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Sick, sick, sick

A lot has happened since I last wrote and I have a lot of things I want to write about.  I hope I get to them before other things take their places.  The main reasons I haven't been writing has a lot to so with someone being sick pretty much since the first of the year.  We have had strep throat, stomach flu--twice, asthma, high blood sugars (almost made us thankful for the two lows that he had this morning), various flu-like viruses and one night in the hospital. In addition, we have had a broken growth plate in one big toe. I do not get sick very often, but I have been sick three times in the last three months.  Not good when mom is out. Warmer weather, which of course presents a different set of problems for Taylor, can not come fast enough for the rest of us!

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