Saturday, February 14, 2009

Happy Valentine's Day, Happy Birthday!

I would like to wish a few people Happy Birthday today.

My mom
Nevaeh
My cousin

It is a super special day for Nevaeh as it is her first birthday. It is amazing to see this little girl grow and change all the time. She was born withHLHS but you would never know it. You can keep up with her progress here. We hope you have a great time at your party and we wish we could be there!

Emma is doing very well. There was no obstruction in her bowels, which is an answer to prayers. She was just constipated, but not after the study, it cleaned her out quite well. All over her clothes and my pants. Oh well, not the first time and it won't be the last!

I ended up having shingles. I went to the doctor on Monday for the lump in my neck and he did some blood work to rule out anything with the lymph nodes. He figured it may be related to my neurofibromatosis. Tuesday I got a rash on my chin so I just put some cream on it, but Thursday morning it was all blistered so I went back to the doctor and he said it was shingles. I got some medicine and the rash is better now, but I still have some pain, though that is getting better too.

Have a great day!
God Bless,
Jodi

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Updates

We went down on Thursday for an x-ray for Emma and when the doctor called back, he said there could be some problems. She does have a moderate amount of poop in her yet. What could be cause of this is constipation or sometimes when they reconnect the intestines back together, it can narrow causing a partial obstruction. If this is the case, she may require surgery.

We are giving her Miralax and then we go back for a barium study followed by an appointment with her surgeon.

The Miralax finally started to work things out, so now we just have to wait until next Monday to see where things go from here.


My niece did break her collarbone and is in a sling. The doctor said that it would only take about 2 weeks to heal. If only all broken bones only took two weeks to heal! You can see some pictures and read more about it at Montgomery Musings.

I have a prayer request for myself as well. Today I found a lump on my neck. It is pretty good sized and my aunt did not think it was a swolloen lymph node. It is causing some pain at times and some headaches, which I rarely get. I have an appointment next week with my kidney doctor so I will see what he says about it.

I think that about raps it up for now. I do have some pictures to post of the kids, but I will have to do that tomorrow.

Take care and God Bless,

Jodi