Well, I gave my daycare families notice on Friday that I will be permanently closing my daycare by the end of the June. They were surprised, but totally understood that I am having health problems and that I can't continue on with the daycare. The pain in my hands and feet continue, though I am going for (very painful) athletic therapy on my lower legs as a Sports Medicine Specialist diagnosed me with very bad shin splints & tight calf muscles as the source of the pain in my feet. So hopefully this will actually make a difference, because nothing else has helped!
But I am looking forward to closing and moving on to new things. I am going to be teaching at a Lego summer camp part time during the summer, and just hanging out with my 2 daughters the rest of the time. Then looking for a job for September, most likely a combo of substitute teaching and teaching Lego classes & birthday parties.
So yeah, my home daycare career has been cut short...but C'est la vie! :-)