Ch-Ch-Changes

This week we have had a little bit of a break. Aly has not had any Doctor or therapy appointments for the entire week. Of course she will make up for it next week by having three. Seems to be the way things work. All or nothing.

Since Aly was 3 months old and I went back to work, she has been going to daycare. Our daycare provider is amazing and we love her. I believe her quick action the day Aly had the first seizure is the reason she is still with us. She visited Aly in the hospital and made sure we had everything we needed. We also love how close she lives to us.

After Aly got out of the hospital we decided to have her stay with her Grandma for a few weeks so she would get some one on one attention while she was still getting re-acclimated to being out of the hospital. The plan was to send her back to daycare the last week of August when her Grandma goes back to school (she's a teacher).

Unfortunately for all involved, we're not going to be able to take her back to daycare. We agonized over the decision, whether to find another daycare or to figure out a way for her to stay home with us. We had some extra stuff to consider, if she would do well in a regular daycare, would one take her, how much more would it cost...etc. Well, we added it all up and something had to give. So Daddy decided his job was the easiest to sacrifice and he will be quitting his full time job to stay home during the day with Aly. He will still work part time on nights and weekends. We did not make this decision lightly. We felt it was in Aly's best interest and that's kind of what it all comes down to. We live in a world where certain college degrees are better to have and while Ben already has a Bachelor's, he is not able to do much with it. He was planning on going back to school next year anyway. So this just all kind of happened in a matter of weeks. It will be an adjustment on all ends.

We are lucky that I have such a good job with good benefits and that we don't have a huge mortgage or loans to pay off. Yes, money is going to be extra super tight. Even though we are saving on daycare, we are still losing an income and we are going to be facing some large medical bills. We also have very supportive family and friends that have been able to step in and help in the mean time. Each Grandma has been on Aly babysitting duty this month and they have been so much help.

We have a busy week coming up. Aly has her much anticipated Neurology follow-up with Dr. Betsy. I have a ton of questions that I need to gather up. She will start having her normal Early Intervention visits a couple times a month but she will be able to space out her physical and occupational therapy visits. She has made a lot of progress since she has been home. I would say she is almost back to where she started. Now she has to work on doing the age-appropriate things a normal 10 month old would do. I have to believe having Daddy home to work with her and take her to her rehab will help her even more.

GO ALY!