Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Keaton helping himself to a glass of water
A funny picture of Keaton drinking from a glass of water I had sitting next to me at the computer desk. He just helped himself to the fresh cold water. Funny part was it was almost gone, so he really had to work for the water near the bottom of the glass...and no, I didn't drink from the glass anymore after that.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
A Marriage Takes Three
"Marriage takes three to be complete
It's not enough for two to meet.
They must be united in love
By love's Creator, God above.
Then their love will be firm and strong
Able to last when things go wrong
Because they've felt God's love and know
He's always there, He'll never let go.
And they have both loved Him in kind
With all the heart and soul and mind;
And in that love they've found the way
To love each other every day.
A marriage that follows God's plan
Takes more than just a woman and man.
It needs a oneness that can be
Only from Christ--
A marriage takes three."
-Beth Stuckwisch, 1984
Steve and I at my sister Lisa and Wil's wedding(Sept 3, 2005) almost 8 years after our wedding.
A blast from the past......September 27, 1997.
It's not enough for two to meet.
They must be united in love
By love's Creator, God above.
Then their love will be firm and strong
Able to last when things go wrong
Because they've felt God's love and know
He's always there, He'll never let go.
And they have both loved Him in kind
With all the heart and soul and mind;
And in that love they've found the way
To love each other every day.
A marriage that follows God's plan
Takes more than just a woman and man.
It needs a oneness that can be
Only from Christ--
A marriage takes three."
-Beth Stuckwisch, 1984
Steve and I at my sister Lisa and Wil's wedding(Sept 3, 2005) almost 8 years after our wedding.
A blast from the past......September 27, 1997.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Diabetes- "A Little Bit Longer and I'll be Fine"
Diabetes is a very complicated and overwhelming disease, and I know this firsthand. Many of the things I've learned over the past 10 months, are very much new to me as well. I used to view diabetes in very general terms only knowing of what I know now to be called, Type 2.
I've seen diabetes in dogs and cats in practice as a veterinary technician and it's actually very common. The animals we treated had symptoms similiar to Type 2 diabetics in humans. They presented with symptoms of drinking alot and peeing alot, and most would present overweight. We would test their blood and urine, much like in people and test for glucose and ketones. We then put these animals with a high blood glucose level on insulin twice a day, and also put them on a strict diet, usually a prescription veterinary diet with high fiber and low carbs, and usually low calorie as well.
Up until last year that is what I knew of diabetes not even realizing there were 2 types. I learned about Type 1 very quickly as Hannah was diagnosed with something I knew little about, but knew enough about to sense her symptoms were diabetic related and acted quickly on my instincts.
So first of all.....
What is diabetes?
It is a condition, whether it be type 1 or type 2, which the body cannot use the sugar, from food that is eaten. The body doesn't make(type 1)
or properly use (type 2) a natural hormone produced in the pancreas, called insulin. When you eat, the carbs in your food are broken down into a type of sugar, called glucose, which your body uses for energy. Insulin helps cells throughout the body absorb the sugar from the bloodstream.
If you have diabetes, your body cannot use the sugar, either because it doesnt' make insulin (type 1) or the insulin it makes doesn't work right (type 2).
Since the sugar is not absorbed into the body, it goes into the urine and leaves the body. The cells of the body are not able to use the sugar and begin to starve. Insulin must be given to lower the sugar in the blood and the body is then able to use the sugar for energy.
The two types of diabetes
Type 1 --is also called juvenile onset or insulin dependant diabetes.
With Type 1 diabetes:
* the pancreas stops making insulin. They do not know exactly why this happens, but it an autoimmmune process, the immune system makes a mistake and destroys the insulin making cells in the pancreas, usually diagnosed in children.
* insulin must be given to treat
Insulin is a protein; if taken by mouth it would be digested and therefore not effective. Therefore people with type 1 require insulin injections daily.
Type 2--is also called adult onset or non insulin dependant diabetes
With Type 2 diabetes:
* the pancreas produces insulin, but the insulin doesn't work properly in the body. They are resistant to the insulin they do make. Often people with Type 2 can control their blood sugars with oral medication, exercise and diet changes. A combination of these 3 can help the pancreas make more insulin and help it work better in the body.
If the pancreas still cannot keep up with the high insulin demands, insulin injections may be needed.
* there are risk factors for type 2 that people can control, unlike type 1, which is an autoimmune attack on the pancreas keeping it from producing insulin at all.
