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I have all these great pictures just waiting to be edited. For three weeks now I've been avoiding doing a post in hopes of getting them finished for posting here. Instead, I have decided that, as with many things in life, I should forget about making everything just perfect and focus instead on just making. So here goes...
Honestly, things have been cruising along pretty steadily with little news to report until this week. We went to see Dr. Green for our six month check on Monday since Big Sister was going to get her annual exam. Luna was a handful on this trip, barking in her big girl voice at people in the office and returning with her hackles raised after being taken to get a stool sample (can't say I much blame her for that one). When they raised Abbie up onto the mechanical table, Luna was none too happy with the proceedings. She sniffed and whined and raised up onto the table so she could see. Generally, she was just one serious handful. Dr. Green noted my frustration and talked at length with me about some ways to help modify her behaviors and promised me that he would find some literature for me to read and maybe even be able to find a trainer for us to work with. Luna's being a good and polite citizen is very important to me, so I don't want to drop the ball on this one. Then we scheduled a visit for this past Friday for Little Sister to be lightly sedated and have x-rays of her hips and elbows. While we can't OFA certify her until she is two, the most important thing to Marc and me is her well-being and living as pain-free as possible. In order to do everything we can to ensure that, we wanted to get x-rays as early as possible. That way, we could intervene if necessary. Luna's elbows are perfect right now, and her hips are good. The pelvic bones and hip bones are formed well, but Dr. Green did express a small amount of concern about some incongruency in the way the femur fit into the acetabulum and is going to discuss the films with radiology at UF to make sure it's okay. We're going to be optimistic that it is. When we went back for the x-rays, he also confirmed that Abbie's labs looked great, so we now officially have two beautiful bills of health.
On our way home...
