"A Lovely Leg Up"

I have no clever title for today's post because it's about so many things.  I don't have enough pictures of any one topic, so I combined three topics in one.

The "Lovely" part is obvious from the pictures.  

The ladies we have "tea" with met together for breakfast on Valentine's Day, and a beautiful lady from Syria hosted.  

She had a special cake made, and then she made other desserts and dishes on top of that.  

We turned off the lights and ate by candlelight for part of the breakfast.
She also bought each of us a rose.

I want to brag on her for just a moment.

That painting on the wall with the beautiful purple flowers...

She did that (and several others in the house).  Amazing talent!

The "Leg" part of the title is about Kylie's injured knee.
Her knee displacement occurred on October 1, 2018, and this was taken on February 10, 2019.
The x-ray is backward, so her injured left leg is actually on the right.  You can see that the density and the size of the muscle is reduced in that leg.  This was about nine weeks from the Spring performance, and the doctor told her "no dancing," and get in the gym and start "doing leg weights."

So we got her a gym membership and she went faithfully to re-gain her strength, hoping to be able to perform at the end April.

Now, for the "Up" part...Caleb.

Starting at the beginning of 2019, we had a hard time keeping track of Caleb's growth.

Here he is in February standing back-to-back with Karis and me. 

February 20, 2019

And these were taken just a few months ago in November.  

Even though no one is standing up straight, you can see he's taller than both of them.

And I'm pretty sure they don't like that :)

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November 6, 2019

The Pop Heard 'Round the World

October 1, 2019

This is a day that will forever be remembered in our home.

This was the day Kylie's patella popped out of socket, tearing up a lot of things on its journey before it finally popped back into place. 

She saw two doctors in two days who gave differing opinions.

I'd love to say it's "in the past," but she is still dealing with the aftermath of that injury.  I'm sure things would have been a little different had we been in the States, but this is part of our journey, and even in this, He is with us, and we are learning more about Him.

In the beginning, no stairs meant living/sleeping downstairs for about three weeks.

Crutches for 7 weeks.

 No dancing for 2 months.

October 3, 2019

*Tried dancing in January, and then went back to the original doctor in February.



*No more dancing for another month; weight machines 4 days a week.



*Back to the doctor again.

*No dancing for another month.

*More weights.





At the end of that time (tomorrow, April 26) is the show that she can only participate in little.


This has not been an easy road for her, but she has been an amazing patient, and she has grown a lot.

Getting an ultrasound on her knee October 5, 2019

To get to this doctor, she had to walk with her newly acquired crutches across this slick tile sidewalk that was brilliantly placed outside of the clinic.

The right clutch slipped, and she went down on her foot.

Someone did come out with a wheelchair to help her in.  The wheelchair made it into the elevator with about a centimeter on each side to spare (if that much), and since there are step-overs to all the door ways, she eventually had to use her crutches to get to the office anyway.

This book is where the doctor keeps his medical notes/records.  No computer in sight.  Just one patient written about one after the other.

Leaving the office, was also tricky.  Coming, we had walked two blocks because we didn't know where the office was.  This time, Doug went to get the car, and pulled up to the "curb" (which you can see below).  All I can say is:  Be thankful for handicap regulations in America.  You never know when you'll be the one to benefit from them.

October 5, 2019