I apologize for not updating sooner, but things have been rather hectic both for Emma and for me at work.  Emma had her first visit to the dentist.  They confirmed that Emma did have 10 teeth and it looked like there were more coming.  They were not concerned that the front ones are not in yet.  The dentist said that they would come when they are ready.  The dentist said that Emma has an inquisitive tongue – which made it more difficult to look at all of the teeth, but they managed to do it.  On Monday, May 25th, Emma got tooth number 11.  Emma has had several other doctor appointments, and they are going to put Emma on a preventative antibiotic for 7 days at the beginning of each month to see if they can stop some of the infections.  They also think that Emma may have some kind of allergy which would explain some of her wheezing.  So they are giving her allergy medication at night.  It all seems to be helping.  We sent Robin to Georgia for her sister’s graduation and Grandma took care of Emma and Michelle.  John had to take care of himself and did help with transporting Michelle to girl scouts.  This was a surprise for her sister, so I delayed any posting until she got back so that I wouldn’t spoil the surprise.  Robin was gone for 5 days.  Last Wednesday, Michelle got sick at school and Robin took her in to the doctor to find out that she had strep throat.  On Thursday Emma starting getting fussy so Robin had her tested too.  Emma’s was negative.  So probably just cutting more teeth.  Grandma stayed all day Saturday and overnight so that Robin could work and then come home and get some sleep.  Emma was fussy until late afternoon when she finally was ok to play for short periods.  Hopefully we are on the road to good health again.  Emma has an appointment to get her ankle braces fitted.  Emma is making some progress in holding her own head up and sitting alone for a few seconds before she topples over.  She is even learning how to get up on her hands and hold herself up that way too.  We are making progress, even though it is in small steps.  We are very happy that we have been able to keep Emma out of the hospital.  Emma is starting to sleep about 6 hours at night so that helps too.  Michelle has her last day of school on Tuesday, June 9th.  I will post another update when more things happen.
Thanks for your support.
Love to all, Grandma Carol