Well it's time I posted part 2 of about me..
I was born in 1961....I was for the most part a happy and healthy baby...with one small glitch. I didn't have a socket for the ball of my hip to fit into. The doctors had to break my hip and force the ball of my hip to form it's own socket. The doctors told my mom and dad that I would probably never walk. Well when I was old enough I went to Shriner's Cripple Childrens and had to wear my shoes on the wrong feet and they were UGLY shoes too...lol. I remember the day I finally got to wear "girl" shoes for the first time. I was in 2nd grade and my mom got me a pair of black and white saddle shoes...boy was I proud..... I remember we went to where my 2nd dad was working for the gas company at that time and told him that I was finally ok.... He said my face was a beam of light that day.
My brother had the same thing but his wasn't as severe as mine. He really enjoyed the time I was in my "frog" cast.. My mom said he used to sit on me while I was laying on the floor on my belly and I was trying to crawl along and used to give him rides. She always said that that made me have very strong upper body strength and we always laugh and say that's what caused me to have such big boobs....now they're smaller because of the surgery I had back in June but that's ok...I love these much better. oh sorry, guess I got a little off track there. hehehehehe
Anyways, since both my brother and I had this "defect", we had our kids checked for it also. He has two daughters and one son and as all of you know I have two daughters. Luckily, none of the kids had this problem. My mom lost two babies after me. One was early in the pregnancy and the other she was 5 months along. The doctors told her that one if not both of these children would have been completely crippled from this. Where is came from who knows....but if my girls ever have babies, I'll make sure they are checked for this defect also. When my mom lost the 2nd baby, she was told that she had cancer...uterine cancer...so in some small way I guess that was GOD's way of saving her life. Back then, they didn't do chemo like they do now. But she survived that and several other cancers scares also....My mom always says that she would beat that first one because she refused to let anyone but her raise her babies...she's a strong woman....and I love her very much....she has sacrificed much for both my brother and I...and I find that I have done the same for my girls.....and I hope they do the same for their babies some day if they have any....
Ok...so now I've rambled on so that's enough for one day.....
I will continue to write more of these pieces of my life as my time allows.
I love you all....thanks for being great friends....
hugs and kisses
Lisa
