Spring Break's Over

Well Spring Break is over and I'm back to getting up at 5:30am to get Cailyn ready for school. Her sleeping has been better and yesterday she only slept until 9 at school. Much better than her 11 am days.

We had a follow-up with Dr. Im yesterday. He feels she's more attentive and aware than even 3 months ago and wants to do a baseline x-ray on her hips to keep an eye on their development.

Along with all her regularly schedule therapy, upcoming appointments include: a followup with ophthalmology, genetics and neurology in May and then allergist, allergy testing and new GI doc in June. Fingers crossed she's over her milk and/or egg allergy. It would be great to add these items into her diet.

I'm not going nuts over the royal wedding. I will probably check out the coverage to see her dress, I do remember watching Princess Diana walk down the aisle on TV. So here's a fun little game.
Find your own Royal Name
Mine and Cailyn's royal names:
Duchess Jennifer Lulu Reeseton of Sterlington
Lady Cailyn Ticky Reeseton of Sterlington

The new king bed is ok. It's a bit too firm for my taste but the room is nice and not having 2 dogs on top of me is good too.

After Cailyn has left for school the past 2 days I've taken the dogs for a 2- mile walk. I started out the school year really well and did this walk for about the first 2 weeks of school. Then we got sick, it got cold and dark and I abandoned the morning walks.

Yesterday I thought I was going to have to carry at least one of the boys and my bet was on Otis, who is now topping out at 35 pounds and very strong, he's firm and very much muscle-y. Elvis has lost some weight so I think he's around 20. Elvis holds his own but sometimes Otis powers over him.

An expensive pedicure

So yesterday I noticed Otis had a toenail that was cracked pretty high up on the nail. I took both boys to PetSmart last night to get them trimmed. The groomer wouldn't touch that 1 nail because the vein was exposed and it could be infected. He suggested a trip to the vet to check on it.

So this morning, Otis and I had an early appointment at the vet. They cut the nail, glued a cap on it, wrapped it in medical tape and then put a plastic IV bag over it so it could stay dry. He has to keep this contraption on for 24 hours and antibiotics as a precaution. He is a trooper though. He's been clip-clopping around the house and hasn't really touched the dressing.



About 5 pm the plastic bag feel off and I couldn't put it back on. So I put a rubber glove with one of Cailyn's old tube socks over it and hopefully he'll let that stay until the morning.

And so $120 later, Otis has the record for the most expensive pedicure.