Claire is getting ready for her surgery on Monday to connect her small intestine directly to the liver, since it appears that she doesn't have a working gall bladder. It's called the Kasai procedure. Claire thinks the Kasai sounds a lot like a martial arts attack style, so she has taken up karate to help prepare. We like to call her the Karate Kasai Kid around here. Emmett has started coaching her. He keeps repeating: "Wax on, wax off." "Patience grasshopper." "Either you karate do "yes" or karate do "no." You karate do "guess so," get squish just like grape." Along with a lot of bopping her on the tummy. She has already mastered the pink belt level. Emmett thinks she'll be ready by the big day. And as long as Daddy doesn't make her wear his red and white commemorative DodgeBall movie headband to the hospital, she'll be happy.
Here, Claire demonstrates the hopping mad grasshopper stance. Banzaaaiiiiii!
