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Archive for March, 2008

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Update on Crohn’s

March 26th, 2008  |  by Helen  |  published in Crohn's Disease, General updates

On Monday I told my doctor I’m continuing to have symptoms. Mostly they’re in the category of “inconvenient and mildly painful” rather than, they significantly change what I’m able to do during each day. I’m glad about that.
Last month my doctor talked to me about other medication options after a test showed disease that the [...]

Ben’s Band

March 24th, 2008  |  by Helen  |  published in General updates, Music

Breaking May (the band Ben is in) live in concert March 10, 2008. Ben is on the left playing the keyboard.

This is one of five clips of the band from that event. They wrote the three songs they played that evening.

Haircuts

March 23rd, 2008  |  by Helen  |  published in General updates

Esther had a haircut yesterday in which she asked for a “face frame with layers”.
Ben had his hair cut recently shorter than it has been for a while.

Braces

March 20th, 2008  |  by Helen  |  published in General updates

Ben had braces put on his teeth yesterday morning. They were hurting yesterday evening but he was relieved that they were feeling somewhat better when he woke up today.
Evidently his friends at school had said today would be the worst day so he was worried after what they felt like last night.
One of the [...]

CSO Youth Audition Finals

March 15th, 2008  |  by Helen  |  published in General updates, Music

Esther and I went to the finalists concert this afternoon. Judges were there listening and would decide which one of them would go on to play with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (in this concert they were accompanied by a pianist).
There were five violinists, a viola player and a cellist who made it to the finals. [...]

Esther’s school concert March 11

March 13th, 2008  |  by Helen  |  published in General updates

Esther’s school orchestra concert was a couple of days ago. It went fine.
Esther is the one with the headband on to the left of the conductor.
Here’s a camera video clip of a short solo Esther had in Pavanne by Faure, arranged for string orchestra.

Esther’s solo

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