Misc. Updates

It's been a while since I've added an update so I'll list a few tonight and then more later (my hand gets very tired typing these days so I can't do too much at one time):

1. Finding shoes to go w/ the brace has been challenging. Mom and I searched a couple of locations before I gave up. To be honest, I haven't been too eager to find a shoe store that specializes in this type of footware bcz they are so ugly. :-)

2. The temporary brace worked for a month without any falls so I was just procastinating finding shoes until I fell again last week. This fall was worse because: 1. I hurt my head and knee and broke my cell phone 2. Although the injuries weren't bad the blood scared my almost two-year-old niece so she didn't want to come near me (she's in the pic to the right with Tana) :-( 3. I'm pregnant so falling is a bad thing (YES! Bob and I are expecting! I am 14 weeks pregnant this week. Because of my miscarriage history we didn't tell many people, outside of family, until this week. We had an ultrasound at 12 weeks and found out that we're having a little boy, whose name as of right now is Joshua! More baby updates to follow at a later date :-)

3. Bob and I went to a special shoe store this weekend and spent $200 on the ugliest, and most expensive, pair of shoes I've owned. Sadly, they were the least ugliest ones they had. :-(

4. I'm not sure if the shoes will work but I spoke w/ the social worker at the als association today, Kim, and she said to bring the brace to clinic next week w/ the shoes and they'll make sure they will work together before I wear the $200 ugly shoes and can't return them. If they don't work, I may not have a choice but to get special tennis shoes for the brace and wear tennis shoes w/ my work clothes (which would make me even more upset than wearing ugly work shoes).

5. I got my speaking software at work but it hasn't been hooked up yet. I'll be following up on that this week bcz typing has become much harder w/ the right hand.

Speaking of which, I have been typing one-handed since the #2 update bcz my right-hand has quit for the day, so I'm going to call it a night for now!