The Bill

MRI - $900
Hospital fees - $21,000
Neurosurgeon - $12,000
Anesthesiologist - $5,000
OR Nurse Assistant - $1,200
Neurologic Monitoring in the OR - $3,000
Titanium Hardware - $18,000

Getting your spine fixed - PRICELESS!

I know it's a shameless plagarism of a major credit card company, but it seemed to fit. :-)
I promise once life has returned to some kind of normalcy this blog will stop being neglected like it has been in the last month. I like to think I have had a good excuse...

A Little Girl on a Mission

SSG AJ got up the other morning and was coming down the hall toward our room when I tried to stop her and give her a hug, saying "Good morning! How did you sleep last night?". She put up her hand and said "No talk momma! Got go pee!"

Guess I'll have to give her that promotion soon since she's almost potty trained! LOL

A Little Boy's Prayers

The setting: We're driving home from the grocery store and Ana is making noises and generally trying to annoy her brother.

CJ - "Mom, God always hears me when I pray right?"
Mom - "Yep, He'll always hear you no matter where you are"
CJ - "OK. God, please take away that little sister right now! Amen."
Pause......
"God, I said take away that sister right now!"
Another pause....
"Mom, He didn't listen to me!"
Mom - "Well, sometimes God says 'no' to our prayers because sometimes we pray for things that wouldn't really be good for us"
CJ - "But mom, it would be REALLY good if God took away my noisy sister!"

I just had to smile and suggest that maybe he could pray that she would be more quiet instead of praying for her to disappear!