The holidays are over. The fun is all over. It's back to boring and normal life! I am hoping that will mean positive changes for us.
Chad has submitted several resumes all over the west (and one or two in the east). Most of those were sent before Christmas, but the responses have been slow. We hope that the end of festivities means the beginning of progress in the job hunt.
We also hope that the transition into normal life means that our chances of selling our home shoot up. We've only had one call on the house so far and they wanted a lease/buy option. I am really hoping to sell soon, but that means that I have to battle keeping a clean house while battling being a single parent. Either one of those battles is big enough on its own.
Meanwhile, our life goes on. This week includes a trip to Primary Children's hospital in Salt Lake with Nathan and a biopsy for Daniel in Idaho Falls. Both boys are hurting a lot and taking pain killer constantly. Daniel's system doesn't seem to respond well to hydrocodone and it looses its effectiveness after a couple of uses. Nathan responds better to it, but still needs to alternate it with ibuprofen.
The weather has been very cold lately. The temperature was -15 degrees on Thursday morning when the bus pulled up for the kids. I think we've actually stayed above zero for the past two nights. I'm sure the dogs, cats and chickens have appreciated the heat wave.
I don't know what to write about. The truth is, I'm running at a high-irritation level right now and it causes high feelings of guilt. I have long-suffering issues with my family. I find fault with my neighbors much too quickly. My kids are constantly asking me for something and it is all winding me into a time bomb.
I know none of you want to be saddled with the stuff that eats at me. I don't want to write about it because it all seems so trivial. I just want it to go away! (No, I don't need a special light to sit under. If only it were that easy.)
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
Nathan's Hip
Many people are wondering what is happening with Nathan's hip. Join the party! We are also still wondering. Here is what we know so far, and the questions our knowledge inspires.
Based on an MRI and a CT scan, Nathan does not have cancer. We were unsure about that for a while and spent a long weekend wondering if that would be the diagnosis. There is a higher bone density on the side that he is experiencing pain. The "impression" from the doctor reading the CT scan is that there is a "mild chronic stress reaction" of the iliac bone. But that is an unusual place to have that problem. The fact that something like that should have healed long before now has meant we get to see a doctor at Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake. The doctor mentioned something about possibly having fluid "in there." I can't elaborate on something I don't understand.
We did that on Tuesday this week. They also agreed that nothing too serious or scary was going on (like cancer), but they were still unsure what was happening - exactly. Nathan had some blood drawn that day and we have an appointment next week for a full body scan. The scan is supposed to be even more in depth than a CT scan (which is more in depth than an MRI). They will have to give him some contrast of some kind and wait for it to work before they do the scan. We've been told to expect the appointment to last about 4 hours.
So now we are trying to figure out what to do with the rest of the kids on that day. School is out. It seems unnecessary to make them also take a 10 hour trip. It's the day before Thanksgiving so we could just hang out with family for the weekend, but Chad would have to meet us separately and there are animals to care for and we'd have to add packing to our plans. Besides, with all of the traveling we've been doing, and the stress we've been feeling, nothing seems more appealing than being home.
And that's an update on Nathan. Thankfully, his pain seems to have lessened. I think the physical therapy, while helping straighten out his back, was aggravating his hip. He is nearly pain free unless he has a day of a lot of extra activity.
Maybe my next post will be an update on Daniel!
Based on an MRI and a CT scan, Nathan does not have cancer. We were unsure about that for a while and spent a long weekend wondering if that would be the diagnosis. There is a higher bone density on the side that he is experiencing pain. The "impression" from the doctor reading the CT scan is that there is a "mild chronic stress reaction" of the iliac bone. But that is an unusual place to have that problem. The fact that something like that should have healed long before now has meant we get to see a doctor at Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake. The doctor mentioned something about possibly having fluid "in there." I can't elaborate on something I don't understand.
We did that on Tuesday this week. They also agreed that nothing too serious or scary was going on (like cancer), but they were still unsure what was happening - exactly. Nathan had some blood drawn that day and we have an appointment next week for a full body scan. The scan is supposed to be even more in depth than a CT scan (which is more in depth than an MRI). They will have to give him some contrast of some kind and wait for it to work before they do the scan. We've been told to expect the appointment to last about 4 hours.
So now we are trying to figure out what to do with the rest of the kids on that day. School is out. It seems unnecessary to make them also take a 10 hour trip. It's the day before Thanksgiving so we could just hang out with family for the weekend, but Chad would have to meet us separately and there are animals to care for and we'd have to add packing to our plans. Besides, with all of the traveling we've been doing, and the stress we've been feeling, nothing seems more appealing than being home.
And that's an update on Nathan. Thankfully, his pain seems to have lessened. I think the physical therapy, while helping straighten out his back, was aggravating his hip. He is nearly pain free unless he has a day of a lot of extra activity.
Maybe my next post will be an update on Daniel!
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