We are gradually settling into our new house, which is now starting to feel like home. It's been hard without many days off, so the unpacking, paint, hanging stuff on walls, has been slow going. It's now January, and I've just now cleared out the remaining boxes that we had shoved into the living room when we first moved in. There is always a girl underfoot and that slows me down. We are all enjoying the space and the house is just what we needed.
We had two birthdays thown in the mix - Adelaide turned 4 and Sofia turned 6. Such big girls! We had a joint birthday party for them in December with all of their cousins (5 more little girls). Thank goodness for big finished basements with lots of toys. They all have so much fun together. And right around the corner was Christmas, which was a nice Christmas at home this year. Oliver's brother and wife came to Toronto from London, so 2 weeks before Christmas we went up to Toronto to spend some time with them and Oliver's parents. We hadn't seen them in 2 years, since their wedding in London in 2012. They enjoyed their nieces, and I'm sure meeting Evelyn for the first time.
We had our share of germs in the month of December - I got the flu followed by pnemonia, partially collapsed lung, and a cold for New Year's (yeah - what??) Adelaide had a cough forever, Evelyn a long cold. I think the only healthy ones were Sofia (oh wait, she had pink eye) and Oliver. We're hoping that we've paid our dues and can be exempt for the rest of germ season. Please and thank you :) When Sofia was born we were extra aware of germs and her getting sick post-surgery and I remember it being fairly easy to keep her healthy. With kids in school and preschool now, it's much harder to keep everything at bay.
Sofia and Evelyn had cardiology check ups in November also. Happy to report that everything looked great for both. Sofia continues to do well. She is on Coumadin, which isn't my favorite, but a necessity. It's hard to regulate with her and we ended up taking her to the ER in December because of a fall. She said she hit her head and complained of a headache. CT scan was done and she was fine, but with Coumadin I don't think you can play it too safely. Her cardiologist calls her dosage "Coumadin light" because they've set her desired INR at a level lower than if you had something like a mechanical valve, but I still worry. We also talked about going back to Asprin. He's kind of leaving that up for discussion and up to us, but for now we're staying on Coumadin. Eventually he'll want her to have a cardiac MRI done (less invasive than a cath), but will probably not recommend that until she is able to lay still for an hour, unless it is needed sooner and in that case she'd need to be sedated. Evelyn still has mild pulmonary stenosis, which is just a slight narrowing of the valve. The cardiologist finds it encouraging that it has stayed mild. They will both go back in May for a check up.
Bring on 2015!
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