These high risk lifestyle factors associated with type 2, include inactivity, and a high fat, high sugar diet. A person can reverse a type 2 diagnosis, by changing their diet and exercise but with type 1, it is an immune response and is not reversable, and insulin injections are needed for a lifetime.
Causes of Type 1
Type 1 sometimes runs in families, however, the majority of people diagnosed have no close relative with type 1 diabetes. It is NOT caused by eating or drinking too much sugar. Sometimes an illness where the immune system is surpressed, such a a cold or the flu can make the symptoms of diabetes more obvious. There is nothing you can do to stop Type 1 diabetes from developing.
People with type 1 develop anitbodies to the insulin producing cells in the pancreas. These antibodies signal that those cells are being destroyed. They do not know why these antibodies appear. They do know that replacing insulin usually produced in the body with insulin injections will help the body use food for energy and stay healthy.
What are carbohydrates ?
Carbohydrates (carbs) are a component of food. Starch and sugar are carbohydrates. Starch is in breads, pasta, cereals, potatoes, beans, and peas. Natural sugars are in fruits, milk and vegatables. Added sugars are in desserts, candy, jams, and syrups. All carbs eaten are converted to a type of sugar in the blood called glucose. Glucose supplies your body with energy. Your body needs insulin to use this energy.
With type 1 diabetes it invloves carb counting, in type 2 it involves limiting sugar and fat in the diet which helps the insulin they do produce work more efficiantly in the body.
Carb counting is a process of adding up the carbohydrate content of a meal or snack, and using that total with a insulin ratio (a dose prescribed by a doctor) to calculate the insulin dose for each meal or snack. Because there is no insulin being produced at all in the body, type 1 diabetics have to be precise in gaining control of their blood sugars and what they eat vs how much insulin they get. Carbs are the main source of high blood sugars in type 1 diabetics.
For all people, including type 1 or 2 diabetics, a healthy diet is important. Avoiding sugar/carbs and too many empty calories is just a healthy way to live. With Type 1 however, since they need insulin for everything they eat to keep their blood sugar in range, the carbs in sweets and things with alot of fat and sugar, should be avoided if possible, however cookies, candy, cake, etc are all calculated into their insulin vs carbs ratio before they even consume the carbs or sugars, and they are covered with an insulin injection based on the carbs in the item.
There are sugar free cookies and candy, and things that can be made without sugar using a sugar substitute, but the carbs involved in all, are still high at about 20-30 grams,(based on size) which also would raise a type 1's blood sugar drasticly even without the added sugar involved. Calculating carbs vs insulin is what keeps a type 1 diabetics blood sugar under control. Both types need frequent blood glucose testing, but with type 1, it is about every 3 hours, after the rapid acting insulin in the blood is no longer effective. Testing is right away in the morning, at every meal or snack at bedtime, and sometimes during the night.
Type 1 Insulin:
Lantus, basil insulin:
a long acting insulin that is given once a day, at the same time every day, and is meant to meet the metabolic needs of the body, helping keep blood sugars steady over 24 hrs.
Novalog, bolus insulin:
is given whenever carbs are eaten and lasts in the body about 3 hrs. The blood sugar will start to rise within 10 minutes, of eating and short acting insulin is needed at this time to allow the body to use the glucose for energy and bring the sugar back down to target range. The meal bolus is described as units of insulin per total grams of carbs. Meal boluses vary from person to person, and may even vary meal to meal at different times of the day. The basic guideline in treating type 1 is to cover all carbs all the of the time with the meal bolus ( which is the carbs vs insulin ratio determined for each person).
Correction bolus:
using the Novalog, a correction bolus is needed when the blood sugar is high at a time when it's not expected-- in the morning, before meals, or overnight. It is a predetermined scale to give a extra dose of insulin to bring the blood sugar back into target range, also may include a meal dose added to the correction.
Are you overwhelmed yet?
I hope that I have given you a better understanding of diabetes and what we as Hannah's parents and Hannah have to deal with daily. Insulin is not a cure, only a treatment to keep her body going every day. Some days are a stuggle, but every day we a just thankful for having Hannah with us.
Letters will be going out in October sometime, so stay tuned for our upcoming JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) we will be participating in this year at the Mall of America, on February 27, 2010.
We have a team started called "Hannah's Hopeful Hearts". To register to walk with us and help to raise money for a cure go to-- www.jdrf.org, and type in Hannah Emery or our team name and we'd be honored if you join us in the walk.
The walk lasts about an hour and includes over 15,000 people fighting for a cure.
