Well, Anna rebounded quite nicely from her reaction to the last antibiotic. We have also been strep free for several weeks so that has been a blessing. Zachary caught a little cold which seems to be trying to develop into a sinus infection. He spiked a fever on Turkey day :( Poor thing, but he is running around like usual and not acting overly sick so we are treating with Mucinex at the moment hoping to break it up before it really sticks good.
The kitchen renovation is coming along nicely. Some things happen alot easier than others, but it is all coming around. This weekend the flooring is going in. I hope that we can also get Anna's room back in order by tomorrow. They need to be in their own rooms again :) The countertop should be here before Christmas and we did find out that it's going to be over $500 less than we had paid for it originally, so that will make for an easier time at Christmas this year. I really have to get busy though...I have ALOT of stuff to make between now and the second week of December....maybe next week....LOL.
Jamie is still Jamie. We are looking into get him back into school. He has adjusted nicely to the group home and Day Treatment Program so we need to add something else. The twins are experiencing what appears to be a great deal of anxiety surrounding the visits with Jamie. We were greatly saddened at the last visit when Jamie was presented with the task of saying something positive about everyone. He managed to do so about pretty much everyone, including Gary, except for Zachary. For Zachary he kept repeating what he thought he needed to change in Zachary to make him better...despite the therapists interjection. He just couldn't simply say something positive. He also started to go after Zachary a bit when Zach started to point and walk towards some figures in Jamie's room at the group home. Part of us is glad that Jamie did this as these things need to be worked on. Jamie and Zachary's relationship has been stressed for a good long while. We are not sure why, but Jamie seems to target Zachary. Jamie is now without a roommate at the group home, so we are in hopes that there is a new placement very soon. In all likelyhood, Jamie will end up in a room all his own because it is very likely that by the time he is ready to come home Ian will be off in the Air Force or some other branch of the military. Kyle is off in school and Randy is working on getting settled into a new duty station with the Air Force following Basic Training and Special Forces Training. We are excited and proud of them all.
I see the new cardiologist on Wednesday...finally... and we will plan procedures and surgeries from there. Gary has to have shoulder repair before they can do the work on his foot.
We also had some exciting news shared with us last month. We will be adding a new little one within our extended family late spring 2011...and we pray for an easy and healthy time for the next several months. Geesh...Grandparents....with 7 year old twins...YIKES! It will be fun!!
