Cindy will have a heart cath sometime late this month or early next month. Her last echo was inconclusive so they want to do a cath to get a better idea of what is going on inside her heart. There is a 1% mortality rate associated with caths. 1% is small but it is the same chance Cindy had of being born with a heart defect.

Cindy's step-grandma is going to take the day off and come along when Cindy has her cath. Cindy has a great step grandma.

Cindy just finished a delicious meal of mom's home made lahanodolmades made with home grown cabbage along with a homegrown salad. I make lahanodolmades for Cindy almost every week, I think they are her favorite food. This week I also made maroulodolmades with my homegrown romaine lettuce. They turned out really well, now I know what to do with this years bumper crop of lettuce. It is a shame to have to throw spoiled lettuce into the compost pile when the stuff is so expensive in the supermarkets.

We had to call an ambulance for Cindy because she cut her lip on a piece of glass. She is too defiant for her own good. We were out camping in the middle of nowhere when Cindy grabbed a shard of glass out of the fire pit. I immediately told her "no" so she tried to run away from me. Being a toddler Cindy does can not run very far without falling down. She fell down and cut her lip on the glass that was still in her hand. Blood was everywhere. I did not know where the nearest clinic was so I called 911 and three aid cars came out to look at her. I could not believe all the fuss over a cut lip, I think the volunteer fire fighters were just bored and wanted to see what was going on. The first aid car took less than five minutes to arrive in spite of us being so far from town. She did not require stitches and I did not take her to the doctor.