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Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Wow! I got in!
Long time no update!
For some reason, my password wasn't working to get in here. No telling!
So much has gone on since Easter!
Hunter and Dakota are off their meds and doing GREAT! I decided to wean them off all the psych meds just to see what would happen, and what happened is I got my children back! I'm past irritated that it was the medications that have been causing all the problems, but past relieved that it was indeed the medications and not mental illness in the boys themselves. It feels like a couple of years were stolen from us in the meantime, and God knows we were put through many unnecessary traumas. They have been off their meds since Easter, and they haven't had any problems though so I'm confident that they are going to be okay. I'm still keeping a close eye on them but so far, so good.
I finished Giovanna's dress and we had her pictures professionally done. She had a tremendous time (she LOVES to model!) and so did the photographer. The photos came out amazing.
Tristan, Dakota and I were in an accident a week ago, and the van is severely damaged if not totalled. I was hurt (lots of soft tissue damage) and subluxations. I was in bed for several days, of which I really have little memory. I'm starting to be able to get back into my life now, but still have pain to remember the incident by. It was one of the most assinine things EVER. This guy just threw his van into reverse and floored it, hitting me on the front of my car at about 35 mph. I was stopped about 2 car lengths behind him waiting on traffic and I had no time to get out of the way and really no where to go. It was in front of the highschool with kids all over. It's really lucky that no child was killed. The boys and I have been seeing a chiro here in town and it has really been helping.
Tristan's birthday was last Saturday and due to the accident we postponed it to this coming Saturday. It was a good decision because Friday morning he woke up with a 101 degree fever, and is only today feeling better.
I have really let myself down with working out. I resolved yesterday to get back into the daily habit of doing *something* and doing a thorough workout at least every 2-3 days. I got a good workout in yesterday and plan on another this morning. At least in the meantime I have cleaned up my diet, and I've lost a whole dress size. I've found that by loosely following the Arthritis Diet, I can control my pain and inflammation with diet. Slipping up inevitably means pain and misery, so I've been doing well with sticking with it. I think now that my diet is better, if I devote myself to working out properly I will see real results.
Aaron and I have not had the time together that we both would like, Papa was gone for over a month which meant no datenights until last week, which are really our lifeblood. I'm trying to get Giovanna to sleep in her own room so we can have some time and space to ourselves at least for a few hours at night. That really helps too. We have such a wonderful time together when we actually get time together! I'm really going to work on trying to get a couple of hours at night for us to reconnect. It really helps us both.
Tristan finally is headed back to school today so I'm hoping to be able to do a little girl "spa" time with Giovanna. I'm planning for a great day. :)
For some reason, my password wasn't working to get in here. No telling!
So much has gone on since Easter!
Hunter and Dakota are off their meds and doing GREAT! I decided to wean them off all the psych meds just to see what would happen, and what happened is I got my children back! I'm past irritated that it was the medications that have been causing all the problems, but past relieved that it was indeed the medications and not mental illness in the boys themselves. It feels like a couple of years were stolen from us in the meantime, and God knows we were put through many unnecessary traumas. They have been off their meds since Easter, and they haven't had any problems though so I'm confident that they are going to be okay. I'm still keeping a close eye on them but so far, so good.
I finished Giovanna's dress and we had her pictures professionally done. She had a tremendous time (she LOVES to model!) and so did the photographer. The photos came out amazing.
Tristan, Dakota and I were in an accident a week ago, and the van is severely damaged if not totalled. I was hurt (lots of soft tissue damage) and subluxations. I was in bed for several days, of which I really have little memory. I'm starting to be able to get back into my life now, but still have pain to remember the incident by. It was one of the most assinine things EVER. This guy just threw his van into reverse and floored it, hitting me on the front of my car at about 35 mph. I was stopped about 2 car lengths behind him waiting on traffic and I had no time to get out of the way and really no where to go. It was in front of the highschool with kids all over. It's really lucky that no child was killed. The boys and I have been seeing a chiro here in town and it has really been helping.
Tristan's birthday was last Saturday and due to the accident we postponed it to this coming Saturday. It was a good decision because Friday morning he woke up with a 101 degree fever, and is only today feeling better.
I have really let myself down with working out. I resolved yesterday to get back into the daily habit of doing *something* and doing a thorough workout at least every 2-3 days. I got a good workout in yesterday and plan on another this morning. At least in the meantime I have cleaned up my diet, and I've lost a whole dress size. I've found that by loosely following the Arthritis Diet, I can control my pain and inflammation with diet. Slipping up inevitably means pain and misery, so I've been doing well with sticking with it. I think now that my diet is better, if I devote myself to working out properly I will see real results.
