So sad

[Guest guest]

The weather has been nice and the boys are outplaying, riding bikes and in

SHORTS! And you know what that brings…scrapes and falls. had his

first knee scrape of the season. I cleaned it with antibacterial wash, put

antibacterial ointment on it and a bandage—one of those big knee sized ones.

So they start playing and the conversation goes like this—it breaks my

heart.

: I had cellulitis two times last summer. Each time I scraped my

knee. I wonder if this will turn into cellulitis?

ph: I don’t know. I had cellulitis once last summer. Remember when I

was in the hospital?

: Yeah.

ph: What’s a cellulitis look like anyway?

: I don’t know, but I hope my knee doesn’t get it.

I then say, , your knee probably won’t develop cellulitis.

says: Yeah but the two times I scraped my knee last year I got it.

So sad. The other night at the dinner table was saying how he can’t

wait until his brothers go to camp ‘cause then he’ll have alone time. So we

talked about how he was alone for 2 ½ years before the next child came

along. And ph says, “OH! I was alone with you once mom! Remember last

year when I was in the hospital for my cellulitis!? I got to spend several

days with you alone then, remember?”

Can you hear my heart breaking!?

Peace Be With You,

~Pattie~

Piedmont Triad, NC

Mom to , age 12 & healthy, , age 9, Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome

and ph, age 8, Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome

Our family website: www.shwachman.50megs.com