Family Matters

Many of you may have been wondering where I suddenly disappeared to and especially why I've been absent from the clinic and from the booking system. At first it was because my Mother had a very bad health scare and I had to take over the business and reception in her absence. And then I became unwell myself, including my own trip the hospital and have had to cancel all of my appointments until I get my health back in control. I know many of you have been very concerned about me and wanted to know what was going on and if I was going to be ok and until now I couldn't really say but...

I'M HAVING A BABY!!! 


The bad news is that this little miracle has been making me very, very sick. The good news is that it is all for a good reason. Many of you, especially my pregnant clients and new parents, know that I have been planning for a family with my husband of 4 years for a long time and we are very excited to be making our dream a reality and entering the next stage in our lives together. What I didn't plan for, however, was getting this sick. I was hoping to be able to work for the majority of my pregnancy, right up until the last month or so when I got too big and too tired to be able to massage. I didn't expect my first few months to be as rough as they have been.

Everything started out great, but around week 6 the nausea and vomitting hit me like a brick wall and I've been fighting it ever since. And we're not talking about a little bit of morning sickness that a few crackers and ginger ale will fix, we're talking about all day, sometimes all night, sometimes uncontrollable, unstoppable vomitting that even prescription medicine couldn't keep entirely at bay. I've had it so bad I've had to go to the emergency room on more then one occasion because I couldn't get it under control. And when it was under control, the waves of nausea were preventing me from doing much of anything.

To say I've had a rough several weeks would be an understatement but what I feel the worst about is missing out on being there for all of you. I've simply had no choice but to stay home and focus on the health of myself and my baby. We couldn't really tell anyone officially what was going on until I hit that 3 month mark and after everything was confirmed by that first ultrasound and I hope you can understand why we have been a little vague about this "bug" that I came down with. Now that I know everything is going ok for my little "bug" I wanted to officially announce the big news. My Mom is thrilled by the way as this is her very first Grandchild!

Thankfully I've had a great team of RMT's helping out in my absence and I hear they are taking very good care of you and my Mother has been running the business pretty much by herself, like a champ. We also have two new RMT's in the clinic, Alicia and Kelly W. as well as two new receptionists, Rachel and Liz who you may have already met. The good news is that I am doing better and will be returning for bookings very soon. I just have to build up my strength a little bit after all this absence and make sure I am 100% before I take any bookings just in case. If all goes well it looks like I will be back at the beginning of July, if not sooner. My hours will have changed slightly, but I will be there and will update you on the details as soon as its all official. I appreciate your patience at this time and especially appreciate everyone that has asked about me and sent their well wishes, it means so much right now!

I can't wait to get out of the house and return to a more normal schedule! I miss treating so very much and especially miss all of my wonderful clients and being at the clinic. I hope to see you all soon and look forward to catching up and helping out with all of your healthcare needs.

Sincerely,

Dylan McEwen, RMT