What a month it has been for our family. I've talked a lot about the new dog, but I've failed to mention the various health problems of the other members of our family. A quick run-down:

• About March 8 or 9, Ami broke her ankle while playing frisbee in the backyard with Dylan. She stepped in a hole in the yard and just snapped it. She's been off work since.

• March 14, on the last day of his spring break basketball camp, Dylan got a cramp or did something to one leg that ended up with him walking with a limp for about a week, and being guarded about it for a few more days than that.

• March 15, we adopted Cookie. Her ongoing health problems are documented below (she's been up and down since the last post, so we're still just waiting to see).

• Tuesday night, April 15, Anna fell off our new swing set and broke her right arm. The x-ray here isn't her, but it's similar to the x-ray that was taken. She was extremely brave, but is concerned about how she's going to do schoolwork and take baths and stuff like that. Her birthday party at Pump It Up has been indefinitely delayed.

So far, the cats and I are the only members of the family to avoid this health curse. I hope to keep it that way, but I also hope the other members of the family don't have any additional issues.