If you can't be there to walk, please consider a donation to the JDRF, for team Hannah's Hopeful Hearts, and that can be done, either online or it can be mailed to us and we will personally deliver it on walk day. No fundraising is necessary to walk, but if you raise $100 for JDRF and walk with us you will recieve a t-shirt.
Questions email me: ssbh.emery4@hotmail.com
I've seen diabetes in dogs and cats in practice as a veterinary technician and it's actually very common. The animals we treated had symptoms similiar to Type 2 diabetics in humans. They presented with symptoms of drinking alot and peeing alot, and most would present overweight. We would test their blood and urine, much like in people and test for glucose and ketones. We then put these animals with a high blood glucose level on insulin twice a day, and also put them on a strict diet, usually a prescription veterinary diet with high fiber and low carbs, and usually low calorie as well.
Up until last year that is what I knew of diabetes not even realizing there were 2 types. I learned about Type 1 very quickly as Hannah was diagnosed with something I knew little about, but knew enough about to sense her symptoms were diabetic related and acted quickly on my instincts.
So first of all.....
What is diabetes?
It is a condition, whether it be type 1 or type 2, which the body cannot use the sugar, from food that is eaten. The body doesn't make(type 1)
or properly use (type 2) a natural hormone produced in the pancreas, called insulin. When you eat, the carbs in your food are broken down into a type of sugar, called glucose, which your body uses for energy. Insulin helps cells throughout the body absorb the sugar from the bloodstream.
If you have diabetes, your body cannot use the sugar, either because it doesnt' make insulin (type 1) or the insulin it makes doesn't work right (type 2).
Since the sugar is not absorbed into the body, it goes into the urine and leaves the body. The cells of the body are not able to use the sugar and begin to starve. Insulin must be given to lower the sugar in the blood and the body is then able to use the sugar for energy.
The two types of diabetes
Type 1 --is also called juvenile onset or insulin dependant diabetes.
With Type 1 diabetes:
* the pancreas stops making insulin. They do not know exactly why this happens, but it an autoimmmune process, the immune system makes a mistake and destroys the insulin making cells in the pancreas, usually diagnosed in children.
* insulin must be given to treat
Insulin is a protein; if taken by mouth it would be digested and therefore not effective. Therefore people with type 1 require insulin injections daily.
Type 2--is also called adult onset or non insulin dependant diabetes
With Type 2 diabetes:
* the pancreas produces insulin, but the insulin doesn't work properly in the body. They are resistant to the insulin they do make. Often people with Type 2 can control their blood sugars with oral medication, exercise and diet changes. A combination of these 3 can help the pancreas make more insulin and help it work better in the body.
If the pancreas still cannot keep up with the high insulin demands, insulin injections may be needed.
* there are risk factors for type 2 that people can control, unlike type 1, which is an autoimmune attack on the pancreas keeping it from producing insulin at all.
These high risk lifestyle factors associated with type 2, include inactivity, and a high fat, high sugar diet. A person can reverse a type 2 diagnosis, by changing their diet and exercise but with type 1, it is an immune response and is not reversable, and insulin injections are needed for a lifetime.
Causes of Type 1
Type 1 sometimes runs in families, however, the majority of people diagnosed have no close relative with type 1 diabetes. It is NOT caused by eating or drinking too much sugar. Sometimes an illness where the immune system is surpressed, such a a cold or the flu can make the symptoms of diabetes more obvious. There is nothing you can do to stop Type 1 diabetes from developing.
People with type 1 develop anitbodies to the insulin producing cells in the pancreas. These antibodies signal that those cells are being destroyed. They do not know why these antibodies appear. They do know that replacing insulin usually produced in the body with insulin injections will help the body use food for energy and stay healthy.
What are carbohydrates ?
Carbohydrates (carbs) are a component of food. Starch and sugar are carbohydrates. Starch is in breads, pasta, cereals, potatoes, beans, and peas. Natural sugars are in fruits, milk and vegatables. Added sugars are in desserts, candy, jams, and syrups. All carbs eaten are converted to a type of sugar in the blood called glucose. Glucose supplies your body with energy. Your body needs insulin to use this energy.
With type 1 diabetes it invloves carb counting, in type 2 it involves limiting sugar and fat in the diet which helps the insulin they do produce work more efficiantly in the body.
