Hannah had her first appointment with a GI peds doctor in Spokane on Monday. We talked about history, what we have done thus far, what the concerns where and what symptoms Hannah is currently having. They did weight, height, and head measurements. The Doctor was so wonderful and listened to me and asked wonderful questions. I really appreciated the knowledge of the specialist and what he had in mind and what he thought was going on at this point.
At this point his thoughts are that Hannah has a problem with how her stomach empties, well how is does not empty well, actually. He gave it a name but, well i focused on what we were going to do to check it out further and not the name of it. He switched up one of her meds and took her off a medicine she was on. He ordered blood draw labs to rule out any diseases that could cause similar problems and He scheduled Hannah to have an upper GI done at Sacred Heart Medical for Tuesday May 5th at 8:30am. He wanted this test done at his hospital so that pediatric radiologist would review the films. Also they are better staffed to x-ray younger children. I felt comfortable with his choice and agree that it is worth the money to travel back to Spokane for her testing.
I will keep you posted on what is found and what courses my be taken. I am never sure how the road is going to turn out but I always know that they Lord will be with us down it. We have been truly blessed on how well Hannah has done, after how rough a start she had coming into this world. This GI specialist was scheduling out to November when we first were referred ( he is the only one in Spokane) and we were truly blessed that I was on the phone with the office when someone called and cancelled for April, we only had to wait 3 weeks. We continue to be blessed and looked after!
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Welcome Spring!!!
I have to say it has been a long long wait but it looks like spring has finally sprung! It is over 70 degrees here and we are loving it. I forgot all about sun block and the first day we all ended up with Rosy cheeks and arms! I still love it but I had to do and buy sunblock, I could not find ours from last year. Hannah has discovered slides and thinks they are the best thing next to apple juice. I broke out the summer clothes and found that Micah, Emeline and Cassie have grown a bit more than I would have thought and so I get to find Summer clothing for Micah and Emy. (Cassie gets Emy's hand me downs) I got the bikes and stroller/trailer out and we have put it the in action again. I look forward to more sunny days! I will get pictures of us in the great outdoors in the next few days...
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Easter Day!
The Kids in their Sunday duds! For the first time I was not able to get the girls matching dresses, but it work out well anyways and they looked so cute in them. Micah got a new shirt and we are on the look out for a new suit for him, the one he got from his baptism no longer fits him and it was a sad day in our home! (I love Costco and their affordable clothing!)
Micah and his loot!
Hannah and her first real Easter egg hunt.. she loved finding the eggs and eating what was inside! She has no shirt on because she spilled her drink all down the front of her and was wet and sticky!
Cassie and a friend looking at what was in their eggs!We had a great Sunday meeting for Easter, It was an Elders home coming and the talks were wonderful! Our Choir did a fabulous job with the music they performed and I was brave and took Hannah into nursery for the first time. (there are so many germs we waited) She did great and aside from snack time and Hannah's allergies it when wonderful. She was very exhausted afterward. I stayed with her this time and will slowly back out. We got together with a couple of families and had a great time at one of their homes! We had to hide the eggs in the house due to rain.
Easter egg dying
The children completely love to dye eggs.. if we would eat them I think they would want to do a dozen each!
Emy's Tea Party
The girls making crowns
Having a "tea party". I think this was the best part. we had a buffet of little foods out and the girls were able to go and get what they wanted and sat and talked and giggled. It was very sweet and really fun to do!
All Girls are Princesses!
This barbie cake may be the last one you will ever see me make. It was a ton of work and took a great deal of time and patience. I had a couple of friends come over and "support" me through it all. One of them even made all the small roses that went all over the base, I have great friends!
The party was great and I am glad that Emeline got a special day!
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Sorry no pictures :(
I am sad not to be able to post pictures of our most recent adventures but our camera has gone missing. The last person to have been see with it was Cassie. I am on the look for it but until then a narrative of our dealings will have to do.
Emeline has her very first friends birthday party. We invited 8 girls for a "tea party" and had 7 of the girls come, not too bad. I ventured out and even made Emeline a barbie birthday cake (with a lot of support from friends) The party was great and in the end Emeline said it was her best day ever!! It was a big undertaking for me, it took a lot of my time and energy to do. I think I will be taking a friends idea and going to friends parties every other year. It sounds really good to me :)
With all focus on the birthday party, I forgot about Easter until Grandma and Grandpa Nelson's package showed up for the kids. They were so excited to get something in the mail. While the kids were opening it Micah asked why would they send us a package... was there a holiday that we missed? (the Nelson Grandparents are awesome about send a package for holidays) upon opening, and seeing the Easter goodies, Micah asked me if I had forgotten Easter. I told him that it was this Sunday and he was relieved to know that he did not miss any Easter egg hunts! (Thank you so much for the reminder Nelson's) The kids gobbled up the treats and were very happy!
