CYNDIBLOCK TALK

We just got back from the hospital. Oh Good, you are thinking, Jeff finally came to his senses and went and saw a doctor. No, that didn't happen. I took Alyssa, She had another urinary tract infection attack. As those of you close to us know, Alyssa has ahad UTI's since she was 6 months old. They used to be every month. and then they tapered off a bit to every other month then finally 2 or 3 a year. She has been in the hospital 3 times for them. You chicks out there know, The burning and pressure of feeling like you always have to go. Well imagine trying to potty train with that and imagine being a little girl with that and afraid of having stanky smelling pee and your friends smelling you. It totally sucks. Poor baby has been so brave. Well tonight it came out of nowhere. She was in so much pain. She knows all the rules. Wipe back to front, lots of water, cranberry juice, etc...... But with help of my two sister in laws and advice from Abbe, I came home and looked up some natural medicines and read something new that NO ONE, not her pediatricians or even her uroligist had told us. No citrus fruits. No one EVER told us that. Well coincidentally, She has not had oranges in a long time and last week we bought a bunch and Alyssa ate about three or four AND we just made a few pitchers of pink lemonade that Alyssa has been gulping up as if she were lost in the Sahara. HELLO!!! Coincidence? I think not. We are just going to pretend like she is allergic to citrus. And in a way she really is. In the mean time, I have another presciption for her. No more orange juice, tomatoes, lemonade, and she will have to do without her usual lime in her gin and tonic.

PS: you are going to have to do without jeff's owie picture tonight. We were at the hospital and he was asleep when we got back. I can take a picture now but the flash on my camera may wake him. Is it worth it?

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