sábado, 26 de agosto de 2017

Ya estamos en casa / We are back home in Spain!

Hola familia

Unas lineas para deciros que ya estamos de vuelta en Espana sanos y salvos, nos ha ido a recoger al aeropuerto una delegacion de Orcajadas & SanchezGiron y ya estamos instalados en Madrid de nuevo, con ganas de veros a todos y de volver a nuestras apasionantes vidas.

Muchas gracias a todos los seguidores por haber estado ahi durante estos 3 meses y esperamos volver a veros en un par de veranos en otro nuevo capitulo de la saga Marichi in Miami.

Un beso fuerte
Icho



Dear family and friends

A few lines just to tell you that we are back in Spain safe and sound, we have been picked up at the airport by a delegation of Orcajadas & SanchezGiron and we are already installed in Madrid again, looking forward to seeing you all and returning to our lives .

Many thanks to all the fans for having been there during these 3 months and we hope to see you again in a couple of years in another new chapter of the Marichi in Miami series.

miércoles, 23 de agosto de 2017

Crazy last days

The girls have been having a fantastic few last days here, thanks to their visiting uncles and cousins.  They've gone to the beach, kayaked and hung out at our pool and have become real "kissin' cousins"!
Last night we had a BBQ that Uncle Andy's good friend Larry Cooke cooked for all of us- 14 in all!- super fast and super delicious!  It was an all- American treat to send us off!
Sadly, we had to say goodbye to Uncle Jim, Uncle Andy, James, Grace, Elena- and Larry!  Thanks to you all for coming to see us- we hope to see you all again soon!



Today is Diana´s birthday and she took all her girls to have manicures and pedicures as a special treat.  You can imagine the fun Belen had with her nails painted bright pink!  Take a look at the final result!
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Then Roberto, Icho´s nephew, who lives in Boca Raton,  came to spend the afternoon with us, and   ended up in the pool with all his cousins. And of course, we all celebrated with a birthday cake with Belen blowing out the candles!


Our Italian friends, Camila and Matilde with Lucca, Camila´s husband, came to join us in a farewell/birthday dinner.  We went to a Japanese Steakhouse to have a Hibachi dinner, which is a show in itself, with the chef cooking on a grill in front of us.  We all enjoyed the food, but the company was even better!  We hope to see our friends again soon- maybe in Italy???



Tonight we need to rest up- tomorrow we leave for Spain!

lunes, 21 de agosto de 2017

Hooray, she´s finished!

Today Maria did her last lengthening and final visit with Dr.Paley. He pronounced her his star patient and is very proud of her and what she has achieved.

Maria has gained 5 cm. and the PT has helped her maintain mobility in her hip and knee, which is very difficult after 4 cm.  She will need crutches for another couple of months but then her bone will be consolidated and she will be walking again.

What happens now?  3 more lengthenings, to grow another 12-13 cm. and an operation on her ankle. The idea is to insert a new rod in her leg two years from now and use it for the following three lengthenings without having to change it.
The plan would be:
2019: 4cm lengthening and ankle operation (8 weeks )
2020: 4 cm lengthening
2022: lengthening of 4 cm. or the length needed

Please look at the photo of the last x-ray in Icho´s last post below.

Back to Spain soon!


5 cm conseguidos, ¡nos vamos a casa!

Querida familia

Esta tarde hemos tenido la última consulta con el Dr. Paley, ha visto todo fenomenal, María es su paciente estrella y está muy orgulloso de su trabajo y de todo lo que hemos conseguido con ella.

Hemos conseguido alargar 5 cm, el objetivo previsto, manteniendo a salvo la movilidad y articulación de la cadera y de la rodilla, lo cual empieza a complicarse a partir del 4º centímetro. Según Paley en un par de meses María ya podrá andar sin muletas y hacer vida igual que antes del alargamiento puesto que el hueso tiene muy buena pinta y va a consolidar muy bien.

¿Qué nos queda a partir de ahora? 3 alargamientos más, para igualar los 12-13 cm de discrepancia que le quedarán cuando llegue a la madurez esquelética, y una operación de tobillo. La idea es en 2 años cambiarle la varilla que tiene ahora por otra varilla más larga que le permita realizar esos 3 alargamientos sin necesidad de cambiarla. En cada alargamiento haríamos 4 cm y en el primero de ellos aprovecharía para operarle el tobillo para darle más estabilidad. Más o menos éste seria el plan:

2019: alargamiento de 4 cm + operación de tobillo (8 semanas en total)
2020: alargamiento de 4 cm con la misma varilla (8 semanas), con cirugía ambulatoria sencilla
2022: alargamiento final de 4 cm o la longitud que le falte con la misma varilla (8 semanas)

Hasta entonces, tranquilidad y buenos alimentos.


