Week 336: Playing possum

Nothing quite gets one's blood going on a Monday morning like one's children calling excitedly "Mama! Come quick! Something furry! In the living room! I think it's a rat!" Upon further inspection, there was something furry. Most thankfully, it was not inside the living room, but rather visible through the living room window. And, it was not a rat, but an opossum. A really, really huge opossum. We watched it, it watched us. And then we went about our respective days.

Other than that, I am thankful to report that it has been a fairly uneventful week out here on the frozen tundra. We have continued along with our manual chest PT regimen, and have another two weeks or so remaining before the repeat chest X-ray. We are just fervently hoping that Lemon does not catch something else in the mean time. The viruses are flying fast and furious in Wisconsin at the moment, so much so that the children's hospital took the precaution of banning all visitors under the age of 12 from the inpatient floors. Not exactly a comforting feeling. But, the kids still have to go to school and such so we just try to emphasize good hygiene and hope for the best. Well, that and I handed Lemon's teacher a giant 4-pack of sanitizing wipes this morning before school. We'll refer to that as active hoping.

I got Lemon on the scale again this evening just to see where things are and he seems to be holding steady for now. Still not quite as heavy as he was at the end of August, but no longer as light as he was right after all the recent illnesses. I would love it if we could get a little bit more weight back on him, but honestly just holding steady is a pretty good accomplishment for the winter months. And, to be fair, we are holding steady at something like the 75th percentile for BMI so really not too shabby.

I'm feeling good that January is almost over, so only another couple of months of winter to go. Amazingly, of course, that means the complex coordination of summer plans has already begun, complete with signing up for camp, planning of vacations, etc. Hard to believe that in less than 6 months we will be back on the beach, and Lime will turn 5. Things do seem to move right along!