One Week Down

We have one week under our belts and only 11 to go!  Katie is adjusting fine to being in the cast. However, she is not sleeping.  The poor thing is having terrible tummy issues since the cast has been put on...worse than she was having.  I am not able to burp her and that has always been very important for her.  I have tried Pedialyte at night to try and eliminate some of the night time screaming and it helped a little.  She wakes up at least once every hour.  I need to figure something out.  I've tried Mylicon drops and Tylenol but nothing seems to help.  Diaper have been a challenge but I am becoming quit the pro at changing her.  Her first 3 messy diapers had me in tears because I couldn't figure out how to clean the cast.  Now they are a little more manageable  She is the center of attention and LOVES it.  Even Garrett does what he can to entertain her and make her laugh.  Both of us had her laughing so hard the other day...it was cute.  The lack of sleep is starting to wear me down.  I have been very emotional lately.  We had some wonderful friends come over last night and prepare a wonderful meal. They would not allow me in the kitchen!  The church has provided meals all week which has truly been a blessing.  Our friends are taking over meals next week.  I feel guilty having others do my "job" but it has been nice not to have to worry about it.  Katie has a MRI in Boise on Tuesday.  She will have to be knocked out again.  If everything looks good we don't have to go back to Boise until it is time to change the cast (5weeks).  If it is not in the right place then we will head up sometime this coming week to redo the procedure and cast.  The Dr. said that is very rare but not impossible.  We had our first outing today.  It proved to be more challenging than we expected but we survived.  We got more bean bag chairs for the two Grandma's to have.  I had to set up a changing station in the back of the Durango since we have to use a Boppy and she won't fit on any changing table.  Her bean bag was the envy of the church crowd this morning as she lounged and listened to the music.  Davy wants to go camping next weekend but I am not sure that is the best idea right now.  It is so important to keep her clean and cool and I'm not sure I can do that in the mountains.  Plus, the thought of a tick of bug getting up inside her cast scares the daylights out of me.  Maybe later this summer when we know what we are doing a little better we can venture away from home more but for now we have a routine and I don't want to mess with it.  It was nice to have adult conversations though.