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[porphyrin]

Dear friends,

Robin has put up with the patching of his good eye with great grace, under the circumstances.

With his greatly reduced vision, I suppose it is inevitable that a fidgety 5 year old would end up falling and hitting his head on the coffee table and lacerating the inside of his lip, falling up (and down) the stairs occasionally, and walking into various objects within the house because he can't see them.

It is, however, distressing to his parents.

I have relocated at work; my old desk was large, but an open cubicle in the direct line of sight of anyone who walked in, which was bad for health information privacy as well as my ability to get things done. I am now in a smaller desk back in the corner, between the optometrist and the allergist, and I have the lion's share of a large east-facing window. When I am at my desk in the morning, I can soak in the sunlight, which is what I am doing right now.

Lillian's breathing has resolved, for the most part; she has an occasional cough, but is back to being her old delightful self. She is enjoying having her grandmother to spoil her; I am sure that as the nanny situation resolves itself, she will enjoy having someone else to spoil her too.

The lice are, one hopes, soon to be a thing of the past. Everyone will be re-treated on Wednesday, and the Wednesday after that. I fully expect our washer to bite the dust; it's on its last legs.

Yesterday in urgent care someone brought in a child in respiratory arrest. It was not a good day. But today-- today the sun is shining in the window, warm on my forehead and chin. I have tea. I have a small quiet space between patients; life is looking up.

Thank you all for your good wishes for our family, for Robin, and for your help when we needed it most.

Comments

[the-flea-king.livejournal.com]

I am so glad to hear that things are looking up.

[norafleischer.livejournal.com]

Here's a little story to cheer you up-- our friend Chris told us that as a little boy, he took a stick to the eye. They patched it, and now he has better than 20/20 vision. So I hope for the best for Robin, too...

Please let us know if you'd like another visit from the Casserole Brigade. I just got a new cookbook, called Hotdish Heaven, and I'm dying to try it out.

[songwind.livejournal.com]

Yay for good kiddo news!

Robin has really been a trooper through this, hasn't he?

[crimini.livejournal.com]

So good to hear.

[littleowl.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad to hear that things are improving.
Much love to you all.

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

The good wishes continue.

Love, us.

[cathemery.livejournal.com]

What she said.

[elisem.livejournal.com]

Yeah. From here too.

[buymeaclue.livejournal.com]

Light makes such a difference. I'm glad you've got some of the literal stuff as well as the metaphorical.

[matastas.livejournal.com]

The solution to Robin's collision problems:

http://www.bogubag.com/Bogu/Machine_8mm/machine_8mm.html

Or you could put him full hockey kit. I think the kendo armor would keep him in the ninja spirit.

[melissajm.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear things are getting better!

[tanaise.livejournal.com]

My brothers, who had perfectly good vision but were just clumsy apes (one was clubfooted, the other had no excuse), used to make the CPS people who would visit their daycare ask pointed questions: "Do they come to school that banged up?" "Yes," the aides would say, "And they leave looking even worse."

Here's hoping things stay good.