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Daily Ooo's: Tuesday, February 19

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faerywings

The Loopy-O
CHEERY O
Good morning and Happy Tuesday that feels like a Monday. :)

Here's to a stress-free week coming up! One can hope, right? One day down at least and while it was another long long day, we got good(ish) news and bad(ish) news.

Bad news is that Cait is having another relapse. I am not surprised, but I when you see it all laid out for the dr, all of the little ailments she has had add up to one big relapse.I am damn tired of relapses. So is she, esp after about 10 vials of blood drawn to go to three different labs, :( And even though she is 14, I sitll have to hold her hand tight throughout the whole thing. She is back on handfuls of meds, but not as much as she had been. He thinks we caught it early enough that it might only take a few months of treatment to beat it back down. (Again.)



Good news (for now) is that Scott seems to be holding steady. I think he has more symptoms than he is letting on, so we'll have to see what his blood work comes back with. He has had a very high HHV6 viral titer in the past that seems to correspond with a lot of his symptoms so if that is elevated again we will know his immune system is struggling a bit.

Cait goes back in 6 weeks, Scott in 12 weeks. March will be our 5 year anniversary of seeing the kids' dr. Jan. was my 5 year anniversary with my dr and Gary has been seeing his dr for 6 years..... between the 4 of us, we have logged 21 years of treatment. That's messed up, right?

Oh!! One other little bit of a glimmer of hope.... when I called Gary from the road yesterday he said that he was bored. The day before was also complaining of being bored. That means (at least to my mind) that he has to be feeling slightly better-- good enough to recognize that he is bored. When I got home he has some guitar equipment out- so good to see him playing a bit again. I have no idea how long that will last but I'll take any little bit of good I can get!!!

Tip On Tuesday
Don't get bit by ticks....
 
Laurie- how cool is that interp machine! How was your day getting back to work after a romantic week of dancing? :)

Terry-- WTG on the gym!!!!! we love to cheer Laurie on, and we will love doing the same for you!

Trudy- can't wait to see what you do with the Doll pages- what a great score for your G-DD!!!! Are your legs still stiff and sore?Must have been a great hike!

Nancy- ahhh! I had I known you were at the game, I would have looked closer for you! LOL We stopped at Friday's fro lunch after the dr and the game was on TV. I immediately thought of you :)
Hope that your hubby does not succumb to the Man Cold. LOL

Hi Dani- welcome to the kooky threads of Oscraps :hug: Enjoy your winter break with the boys!

Linda S!!!!! OMG what a trip home!!!!!! :faint: Bet you were never so glad to see your front door. It sure will make some good scrap pages.


xoxoxo!!
 
Morning O fam- work out done- soon to get ready for the work day. I did not get to use the machine, maybe next time. I spent much of the day trying to line up new evaluations from my wait list as big holes appeared in my schedule due to sick kiddo's. Sad that illness is still running rampant, happy that families make wise decisions to stay home, and happy that I get to move a few off my wait list- I may be getting close to one page! We are starting out warm and have a wind advisory and the temps will drop- yikes- well at least this time I planned for it, last time I left home with a spring jacket and sweater and really needed my winter coat by the end of the day!
 
home safe and sound, and didn't even get snowed on! except it snowed 3 more inches here while i was away, and it sounds like today is going to be windy and freezing and snowy. :smow: ENOUGH!!!! :rant:

Chris, bummer about Cait's relapse. this has to be so disheartening for all of you. chronic stuff that has no logic to the way it acts is just the worst. it wears you down, doesn't it? i can't imagine how hard this is for all of you. ((hugs)) let's hope for some sort of breakthrough.

i had a good visit with The Grandmen. they're so different from my kids, but every parent gets to raise their kids according to the rules THEY decide on. snort...can you tell i'm not exactly signing off on the rules that govern The Grandmen?? but hush my mouth. we went to th Air and Space Museum annex in Virginia on Sunday. what a great space! a giant hanger filled with things like a stealth bomber, the Concord, one of the space shuttles, the Enola Gay. fasinating. we saw an Imax production about The Hubble. and i bought the guys astronaut suits. they loved them! maybe i can be inspired to make a page. dunno. my brain is shot.

i'm gonna beg off personals today. welcome to the new additions to the Daily Ooos! we need more people in here!!

