Cassie hasn't been feeling great this week. She's been very sore, especially on the bottoms of her feet, and extremely itchy. She's needed a lot of pain medication the last couple of days, much more than usual. Sometimes increased pain can be an early sign of infection, so I'm crossing my fingers that's not the case this time.

Last week Cassie went to the roller derby with her friend Rachael, but wasn't able to stay very long. She said the heat was just too much for her. I hate that not only pain, but simple things like the weather deprive her of opportunities to go out and have fun.

After eagerly stalking the internet all week for Monster High news coming from San Diego Comic Con, she got a very special surprise in the mail today; a SDCC exclusive Wydowna Spyder Monster High doll. I'm so grateful to our friend Sean for connecting us with his friend Rita, who picked up the doll for us, then insisted on sending it as a gift.