Carb counting is a process of adding up the carbohydrate content of a meal or snack, and using that total with a insulin ratio (a dose prescribed by a doctor) to calculate the insulin dose for each meal or snack. Because there is no insulin being produced at all in the body, type 1 diabetics have to be precise in gaining control of their blood sugars and what they eat vs how much insulin they get. Carbs are the main source of high blood sugars in type 1 diabetics.
For all people, including type 1 or 2 diabetics, a healthy diet is important. Avoiding sugar/carbs and too many empty calories is just a healthy way to live. With Type 1 however, since they need insulin for everything they eat to keep their blood sugar in range, the carbs in sweets and things with alot of fat and sugar, should be avoided if possible, however cookies, candy, cake, etc are all calculated into their insulin vs carbs ratio before they even consume the carbs or sugars, and they are covered with an insulin injection based on the carbs in the item.
There are sugar free cookies and candy, and things that can be made without sugar using a sugar substitute, but the carbs involved in all, are still high at about 20-30 grams,(based on size) which also would raise a type 1's blood sugar drasticly even without the added sugar involved. Calculating carbs vs insulin is what keeps a type 1 diabetics blood sugar under control. Both types need frequent blood glucose testing, but with type 1, it is about every 3 hours, after the rapid acting insulin in the blood is no longer effective. Testing is right away in the morning, at every meal or snack at bedtime, and sometimes during the night.
Type 1 Insulin:
Lantus, basil insulin:
a long acting insulin that is given once a day, at the same time every day, and is meant to meet the metabolic needs of the body, helping keep blood sugars steady over 24 hrs.
Novalog, bolus insulin:
is given whenever carbs are eaten and lasts in the body about 3 hrs. The blood sugar will start to rise within 10 minutes, of eating and short acting insulin is needed at this time to allow the body to use the glucose for energy and bring the sugar back down to target range. The meal bolus is described as units of insulin per total grams of carbs. Meal boluses vary from person to person, and may even vary meal to meal at different times of the day. The basic guideline in treating type 1 is to cover all carbs all the of the time with the meal bolus ( which is the carbs vs insulin ratio determined for each person).
Correction bolus:
using the Novalog, a correction bolus is needed when the blood sugar is high at a time when it's not expected-- in the morning, before meals, or overnight. It is a predetermined scale to give a extra dose of insulin to bring the blood sugar back into target range, also may include a meal dose added to the correction.
Are you overwhelmed yet?
I hope that I have given you a better understanding of diabetes and what we as Hannah's parents and Hannah have to deal with daily. Insulin is not a cure, only a treatment to keep her body going every day. Some days are a stuggle, but every day we a just thankful for having Hannah with us.
Letters will be going out in October sometime, so stay tuned for our upcoming JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) we will be participating in this year at the Mall of America, on February 27, 2010.
We have a team started called "Hannah's Hopeful Hearts". To register to walk with us and help to raise money for a cure go to-- www.jdrf.org, and type in Hannah Emery or our team name and we'd be honored if you join us in the walk.
The walk lasts about an hour and includes over 15,000 people fighting for a cure.
If you can't be there to walk, please consider a donation to the JDRF, for team Hannah's Hopeful Hearts, and that can be done, either online or it can be mailed to us and we will personally deliver it on walk day. No fundraising is necessary to walk, but if you raise $100 for JDRF and walk with us you will recieve a t-shirt.
Questions email me: ssbh.emery4@hotmail.com
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
TWINS game
The kids and I went to a Twins game last Saturday and Steve was supposed to meet us there after work, but he was just too busy with work that it didn't even allow him to catch a game. I was bummed that he suddenly couldn't make it, but once we were there, we still had a good time gettin out of the house to do something. Hannah was a bit bored, however she kept herself entertained by all the food. I wasted so much money on her to "eat".. cotton candy, popcorn, hot dog, gummie worms ( not sure how I got talked into getting those), and oh sunflower seeds. She was well filled up.
Bailey and I enjoyed the game, as the Twins came back and scored 5 runs and had a GREAT 8th inning after loosing 2-1 for most of the game. Their only run was the home run hit by Mauer his first time up.
The kids and I took a walk around to find shirts around the 7th inning. Hannah got a pink Cuddyer shirt on super sale for $8. She really wanted it, and all I told her is she better wear it, but for for $8 who cares. She put it on right away, and when we came back and sat down, is when the super 8th innning, and Cuddyer hit a home run. YIPPEE. I told Hannah through all the screaming that was her "man" that hit the home run-- she was still unimpressed.
Bailey never did find a shirt in his size as all the vendors were selling the shirts at 50-75% off and sizes were limited. He was bummed.
