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acl

Jake’s knee has been bothering him on and off since he sprained it in July, so I took him to his pediatrician’s office last week. They recommended seeing an ortho, which we did today. Unfortunately, he has a torn ACL, which will need to be surgically repaired. He’s getting an …

lighter

Jake’s mouth is three teeth lighter and my wallet is about $1,500 lighter (thanks, Obama*). Jacob had his wisdom teeth extracted this morning (he only had three of them). The procedure went smoothly and he’s doing as well as one would expect, so no complaints there. *We used to have …

it’s back

Speaking of pain…I woke up Saturday morning with back pain (in the vicinity of my right shoulder area). This has happened to me many times in the past, but it’s always super annoying to go to bed fine and then wake up like that (I mean, it’s not like I …

sprained

Jacob was fooling around with his friends on Sunday and sprained his knee. I took him to iCare on the 4th for x-rays and such. They didn’t feel that there was any ligament damage, but it’s still bothering him. So, if this keeps up, I guess we’ll be making another …

the wrapup

We wrapped up Brian’s annual trifecta of birthday celebrations last night. It was the cap to a busy day. Brian and I started off the morning at the eye doctor’s, where we both had our annual appointment. I also had a late day dentist appointment scheduled for Jake, but they …