Blog Post updates, 3rd Edition

Here are some updates on recent blog posts...

1) To bang, or not to bang...

Well, initially I had decided "not to bang" and to grow The Princesses bangs out. She had a different idea. I always put her hair up out of her face when she goes to daycare.

This last week she started pulling out her hair thing and the teachers could not find it. So that resulted in her having her hair look like CRAZY the rest of the day.

After picking her up Friday with CRAZY hair, I decided we just HAD to get the bangs cut. And I decided to get all of her hair cut so it would look more even and "finished". Enjoy the pics below from her cut experience and the resulting cuteness when we were done.



2) The Diabetes MeMe for kids

First, we know no one named Karen. So I am not sure how she is his best friend. That CRACKED ME UP.

Second, we don't eat cookies all the time. I don't even know where that one came from. This is a RARE thing in our house.

Third, I want to be 5 when I grow up too!



3) Update on the Ears for The Princess

Ears seem to be healing great. The GI doc happened to look in there while we visited her and she said they looked good. We go back the the ENT on the 1st of November for a check up. I will update after that appointment. Thank you all for the prayers for healthy ears.



4) 5 Years Ago/ Trip to Vegas

Thank you all for the well wishes on our 5 year anniversary. It is so surreal to know we have been married for 5 years. It seems like yesterday! We had an interesting time in Vegas. A post will be coming when I can find the time. We enjoyed casino hopping and playing the penny slots. I know, I know, we are BIG spenders. :-)



5) Endoscopy has been scheduled

And has now been re-scheduled, and MOVED UP. The Princess was/is getting more and more miserable since re-starting gluten just over 1 week ago. She has had to re-start her acid reflux meds and is NOT sleeping well, worse than before. I called on Thursday and BEGGED for them to move her up to a sooner date. I guess I sounded pathetic enough on the phone because the doc is getting her in THIS Tuesday the 19th.

She is scheduled for a 1pm endoscopy. I will arrive with her there around 11am. My parents will be out of town, so I am VERY THANKFUL for Wendy right now. She has offered to keep The Superhero for the day while I take care of The Princess and her biopsy. Rod could take off work, but since he is still in training at the new job, I did not want him to have to take time off for this.

So, we will have answers SOON. I will most likely just put The Princess back on the GF diet after her endoscopy while we wait for the results. I feel it really did help her feel better and I think we will end up there anyway. A friend of mine shared her friend's blog link, and through there I found a link with more info on EE.

EE is something the GI doc will be biopsying for through this Endoscopy. And The Princess has EVERY symptom on the list. So, even if celiac is negative (which was my first thought with all of this), I still feel there is SOMETHING going on with her and wheat. I have always noticed something and am really hoping for answers now.

I will update after Tuesday to let you all know how everything went. I am not sure how long before we get the official results, I am hoping to know before the weekend. We will see.



6) GIVEAWAY

Don't forget to enter my blog GIVEAWAY. I mean, really, who doesn't want to win FREE stuff!

Blog post updates, 2nd edition

(Day 19 of NaBloPoMo)

Last week I posted my first Blog Post Updates with updates from some of my posts after the comments YOU all left.


I decided I really liked updating you all this way, so I will post an update post each week/2 weeks. (plus it gives me a post for that darn NaBloPoMo craziness...see below)


Here are the updates for this week...


1) Supporting Diabetes Research

I appreciate ALL of the comments I got on this subject. I have decided that there is no way we can walk this year. I am overwhelmed with life right now and would want to put my all into fund raising and putting a team together. I think I will start to think about next year and will plan to walk then. I still have a little bit of a hard time saying we are walking for a cure, when I feel like we should be saying "The walk for a possible cure, AND for better treatment, education, and support in the meantime."

I do see the benefits of JDRF and how they support families and research for Diabetes. I agree with what was said regarding quality of life for our children up until that cure is found, and this is something that is very important to me too.

Again, thank YOU ALL for the feedback on this one. It helped me see a little more into why supporting JDRF would be a good thing.



2) Lean On Me

Thank you all for the comments on this one. This song has been with me since last week and gets to me every time I hear it.

I know there are lots of songs that make each of us connect the song to our D lives, but this one that Meri posted in January, is my all time favorite. (Thanks, Meri)



3) Back to School

It was SO nice sending the kids back to school last Monday. I did get more work done without them home Monday-Wednesday, THEN The Superhero started NOT feeling well again. He had a low fever on Wednesday afternoon and was complaining that his forehead was hurting. We took him back to the doctor (and The Princess to get her ears re-checked). Both kids' ears were looking better, still a few days of antibiotics to go. The doc thought maybe The Superhero was feeling and upset tummy due to the antibiotics. She was not too concerned over the small fever and headache.

