Quickie

Not much for me to add coz Tara and Jadie have written about everything below (!) - the little 3-year-old girl that Jadie mentions was a sweet little thing who only recently lost her leg (when a lawnmower ran over her). Tara's off the epidural BUT did hit a bit of a bump at midday when the oral medicine hadn't quite kicked in yet - so the poor petal was in major pain, along with a very constipated tummy - so we had tears and love on the loo. 

The girls' school continues to blow us away with their thoughtfulness. The Head of School left a comment on the blog today (!) and took the time to phone us. Very appreciated! Tara was so honoured. And the girls from school have sent flowers, balloons, lollies, teddies, emails AND have now been phoning Tara (coz the new ward lets us sneak the mobile in!). 

Jadie and Cas saw the therapist today - apparently talked their heads off & said that while they get jealous of all Tara's pressies, they think she's gonna really need them in the next few weeks when they're at school or ice-skating etc. Alex kindly took Granny and Cas to the GC (for Cas's course early in the morning) and Gela played up a storm with Tara and Jadie. 

Tara ended the day with gorgeous thoughts about how lucky she is to be learning so much about things that other people may never learn...BUT that "other people are lucky too for the special lessons they get to learn". And Jadie says she can't believe she's already so used to Tara's stump. She says she tries to shock herself with "wow, Tara had a big op this week and she doesn't have toes anymore" and then herself goes "yeah, yeah, but she has a stump". She (Jadie) dreamt last night that she had magical powers and fixed Tara's leg - and then Tara and Dad were running on the beach while the rest of us were swimming in the ocean with dolphins. And then she woke up and went "argh, too late!" but she said it didn't make her sad coz she just thought "oh well, it's the same thing - soon Tara will have a pretend leg and we'll be able to do stuff like that". Miss you Cas. Good night!