Sunshine on my shoulder...

Sunshine on my shoulder looks so lovely,
Sunshine almost always makes me high...
-John Denver

Sunshine this afternoon after several days of rain. Yeah!! I have a large black and yellow bumblebee buzzing around the window, thinking that he would really like to be outside now. I suppose that I would prefer him to be out there also...

I need to tell everyone that Kevin, Mr. "I hate school", is really enjoying culinary school and recieved a 96% on a test recently. He also finished a course last week with a 105%! Kudos to Chef Kevin (o:

I went to physical therapy with Shilo this morning to learn how to "push on her butt". She finds this amuzing, so if she can keep from laughing to much, hopefully we can make some progress with her muscles. For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, I will tell you Shilo's sad story. She has had some health complaints recently(and some not so recent), so we took her in for a complete physical about two weeks ago. Turns out the back pain she has been complaining about for quite some time is the result of mild scoliosis (spelling?), but probably compounded by several falls down the stairs a year ago. (We had taken her to a different doctor a year ago for these same falls and after x-rays, we were told that there was nothing wrong with her! Our new doctor didn't even need x-rays-he knew right away that there was a fairly large problem going on.) Her hip joints are locked up all cattiewampas instead of sitting in their sockets and moving with her and being flexible like they should be. This has caused her muscles from her butt down to her knees to be extremely tight, or "hot" as the therapist says, and weak. There is absolutely NO give in her muscles, which is why she keeps injuring herself in PE and soccer and just...walking around. THUS, the migraines that are on her list of complaints, caused from the messed up bones and muscles. The good news is that with the right exercises and physical therapy 3 times a week for awhile, she can be fixed. She will have to keep up the stretches and such forever or she will go right back to where she is now.
She has also had some breathing issues during PE and just walking home. Last year when she had mono, the doctor at the hospital mentioned that we may want to get her checked for asthma, as he thought he could hear some wheezing. Our doctor thought that there was a possiblity that she may have "exercise induced asthma", but after having her checked out with the respritory dude, she actually has real asthma. The good news here, I guess, is that it is not a bad case of asthma.
She is very concerned that she won't be able to play soccer again this year. Hopefully, they will have her all fixed up before summers out. A voluntary practice starts next week, but maybe she will be able to practice in a month or so. Poor kid!!

May you all be blessed with bumblebee's, good food, and strong butt muscles...