Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Baby Hopes
I hope, for my sake and for my baby's sake, that she does not take after her father's ability to hurt herself. Kelly recently required a tetanus shot and a trip to the doctor's office for some antibiotics because he gouged his leg on a chain link fence just before wading into a pond filled to the brim with goose poo. We figure this is where Lucy inherited her propensity for self-injury, so maybe the gods will give us a break (pun not intended) with LBH - maybe they'll figure that two people with frequent and bizarre medical needs is enough for one family (even though one of those people isn't technically a person). I hope that LBH is able to tread carefully, recognizing her limits like her mother, balancing grace and foresight in potentially dangerous (or stupid) situations. It's been hard enough going through MRSA, finger tendon surgery and goose poo waters with my husband in one year...and parvo, sliced paws and ripped out toe nails with my dog. I would rather avoid all that with my child.
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Well, we've been to the emergency room a couple times for you too there love. However, I too hope our daughter inherits your grace, I hope she inherits my ability to ignore my limits. That would be a perfect blend!
Oh, yes, like when I almost died of stomach flu. That was tooootally my fault.
No fun for you but amusing for us. ;) Jager has been to the emergency vet for stitches in his paw, over-exertion verging on rhabdomiolysis or something like that, an incident with his studhood that involved a lot of blood, in addition to visits for ear infections, diarrhea, etc. whereas Bretta is invincible. Weird isn't it? And then besides the dogs we have spend about $35,000 on medical bills just this year since David's surgery wasn't covered by our insurance plan. Oh yeah, I know what you're talking about.
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