Saturday, August 27, 2011

The fire is out, now for insurance dealings. The house, barn, people, and all animals with the exception of a bee hive and some feild mice are all field mice are fine.

Thanks for the positive thoughs and prayers. Please keep the prayers coming as Mom and Dad still need lots of prayers as the insurance adjustors determine how much damage will be covered, and how much of the fire service fees fees will be covered.

It looks like Moms most cherished Nativity collection was spared. Just how much of her collection is yet to be determined still.

I will have more pictures of the damage and salvaged items as more pictures come available.

The greatest blessing is that we still have Mom and Dad. Even if all was lost we would have them and their grand kids have their most cherrished Grandparents. Had something happened to this set of grandparents I know all the grand children would have lost their most cherrished thing in life.

Fire!!!

Dad was given permission to start a fire to burn dried brush but it got out of hand so they had to call in reinforcement. I am not sure how the house is right now last I knew they were cutting trees new the house to try and save the house, but the trailer holding all the antique stuff was gone. So the furniture we just got is the last of the family antiques. I am so sad about that.

Also for the past 5 years we have spent almost every summer on the ranch where the kids have played, explored, run, had fun, and created memoried. When I know more I will update. I do know that Mom and Dad are safe.

Please Pray for their continued safety.













Thursday, August 25, 2011

Why I HATE to TIPE !!!! (Jade)

Why I  HATE to TIPE...... :(

First of  all, tipping is so borring I would rather go play outside or do anything else!
Tipping is nothing but a stuped tool that pepole say that you haft to learn!You don`t get a choce to pick a notebook or a piece of paper any more IT IS STUPED AND I MEAN IT!!!!!!
Next, if  you get a word or a letter wrong you get in trubble!
Tipping is nothing but torter,
why I think that tipping is torter is because you don`t care for paper or books or anything that`s not a computer or lap top or phones or anything ELSE!!!Last, I know that this is hertful but I thank that the pepole that care about getting there phone or lap top up graded or getting a new thang are STUPED and I DON`T CARE FOR THEM AT ALL!!!
Tipping is just a stuped thing to learn!
WHY DO KID HAFT TO LEARN TO TIPE?It just smooshes your brain
 into moosh, and that dosen`t bother you?In conclosion, I HATE TO TIPE BECAUSE, it is NOT A LIFE SKILL you need to learn at ALL!!!!..... :(

What is in a name?

Does a name have that much meaning? Apparently to a child who is used to a pen name or screen name. For as long as my kids can remember I have used the screen name mylilmonkies or My Little Monkies or even Six Little Monkies. Well Jade had noticed that I had started the little from my screen names.

When asked about this I simply told her they were all growing up on me and they were no longer my little monkies. In response to that Jade told me that they will always be young in my heart so I needed to change all my screen names back to include little, because no matter how big we get I will always remember them as little.

With this in mind, and from the thoughts of a child with autism, she is right. They will ALWAYS be my little monkies no matter how big they are. I will always worry about them. I will think about them. I will always love them no matter what. So she is right, so matter their age, height, distance from home, occupation, they will always be mylilmonkies.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Long Stressful Week

Oh my goodness what a week I have had. Last Wednesday I started to not feel good at all. My tonsils were swelling, back hurting, overall not feeling well at all. By Wednesday night I had a fever and no real appitite. By Thursday my throat did not hurt but my tonsils were very swollen and my back hurt so bad that I could barely walk.

I had been drinking water like crazy but just could not get warm even though outside it was 95 degrees. That evening we decided I needed to be seen in the Urgent Care center as Friday we had plans to met with friends for dinner and games.

The Urgent Care center tested for strep, UTI, and kidney infection. All came back negetive, so I was sent home with narcotics to help my back and told to call the pain clinic and see my dr ASAP the following day.

The soonest I fould get with my was 3 the following afternoon. So Friday I went in they tested me again for strep, kidney infection, UTI, a ton of blood work. Then I was unable to meet with our friends because I had to have a STAT MRI with and and without contrast. All I can stay is thank goodness for valium because that MRI was SO DANG long. Simply laying down flat was painful but I made it through. THe MRI showed nothing conclusive.

Monday I spoke with the drs on the phone, then Tuesday I had to go back in once again. This time once again a TON of blood was drawn. They took HUGE vials like 6, then 4 glass bottles with 20cc in each bottle. Once again I had to wait around this time for a MRI.

The MRI required a quart of barium. However they now offer flavoring with a note "for your improved drinking pleasure." HAHA improved drinking pleasure yeah right. That Vanilla Slushi Blast is SO far from a vanilla shake. And a quart of that stuff REALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So today I got a call from my dr (who is not working today) to give me the results of the testing. The thing that has baffled the drs the whole time is my while blood count (well all blood counts related to infection) have been within normal ranges the while time.

This baffled them because earlier my tonsils were so big inside they were almost touching each other, I was running fevers even with 3 meds that NORMALLY block (or even reduce) fevers, on narcotics and other meds. Things did not add up. Lymph nodes were swollen, I had the symptoms of strep, kidney infections and other things but everything was negetive.

Today she called to let me know that my PCOS (Polycystic ovary syndrome) was acting up and in a bad flair up. my left ovary was slightly enlarged, my right ovary is 3-4x the normal size and loaded with cysts.

It seems the plan of the partial hysterectomy to remove everything but the ovaries to shut down the PCOS was not effective. The swollen ovaries made my body think I had an infection causing the fevers. The fevers induced the swollen lymph nodes including the tonsils. My body was fighting an infection that was not there counting for the normal white blood count.

Because I have only been taking one naprixin (found out today I need 2 pills) I have not been getting enough anti-inflamitory meds for when I started walking. Because I have been walking 1-2 miles each day trying to loose weight and improve my health the inflamation has been slowly increasing.

Well while in Utah with my best friend for over 20 yrs we explored SLC and Temple Square and did an 8 1/2 trek in one day. Needless to say I over did it. So combining the walking and exploring between the reunion, exploring Utah with Melly, then my PCOS flair up my body could not handle the stress and basicly flipped out on me.

I gave the drs a run for their money and a lead them to a very difficult diagnosis.

Now I get to take prednisone to try and reduce the inflimation, increase the naprixin, wean down the narcs, and feel better really soon.