I can’t believe it is February already.  I just blinked and Christmas is a memory, New Year has passed and what the Super Bowl is over? These past couple months have been so busy only to be slowed down by Influenza.  I always say I wish I had just a week at home.  Then just maybe I would get something done around the house.  Well I just had my week at home and my time was not spent exactly how I thought it would be.  Oh wait that is because Libby and I had influenza. It was a very scary week.  I was miserable, but I know I would be okay.  I was so afraid for what this sickness would do to Libby.  I felt horrible I can only imagine how her tiny little body felt.  She was a trooper and fought through it and she is doing much better.  We only had 1 ER trip.  That ER trip is what it took for her to break her fever, and smile.  I guess that is what I will do at 2:00 am.  What kid doesn’t love to make their parent look bad?  The minute we got in to see the doctor in the ER she was all smiles and no fever! Go figure.

With that behind us we are looking forward to the early spring that Punxsutawny Phil promised us! I can’t wait to get out and start taking walks with my family again. I am sure Libby will love the fresh air again!  Poor kid goes outside for only a few seconds.  The time it takes me to take her from daycare to my car is all she gets. Putting her in her highchair by the window helps, but it’s not the real deal.

February is going to be a month of first for Libby. She had an appointment with Dr. Murphy at the end of January and during that 3 hour appointment we have decided on a new treatment for Libby.  She is going to receive Botox and Phenol injections at the end of February.  She will received shots in the back of her neck with hopes of strengthening her neck and yet letting her shoulders and arms relax. She will also receive a shot in both calve muscles with hope to help her ankles and feet relax.  Then the last place she will receive Phenol injections in her groin area.  Libby had a hip X-ray done last time she was in MN and the results show that we need to be preventive with her hips.  She scissors her legs a lot and that can cause her hips to pop out. Dr. Murphy would like to avoid and prevent her from having hip surgery until after she turn 5.  So let’s pray that this all helps Miss Libby!  The scariest party is having to have her put under anesthesia.  I just hate that she has to go through so much, just to do the simple things in life like holding her head up and hopefully sitting on her own.  One of the best things I got out of the 3 hour appointment with Dr. Murphy was when he said, “Well Miss Libby you sure are a complicated yet miracle of a child!”  That pretty much sums up Miss Libby…. Complicated and Miracle…. Guess what?  I wouldn’t have it any other way!  As hard as this new life is some days. The days of laughter and smiles far out weighs the pain and sleepless nights.