Melissimplistic

Last year we scheduled this continence surgery for Maria Isabella. Basically they did one called MACE which is to control her pupu and Mitrofanoff to control pipi. She also had reimplantation of her urinary catheters to fix her reflux. So this Wednesday she went into surgery. At the beginning we didn't really have much information about the surgery and we thought it was going to be a simple one. But it was harder that we had expected. Even the preparation for surgey was hard. To prepare her for surgery, they had to clean her intestines. We started at home with fleet enemas, and we thought that was going to be enough. But when we arrived at the hospital, we learned they had to clean her system even more with this medicine that she had to drink. The medicine is very salty and bad flavoured so they had to introduce a catheter into her nose to her tummy. That really frightened me. And it was very uncomfortable for her. She was also frightened. The surgery wasn't a simple ...

It's been a while since I've posted. I really have many things to post but didn't quite find the time to do it. Anyways, some of the highlights are that first of all, Maria Isabella is going to first grade!!!!! She has learned to read quite fluently and every once in a while, we find her reading stuff on the streets. Roger is growing so fast! He's now 2 years old! I still find it hard to manage him. Marcella is going to fourth grade. Always on the Outstanding Citenzship Award. Isabella and Roger are staying at Altamar, and Marcella will continue on St. Dominic.