Emeline has her very first friends birthday party. We invited 8 girls for a "tea party" and had 7 of the girls come, not too bad. I ventured out and even made Emeline a barbie birthday cake (with a lot of support from friends) The party was great and in the end Emeline said it was her best day ever!! It was a big undertaking for me, it took a lot of my time and energy to do. I think I will be taking a friends idea and going to friends parties every other year. It sounds really good to me :)
With all focus on the birthday party, I forgot about Easter until Grandma and Grandpa Nelson's package showed up for the kids. They were so excited to get something in the mail. While the kids were opening it Micah asked why would they send us a package... was there a holiday that we missed? (the Nelson Grandparents are awesome about send a package for holidays) upon opening, and seeing the Easter goodies, Micah asked me if I had forgotten Easter. I told him that it was this Sunday and he was relieved to know that he did not miss any Easter egg hunts! (Thank you so much for the reminder Nelson's) The kids gobbled up the treats and were very happy!
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Quick Update on Hannah & stuff...
I just wanted to do a quick update on Hannah.
We went to the eye doctor yesterday and I am happy to say that everything is looking awesome and perhaps she will not even require glasses later (not that I would hate that but it is nice not to need them)
Hannah has been having issues with weight gain and growth in the last few months, she either holds her weight or she looses.. neither is good for her. She is a very active girl but she should be able to slowly gain weight and grow at a normal rate.. this is not happening. I have talked to the feeding and growth clinic and we have tried a few ideas to fix this. We added calories to her diet, but this made her reflex more and throw up. Since we do not want to have a negative association with eating we had to back off again.. this made her loose some weight and we are back where we started. after discussion on where to go from here, the doctors and I have decide that her reflex needs to be addressed further. He reflex has always been a problem but we have been able to control it with medication up to this point. Her reflex has hindered her growth and her breathing and with that we are being referred to a pediatric GI specialist.. there is only one in Spokane and at first we were going to be scheduled for November... yikes! Luckily God intervened and They had a cancellation while I was on the phone and we will be going in the end of April, otherwise I would have been heading to Seattle for a GI doctor. Until then we will just be keeping an eye on her and playing with her diet a bit to see if we can find some stable ground.
Hannah's speech is delayed by a bit even for corrected age and has a speech therapist that comes in a few times a month to work with her. Hannah also gets to go to a Kindermusik class every week as part of her therapy.. and Cassie gets to come as well, which the both really enjoy.
All of the children are doing well. Micah and Emeline still are enjoying school and Cassie loves it when they are gone. Cassie and Hannah are starting to bug each other on occation. We have had to have many talks about not hitting and sharing with both of them.. and a few time outs :) We are still working on Emeline and her reading, but I know it will come, and she will be on her way reading in no time.
Trent and I are doing great, we get to celebrate our 10th Aniverary April 2nd. We decided that this was reason to celebrate! We are lucky enough that Leanna agreed to come and be with the children so we could get away for the weekend about an hour away in Orifino. We have never been away from the kids for a vacation (hospital stays do not count), and I guess after 10 years, we can do that :) Leanna comes in this weekend and the children are so happy! (so are we)
We went to the eye doctor yesterday and I am happy to say that everything is looking awesome and perhaps she will not even require glasses later (not that I would hate that but it is nice not to need them)
Hannah has been having issues with weight gain and growth in the last few months, she either holds her weight or she looses.. neither is good for her. She is a very active girl but she should be able to slowly gain weight and grow at a normal rate.. this is not happening. I have talked to the feeding and growth clinic and we have tried a few ideas to fix this. We added calories to her diet, but this made her reflex more and throw up. Since we do not want to have a negative association with eating we had to back off again.. this made her loose some weight and we are back where we started. after discussion on where to go from here, the doctors and I have decide that her reflex needs to be addressed further. He reflex has always been a problem but we have been able to control it with medication up to this point. Her reflex has hindered her growth and her breathing and with that we are being referred to a pediatric GI specialist.. there is only one in Spokane and at first we were going to be scheduled for November... yikes! Luckily God intervened and They had a cancellation while I was on the phone and we will be going in the end of April, otherwise I would have been heading to Seattle for a GI doctor. Until then we will just be keeping an eye on her and playing with her diet a bit to see if we can find some stable ground.
Hannah's speech is delayed by a bit even for corrected age and has a speech therapist that comes in a few times a month to work with her. Hannah also gets to go to a Kindermusik class every week as part of her therapy.. and Cassie gets to come as well, which the both really enjoy.
All of the children are doing well. Micah and Emeline still are enjoying school and Cassie loves it when they are gone. Cassie and Hannah are starting to bug each other on occation. We have had to have many talks about not hitting and sharing with both of them.. and a few time outs :) We are still working on Emeline and her reading, but I know it will come, and she will be on her way reading in no time.
Trent and I are doing great, we get to celebrate our 10th Aniverary April 2nd. We decided that this was reason to celebrate! We are lucky enough that Leanna agreed to come and be with the children so we could get away for the weekend about an hour away in Orifino. We have never been away from the kids for a vacation (hospital stays do not count), and I guess after 10 years, we can do that :) Leanna comes in this weekend and the children are so happy! (so are we)
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