Welcome 2012

It is hard to believe 2012 is here, I am not sure where 2011 went. We are very grateful for a mostly healthy year. 2011 started out very rough with Callie's horrible sleep apnea and aspirational pneumonia. Thankfully we had some amazing doctors trying to figure here out and by March she was doing better. August brought ear tubes which was not so great. Since the placement of tubes she has had a constant ear infection. We battle it daily. Recently we switched doctors and are taking a slightly different approach with medication  Zak also had a good year medically. There was some worry his neck surgery was not holding up the best, however 2012 brought wonderful news (just yesterday) that is looks great! He started 1st grade, in the same classroom as last year. Although he has missed a lot of school due to illnesses he loves it while he is there.

We had a wonderful Christmas with our families. The week prior was not so much fun though. Zak got a cold the weekend prior, right when we thought he was feeling better it started all over again. Callie brought the first bought of strep into our house. This was a bit scary since her tonsils are already big to begin with. Since they were both already sick that was not enough, next was the flu. They were so caring to even share with Chris, myself and about half of our nursing staff. I was shocked how quickly it spread.

We spend New Years at our house celebrating with out family and a few friends. We always welcome in the New York New Year. 11pm is much easier to celebrate than 12 :)

This month brings many doctors appointments. Zak had his MRI yesterday and saw Neuro. All reports were wonderful. He will pick up his new ankle foot orthotics this week as well. We follow with Callie's ear appointments,  both kids dentist appointments and Callie's transition into Preschool. It will be a busy month.

Since most people has been asking. We are finally settled into the house completely. We absolutely love it and could not ask for a better group of people to help our dream come true! It was wonderful to celebrate Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years at our home. 2011 goes down as a year to never be forgotten.

We have started to make plans for the community room. We will be starting Focus groups the beginning of February. If you would like to help in any of the planning please contact me at cateeters@charter.net. We are hoping for a grand opening around April 1st! Stay tuned.