{UpdaTe on LiBBy's SkuLL}

~Libby in a teacup at Disneyland~

This week has been kind of crazy!  Tanner's birthday, a four day photoshop class (LOVED!)  here,  lot's of appointments and lessons, painting a friend's bedroom as a surprise for her with some girlfriends, and on top of that... Libby had an appointment to see the surgeon for a follow-up appointment to check her skull.  I was very anxious, as I had been told by our pediatrician that we should be open to the possibility that the surgery would need to be re-done.  The very thought of this makes my heart heavy with dread.  So I was so happy and relieved when her doctor gave me the all clear, even telling me that he needn't see her for two more years.  She won't even need a CT scan (something we had expected).  He said that her skull looks so good, and as it is 85% fully developed, the odds of having to re-do the surgery are very low.  I am so happy, and I guess I feel especially grateful to have good news come our way.  For a time, it felt as though I only expected bad news.  Now I have come to a point where I appreciate good news in a way I did not before, and I also appreciate that life changes... that happiness comes back after devastation and grief.  Tomorrow is Libby's and James'  birthday.  I love them both so much.  I have thought of my James constantly lately.  I will write more tomorrow.  But I do feel profoundly grateful for the lives of our children.  For being their mother.  I am so glad they were born.  So glad they are mine...