opening gifts cont'

Opening Gifts

Early Christmas

Joey's mom, Bev, is leaving in the morning to fly to CA to spend Christmas with her daughter and her family. So we took this evening to have our Christmas with her before Joey takes her to the airport tomorrow.

Christmas Party Stash

Bre had her Christmas/jammie party at school today. Here she is still in her pjs while going through her stash of candy.

Sadie and Sasha

This cuddle session is huge considering that Sadie is the cat who likes no one. We have even caught her grooming Sasha. Of course as soon as she sees us watching her she stops and gets up and walks away. All that aside I do believe they are friends and Sadie needed the company.

Roadkill?

Sadie Bell cracks me up when she lays like this, she looks like roadkill-LOL!

O' Christmas Tree

More tests

We are back finally from going to the doctor in St. Louis. We hit some bad weather coming home last night and had to stop even though we were over half way there. It just wasn't worth getting in an accident.
I wish I had something solid to report but I don't. The doctor checked him out from head to toe and is running a bunch more blood work, 13 vials to be exact. Just pray with us that something shows up this time so we can treat him.

Marcus's doctor appointment is tomorrow at St. Louis. Since the weather is suppose to be getting bad we are heading up there this evening and staying the night.
He does seem a little better, not enough to brag about but still anything is better than nothing at this point.

Thank You....

Lord, Dylan's MRI came back normal!

He has an appointment after the first of the year to get his hearing tested and we will go from there.

Stolen Chair

Got to be kidding me!!

I took Dylan to the ENT doctor today cause he has been having problems hearing out of his right ear along with some ringing. After an exam the doctor announced that he couldn't find anything wrong with his ear but he needed a MRI cause he might have a..... brain tumor.
You have got to be freakin kidding me!
Where is the camera at recording this very bad reality show that we seem to be stuck on??

He goes tomorrow morning for the test then back to the doctor on Thursday.



BTW, Joey did make it home today. He was three days late but at least he is here now.

Hitchin a ride

Trust??

"I know God will not give me anything I can't handle.I just wish he didn't trust me so much."
~ Mother Teresa


I know I am a far cry from Mother Teresa but I am so getting the meaning of this statement!
Joey was suppose to have been in Friday but thanks to some thunderstorms and now a backed up helicopter schedule, he will not be in till Monday morning.
I am frazzled, I am stressed, I am tired...................

During physical therapy this morning Marcus started having problems breathing so off to the doctor we went again. He has what is called costochondritis http://www.emedicinehealth.com/costochondritis/article_em.htm

It isn't serious and more or less is inflammation in the rib cage.
He was also bothered by this while at CG at St. Louis. He was and is very, very tender and sore when his upper chest is pressed. The main treatment for it is anti-inflammatories, which he is already on. The doctor said it would probably improve in a week or two by itself.

About the physical therapy, today was his first day. Since insurance won't pay for a massage therapist but will pay for massage therapy through PT he will be going 3 times a week. They are going to do massages along with water therapy. It will not cure or fix anything, all we are going for is pain relief.

We also rented a wheelchair today. He will not use it full time but as it is now he is stuck in the house cause he can't walk without pain. That makes it near impossible to go even to Wal-Mart or grocery shopping.

So between taking him to PT, to the doctor for some strange sounding disorder, and renting a wheelchair for a 10 year old child, it has been a pretty depressing day.


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It's been another bad day for Marcus but his appointment has at least been moved up from the 29th to the 15th.

Take My Picture

I was downloading some pictures from the camera and Bre told me what she always does when she sees me with a camera "take my picture mommy". So I did and here is the result.

Massage

I took Marcus for a massage this morning and it did help. The problem is insurance doesn't cover it so it isn't something we can afford to do every single day.
I spoke to his doctor at CG and she increased the dosage of his anti-inflammatory. She also told me to start him on physical therapy. The hope is it will do as much good as the massage and insurance will pay for it. She is also trying to find an earlier appointment for him instead of him waiting till the 29Th of this month.

Won the battle, not the war

It is almost 3 AM so why the heck am I on the computer?? Well my lovely daughter decided to wake me up twice since 1 AM. No she isn't sick and there are no monsters in her room, I checked :). I guess she just thinks it is a good night to stay awake. Right now she is on the couch watching TV cause when I attempted, many times I might add, she had a screaming fit. I know I am the mother and should have won this battle but she was waking everyone in the house. Marcus has had such a rough day that he needs to sleep. So she won the battle-this time.
About Marcus, he had another really bad day. At one point he was in so much pain he was rolling around whining. You have to know him to understand that he just doesn't act like that unless it is unbearable. I think I will take him for a massage tomorrow and see if that provides any relief.