Aaron and I have not had the time together that we both would like, Papa was gone for over a month which meant no datenights until last week, which are really our lifeblood. I'm trying to get Giovanna to sleep in her own room so we can have some time and space to ourselves at least for a few hours at night. That really helps too. We have such a wonderful time together when we actually get time together! I'm really going to work on trying to get a couple of hours at night for us to reconnect. It really helps us both.
Tristan finally is headed back to school today so I'm hoping to be able to do a little girl "spa" time with Giovanna. I'm planning for a great day. :)
Friday, April 17, 2009
Easter madness!
So it's been a week or more since I last blogged. Easter preparation was crazy! We had a great time though, I got lots of pictures and everyone was HAPPY! We decided to take the kids off their medications after Hunter's appointment with the neurologist. He did no tests, basically dismissed him as a psych case and said what else could we expect with all the meds he was on. *sigh*
That led us to decide to try weaning them off their meds and seeing what might happen. We couldn't be more pleasantly surprised so far! Everyone is off their psych meds, and doing better than ever- I have my children back! Easter was their first day of no meds, we had weaned them down slowly for about a week before. I feel bad thinking that I wish I would have done this back when things started getting crazy. I really thought that their doctor had a clue though, and I didn't want to make them worse. Scary how all this started with them being hyper (ADHD) and ended up with trips to the psych hospital. What a ride. I'm praying that it is over now.
Hunter is back to school and is doing AMAZING. No more seizures, no more falling over asleep during the day, he is sleeping at night and he is thriving! Sweet, attentive, in control, and much faster functioning overall. We are working intently on catching up on schoolwork and trying to pass 7th grade now.
I just took little miss to get her pictures taken in the dress I made yesterday, I couldn't be happier about the pictures or the dress! She was a fabulous model, the photographer couldn't believe her. Her pictures were amazing. They are going to make a big copy of one of them for display in the store! We took pictures for over an hour, and people were wandering in commenting. It was an amazing experience. Today is her preschool interview. They won't know what hit them when they meet my Giovanna!
Dakota couldn't be doing better. I've missed that kid. He is also kicking butt in school, getting his homework done quicker, it's amazing.
Tristan is doing great too. With the brothers back to normal again, there is enough time for him to get some attention too- bless his heart! He is growing up SO fast! He is so unlike the other boys- he has developed a fascination with sports. He watches sports all.the.time. He can't go to sleep unless he is watching a ball game. He just cracks us up!
Aaron hasn't been doing so great in the health department. He has been having a lot of chest pain, followed with nausea and bathroom runs! He has been just miserable. I wish he would go get checked out! He applied for a new position at work, that's always exciting! He also shaved his head bald. :( I'm not too happy about that decision! Thank God hair grows is all I have to say. LOL He also let me shape his eyebrows, which everyone loves. The head shaving was kind of one of those things where he wanted to see what it looked like, and it was going to bug him until he did it! So now he finally did it and I don't think it will happen again. :p
I've kind of been dragging healthwise, but happy. I broke down and started going to a new chiropractor out of desperation over spring break and he has really helped me. I had gotten to the point where I wasn't functioning at all. Now I'm a little painful but moving right along. I've lost a little bit of weight by changing to a anti-inflammatory diet (or trying to) and that's exciting to me. Yesterday my pants were falling off! I haven't had much time for me lately, but hopefully that will change in the next week or so. I'm ready to start a new sewing project too!
That led us to decide to try weaning them off their meds and seeing what might happen. We couldn't be more pleasantly surprised so far! Everyone is off their psych meds, and doing better than ever- I have my children back! Easter was their first day of no meds, we had weaned them down slowly for about a week before. I feel bad thinking that I wish I would have done this back when things started getting crazy. I really thought that their doctor had a clue though, and I didn't want to make them worse. Scary how all this started with them being hyper (ADHD) and ended up with trips to the psych hospital. What a ride. I'm praying that it is over now.
Hunter is back to school and is doing AMAZING. No more seizures, no more falling over asleep during the day, he is sleeping at night and he is thriving! Sweet, attentive, in control, and much faster functioning overall. We are working intently on catching up on schoolwork and trying to pass 7th grade now.
