Sunday, May 16, 2010
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
BUsy busy busy
I have no idea how I got so busy that I was unable to update here. If you still check/read this, please let me know and I will tell you how to find my new online spot...
Sunday, April 06, 2008
I survived
I want a t-shirt that says I survived DFD.
I am pooped. I have a million ideas on how to make the fall sale 100 times better... I just need to jot my list and get it out of my head so that I can move on!
I am pooped. I have a million ideas on how to make the fall sale 100 times better... I just need to jot my list and get it out of my head so that I can move on!
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Vote Today
We went to the Lauren Rodgers Museum of Art today... the New Orleans Audubon Zoo brought some animals up and there was also face painting, mask making, mural paintings and cookie tastings. :)
We had a really fun time!
And then I came home and voted.
You know that you live in a small town when you walk in, show no ID, say hello to your cousin who is working at the voting center and then walk in the back yard of the community center to the graveyard and say hello to your buried brother, grandfather, great-grandparents, etc.
That is just WEIRD.
We had a really fun time!
And then I came home and voted.
You know that you live in a small town when you walk in, show no ID, say hello to your cousin who is working at the voting center and then walk in the back yard of the community center to the graveyard and say hello to your buried brother, grandfather, great-grandparents, etc.
That is just WEIRD.
Saturday, February 02, 2008
My encounter Thursday at Sam's Club.
We were standing in line to pay and without my knowledge, an elderly lady (65-75 yr old) standing behind me started chatting with GBK. GBK understands that she is not to talk to strangers- it is a discussion that *she* started probably last summer sometime and brings it up frequently.
Old woman said "Hello little girl. I would love to take you home with me. You are so pretty. Would you like to go home with me? I have lots of toys. I like to play dolls!"
I clued in to what she was saying by the second sentence. Of course, GBK is staring at her, wide eyes, not making a sound. She knew not to talk to her. The lady was getting upset with her because she was not responding.
I explained to the lady, "She knows not to talk to strangers, she is not being rude, only doing what she has been taught to do."
The old lady was taken aback "Why I am no stranger! I am a little old lady! I have granddaughters! I am certainly not a stranger!"
I smiled and turned around. I knew there was no sense in arguing with the lady. Besides, it was my turn to pay and I was ready to get the heck out of there.
On the way out to the car I praised GBK for a job well done. I said- that lady *was* a stranger. Did you know her? No. You did not. She is a stranger. We do not talk to strangers unless Mom or Dad give you permission. You did the right thing. That lady was wrong, she thinks she is not a stranger to you, but since you do not know her, she is indeed a stranger!
I am sure that the little old lady is harmless... but I started thinking about how scared GBK must have been when the lady was talking about taking her home!
We were standing in line to pay and without my knowledge, an elderly lady (65-75 yr old) standing behind me started chatting with GBK. GBK understands that she is not to talk to strangers- it is a discussion that *she* started probably last summer sometime and brings it up frequently.
Old woman said "Hello little girl. I would love to take you home with me. You are so pretty. Would you like to go home with me? I have lots of toys. I like to play dolls!"
I clued in to what she was saying by the second sentence. Of course, GBK is staring at her, wide eyes, not making a sound. She knew not to talk to her. The lady was getting upset with her because she was not responding.
I explained to the lady, "She knows not to talk to strangers, she is not being rude, only doing what she has been taught to do."
The old lady was taken aback "Why I am no stranger! I am a little old lady! I have granddaughters! I am certainly not a stranger!"
I smiled and turned around. I knew there was no sense in arguing with the lady. Besides, it was my turn to pay and I was ready to get the heck out of there.
On the way out to the car I praised GBK for a job well done. I said- that lady *was* a stranger. Did you know her? No. You did not. She is a stranger. We do not talk to strangers unless Mom or Dad give you permission. You did the right thing. That lady was wrong, she thinks she is not a stranger to you, but since you do not know her, she is indeed a stranger!
I am sure that the little old lady is harmless... but I started thinking about how scared GBK must have been when the lady was talking about taking her home!
Big Numbers
They drew blood again Thursday morning and called me Friday with the results-
drum roll please...
A big whooping 3!
So I am basically in the clear! He wants me to take a home pregnancy test in 2 weeks and call him with the results. Hopefully it says negative and we can move forward.
