Physical Challenges

Well it's been a few weeks full of physical challenges.

The first thing to happen was that my lower back went south again. This is the third episode this year, despite my nearly fanatical dedication to back and core exercises over the last six months. It's rather discouraging and after two weeks I don't seem to be progressing all that much. Sigh...

Clara came down with a case of hives. The first time was at home on a Friday morning and I couldn't figure out what was going on. The next day she broke out again in the middle of Target and this time was much worse. A week later and they seem to mostly be gone, except that her skin seems to turn red and swell very easily.

Then last week, Lee woke up screaming, saying her neck hurt and that she couldn't move. Of course my first thought was "MENINGITIS!" but in the lack of a fever we quickly ruled it out in favor of a good old-fashioned crick in the neck. Who ever thought a five-year-old could get a crick-in-the-neck that lasted for days? She was in a lot of pain and it took all morning just to get her down on the couch, and then she spent two days with her head off to one side. But today she says she can hardly feel it.

Yikes, what next?