Our whole week – cancelled!

We have cancelled our entire week this week! This is what my week was supposed to look like (the blue indicates rescheduled, red indicates canceled):

Monday – M Preschool 12-3:30
Meet DH with K and have lunch
Tuesday – M Flu Shot 9:10AM
K Speech Therapy 1:00

Wednesday – M Preschool 12-3:30
Me Chiropractor 11:45
K Pulmonologist 2:30

Thursday – K Physical Therapy 12:30
K Speech Therapy 1:30
M Nutritionist 2:00

Friday – M Flu Shot 9:10AM (may still be rescheduled)

The only thing NOT cancelled due to illness was Molly’s preschool on Wednesday. I cancelled that because of the doctor’s appointments that I ended up cancelling. Good thing this was a mild week.

On tip toes…

Well, once again, I have to avoid my baby girl as much as possible. I have a TERRIBLE cold. Actually, Molly had it first. When she got up yesterday K had a TINY bit of one…and by last night I had a full blown painful cold. My throat is on fire, my head feels like it’s in jell-o…

K was supposed to have an appointment with the pulmonologist today…but me going into a CF clinic with a full blown cold, and Molly just getting over hers…NOT a good idea. When I said it to the nurse, she agreed but then instantly got on the “Kennedy isn’t sick, is she?” I said that she had a tiny bit of a cold…but not severe enough to cause panic yet. Her nose ran a little yesterday, but that was about it.

I gave Molly a bath yesterday because she has the tendency to “run and wipe” (i.e. Nose runs, she wipes it…into her hair). She was all clean and shiny and soft-haired…and by the time her nap was over…so was that idea. *sigh* I hope she gets over her cold soon so that she no longer is a booger-head.

Terminology Tuesday

Starting next Tuesday, I’m going to start a weekly snipped called ‘Terminology Tuesday’. I’ll be going in depth with definitions and terminology that special needs parents know. Different conditions (autism, CF, Fragile X, etc.), and therapies and equipment. If you have a topic you’d like to see covered, please let me know! Either respond to this post, or email me. I’ll be happy to take suggestions!!!

Cutting Corners in Desperation…

Well, we are attempting to dip into DH’s 401K now. If we get approval for the withdrawal, there will be positives and negatives to it.

Positive: We can take the car to CarMax and sell it, and have the money to cover the difference. I.E. We don’t have to turn it in as a voluntary repo (which we have been considering)

Negative: We’re taking money out of the 401K

Positive: We’ll be able to catch up ALL of the bills.

NEgative: DH can’t make ANY 401K contributions for 6 months after the withdrawal.

Positive: We’ll be able to fix our one remaining car (it needs breaks, has a bad oil leak, etc.)

Negative: Uh…

Positive: Christmas will be covered for sure.

Positive: HUGE weight off my shoulders, and our finances with the car out of our hair…which means we can, in fact, go through with the SSI appeal.

New Words of the weekend..

As I said yesterday, it’s leaps and bounds in this house. Molly had a bunch of new words this weekend…I’ll try to list them all.

1. Oh Shoot
2. Pretty
3. Sure
4. Dunno
5. Choo Choo

I’m sure there were more, but my brain has left me.

I’m not sure if it’s being in preschool, or she’s just having a ‘good period’…but I am just amazed by this little girl!! Overnight she’s become a totally new person!