Enjoy Summer In May we had our check up with Dr. Luhman. The xray in her brace was 64. Since we began in the 70s and had casted down to 50, I was worried, however, he said it was fine. He wanted us to let her enjoy her summer. So, we did! She swam, got filthy in the garden, played in the rain, ate lots of messy ice cream and popsicles, took long baths, and many other things that we wouldn't have been able to do in a cast. Hospital In June we hit a speed bump. Emerson seems to have some allergy issues (I think I may be at fault for passing that down to her). The last week of school she had developed bronchitis, which we fixed with an antibiotic. Three weeks later she developed pneumonia. She had been struggling with some minor allergy drainage and a little cough. Nothing that I thought was a concern. We took her to watch her sister play a late night softball game and within an hour of being home she was awake, screaming, grabbing her chest. After being up all nigh