Well, we had Stacy's appt. The checked her over and retook xrays. To them it looks like it is for sure Osgood Schlatter disease. The doctors, this time, actually gave us more info about it and how we could help Stacy when it flares up. He also gave us a prescription for a knee pad/knee brace. But I already know she will fight this one every step of the way. She was fighting just trying different ones on. Hopefully with lots of rest and ice when her knee flares and of course time, the knee won't bother her as bad. It does look like we will have at least a yr or 2 do deal with it. I do wish there would be another way. I hate to see her hurting.

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About 5 months ago Stacy's leg started bothering her. Although it is more like the knee. It felt like it was popping out of place. It would cause her a great deal of pain and she would be really stiff and held that knee bent while it hurt. She was unable to unbend it while it was acting up. I had brought her to the ER and they said that nothing was wrong with it, but they did give us a referral to see a local orthopedic. We went there and he claimed that it was Osgood Schlatter disease which is something that happens more to boy athletes as their bones are growing at strange rates and impact sports that us the legs cause this problem. He claimed she would outgrow it. This diagnosis was given to us without the doctor even looking at her knee or leg and within 5 minutes of speaking to us. Well, I decided to talk with her other doctor about it and they think that there might be something else since her knee is still giving her trouble. They referred us to Valley Children's Hospital and we are going in tomorrow. I am really hoping that they will be able to tell us something that makes sense and also let us know what can be done. I hate to see her hurting like this.  

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I had an appointment with my stepson's teacher yesterday. He is in 6th grade and really struggling. We got his report card and things were worse than I thought. His regular classes (not PE) were terrible. He received 2 C's, 3 D's, and 1 F. His teacher doesn't feel he should have been promoted to 6th grade and I happen to agree with her. He is on academic probation since his GPA is 1.57. He will not be able to participate in any school activities like dances, sports, etc.

I was really expecting things to go bad after seeing his grades. His father use to have a tendency of blowing fuses, which always left them both completely angry with each other and major attitude problems with them both. Since we became a family and joined together, things have been going smoothly. Yes, there are times when they butt heads and things going out of control (hard habits for them both to break), but it has been easily fixable and thankfully we all are learning to work towards a better relationship with each other. Anyways, after letting dad know what was going on and how the grades actually were, dad and I went into the room and discussed what we would do as a disciplinary action and course of action to take to help him.

As a result of his poor grades, he has lost his PS2, hanging around a boy that lives down the street, and now goes to bed an hour earlier. Both dad and I sat him down and discussed the report card and what needs to happen now. We had him come up with ideas on how to improve his grades and also consequences of not doing those ideas. We also made him aware of things we were going to do to help him succeed at accomplishing his goals for improving his grades.

We began as a united front, nice and calm, taking into consideration thoughts and feelings of us and our son. I am very pleased with the outcome. There was not a single iota of attitude from anyone. Our son understood everything and was really ok with it all. That was the real shocker. He actually was listening, giving suggestions, and cooperating. This family is really doing great. :)

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We are going to meet Shawn's (my soon to be stepson) teacher. I haven't gone to a back to school night since before 2000. Wow! That was awhile ago. Jack is going to be letting his teacher know that I am a major person in Shawn's life and if anything comes up she can talk with me. The middle of the month is parent/teacher conferences and Jack would like me to be able to go for him since he will be working.

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