She's still going strong!

            Avri is doing so good. I am so amazed at the instant difference when her shunts get blocked and then are fixed again. She would love more than anything to be back at school, but I am enjoying spending this time with her.  Most of the time when I see her the rest of the kids are home as well and is all shared time. The one on one has been very renewing for me.  I think it has been very insightful for her as well. She has been following me around and helping where she can. Yesterday she said "mom! Is this what you do all day everyday, is just clean the house?"  Later on in the afternoon she asks, "Mom is Tallon like this all day?" Me " Yes Avri Pretty much" Avri  "I feel sorry for you!" She must think that I relax all day and all heck breaks loose when she comes home. .  I never thought of the way the kids all see me. They are all so use to being home with all 6 kids that they don't see much of me except for the busy mom in a loud house.  I have seen a new side of Avri and I think she has seen a very different side of me.  I am all caught up on the things that fell behind while I was not here, so we can spend some more quality time together now. I honestly just wanted to get back to my schedule and felt put out that she was going to be home for these 2 weeks , but I have a feeling I am going to have a hard time sending her back now. She is a breath of fresh air to me.
            I got on my treadmill Monday and then on Tuesday when I got on it she just stood there and watched me, so I finally asked her if she wanted to get on. She said "yes". She walked an entire mile on an incline of 2. Not bad for being sick as long as she has been.  So we made a deal that we would both put in our time with the treadmill and today she was the first one on. She did not last as long. She was less than a quarter short so I told her she should go for the mile. I turned the speed down and the incline and she was able to finish.   She gave me the strength to run a exhausting 11 minute mile which is pretty good considering I have not been running, but I figure that mile for her today walking was pretty close to my mile of running.
            She was able to soak in the bath after wards and I finally got to wash her hair. The water was so orange from all the blood and antiseptic. I had to change the water to rinse her off.  I think just getting that hair of her washed made her feel ten times better.  She has her glow back!