2014...whoop, whoop!

A couple days before ringing in the new year, I bent down to pick up Grace and felt a painful shock in my back. I've only felt equal pain once before, when I was pregnant with Harrison, and I knew that I was in trouble. I spent the remainder of that day in bed and followed it up with an uncomfortable night of sleep.  

Fortunately, I was able to put weight on my legs the next morning and made it in to see my doctor. After an examination, the doctor informed me that everything in my hip area was out of alignment and that I had sacral dysfunction. My sacrum was tilted and causing sciatica on my left side. Ouch!!! There wasn't much she could do at the time, since I was in so much pain, so she gave me some Flexeril and a steroid.

Needless to say, I rang in 2014 in a very relaxed state :) I went back a week later for a check-up and my DO was able to do an adjustment to get my hips back in alignment. I've been prescribed physical therapy and lots of stretches to keep my back loose. Not exactly what I had in mind for the start of a new year, but I'm happy that it seems treatable.

The first 2 weeks of January have also been really rainy and grey. All these pictures are kind of a play-by-play of what our days look like. Harrison requests that I make him a dog bed EVERYDAY and then spends all day trying to get Bean to lay in it. Grace is crawling all over the place and getting into all kinds of trouble. Harrison also requests, on a daily basis, that Grace sits in her chair......it's really cute!

Jody & Harrison started a Saturday donut tradition in December and we have continued it into the new year. It's H's favorite day and he talks about it all week long......well that and spiders. Hope everyone is having a lovely 2014.....with healthy backs and a few donuts.