Saturday, June 3, 2006
12:40 AM
We got THE phone call this morning- travel news.
It's later than we hoped (end of June), and we're not traveling with someone I REALLY REALLY wanted to travel with (Nicole), but it's a date and we'll take it.
I still don't know if I can go. Due to my Spina Bifida, my doctors have advised me NOT to travel. It's hard for me though- this isn't some vacation, this is a life changing event; a once-in-a-lifetime thing. My doctors are concerned about my back and hips during the plane ride. And then there's the water situation... because of the Spina Bifida, I have limited feeling in my feet. When I get a blister or something, I usually don't feel it. And if I develop a blister from walking, and then get it wet, it could get infected without me knowing. When I was in college, I developed a bone infection from the showers. I had no idea- I thought it was just a scrape. A week later I was having half my toe removed from the infection. I learned my lesson- Spina Bifida is not something to screw around with. But neither is my family.
The one thing that is making me feel better about NOT going is the fact that I'll be 100% when Cupcake gets home. That's going to be the hardest adjustment for her, and instead of Tom and I operating at 50%, Tom can crash for a few days and I can really be ready and able to help Cupcake adjust and give her absolutely all of me.
Six weeks until Cupcake gets home. Six weeks until we become a family.