The weird thing, if it was tubal, I never had the pain that they said I would have...
They said that my abdomen area would be very tender for a while. Nope. I had none of that.
I asked Dr Desantis if it was possible to be pregnant, have a miscarriage and *also* to have a tubal pregnancy. He told me yes, it was possible but very unlikely. We have something like a 1 in 33,000 chance of that happening.
I said, well honey, if there is a chance that some rare freaky thing is going to happen, it is going to happen to me!
*******
I am upset with all of you. You are simply not gossiping enough. I had to tell three- 3!!! people yesterday that I was no longer pregnant! I thought that I went out of town long enough after the whole episode to give you people to talk and tell everyone you know and save me the hassle of having to explain it to everyone again and again.
I don't care who knows. It is not a secret. The hardest part is when they ask me in front of GBK.
And then I have to feel embarrassed that I don't look upset enough. I am *really* ok. It was not a planned pregnancy. It was not my first pregnancy. I was not that far long, it had not even sunk in that I was pregnant. If the miscarriage had not been drawn out so long it would all be a blur to me by now. I am very busy, have a lot going on and luckily my mind is not consumed by it all.
I have other things to obsess over now- firstly GBK's 4th bday extravaganza. We are going to try really hard to tone it down a little this year. hahahahaha What on earth are we thinking? Deep down inside, we both know better.
drum roll please...
A big whooping 3!
So I am basically in the clear! He wants me to take a home pregnancy test in 2 weeks and call him with the results. Hopefully it says negative and we can move forward.
The weird thing, if it was tubal, I never had the pain that they said I would have...
They said that my abdomen area would be very tender for a while. Nope. I had none of that.
I asked Dr Desantis if it was possible to be pregnant, have a miscarriage and *also* to have a tubal pregnancy. He told me yes, it was possible but very unlikely. We have something like a 1 in 33,000 chance of that happening.
I said, well honey, if there is a chance that some rare freaky thing is going to happen, it is going to happen to me!
*******
I am upset with all of you. You are simply not gossiping enough. I had to tell three- 3!!! people yesterday that I was no longer pregnant! I thought that I went out of town long enough after the whole episode to give you people to talk and tell everyone you know and save me the hassle of having to explain it to everyone again and again.
I don't care who knows. It is not a secret. The hardest part is when they ask me in front of GBK.
And then I have to feel embarrassed that I don't look upset enough. I am *really* ok. It was not a planned pregnancy. It was not my first pregnancy. I was not that far long, it had not even sunk in that I was pregnant. If the miscarriage had not been drawn out so long it would all be a blur to me by now. I am very busy, have a lot going on and luckily my mind is not consumed by it all.
I have other things to obsess over now- firstly GBK's 4th bday extravaganza. We are going to try really hard to tone it down a little this year. hahahahaha What on earth are we thinking? Deep down inside, we both know better.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Music to my Ears
I am feeling much better about things here...
I went to the hospital this morning for more blood work- my iron level, platelets, etc all look really good.
My hCG has gone from 154 to 70 and now down to 54 as of today. The doctors asked me to go back Wed afternoon to do it again and hope that by then the number drops to negative. He really thinks that it was not tubal and I should not need the methotrexate injection.
HIP HIP HOORAY!
I went to the hospital this morning for more blood work- my iron level, platelets, etc all look really good.
My hCG has gone from 154 to 70 and now down to 54 as of today. The doctors asked me to go back Wed afternoon to do it again and hope that by then the number drops to negative. He really thinks that it was not tubal and I should not need the methotrexate injection.
HIP HIP HOORAY!
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Scratch that last post
Life is so funny. Just when you think that you have everything figured out and answers to some scary questions and issues, life throws you a curveball.
I met with a different doctor today. Apparently my hCG levels started going down. So he did not give me the injection.
He spoke to my doctor and they now think that I did have a miscarriage and that my levels are just finally coming down. Now they do not think it was a tubal pregnancy.
I go back Sat for more lab work and will talk to the doctor that I saw today for the results. Those results will determine the next step.
If nothing else I am on their radar screen and if I get pregnant again they will see me right away and I won't get shoved over to some Nurse practitioner that has never seen me who will make me wait 5 weeks to get in for an appt!