We did have a good time though.
us outside the Metrodome--a nice man offered to take our picture-- afterwards Bailey says he was a Detroit fan :P
Bailey and the dome.
Farewell to the Metrodome
Bailey during batting practice-- hoping to get a ball-- no luck
Joe Mauer stretching out
TC Bear
1st pitch thrown out by a former Twin-- can't remember who it was though?? John?? oops!
Bailey and I enjoyed the game, as the Twins came back and scored 5 runs and had a GREAT 8th inning after loosing 2-1 for most of the game. Their only run was the home run hit by Mauer his first time up.
The kids and I took a walk around to find shirts around the 7th inning. Hannah got a pink Cuddyer shirt on super sale for $8. She really wanted it, and all I told her is she better wear it, but for for $8 who cares. She put it on right away, and when we came back and sat down, is when the super 8th innning, and Cuddyer hit a home run. YIPPEE. I told Hannah through all the screaming that was her "man" that hit the home run-- she was still unimpressed.
Bailey never did find a shirt in his size as all the vendors were selling the shirts at 50-75% off and sizes were limited. He was bummed.
We did have a good time though.
us outside the Metrodome--a nice man offered to take our picture-- afterwards Bailey says he was a Detroit fan :P
Bailey and the dome.
Farewell to the Metrodome
Bailey during batting practice-- hoping to get a ball-- no luck
Joe Mauer stretching out
TC Bear
1st pitch thrown out by a former Twin-- can't remember who it was though?? John?? oops!
Thursday, September 17, 2009
1st day of school-2009
Doesn't every mom get those first day of school pics? At least that is what I told my kids on that first morning. It was hard to get them out of bed, even I had a hard time getting up so early. Hannah has been excited to go to 2nd grade since June, and well Bailey he just knows he has to go.
Hannah was very nervous on that early morning, her nerves and excitment got the best of her and it was a rough start out the door. After I got Bailey's first day of school pic he was out the door and off to the bus stop. He's getting too big-- 6th grade-- I just can't believe it. I wanted to get a picture of both of them together, but with Hannah's increasing anxiety I knew that wasn't gonna happen.
I tried to threaten her with, " all mom's get pictures of their kids on the 1st day of school".
She didn't care.
She did pose for me, but as the picture clearly shows she was not a happy camper.
She was so worried she wouldn't know where to go or what to do. I reassured her she would know and everyone at school is so helpful, and wouldn't leave a 2nd grader behind with nowhere to go.
Even though I do have a shy girl, new situations usually don't bother her as much as Bailey. I said I would walk with her to school and help her, but she didn't want me to. She shed a few tears, gave lots of hugs and then finally within the last minute possible, she headed out. We blew kisses, we waved, and I watched out the window as she headed off to 2nd grade.(deep breath). After she was half way down our street, she turns around and comes running back. I thought she changed her mind and wanted me to come with her, so I quick started to change my clothes, as I was in jammie attire. She comes running in the door and she said I forgot to pack her a lunch. Poor girl. She had agreed she was having hot lunch and forgot, so off she went again. This time I told her to hurry, walk fast-- didn't want her late on the 1st day of school. She made it just in time for the first day of school celebration on the playground. She came home that day feeling much better about things and likes 2nd grade alot. She did come home with high blood sugar, and was quite irritable later on for grandma Linda, as I had to go to work that night. For an entire week as her routine was getting settled, she continued with high blood sugars almost continually (can't be good for her little body). Finally today, I think we have her doses figured out, I made small adjustments all week. Yesterday was her first normal numbers day 9 days. I almost called the diabetes nurse to get some help with her doses, but it does take a few days after each adjustment to see if it will work. I just kept holding off, making a few changes every 2-3 days or so.
I hope it continues.
She goes in for her 3 month check up on Oct. 7th, and we'll walk through the last 3 months step by step. I hate what diabetes is doing to her body long term, yes we get through each day, dilegently trying to keep on top of this, but it's hard keeping it all straight, and wondering what effects this disease will have on her in the future. Also need to make an appt. for her 8 yr old check up and flu shots for us all. I'm hoping for an uneventful winter season, but with diabetes, the flu, her breathing issues for the last 2 winters, and the H1N1 virus circulating, I can only hope and pray for an uneventful season.
