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Its August!

Melissa — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 22:16:47 +0000

Rachel had a MRI yesterday & we got great news. The fluid in her head has lessened. So no sugary to have to remove some fluid. Woo hoo. She does have to get another MRI in February but as long & it looks good then she will only have to get MRI’s once a year instead of twice. YAY.

I’ve been on a scrapping kick again.

Happy Monday!

Melissa — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:17:24 +0000

Oh my goodness was it hot today! It was almost 100 degrees outside. Man it sucked. We went on a walk today with my dad and by the time we were half way done I was covered in sweat. So gross. But much needed. I gained 6lbs last month. Ick. Not the greatest but with Troy & Rachel I had already gained 20 lbs. So 6 compared to 20 is better but still its way to early for me to gain 6lbs…… Now my OB has me due on October 26th but according to the date of my last period I’m due October 30th. Yeah its only a 4 day difference but still which one do we go by?? So for now I’m going by October 30th as my due date. I just hit 19 weeks on Saturday.

I have to say I love technology! I’m sitting in bed on my netbook writing this while watching Lie To Me. So far its really good! Although I am upset that Secret Life of the American Teenager is on at the same time as Lie To Me. But I plan to watch Secret Life online at Fox Family tomorrow. But this just blows me away that I can sit here and type while watching the show.

I went to schedule Rachel’s second MRI & found out that they wanted to do an un-medicated MRI. They wanted to have be fully awake for the MRI & lie still the entire time…. There is no way she would go through with that. It would freak the shit out of her if we even tried. There was no way I was going to let them do that to her. She already has problems trusting anyone she doesn’t know.. She would be ten times worse if we let the doctors do this. I instantly said no way! She’ll only be 18 months old!!! My 2 year old won’t lay still for 30 minutes at home!! And you want my 18 month old to be FULLY awake and put into this machine?? NO! NO! NO! So the end result is that the MRI will be medicated.

When I was on the phone with the Neurology department the lady I was talking to me told me that they do this kind of MRI to 18 month olds all the time. That scares me! There are parents that would do that to their young toddlers? What kind of parent could do that to their child? I know the test is important but we were told that if shes awake or ‘asleep’ doesn’t affect the test results. So why put your child through the stress of it??

Its all coming back

Melissa — Wed, 19 May 2010 14:25:39 +0000

So May it almost over. Then next month is June. And while I can not wait for Eclipse to come out I am SCARED to death of what July will bring to our family. Some time in June I will be scheduling Rachel’s 2nd MRI and neurology appointment. She will also have another genetics appointment. I did not want her to do the first MRI and I so do not want her to do another. I’m so afraid that the fluid in her head will be worse then what it was before and she will have to have the fluid drained. I do not want my (now) 15 month old to go through that. Plus what if something else is wrong? What if there is something else that has to be corrected? I am so scared of this visit. I’m scared of what the out come may be. I’m hoping it will be good but I can’t help but think “what if its not”? I can now clearly remember the mess I was before her last MRI and how I cried when I got the phone call that Rachel had to see a neurologist and then they set the appointment up for that WEEK. I knew something wasn’t right. We usually have to schedule appointments at least two to three weeks in advance. I don’t want to go through this again. I know I don’t have a choice. That I have to be strong and that this is all probably for nothing.

We have gotten so lucky with Rachel. Things could be ten times worse then they are now. Will this lucky streak last for a bit longer? Or will it run out? I hate not knowing. I’ve known in the back of my head since February that she had to go back. She had to do another one. But I just didn’t want to accept it. It wasn’t happening yet so it wasn’t real. But its real.

For 2010

Melissa — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:26:41 +0000

I want to get more organized! I went to Wal-Mart and bought two laundry organizers. One for dirty clothes & one for clean clothes. Why one for dirty? Well we don’t have laundry baskets in the kids rooms because Troy will take the dirty clothes out and mix it with the clean. Then everything needs to be washed. So they both will take in the laundry room. Now I can sort through the clothes coming out of the dryer into whos it is and then just roll it until the kids room or our room and fold it and put it away. Life saver! No more piling it on top of the dryer.

We are also re-doing the kids rooms this week. Troy got a new toy box from Toys R Us for $60. Its a nice big one so now all of his toys can go into it. We are also going through the toys. Baby toys will be moved to Rachel’s room or given away. He is also getting a new train table from Craigslist for $20! What a score. Tons of things are being taken out of Rachel’s room and toys are being moved in. When Troy hit one we moved most of his toys in his room and we are doing the same with Rachel.

Then the living room is next! Totally moving a lot! Trying to figure out what the best layout for the room will be. And I don’t want it over ran with toys anymore. The living room is not a toy room for the kids! Some toys will stay out here but for the most party its being changed up.

I fit into an old pair of jeans today that I haven’t been able to wear since before Rachel was born! Big smiles here.

Rachel’s NEURO appt went well. She has to go back in July for an office visit and another MRI – so they can keep an eye on whats happening.