Here are the latest updates on my girls.

Jan 21st - Bruiser...aka Bay got her first black eye. I got a call about 9 that morning from the daycare (never a good thing) and they said she had gotten hurt and had a 1 inch knot that was swolen under her eye. They assured me the eye itself wasnt involved and that they had iced it and she was fine. Well by the time we got there at 5:30 she had herself a cute lil black eye. Dont worry we just dressed her in a few blue outfits to match her cute eye and she seemed to handle it just fine!

Jan 30th & Feb 9th- Syd went back to the orthopedic doc about her knee. Dr. Ellerbusch said that she needed a MRI to check for torn cartlidge or a divit behind her knee cap or other structural issues. He said if the MRI showed something he would recommend surgery now to fix it which would kill soccer season this year. The MRI didnt show a tear but did show an alignment issue and lots of inflamation so she went back for a steroid shot in her knee on Monday 2/9. He said that there was a possibility that the steroid shot alone could take away the inflamation and allow her knee time to heal. We are supposed to make a return appointment in 2 weeks if she has not had any improvement. If she improves at all then we will wait and go back in 6 weeks. Dr. Ellerbusch talked to Brian about referring Syd to a different surgeon at UAB to consult on a knee surgery. He showed Brian the MRI and pointed out the alignment problem, inflamation and fluid on the knee. So far Syd has not seen improvement from the shot. She is in pain pretty much on a 24/7 basis. It is not just when playing soccer or running. It has been hurting her since last soccer season so say a lil prayer for her that this shot will work and get her out of pain without surgery.

Feb 3rd - I took both girls to the doctor. Syd needed to get her soccer physical and also to talk to Dr. Latona about problems she is having with her blood sugar and Bay of course had Synagis. .....DRUM ROLL PLEASE.......... Bayley Lauren Maddox FINALLY weighs 20.0 lbs! WOO HOO!!!! We are super-de-dooper excited! She still had an ear infection but her UTI was gone. She failed her hearing test again so they are starting her on Omnicef which is a stronger antibiotic for 10 days and hopefully that will clear up her ears. We found out today that Syd has hypoglycemia which is low blood sugar. Syd has had several days at school that she felt really bad and the school nurse checked her blood sugar and it was 61 - 63. Dr. Latona talked to her a lot about changing her diet eating 3 good meals a day with a snack or two. Staying away from sugar drinks and candy. etc. Syd wasnt too thrilled with the whole cut out sugar part but it is what we kinda thought was going on with her. Other than that she had a good check up.

Feb 8th - We FINALLY had a Duke gathering which was supoosed to be at Christmas. We did things a little different this year and met at the Sylvan Springs Community Center. It worked out great and we all had a good time. I wish we all lived closer and could do more together. Syd of course loved having Lacy & Bud time. lol Bay & Ella had a lot of fun playing together. We were so glad it was a beautiful day we could get outside and let the kids play!

My pretty Momma & Daddy.
No big shocker that my Daddy found the tv to watch the latest racing news! lol Bayley & Ella!Is this not the sweetest picture Syd Bay and Alana enjoying some neighborhood doggies
Lacy thought she was gonna show Bud what a good batter she was...HA!Syd & Lacy doing what the do best.....GIRL TALK!Syd, Lace, Bay, Bud, & Daniel

Syd & her new favorite person to pick on! lol

Feb 9th - Syds steroid shot in her knee (see above).

Feb 10th - Syds 1st soccer game was cancelled due to a schedule conflict with Moody.

Feb 11th - I took Bay to Children's today for a Renal Ultrasound and VCUG. She was NOT thrilled but overall handled things good. We found out during the ultrasound that Bayley was massively constipated (per the u/s tech) and that her kidneys are small...well DUH so is everything else she has! lol She does have reflux but only on one side. Dr. Tindle started her on Bactrim daily for a year then we will repeat the test. Bay's reflux is only a grade 2 which is nothing in comparison to Syds bilateral Grade 4. Luckily Bay has only had one infection and was not terribly symptomatic. Poor Syd suffered horribly with her infections which were constant even on daily antibiotics. So although we arent looking forward to daily antibiotics we are thankful that things are so mild because we definitely know it could be MUCH worse!

Feb 11th - Syds 2nd soccer game was also CANCELLED! grrrrr this time due to weather.

Now for a quick Brag moment on Brody! My sweet nephew Brody lost his first tooth! Also he is student of the month! Way to go Brody Man!