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Thursday, May 7, 2009

Pink with Glitter

I want to post some pictures of Madison getting her pretty pink glittery cast, also a few from October 2006 when she got her first cast. Dr H did both. J and I asked if he though the 11 months of chemo may have affected her bones. 2 breaks in 2 years, both from simple falls, seems a bit too much. He said that it wasn’t out of the ordinary, that insurance would not see that as a reason to look into bone density. So we asked Dr E, her oncologist, and he said that there is nothing in her chemo research (all done on adults) that says it affects bone density and he just thinks it’s a fluke. FLUKE? So, J and I will be paying cash price, because with out a reason insurance will not cover the Dexascan. It should be sometime in August I think. I will update more as we get closer, her orthopedic said not to get the scan done until about 4 weeks after her cast comes off, that her bones would still be healing and would not give a correct reading.

Dr H putting on Madison 2nd pretty pink cast
2nd broken bone April 23 2009

getting the cast this time was not as bad,
but she still was a little worried
Daddy sat close by
He makes everything better

waiting for the cast to set

Lollipops make everything better

this is from October 02 2007 -

she did trust us that this appointment would not

be an ouchy appointment, just a cute pink cast

i love her pouty lips

Dr H always has lollipops for his

good little patients

my little princess

first broken bone was Sept 29 2007

look Ma, I can still suck my thumb

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Better Late then Never - Easter 2009

Easter 2009

Madison woke J and I up pretty early, the Easter Bunny had come and the kids were ready to check out their Easter baskets, they know better then to start without me and my camera. After the baskets were open J and I had my family over for a small Easter Party. (Unfortunately my sister Alicia, her husband Scott, and their daughters Keira and Kailey were not able to make it. One of the twins was sick. And, J mom and dad were in South Africa on vacation and his brothers and sisters families don’t live close. We missed you guys). The kids colored eggs, we had an Easter Egg hunt, my sisters and I tortured the kids with our amateur photo shoot, and we had a nice simple lunch. Easter was also a friends daughters 4th birthday, so we decorated cupcakes and sang Happy Birthday to Kylee (Brittney, I know I am spelling that wrong, I will fix it as soon as I know the correct spelling). It was a nice day with the family. And now for a million pictures.

Madison