Madison Sanders Writes

Well, as some of you know who follow me on Facebook, I was going to try and wear the brace for my foot an hour a day to hopefully minimize bruising and redness. Let's just say that didn't work out too well. I've been wearing it to walk once a week. This is much less than I wanted, but it's all I can handle.  My feet have always been very sensitive, and wearing braces just intensifies that problem. It's just not designed to bend with my ankle as my others have been, so it feels like I'm lugging around a cast. So, in order to avoid weekly trips to Gainesville that are about an hour and a half each way, I've just been wearing it once a week. Recovery from my foot surgery is going well. I bought some flat Crocs as my doctor suggested, but still can't wear them due to the swelling. I will get there! It's just taking time.  Recently, my left foot (the one I had surgery on) has been hurting in the arch and heel. It even started doing it while we

We were snowed in for four days at my house in Georgia. My brother, sister-in-law and their two kids came and stayed with us because their pipes have frozen in the past and we didn't want them to be stuck with possibly no heat or water when the weather got bad. They went home last night and I already miss them! Almost every morning, my oldest nephew, Mason would come in with his little tiny skeleton key pretending to unlock my door, saying, "Time to dit up, Aun-ie!" Mind you, this was usually around 7 or 8 in the morning. :) It was a big adjustment for me because I haven't been getting up that early since I graduated college in May. He had the biggest grin on his face! Before I go any further, let me just say, taking care of two kids is HARD work! Anyone who says differently is nuts. So, in the midst of helping with my other nephew who is 3 months old and playing with Mason, taking pictures or video slipped my mind. Mason and my mom spun around and

On Sunday night, February 2, 2014, my two- year-old nephew was taken to an Urgent Care in a different town because the local office was closed. His eye was somewhat swelled because he had hit it the night before. He was crying throughout the d ay because his ear hurt. The Nurse Practitioner did not give him anything for his eye. She just told my sister-in-law to put an ice pack on it and to call back the next day if he wasn’t any better. She said he had strep throat, but did not test him for it. She said by the time she tested him there wouldn’t be anything left. She said, “That’s what were going to treat him for.” Well, my sister-law made an appointment with his pediatrician in Athens and they were appalled the nurse practitioner didn’t give him anything for his eye. He had to have two shots because they don’t want him to have any damage behind his eye. This could have been treated Sunday night. I would urge anyone who has a toddler to NEVER take your child to an Urgent Care Ce

Since this is my personal journal, I want to write down memories not only so I don't forget them, but also to preserve them for my family. This past Saturday started off kind of bad. I've been battling a severe bacterial infection of my sinuses for over a month, almost two, really. I just finished my third round of antibiotics yesterday, including predinsone. But that evening, my mom and kept my nephew. He's two-and-a-half and is the light of my life. I love him with everything in me. He came in my room, snuggled up under the covers, and gave me the sweetest little grin as I pulled up a Monster Jam video on YouTube. A few minutes into the video, he told me, "I wuv ou". I melted right there, almost tearing up. This was the first time he said that to me, totally unprompted. I've always told him I love you, and he would say it back.  Those three little words made my night! You see, I was watching a new movie on Hallmark when he came into my r