Cobie..

It's been a roller coaster to say the least. Wednesday we were walking in the doctor's office to see what he thought was wrong with Cobie's elbow.. thinking it was just stiff, or he bumped it. Of course it was something much worse.. septic joint (I think that's what they called it) and it was really infected... required surgery right away. They were hoping it was not in the bone. They still cannot tell me if it is or not. We ended up staying in the hopital one day shy of a week.. he is on some pretty powerful antibiotics and required an IV port to be put in .. upper arm near his chest.. When we were finally released, a home health nurse came out to show us how to give him is medications by IV. Not fun, you worry a lot about infection.. and wishing you had a huge bubble to put him in. He is doing alright.. he is normally so active, this is really hard for him. He isn't able to go to scouts tonight and is kind of upset about that as well. It looks like he will be on the antibiotics three times a day for three weeks. Plus two doctors visit per week.. when they say all of this to me, all I can think of is how much money this will all be.. we still aren't through paying for Tim's hospital stay back in 2006 when he broke his leg .. now this. I guess we all go through trials for a reason.. to make us stronger.. to grow. What a way to start off the new year, huh? I have no leave time left.. so when I stay home from this point, it will be without pay. Goodness.. I know we will get thru this.. Everything is going to be alright.. I just know it. :)