happy to be home

Reiko and I had a good day Thursday with flying, everything went as planned and the day went relatively fast. No vomitting this time, thankfully! He has been much better YAY!! Our final flight got into London Airport at 430 and Derek and Kai were waiting for us, Kai ran up and gave me a huge hug and jumped up and down with excitement, those moments are the best ever! I was soo happy to have all my boys together again, can't get enough of this family I tell ya! Of course Kai started a big tantrum as soon as we left because he wanted to see all the big airplanes but we couldn't stay. So alot of yelling on the way home from him, but he was still happy we were home. That morning I was given a wonderful letter from another OI mother named Marie-Helene she has a 3 year old son named Kaleb, I believe I wrote about them last blog. It was such a beautiful letter and brought tears to my eyes. It is amazing how many thoughtful people are out there. I feel soo very very lucky to have these amazing people in my life. Yesturday was a lazy day for me, plus I can feel I am coming down with a cold, either from the airplane or children's emerg in Montreal, so I have been taking my vitamins and cold fx and sleeping extra to try and ward off this cold, so far I think it is working, I also slept from 11-330 this morning as well as going to bed last night at 9. I am really hoping this will work.

I was changing Reiko out of an outfit today, he had just had his first ever peice of toast (12 grain) and he loved it, but got so excited about it he ended up pushing to much in and vomitted alittle bit. So I was changing him and then he started 'The Cry', felt around, and found it to be the right femur(top part of your leg) don't think its a displaced fracture but it is either a micro-fracture or cracked, either way I did a cast all the way to just under the nipple, so now the poor boy is casted on both legs. I am really hoping this is not the beginning to a fracture cycle. But we will deal with it best we can, if he is not complaining then niether can we.

Yesturday we unpacked the base of Reiko's new chair and were setting it up, Kai was all excited and ran right into the pole sticking out and almost poked his eye out, it was a very scary moment and thankfully nothing happened. But keeping him away from it has been a challenge, cannot wait until the rest of the chair gets in and we won't have to worry about it anymore. Right now I am enjoying some cuddle time with Kai while he watches Caillou, if only all moments could be this nice. Derek had to work early tonight so now I am taking it easy with the boys, once Kai is in bed I will have a nice hot bath and try not to have a care in the world.

My sister is supposed to be getting a tattoo today, she loves tattoo's and she is getting one that says "UNBREAKABLE SPIRIT" with a snowflake, its going to be beautiful. That is pretty much a tattoo I would like to get as well, but very small and I don't know what kind of snowflake yet. I like tattoo's but I like them small enough I can hide them, I like them being private.

Yesturday would have been my grandpa's 98th birthday, he passed away in October 2002, we were always super close and I miss him alot to this day. On Valentines day my grandma on my mothers side passed away 20 years ago! crazy how time flies! Ok enough for today, just rambling again lol.

Beige cast was done in Montreal for his Tibia fracture, red and brown cast done by me for his fractured femur. When splinting a fracture you always splint the joint above and below the fracture.

Kai posing with Reiko

Carol- Thank you so much for your comments. Thankfully I have such amazing help from Derek, without him I would surely go crazy somedays. It may be hard, but it is so worth it.