****************************************************************
Bailey has been adjusting to 6th grade all week now, and seems to be going with the flow. He's been coming home worn out as well. No headaches though, since Sept 3, but that was only his 5th or 6th one all summer. He used to get that many plus more in one month. This new medication really has done it's job and I am SO happy we are not dealing with headaches every week. He still hasn't gained much weight back, but seems to have a normal appitite again. For a growing boy though, he really doesn't eat much. We will go see his doctor in October again for a check up as this medication has side effects that we need to keep on top of. Things are really going well with him in all aspects.
He is all signed up for hockey and ready to go with new skates. We have a "PeeWee" this year-oh no! he is able to "check" this year. Hockey is hockey, and I expected this, but I still will be worried about him. Steve will not be coaching this year, so it should be a fun year, being hockey parents and watching together. I'll need Steve's shoulder to bury my head in when Bailey gets checked.
Hannah was very nervous on that early morning, her nerves and excitment got the best of her and it was a rough start out the door. After I got Bailey's first day of school pic he was out the door and off to the bus stop. He's getting too big-- 6th grade-- I just can't believe it. I wanted to get a picture of both of them together, but with Hannah's increasing anxiety I knew that wasn't gonna happen.
I tried to threaten her with, " all mom's get pictures of their kids on the 1st day of school".
She didn't care.
She did pose for me, but as the picture clearly shows she was not a happy camper.
She was so worried she wouldn't know where to go or what to do. I reassured her she would know and everyone at school is so helpful, and wouldn't leave a 2nd grader behind with nowhere to go.
Even though I do have a shy girl, new situations usually don't bother her as much as Bailey. I said I would walk with her to school and help her, but she didn't want me to. She shed a few tears, gave lots of hugs and then finally within the last minute possible, she headed out. We blew kisses, we waved, and I watched out the window as she headed off to 2nd grade.(deep breath). After she was half way down our street, she turns around and comes running back. I thought she changed her mind and wanted me to come with her, so I quick started to change my clothes, as I was in jammie attire. She comes running in the door and she said I forgot to pack her a lunch. Poor girl. She had agreed she was having hot lunch and forgot, so off she went again. This time I told her to hurry, walk fast-- didn't want her late on the 1st day of school. She made it just in time for the first day of school celebration on the playground. She came home that day feeling much better about things and likes 2nd grade alot. She did come home with high blood sugar, and was quite irritable later on for grandma Linda, as I had to go to work that night. For an entire week as her routine was getting settled, she continued with high blood sugars almost continually (can't be good for her little body). Finally today, I think we have her doses figured out, I made small adjustments all week. Yesterday was her first normal numbers day 9 days. I almost called the diabetes nurse to get some help with her doses, but it does take a few days after each adjustment to see if it will work. I just kept holding off, making a few changes every 2-3 days or so.
I hope it continues.
She goes in for her 3 month check up on Oct. 7th, and we'll walk through the last 3 months step by step. I hate what diabetes is doing to her body long term, yes we get through each day, dilegently trying to keep on top of this, but it's hard keeping it all straight, and wondering what effects this disease will have on her in the future. Also need to make an appt. for her 8 yr old check up and flu shots for us all. I'm hoping for an uneventful winter season, but with diabetes, the flu, her breathing issues for the last 2 winters, and the H1N1 virus circulating, I can only hope and pray for an uneventful season.
****************************************************************
Bailey has been adjusting to 6th grade all week now, and seems to be going with the flow. He's been coming home worn out as well. No headaches though, since Sept 3, but that was only his 5th or 6th one all summer. He used to get that many plus more in one month. This new medication really has done it's job and I am SO happy we are not dealing with headaches every week. He still hasn't gained much weight back, but seems to have a normal appitite again. For a growing boy though, he really doesn't eat much. We will go see his doctor in October again for a check up as this medication has side effects that we need to keep on top of. Things are really going well with him in all aspects.
He is all signed up for hockey and ready to go with new skates. We have a "PeeWee" this year-oh no! he is able to "check" this year. Hockey is hockey, and I expected this, but I still will be worried about him. Steve will not be coaching this year, so it should be a fun year, being hockey parents and watching together. I'll need Steve's shoulder to bury my head in when Bailey gets checked.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Hannah turns 8
We spent the afternoon of September 6, at Collinwood Park and beach for Hannah's birthday. It was a beautiful day, she had fun playing in the park ,playing on the beach and having a picnic.
Hannah got to pick out 2 goldfish for her birthday, something she's been wanting.
Meet "Goldie and Pebbles"
Hannah got to pick out 2 goldfish for her birthday, something she's been wanting.
Meet "Goldie and Pebbles"
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