Hello It's Me

Good Morning,

I have taken a small vacation from posting and have been enjoying reading Shira's posts about our adventures in Virgina. Her blog address is www.thesicchick.blogspot.com.

For those of you who aren't following Shira's blog, I will catch you up.   On Friday we met her wonderful Hematologist, Dr Kahn, who came in on his day off to see Shira.  It turns out that he has baby goats and we managed to get ourselves invited over to meet the 3 baby goats.  We went over Sunday afternoon and fed and played with his goats.  He was so very kind, and had made food for us and we just hung out in his gorgeous back yard for a bit.

To back up a bit, on Saturday evening, our newly adopted east coast family, the Portners, drove from Arlington to Richmond to spend the night at our hotel and hang out with us.  In less then 24 hours, we ate and drank, played games, Shira got help with Latin homework, the kids swam, we all ate a beautiful brunch, shopped and went to the science museum.  It almost felt like we were here on vacation!

Sunday evening, we met up with Pam, the mom who had recommended Dr Tye and her 12 year old son, Roman.  It felt more like we had known them forever then this was our first time to meet.  We had a wonderful evening with Pam and Roman, and if I can figure out how to upload photo's I will share some.  We ended up seeing them again yesterday and this time we met, Eden,  Pam's 6 year old daughter who had the same surgery Shira will have by Dr Tye when she was 3.  The kids swam and then we went to dinner.  It was such a wonderful evening.

Today, Shira has another MRI  and then a quick dentist appointment, a tooth all of a sudden pushed forward.   Laundry and packing up are also on our agenda as we move hotels tomorrow to a beautiful old hotel downtown close to the hospital, the Jefferson which should be very nice.

Last night Shira and I were talking about how we were supposed to  be on the other side of surgery and flying home.  That she thought she would be back in school this week, rather then getting further behind. While this isn't where we thought we would be, we are making the best of it and trying not to focus on what was to be but rather what is and the wonderful new friends/family we have in our life due to the curve ball we were thrown.  I have to say, that one of the selfish upsides for me, is that I truly love hanging out with Shira.  While I wish she were in school and able to live the life that a 13 year old is meant to live, the other side is that we have gotten so much "together time".  While I hate the reason that makes it necessary to spend so much "together time", I do cherish our time together as  I am truly blessed with such an amazing young woman for a daughter.  

Here are some pictures.

Hugs



I want a baby goat!

 Shira sharing her salty chips with our new four legged friends

 Shira and Roman doing Hypermobile party tricks.

Above, is Shira with her hematologist Dr Kahn with the Gandolph and Gretchen Goats. (dad and mom)
 Shira, Roman and Eden in pool demonstrating "ballet fingers"

 Shira, Noah and Ben  Portner at Brunch