Argh.

Surgery was two weeks ago today.  I guess you could call it a milestone.  I can start to straighten up a bit more when I walk, the bruising is going away and the swelling is slowly going down. That's all great!  But I have another fever tonight, I've had it since I was in the hospital.  It is so discouraging!  I just want it to go away.  I went in to the lab today for a throat swab to see if it's one of the flu's.  I haven't heard yet what they found, so I'll call in the morning.  Please keep us in your prayers! 

Mat is such a trooper!  I had scheduled a tour of the Sweet Candy Company for this morning, before any of this happened.  My goal has always been to try to keep things as normal as possible for the kids, so I asked if he would take them still.  Of course!  So he trekked off with our 3 big kids and our neighbor's 3 kids to go on the tour.  We kept the baby with us, and Esther came with me to the doctor's office (she carried the baby) so I could get the swab done.  They had a great time on the tour and got to sample some candy at the end, as if they need any more of that this week!!!

Marilee came and spent the entire afternoon helping me with the baby so Mat could go get some bookkeeping done.  I am so grateful for her help today.  It means Mat can do something besides round-the-clock caretaking and it helps him stay sane.  When he's here, he has to do it all--baby, meals, and everything else that needs to be done.  I still can't do very much, but I have taken the baby on my lap for short visits when she is calm.  When she starts to get too jumpy, I have to give her back.  She is sitting up like a pro and is really close to crawling.  She'll get up on all fours and sway forward and back, and she'll army crawl if there is something (like paper) that she really wants to get to!

We started a Harry Potter Marathon tonight, we'll end with 6 on Saturday.  Everyone is really excited!