Besos a todos y nos vemos en España a partir del viernes.

Icho.

domingo, 20 de agosto de 2017

DiGiacomo Days

The DiGiacomos have arrived!  My brother Jimmy and his three beautiful children, James, Grace and Elena, have come to visit us and share our last days in Palm Beach.
Our girls had never met them before, but blood is thicker than water- and they are getting along like they've known each other their whole lives!

And now my brother Andy has arrived to join us- more family communing!

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Ha llegado la familia DiGiacomo a Palm Beach!  Mi hermano Jimmy y sus tres hijos, James, Grace y Elena han venido a compartir nuestros ultimos dias aqui.
Parece que se han conocido siempre!  La sangre tira!

Y ahora llega mi hermano Andy- más reunion de familia!




viernes, 18 de agosto de 2017

Final days

We are counting down the final days of our stay here.  Since camp is over, the girls wanted to get together with some of their friends before they leave.  On Tues. Keziah, Jaden, Noah, Emerson and Brindalee spent the afternoon with them, in the pool and playing- creating good memories!

On Wed. Uncle Tommy came to visit again!  He had to work in our area, so he took advantage of his trip to spend the day with us!  A breakfast at Dunkin Donuts was of course included!




Yesterday we all took Belen to play at the Playmobile Fun Park for the morning.  It is a giant playroom full of Playmobile toys.  She spent a few hours building and playing with all the toys, with her big sisters giving her a helping hand.  A good time was had by all!




lunes, 14 de agosto de 2017

Viaje a Disneyworld (soy Paula) / Disneyland and Aunt JoAnn in English

Hola a todos

Soy Paula escribiendo otra vez espero que no os importe, hoy voy a contar de cuando fuimos a Disneyworld en Orlando y aquí os voy a contar como nos lo pasamos y las aventuras que nos han pasado en Disneyworld espero que os guste.



El primer día fuimos a Disney Springs y fuimos con la tía de mi madre JoAnn, fuimos a un restaurante que se llamaba Frontera era un restaurante mexicano y el camarero hablaba español.


Aquí estamos el primer día en el castillo de Cenicienta mi madre, Belén y María lo vieron por dentro pero Pati, yo y mi padre no lo vimos por dentro porque fuimos a Astro Orbiter es una atracción donde subia y bajaba un cohete, Pati es muy atrevida y yo casi casi tan atrevida como ella entonces queria montarme en Splash Mountain y yo y mi padre nos lo pasmos fatal porque habia una caída muy profunda, luego papá yo y Pati nos montamos en Big Thunder Mountain y ese nos lo pasamos muy bien porque no daba tanto miedo.



Aquí estamos en el segundo día en Pixar Live estaban los verdaderos musicos que hicieron todas las películas de Pixar, el tío de mi madre que se llama Tom nos dio asientos V.I.P para un show que se llamaba Fantasmic, por la mañana nos fuimos a un show de Frozen que fue muy chulo y también a otro show de Indiana Jones que moló un montón y a final a la nave de Star Wars.




Después de todo eso, estábamos muy cansados y por eso nos fuimos al restaurante que reservamos y resultaba que en el restaurante habían unos cuantos personajes, estaban mickey, minnie, daisy, donald y goofy.

Y volvemos al primer día, despues de montarnos en splash mountain fuimos pitando a casa para comer y luego ir al parade y teniamos asientos V.I.P entonces teniamos miedo que si no llegabamos a las tres pues nos los quitaban entonces salimos corriendo de casa para llegar al parade y justo llegamos y empieza entonces tuvimos mucha suerte.

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Hi all, I am not going to translate Paula´s breathless account of the fantastic visit to DisneyWorld this past weekend.  I think the pictures speak louder than words!!

My sister JoAnn was visiting us from Texas, and though we went with everyone to the Old Key West Resort Hotel on the Disneyworld campus, JoAnn, Angel and I did not join the younger crew at the Magic Kingdom, etc.  Instead, we drove to Tampa, which is close by, to visit my parents again. it was a lovely heartfelt reunion.



 The next day we met an old friend from the American School, Jane Ballard, who now lives in Orlando. We spent the entire afternoon chatting about old times and new, over a great lunch at Seasons 52 restaurant. It felt like we had just seen each other yesterday- but what are friends for?!



This afternoon,  JoAnn left for Texas, but before she went, she and the girls had a cooking session- making cake pops, JoAnn´s specialty!  They were an unfortunate blue color (!) but the girls had a blast making them.  Thanks JoAnn!


We had such a great time with her, we will miss her!  We love you Jo!