Sinus Problems

I am sure you remember how often I would post about Emily being sick. Well, the doctor, whom I have had to switch to a new one yet again because her doctor left pediatrics to go back to just working the Emergency room, decided that Emily was having sinus infections too often. So, she referred us to the ENT. Oddly enough, he is the same doctor who did my eartubs as a baby and removed my tonsils! Any ways, he found her chronic sinus infections odd too. First thing he discovered was that her tonsils are HUGE!! He said that they will have to come out. But, he wanted a CAT scan of her sinus' before anything else. So, off to get her CAT scan after the insurance approved it. Emily did so well during the whole process, which I was worried about because she doesn't do well with new things. The radiologist was so good with her. Every time the bed would move, he would come over the speaker and let her know. I got to sit right next to her and they let her have her favorite stuffed dog and blanket with her.
A week later, we went back to the ENT, and this was the picture that was up on the screen...I just thought that it was so cute, I had to take a picture of it with my phone! Any ways, this doesn't show the sinus', but when he scrolled through and I could see the sinus'...or shall I saw sinus...it made me want to cry. Her right sinus is perfect. Her left sinus is completely blocked. There is no air flow at all going through it. My poor baby :( His decision...treat it with antibiotics 3 times a day for 6 weeks. Mind you, she was already on a 2 week dose at this point. So, 8 weeks total of antibiotics, a follow up appt 3 weeks later with him, which happens to be this Wednesday, and then another CAT scan. If her left sinus is still blocked, he will have to operate on her sinus along with taking her tonsils out. Fingers crossed that the infection just couldn't clear up because of the blockage from her tonsils and that this round of antibiotics will clear it. Will find out more in a couple of weeks I guess.

Childrens Museum/OMSI

I took an extended weekend at the beginning of February and went to Salem/Portland. I took Emily to the Children's Museum in Salem and then we headed over to Portland and met up with my friend Courtney and her boyfriend Josh. We got a year pass to OMSI so we can go whenever and we just split the cost for the pass. We had so much fun...I do believe that I am going to have to go up there once every month or so! I miss my friends so much and I need to escape town every now and then. Spend some quality time with my daughter for a change!

Animals

Emily has the love for animals. I am not sure where she gets it, but it is fun to watch. These are pictures of her first time seeing/feeding a horse and first time holding a bunny. She was in heaven!! I think they smell, but she loves them!

So Smart

These books have been her most recent interest...I guess she will have a jump start on anatomy, right?!


I like to brag about Emily...quite often actually! But, she has learned so much this school year it has amazed me. When I picked her up from school one day, this paper was in her cubby. At first I thought that the teacher had put it in the wrong cubby, (Which is horrible to think, I know!) but then I realized that it was Emily's! I had to take a picture of it!
And the puzzle...I know most of you are like, "It's a puzzle, so?" Well, Emily has recently become obsessed with counting backwards, making smaller numbers into bigger numbers, etc. She was doing this with her puzzle the other day and I just thought I would take a picture of her doing it.

Tangled

I took a day and took Emily swimming, to lunch, icecream and to a movie. The movie, Tangled, was in theaters and it was at the old movie theater, the Bijou, which made it really neat. Emily loved the movie and we are still waiting for it to come out on DVD so she can have it. It was such a fun day. We did everything she wanted. I had been working so much between both jobs that I wasn't able to spend time with her. It was nice to just have an entire day with her and do whatever she wanted.

First Haircut

Yes, I finally broke down and did it...I finally decided that Emily needed a hair trim because the ends were getting really bad. It about broke my heart, but I got through it! They took 2 inches off of the very back, but you can hardly tell. It looks so much better now. I am glad I finally broke down and did it. Now, hair trims won't be bad!

Snowmen!

My good friend Shanna, who spoils Emily so much, decided that Emily had to have snow...before we could get the snow from the mountains. So, she bought her this fake snowman kit for her birthday! We had so much fun putting it together. It was actually really neat to do it. I had never heard of it before, but Shanna came across it in a magazine.