Hey Everyone! I guess we have lots of catching up to do.  We went to Ohio last week for Thanksgiving and it was a blast.  Maggie had such an adventure on the way there.  She had really been looking forward to going on an airplane, so she couldn't wait.  She got her own seat by the window.  She was such a "princess".  Once we got to the airport we went on the moving walkways and she thought that was just about the funniest thing she had ever done.  She wanted to turn around and keep going on it. She wanted to "do it by herself" so we let her get off by herself and then on the next one she wanted to get on by herself, I don't think it went as well as she had in her mind, lol.  She fell right on her bottom when she got on there, but she got right back up and kept going.  She also got to go on a Bus Ride, she thought that was cool because we have been watching DoddleBops on TV and they go on a bus ride.  So - needless to say it was quite an adventure.

Once in Ohio we had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner at Nick's brothers house and then a 50th Wedding anniversary party for Nick's parents.  Nick's sister organized the shindig and it was absolutely wonderful.  She had the house decorated to a T and the food was great.  I saw Nick's parents smiling and laughing all night. I think it was the perfect event for them and allowed them to enjoy the company of their family and friends. 

Anyway- in other news, our little Lukey man is sick.  He woke up from his nap on Wednesday and was a little fussy and was avoiding his right arm.  I thought he just slept on it wrong and that it would get better. But the next morning he had some fever so Nick's sister Beth, (that's in med school) went to the ER with me.  They did some XRAYS and a little blood work but sent us home and told us to give him Motrin every 6-8 hours and it should get better. I called my Pediatrician in TX and she said there was a little virus going around that makes your joints feel like they have arthritis in them but it goes away pretty quickly and if it wasn't better before Saturday, take him back in. We waited until Sunday afternoon and he still wasn't using his right arm.  He could use his arm from the elbow down but couldn't raise his arm.  He had even figured out a way to crawl around a little bit.  I talked to my cousin Teddy and told him he was still running fever and avoiding his arm and it said it would probably be best to take him in, so Sunday night i brought him to Children's hospital in Dallas.  They ran some test, did XRAYS, etc and were leaning towards it being an infection in his joint and so the needed to keep him.  Yesterday they did an ultrasound to see if their was fluid around the joint to see what the next steps were.  They saw a little in there but couldn't say for sure what was going on, so they scheduled an MRI for yesterday afternoon.  The Ortho doctor was really good and through so he saw the MRI right away and called us and said he needed to take LUke to the OR and pull some fluid off to see what the fluid looked like and maybe wash the joint.  So - long story short they went in and saw the fluid and it was greenish so they went and washed the joint.  He has a little incision on his right shoulder but that's about it.  He is doing better today.  A little out of it and sore, but tomorrow he should be able to use that arm better.  They will run more test Thursday morning to see if his infection levels are lower and see if he is using his arm better and then he may get to go home. :) Keep us in your prayers...

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