I just took little miss to get her pictures taken in the dress I made yesterday, I couldn't be happier about the pictures or the dress! She was a fabulous model, the photographer couldn't believe her. Her pictures were amazing. They are going to make a big copy of one of them for display in the store! We took pictures for over an hour, and people were wandering in commenting. It was an amazing experience. Today is her preschool interview. They won't know what hit them when they meet my Giovanna!
Dakota couldn't be doing better. I've missed that kid. He is also kicking butt in school, getting his homework done quicker, it's amazing.
Tristan is doing great too. With the brothers back to normal again, there is enough time for him to get some attention too- bless his heart! He is growing up SO fast! He is so unlike the other boys- he has developed a fascination with sports. He watches sports all.the.time. He can't go to sleep unless he is watching a ball game. He just cracks us up!
Aaron hasn't been doing so great in the health department. He has been having a lot of chest pain, followed with nausea and bathroom runs! He has been just miserable. I wish he would go get checked out! He applied for a new position at work, that's always exciting! He also shaved his head bald. :( I'm not too happy about that decision! Thank God hair grows is all I have to say. LOL He also let me shape his eyebrows, which everyone loves. The head shaving was kind of one of those things where he wanted to see what it looked like, and it was going to bug him until he did it! So now he finally did it and I don't think it will happen again. :p
I've kind of been dragging healthwise, but happy. I broke down and started going to a new chiropractor out of desperation over spring break and he has really helped me. I had gotten to the point where I wasn't functioning at all. Now I'm a little painful but moving right along. I've lost a little bit of weight by changing to a anti-inflammatory diet (or trying to) and that's exciting to me. Yesterday my pants were falling off! I haven't had much time for me lately, but hopefully that will change in the next week or so. I'm ready to start a new sewing project too!
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Saturday Easter Egg Hunting.
So yesterday we went Easter Egg hunting at New Salem. We had a great time. Here is a slideshow!
Friday, April 3, 2009
TGIF!
What a week this has been. One word, pain. Pain is so draining, it steals all the joy out of life and leaves behind nothing but drudgery.
Luckily a wonderful friend of mine said enough is enough- call the pain doctor. Now, one would think that I would automatically do that, but when you can think because you hurt so bad, nothing comes automatically. So I did call the doctor, and they adjusted my pain medicine right away. Yesterday I picked it up, and I'm hoping and praying that today is a new day.
I've been dealing with Hunter being home. The doctor that was supposed to fax the orders to the school had a family emergency and the school is not happy since they can't set anything up without it. Not good. In the meantime, he has been hiding work, saying he was caught up all along not having done any of it, and the school let me in on the fact that he hasn't done anything. On top of that, his report card came, and he is failing science and english. So, if we don't get right on top of this he is going to fail 7th grade. GREAT. There is only one month of school left too. So today I have to get this crap sorted out.
This morning I take the boys in to have their blood tests done to see if their medication increases this week brought up the drug levels in their blood to a therapeutic level. Also, and most importantly to check Dakota's thyroid level which was totally messed up last week. If it's off again, off to the endocrinologist we go. Like we needed one.more.thing. So I'm praying it was just an off day for him last week and this week it's A-ok.
Today is supposed to be a beautiful day and I'm hoping to enjoy it and get some serious progress done on the Easter dress. It's coming right along and it's beautiful if I do say so myself. :) I'm looking forward to a fun and recharging family weekend. I feel like I haven't connected with the kids this week- I have just hurt too much to do much of anything.
Today is a new day though and a new slate.
Luckily a wonderful friend of mine said enough is enough- call the pain doctor. Now, one would think that I would automatically do that, but when you can think because you hurt so bad, nothing comes automatically. So I did call the doctor, and they adjusted my pain medicine right away. Yesterday I picked it up, and I'm hoping and praying that today is a new day.
I've been dealing with Hunter being home. The doctor that was supposed to fax the orders to the school had a family emergency and the school is not happy since they can't set anything up without it. Not good. In the meantime, he has been hiding work, saying he was caught up all along not having done any of it, and the school let me in on the fact that he hasn't done anything. On top of that, his report card came, and he is failing science and english. So, if we don't get right on top of this he is going to fail 7th grade. GREAT. There is only one month of school left too. So today I have to get this crap sorted out.
This morning I take the boys in to have their blood tests done to see if their medication increases this week brought up the drug levels in their blood to a therapeutic level. Also, and most importantly to check Dakota's thyroid level which was totally messed up last week. If it's off again, off to the endocrinologist we go. Like we needed one.more.thing. So I'm praying it was just an off day for him last week and this week it's A-ok.
