TUESDAY'S TALES

Colby is getting his 9PM IPV and CoughAssist treatment. I'm on the cough watching my Hoosiers, trying not to cuss excessively. Trying, not succeeding. Go my Hoosiers, go!

The past week was pretty darn good for us. We are finally starting to get back to something of a normal schedule. Well, our “normal” schedule. The new school nurse is working out well. I stayed in the school building last Monday, just in case they needed me. Then last Thursday I stayed within one mile of the school in case they needed me. Hey, what can I say, I have to make sure my sweet boy is okay and safe at school. But yesterday I just let it rip. New school nurse and Colby got on the bus and I was like, bye, see you after school. Last Tuesday we took Colby to pick up his new glasses, then we were finally able to take Colby swimming. First time in 4 weeks I think. Of course Colby loved it. It's his thing. Last Wednesday we took Colby for a PT assessment at The Kids Center. We currently don't have a PT for Colby, and with his complex diagnosis, we kind of really need one. I was impressed with the facility and really liked the PT who evaluated Colby. Colby will be casted for new AFO's next Monday. Next step after that will be get his power chair evaluated and fixed. As Colby is driving the chair forward, it gradually starts to veer off. Usually it's not as issue since Colby could care less about driving forward anyways. But lately he has shown interest and has been trying to drive correctly, so we definitely need to get his chair fixed for him. We finished up the week with Colby getting a haircut at Great Clips on Friday afternoon. Then on Sunday we took Colby up to the local pet shop to pick out a couple of fish. Hey, I'm very proud to say we haven't killed a fish in several months! We currently have 8 little fish swimming around in harmony in Colby's tank. Hope our luck holds out. I always feel badly when I have to give a little fishie the big flush.

Yes, we still love our new house. Actually I think I love it more all the time. It really is perfect for us, exactly what we need. We're having an open house in April. We want all the people who donated and worked on the house to come see the finished project. So there are several things to do before the big day. Went shopping over the weekend to choose fabric for Roman shades in the kitchen. Slowly starting to get the garage cleaned out. It's shocking how quickly you can accumulate stuff! Our biggie to get done is the garage doors. We still have the nasty, broken, old doors on the garage. We're waiting to hear from the world's greatest carpenter. He's going to fix the structure so we can remove the concrete from the middle and have one large door instead of 2 smaller garage doors. Just makes sense with the van, getting Colby out from the side, my inability to back the van up. Plus a few other things to do, then we'll have a big old party to celebrate our beautiful new home. Not sure I'm ready to have 100 or so people traipsing through here, but I'm really excited to see everyone who contributed to the house and thank them in person.

Going to watch the rest of the IU game and then go to bed. Just wanted to let everyone in Blogland know we're doing well. Colby is still the sweetest stinker I've ever seen. Last Friday his teacher asked him how he was feeling. Colby looked at his eye gaze and said bored. Yep, that's my kid. Then today the day nurse was giving the night nurse report in Colby's room. I guess he didn't want to hear it because he said out. Then the day nurse was telling the night nurse how Colby was mad because he made him stay up on his left side for almost an hour. Not Colby's favorite side. Colby looked at his eye gaze and said whatever. OMG it was too funny. He's a hot mess for sure. But he's my hot mess, and I sure do love him. More blogging soon. Peace.