Happy Tuesday! avoid snow. except you, Terry!!
 
Good Tuesday to everyone!

I've been pretty worried about my mother. She has been complaining of a pain in her groin for a few weeks. Has gone to the doctor. The last time was about two weeks ago and got meds. I stopped by to see her on Sunday and was shocked to see her in unbearable pain--was out of meds except for the pain pills, which weren't doing any good. Plus, she could barely walk much less bend over or stoop down to get things out of cabinets. She went to therapy yesterday and was in even more pain. So, I decided to not go out of town for work today and am taking her to the doctor. I'm a little irritated with her doctor's office. She had xrays a couple of weeks ago and have not heard the results. So--I'm going armed this morning and will insist on a CT abd/pelvis plus a complete work up on her hip and lab work. She broke her hip a few years ago---the pain she is experiencing is on the same side as the broken hip. Geez--these people need to treat her like she was their mother! They wouldn't let things go on for a month without agressive treatment. On the other note--a little irritated with my mother because she doesn't go back timely if she isn't getting better and does not ask a lot of questions.

Seems like I haven't thought of much else over the last few days.

I did get to scrap a page last night. Felt good to do something creative.

Trying to teach the 2 year old to keep track of his checkbook. Loaded a software program on his computer yesterday. Let's see how he does.

Chris--sorry to hear about Cait. Your whole family has had quite a time for the last several years. Hugs to you.

Phyllis--I'm with you on the way our kids raise their kids. I just shake my head with my kids.

Didn't get to the gym today. Maybe tomorrow. Need to get off this computer and get ready to take my mom to the doc.

Later folks.
 
Good morning - This is so funny found out that my DIL and I made it on the TV while at the NJ Devils hockey game. During one of the time-outs there I am taking photos of my guys on the ice. I paused the TV and took a photo of me taking a photo. My team lost in a shoot out but I got some great photos. I am getting more comfortable with my new camera. Whew no home hockey games until next Sunday so I can catch up on my scrapping. My hubby's cold is finally getting better but felt bad as his 3 day weekend was spent coughing and sneezing.

Chris sorry to hear about the relapse. 21 years is a long time to be battling this disease. But it seems like you have great doctors who really care about your family.

Linda glad you are home safely. Cant wait to see your pages.

Phylis glad you had a great weekend with your family. Cant wait to see a page with the boys in their spacesuits.

Have a great day all!
 
Morning ladies... Short day today, I really need to spend more time here and get caught up in the gallery! Is it the winter blahs or what?? Everyone seems to be down and out! I am sad that so many seem to be leaving the "O"! Guess we really are in need of some fresh blood around here!

Chris - How disappointing for you and your family to have to go through all this yet again! I know that when I was so busy taking Heather to all the different drs and therapists that there was at least some light at the end of the tunnel, but it did take 10+ years to see it. Patience my friend, you will make it and hopefully they will find the cure to end this craziness for all of you soon!!

Laurie - Hope your get your scheduling all figured out and that you make it home before the temps drop too much!! Still working on getting that layout done about the doll, hopefully this afternoon!

Phylis - Glad that your visit with the Grandmen went so well and good on you for zipping your lip over the rules your Grandmen live by LOL!! I know its hard!! I feel the same way, but we raised our kids and now its time to just enjoy the fun part of being with them! Those astronaut suits sound cute!! Hope you get a page scrapped about it!

Same old, same old... I better get going!! Back this afternoon :wave:
 
Terry and Nancy :wave: we posted all at the same time!

Nancy - So sorry to hear that your Mom is not doing well!! Such a worry for you! You are right they need to treat her like she was their mother!!! Give em hell girl!!

Terry - How fun you were on TV! Saw some shots of the game last night, looking forward to your pages about it!
 
Good evening ladies. Vacation was great...traveling home was bad...being back home feels good!

Of course, work was insane...and they are still predicting 5 -10 inches of snow here on Thursday. Kids had conferences right after school...Brian couldn't take off work because of the long vacation so he missed them. Not much new there anyway.

Mail was delivered today...amazing amount of junk and some bills to sort through! Need to try to catch up in the forums and the gallery.

Skipping personals tonight except to say that I'm sorry about Cait! Hope the new meds kick Lyme's butt!
 
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