortho to talk about surgery.

Carson's 5 yr appt

Its medically official, he can go to school now in the fall. He's got the shots done (with a few tears and moans). He is still square...his weight and height match up. He even decided he wanted to give a urine sample. Isaac always hated it, never did it. So he was proud of that, getting one over Isaac. Its the little things that count, LOL.

Also, Isaac lost another tooth last night. So he was happy to see that the Tooth Fairy is still around as its been awhile since last lost one.

PT Appt

No real PT today. That starts Friday at 7am. Today was just examining and giving me at home exercises to do. For those that have been asking, Ryan Hebrink is the Therapist.

http://www.knee1.com/Education_Center/Conditions/Retropatellar_Pain_Syndrome

The above link is bascially the same as the other link I posted in the past.

Isaac's IEP Meeting and Conferences

Has a BIG smile on her face and wants to give Isaac a great big bear hug. So proud of his accomplishment. Even tho he still has troubles with expression (sentence structure/grammar) in speech (will continue help on that), he met all other goals and passed all assessments. He is truely up to his class/grade level and will miss Deb greatly (he still will see Kristi for speech). So he now will have an extra 30-45 minutes in class. With the transition help with that, he will be in Title 1, which is held in the classroom.

Also learned that if he was a new student he wouldn't qualify for speech....so that is great! He has came a long way (since he was 2 1/2 years old).

Conferences were the same. Great, all out/around perfect student. First to get lessons done (but rushes some just like his mom did too). Gets involved in classroom discussions, which is a HUGE achievement for a kid with a speech delay (what you want to get over and he did). Excells in Math and Spelling. And can tell he LOVES school period.

Ortho appt

I have a classic form of (which is causing Plica):
http://www.bing.com/health/article/mayo-126455/Chondromalacia-patella?q=chondromalacia&qpvt=patellofemoral+syndrome

So hopefully with the help of good arch supporters (have an appt with a Pod), anti-inflamitory meds (1/day for 4-6 weeks) and intensive physical training (3 days/week for 4-6 weeks), my knees won't bother anymore. Since its been too long already (a couple to a few years) and we are hoping, with our fingers crossed, that this works. Stretches and exercises (including RICE and other crap) at home, aint doing squat. When I stop, the pain starts back up. So its time for reinforcements! Im game for whatever right now, even possible surgery.

Kinda excited for the PT because I can loose more than a few pounds. Weight has gone up since the last appt, by 3lbs...YIKES!!!!