We ended up keeping both kids home on Thursday from school to give The Superhero time to feel better. And The Princess stayed home too, to prevent her from catching anything else.

Hopefully the kids will be 100% this week and The Superhero can go to school EVERY day. The Princess will be staying home with me this week to make sure she does not catch anything before we leave on Thursday for Indiana.

The Princess is still getting breathing treatments 2x per day since she just can't shake this cough completely without it. Once she has her treatment each morning, she seems fine. Then before bed she starts coughing again. So I can tell that she still needs them, for now. (see the cute picture below of her doing her own treatment, while I was cooking dinner)



4) To Bang or Not to Bang (controversial subject)

Thank you to all who posted comments on this controversial subject. (and for putting up with my sense of humor, LOL)

I think for NOW we are going to try to go "No Bang". I figure I can always cut them later if we change our minds. So, for now, The Princess is in the awkward in between stage while they grow out which makes doing something to her hair loads of fun! (sense the sarcasm!)



5) GF Experiment

We started going GF with The Princess on Wednesday afternoon after she got out of daycare. So far, I might be seeing slight changes in her. I don't want to get my hopes up, BUT she has started napping a little longer each day. She seems happier and is smiling more. She even slept until 1am before coming to my bed last night, instead of the usual 10:30pm. We are planning on keeping this up for a while to see how she does.

I did schedule an appointment with a specialist for October 7th. If they think we need to put her back on Gluten for a short time to do some testing then, we will do so at that time. I am anxious to meet with the doc and see what she thinks. As always, I will update on my blog.



6) Memories in a straw

Thank you all for the comments on this post. It definitely brought up all sorts of emotions.

I still can't get over how ironic it is what could have killed him that week could save his life today.



7) The Diabetic Duo and The Princess

I know it must have meant the world for this mom to get out kid/Diabetes free. And The Superhero keeps asking for C. to come back. So, I am sure we will have him over again sometime.


8) NaBloPoMo

THANK YOU all again for sticking with me! 19 days down, 11 more to go! I am starting to run out of things to post about. Hopefully I will make it! Oh, and I will be out of town for 5 of the next 11 days! Hopefully I will get all my posts written and scheduled before I leave.



And I leave you with the picture I mentioned above. The picture of The Princess giving herself a breathing treatment. (notice, bangs are pulled back)

Blog post updates, 1st Edition

(Day 11 of NaBloPoMo)


Since I am not very good at going back in and adding my own comments to my posts after all of you leave such WONDERFUL comments, I thought I would post updates and comments to some of my recent posts in a post of their own.

So, here you go. :-)


1) Pre-School Art

I got some GREAT suggestions from all of you. I think I will definitely be taking Heidi and Chasiti's ideas and taking digital photos of the art before tossing and turning all of the photos into a photo book at the end of each school year. This is BRILLIANT!


2) Talking to Strangers

I am SO glad I am not the only one who does this!


3) Our A1C Results

Thank you all for your comments. It is nice to be able to share with all of you. I am still pretty stoked about this one!


4) The Breakfast Battle

Since the kids have been sick breakfast has not been getting pre-bolused. The Superhero has lost his appetite and it takes everything in me to get him to even eat toast. Before this illness hit, he was doing well with being told what we were eating and just eating it. Hopefully, we will get back up to the point where we can start this again.


5) Run down of our Sunday

All of the virtual hugs were wonderful and very much needed after a day like that! Thank you all.


6) The Binkie Intervention

A little over 2 weeks in, and doing GREAT! She has asked about it a few times but really has done well without it. I did notice at nap time today she was biting on her thumb. So now I am hoping and PRAYING she does not start another habit!


7) The Princess in Daycare

Thank you all for the comments regarding our decision to put her in daycare. I am so thankful for the place we found and love that she is happy. She has not been at all this week due to this darn illness, so they are not going to charge me for the week. Most places charge you whether you are there or not. So this means a lot to me to not be wasting the money. I am sure they are just as grateful that I am not bringing my sick toddler to their school too.


8) Mommy Guilt

I appreciate all of the comments and love that came my way with this post. I REALLY needed it after this week. I actually had tears when some of the comments came in. You all mean so much to me and your words have helped me a lot. So, again, THANK YOU.


9) NaBloPoMo

And lastly, thank you for keeping up with me in my craziness of NaBloPoMo where I am required to blog each and every day. We have now made it 11 days. 19 more to go.


Sending some love to all of you who read and keep up with THIS crazy D-Mama!