Today is supposed to be a beautiful day and I'm hoping to enjoy it and get some serious progress done on the Easter dress. It's coming right along and it's beautiful if I do say so myself. :) I'm looking forward to a fun and recharging family weekend. I feel like I haven't connected with the kids this week- I have just hurt too much to do much of anything.
Today is a new day though and a new slate.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Crawling.
Crawling. That's what it feels like this morning. My body is just not cooperating and my spirit is getting tired of dragging it around. I don't know what is going on. I'm tired of feeling like this though. Yesterday seemed just like a blur of pain and struggling to keep up with the basics- laundry, dishes, cleaning.. I really wanted to work on Gia's dress but I was just in too much pain when I sat down. I had to keep laying down on the bed to get my breath and then go for another round. I'm also getting pretty depressed over my weight. I feel so fat and uncomfortable in my body. I just don't know what to do about it. Everytime I try to sit down and make a plan I get overwhelmed. I've got to get a shower and drag onto Hunter's orthodontist appointment today. He didn't make it a full two hours at school yesterday so I'm going to have to decide what to do about that. I think we will just keep him home until after Easter break. I'm hoping to have some answers by then. I think that the loss of a night out the last couple of weeks while Aaron's Dad is in Colorado is starting to wear on me. I need a break. He's not going to be back anytime soon though and I'm feeling very depressed.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Ouch.
It feels like I haven't sat down to the computer here forever! This has been a painful weekend. We had the weirdest weather- we went from nice warmish spring weather to SNOW! Then in the same day it warmed back up, melted the snow and last night we actually had to open the windows to cool off the house.
I hate that the weather seems to control a great deal of my pain level. I swell, I hurt, I get a fever- it's miserable. This weekend was over the top, I was in bed for a great part of it. On top of that since I'm not the only afflicted person here, I had little people that were in pain and meaner than snakes, and one that was so overwhelmed by pain he started puking all over the floor. UGH.
So, that is my memories of the weekend, pain and torment. I did work a little bit on Giovanna's Easter dress, which I must say is now my most favorite project ever. I'm so thrilled with it and it's been fun the whole way through. It's really coming along. So far I have the bodice done (still have to do the lining), the main skirt which has both taffeta and net ruffles, and the slip with net ruffles. I still have to do the all the overskirt, peplum, bows, etc. But the main parts are finished! I'm so excited! I would definitely do this dress again.
Yesterday was our appointment with the new primary care doctor for Aaron and I. I was so nervous. I have the WORST luck finding a good doctor. Our last doctor was the absolute worst doctor ever.
I have to say though that I LOVE LOVE LOVE this guy! I found a good one! He was nice, had a sense of humor, and we both loved him! The office was so much nicer, it was amazing. Finally!
Hunter went back to school yesterday and did okay- not great, but he made it through the day. He's headed back today- yay!
I've got the day off so I'm hoping to get some more done on the dress. I have to do some cleaning, but I'm hoping for a quiet (recovery) day.
I hate that the weather seems to control a great deal of my pain level. I swell, I hurt, I get a fever- it's miserable. This weekend was over the top, I was in bed for a great part of it. On top of that since I'm not the only afflicted person here, I had little people that were in pain and meaner than snakes, and one that was so overwhelmed by pain he started puking all over the floor. UGH.
So, that is my memories of the weekend, pain and torment. I did work a little bit on Giovanna's Easter dress, which I must say is now my most favorite project ever. I'm so thrilled with it and it's been fun the whole way through. It's really coming along. So far I have the bodice done (still have to do the lining), the main skirt which has both taffeta and net ruffles, and the slip with net ruffles. I still have to do the all the overskirt, peplum, bows, etc. But the main parts are finished! I'm so excited! I would definitely do this dress again.
Yesterday was our appointment with the new primary care doctor for Aaron and I. I was so nervous. I have the WORST luck finding a good doctor. Our last doctor was the absolute worst doctor ever.
I have to say though that I LOVE LOVE LOVE this guy! I found a good one! He was nice, had a sense of humor, and we both loved him! The office was so much nicer, it was amazing. Finally!
Hunter went back to school yesterday and did okay- not great, but he made it through the day. He's headed back today- yay!
I've got the day off so I'm hoping to get some more done on the dress. I have to do some cleaning, but I'm hoping for a quiet (recovery) day.
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