Of course, there is more to this story than I am willing to type here. Just know that I am starting to feel like some questions are being answered and the confusion is starting to become clear.
But I am always waiting for that next curveball to be thrown my way.
I have my mitt on, I am ready for whatever comes my way.
I met with a different doctor today. Apparently my hCG levels started going down. So he did not give me the injection.
He spoke to my doctor and they now think that I did have a miscarriage and that my levels are just finally coming down. Now they do not think it was a tubal pregnancy.
I go back Sat for more lab work and will talk to the doctor that I saw today for the results. Those results will determine the next step.
If nothing else I am on their radar screen and if I get pregnant again they will see me right away and I won't get shoved over to some Nurse practitioner that has never seen me who will make me wait 5 weeks to get in for an appt!
Of course, there is more to this story than I am willing to type here. Just know that I am starting to feel like some questions are being answered and the confusion is starting to become clear.
But I am always waiting for that next curveball to be thrown my way.
I have my mitt on, I am ready for whatever comes my way.
Totally Tubular
Apparently I had a tubular pregnancy.
My sweet Dr found it yesterday. Actually the awesome ultasound tech found it.
After having complications for a month including ultrasounds and pelvic exams with another doctor/ultrasound tech, I am hoping that it will be downhill from here!
As long as the kidney/liver tests that they are running on my blood come back ok, I will have an injection of Methorexate. Hopefully one injection will do the trick. If the injections fail to work, I will have to have surgery. I do not want to go that route.
So say a quick little prayer that I will be able to get the injection, that it will work in one shot and I will have no sickness from it.
Here is a snippet from Wikipedia (how did we live without it?) about Methotrexate:
"Methotrexate was originally used, as part of combination chemotherapy regimens, to treat many kinds of cancers. It is still the mainstay for the treatment of many neoplastic disorders including acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Other uses
More recently it has come into use as a treatment for some autoimmune diseases, including ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn's disease, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis (see disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs). A parallel use with TNFα blockers as infliximab or etanercept has been shown to markedly improve symptoms.
Although not indicated for this use, methotrexate is also sometimes used (generally in combination with misoprostol) to terminate early pregnancies, particularly ectopic pregnancies. In the case of early missed miscarriage (particularly a blighted ovum), in which fetal demise has occurred but the body has not expelled the fetus, methotrexate may be used to help the body begin the miscarriage process. This is not a termination, because in this case, the fetus is no longer living.
It is also sometimes used to treat a rare condition called Behçet's disease where it is taken weekly, along with folic acid daily."
My sweet Dr found it yesterday. Actually the awesome ultasound tech found it.
After having complications for a month including ultrasounds and pelvic exams with another doctor/ultrasound tech, I am hoping that it will be downhill from here!
As long as the kidney/liver tests that they are running on my blood come back ok, I will have an injection of Methorexate. Hopefully one injection will do the trick. If the injections fail to work, I will have to have surgery. I do not want to go that route.
So say a quick little prayer that I will be able to get the injection, that it will work in one shot and I will have no sickness from it.
Here is a snippet from Wikipedia (how did we live without it?) about Methotrexate:
"Methotrexate was originally used, as part of combination chemotherapy regimens, to treat many kinds of cancers. It is still the mainstay for the treatment of many neoplastic disorders including acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Other uses
More recently it has come into use as a treatment for some autoimmune diseases, including ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn's disease, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis (see disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs). A parallel use with TNFα blockers as infliximab or etanercept has been shown to markedly improve symptoms.
Although not indicated for this use, methotrexate is also sometimes used (generally in combination with misoprostol) to terminate early pregnancies, particularly ectopic pregnancies. In the case of early missed miscarriage (particularly a blighted ovum), in which fetal demise has occurred but the body has not expelled the fetus, methotrexate may be used to help the body begin the miscarriage process. This is not a termination, because in this case, the fetus is no longer living.
It is also sometimes used to treat a rare condition called Behçet's disease where it is taken weekly, along with folic acid daily."
Sunday, January 06, 2008
favorite Christmas present
This is my favorite Christmas present.
And the thing around her waist is her favorite Christmas present.
It is a nature study kit.
She has been very disappointed that there are few bugs in the winter time... because she is ready to catch some bugs! She found lots of dead ladybugs in the house... I can not figure out how she found them... but she did!