Kyla

Hi All,

So here's the latest on my niece Kyla. She is now 10 months and doing well. She has not had an infection since last summer and continues to eat like crazy and has the cutest little bum dimples! She's recently gone through another round of tests to get a better picture of what her kidney's are doing. Well, the valves continue to have reflux on both sides and don't look like they are realigning themselves well on their own. This means another round of tests in July and most likely some surgery later this year. The other crazy thing they discovered is that one of her kidney's is much larger than the other and the smaller one is hardly working. This means that as she gets older, both will continues to work but the smaller one will carry such little function that in essence she will live as if she only has one kidney.

So this is a bit hard for me to take. My niece has to have surgery at only a year and a half. She will live the rest of her life with basically only one kidney. Hard to take. My brother and sister-in-law are doing well and have some great support: good physicians and friends who have a daughter with the same condition and have been through it already. Maybe it's harder for me as they're out in Calgary and I'm here and so much of the time I don't feel like I know this little one yet. I know she will be fine. They have a great Children's Hospital in Calgary, for which I am very thankful. And I'm thankful that her parents are doing fine with this.

Sarah and Suzy when on a road trip to Victoria!

Jamie and Sam wanted to go see Madam Butterfly at the Royal Theatre in Victoria... so Sarah and Suzy decided to join them and it was a great.

We chatted, drank good wine, went out of a big breakfast at Du Dutch, scouted out great antique shops in Downtown Victoria... there was even time to just relax and chill out while visiting with each other. We had some great Sushi, when out for some drinks at a fun little Pub and of course devoured some of Jamie's now famous pancakes before we had to leave. The Opera was wonderful... but something got lost in the translation between Italian and English. LOL! Unfortunately none of us speak Italian.

The only think we did have enough time for was to go see Steve band play...but we have plans to do that the next time we are in town visiting. I only hope they have a CD out by that time. (Inside Joke)

Anyway. It was great to see some of the Victoria girls and it is wonderful to know that we have the Delta Chapter up and functioning again. They were great hostesses... you should all go visit them if you can make the trip.

Natalie apologizes if she offends anyone!!

Hi ladies,

I wrote a very direct response to a recent email that was sent out about non-interested members and hope that none of you were offended by it. I was sharing my opinions and frustrations, and am certain that some of you will share in my thoughts. I really cherish our group and the rich history that we have, and hope that this legacy continues for years to come.

Looking forward to reading your responses to my last rant! Hope you are all well.

Nat

Exciting news in the Watts household!

no...I'm not pregnant again, haha!

Robyn peepeed on the potty!!! HAHA....okay so perhaps not so exciting by some people's standards....but definitely exciting if you're a parent. This means, we're on the road to no more diapers! And let me tell you, diapers are *expensive*!!!

Here's the proud little girl! (even prouder mama was behind the camera!!)