Life is just a series of battles...

Emily had torticollis when she was a baby. She wasn't dx'd until she was 6 or 7 months old. We had no idea. Well, looking back at her baby pics I have no idea how we didn't know - -her head totally tilted to the right. But she was our baby, perfect in every way and why would we have thought any different? (She still is perfect, so is Nathan, but that's not my point).

Avery has been evaluated for PT issues since she was 8 mos old. Thankfully, she's never qualified. She truly is just my petite little flower choosing to do things on her own time table - but not for lack of ability. Scared the shit out of me regardless when at 8 mos was still refusing to sit up on her own. But, that's Avery.

Colby... I have no idea what his battle will be. But, I'm sure he'll have one. We all have one.

And, during the storm, it's devastating, emotionally draining and overwhelming as a parent. Each time one of my babies hurts, I hurt. Somehow, you always get through each obstacle and look back with amazement when you all of a sudden realize the magnitude of the battle you were in and how life just moved on and you are through it -- and survived! And, somehow they don't seem as profound looking back on them as they did at the time.

I can only hope that is what we feel when we finally win this battle we're in right now. I try to remind myself that "this is just Nathan's battle, his turn". We KNOW what his issue is. Emily had hers, Avery had hers. Colby will I'm sure have his. We all have battles we must fight during our lives. Some are minor. Some are only minor after the fact. But, no one gets through without battles.