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"Last week, I was out on vacation, which consisted of a few days of camping at a local camping resort, then home for one day so that Anna could attend the One Direction concert (the tickets were a Christmas gift from her Dad), then out for two more days on the beach. In the process, we amassed a mountain of laundry, one of the cats tore through the screen on the porch, I wrecked my ankle and oh, yes...my daughter has a tumor. You read that right.  She&amp;#039;s been having some nagging leg pain and we got it checked out before we left. The call about her x-rays came mid-week. Anna has a tumor on her femur - most likely benign, but they&amp;#039;re going to biopsy to be certain. They&amp;#039;re not sure if that&amp;#039;s what&amp;#039;s causing her pain, however, because we have another issue that the x-rays brought to light. It turns out that Anna has previously undiagnosed Spinal Bifida. Luckily for us, this is limited to one vertebrae in her back which never fused properly, but it&amp;#039;s a concern because her spinal nerves may be exposed because of it. Now we consult with an orthopedic specialist and try to figure out which issue is causing her pain and whether or not either or both of these things will require surgery or some other kind of medical intervention. So when I tell you I&amp;#039;m frazzled, that&amp;#039;s a bit of an understatement. I&amp;#039;m back to work (and screamingly busy), I&amp;#039;m juggling medical appointments, school starts in a week and I&amp;#039;m limping and exhausted. This was a week when being a single Mom was really, really hard. I could have really used a shoulder, or the feeling that somebody was there to fall back on. Right now I feel like I&amp;#039;m barely treading water. So tell me, readers - what do you do to recharge when you can&amp;#039;t get away? I need all the help I can get! [Follow Ellie&amp;#039;s adventures at SingleMomtism.com or on Facebook and Twitter] "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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