Well thank you for all support in our cause of contortion. It was quite exhilarating and very demanding. So demanding in fact that, well as you can see from the pictures (the first is the original photo the next is for those of you who are challenged when it comes to the color green and the third photo is for those of you who are challenged when it comes to the color purple. We hope we have all our fans covered but in case of the very unlikely chance that we have misjudged, shoot us a comment and we can get a picture with a different colored arrow lickity split!) *I know it was a big inserted comment there but I am just going to continue on with the sentence* that Melanie caught a rather rare disease which is only contracted by the combination of vigorous contortion training, a banana smoothie, a swiss freshwater fish (refer to our last post, this is where we were recuperating on a daily basis), and a swiss alphorn.
So now you are wondering how all of these things fit in the picture of why Melanie's leg is swollen to the point where we had to retire from our contortionist expedition. Well here goes the explanation:
On day 4 we were ahead of schedule and had reached 10 out of our 12 weekly goals and decided to celebrate with the banana smoothie, this was the first mistake. The banana smoothie, a doctor informed us, had many factors which contributed to this unfortunate event, it first did not have enough anti-oxidants, too much sugar, she also wasn't use to how smooth the smoothies are in switzerland, much more smooth than in america, and it also is an irrisible attractor fot the great fish of switzerland. Next the swiss freshwater fish.
I will not divulge this particular fish's name since we still are friends and it was an accident. We had seen this fish for the previous days and he had become quite friendly with us and even told us of his relationships with the other fish, he was funny, oh the stories he would tell. Oh Philip, good luck with Latisha the fish fillet! We didn't have the heart to tell him that she no longer responded because she was breaded and most likely consumed by the local swiss traditional family who lives on the edge of the lake. So after the banana smoothie Phillip and us learned of his uncontrollable reaction to smoothies (that is the funny thing, it wasn't even the bananas!). Philip with this uncontrollable desire for smoothies proceeded to tickle Melanie's feet with a peculiar affinity to her left leg while we were wading through the Swiss lakes. We gathered more information concerning the contribution of this phase of the disease production from the doctor, which was that the tickling caused the nerves in Melanie's legs to become unstable for the next 23 hours. As we have mentioned we have been a part of vigorous training.
So the next day before we went training we went to the local musician to inquire about the scrubs that look so much like Melanie's, which we thought he might have taken them from her but later found out that he also was taking a CNA class. We were worried we didn't know how Melanie was going to do her clinicals without them. During the discussion we learned about the Swiss Alphorn and we had a go at it, this was the cause of fatigue for us before we started our daily training, I mean did you see how big that was??? Woof! Then during the contortion training she put too much stress on the lymphatic vessels. BAM!!! A variant of the disease known as LYMPHEDEMA.
We decided that the next chapter of our life should be having children. Though we were not expecting them this fast in our young and vibrant marriage. It happened, Sea Monkey children! (See all 6 pictures of us on the couch! Those pictures may be found at the beginning and end of this post! They are in the tank, sea'ing!) We are proud supporting parents and feed them every two days. We are so grateful for the support and love that all of you have given us during these big changes in our life! Thanks to YOU!!!!
Oh yeah and a Shout out to our followers! Janet Burton, Elyse Harris and Emily Donna!
