Today was hectic, but we did get good news! The OED has decided to grant the unemployment benefits for Scott,... despite the lengthy process of trying to get his former empl. to cooperate with them. It's only temporary for now while they finish their investigation, but they seem to really want to help us get it all worked out. The problem has arisen from the other side according to the OED, and we've done everything we can from our's. One of those things where I think they're seeing through the smoke & mirrors, and realize that we not only need those benefits, but we deserve them, too.
Things have not gone well with the former --, but I'm not going to post on any of that. It serves no good purpose,.. and it's not characteristic of me, but if I were to make an exception and say one thing, without being too specific as to whom or what I'm referring to, it might go something like this,.. "liar, liar, pants on fire",... just kidding, LOL.
Anyway, so the unemployment for the past 3-4 weeks are supposedly in the mail, and hopefully we will find out here within the next few days whether they will take the 'temporary' off the claim.
Monday, December 06, 2004
Sunday, December 05, 2004
What are the odds??
You'll never guess what happened today! ALL THREE of the girls EACH lost another tooth today,.. I don't know what the odds of that happening are, but we think it's pretty funny! What a quirky thing to happen,.. we've had them lose teeth around the same general time before, within a few days apart even, but never on the same day, and certainly not ALL THREE of them, LOL.
Ashley was the first to lose her's this morning,.. and she was definitely excited over it. Then, around lunchtime this afternoon, Courtney's popped out! Even more excitement then because it was two kids in one day,... well, Brittney also has a loose tooth, and so she started wiggling her's more & more, but it was being stuborn,.. she was getting discouraged, but we found ways to distract from it by making paperchains, LOL. Anyway,.. so before we know it, the day is gone, it's time for bed,... Brittney wiggles & wiggles her tooth some more, and sure enough,.. it popped out, too!! I thought she was going to pass out from the excitement, LOL,.. they were all in such a frenzy! What fun!
Ashley was the first to lose her's this morning,.. and she was definitely excited over it. Then, around lunchtime this afternoon, Courtney's popped out! Even more excitement then because it was two kids in one day,... well, Brittney also has a loose tooth, and so she started wiggling her's more & more, but it was being stuborn,.. she was getting discouraged, but we found ways to distract from it by making paperchains, LOL. Anyway,.. so before we know it, the day is gone, it's time for bed,... Brittney wiggles & wiggles her tooth some more, and sure enough,.. it popped out, too!! I thought she was going to pass out from the excitement, LOL,.. they were all in such a frenzy! What fun!
Saturday, December 04, 2004
I broke my hand...
Well, my updates seem to be spread out farther on more of an average the past few months, due to a lot of things that have been going on. I don't mean to leave people hanging wondering when I'm going to post again lately, but I'm sure most understand why, too. I'm trying to do my best to keep up with everything, and I appreciate everyone's patience.
Okay, so for starters,.. Ashley had another MRI on Monday, and it went well. We don't have the results back yet, but hopefully we'll hear something by Monday. They ran the white IV again, and we've learned very quickly that that is definitely the way to go. She does so much better! She just dislikes the gas mask so much, and so this way, she only gets put under with the mask, and then they switch her over immediately to the IV solution for the remainder of the scan, and she wakes up so much more comfortably because of it. They also did her labs again, another CBC,.. we'll get those results when we hear from the oncologist about the scan results.
Ashley was scheduled to see the oncologist again on Monday as well, and also the ophthalmologist on Tuesday, but we have temporarily postponed those follow-ups. Those two visits would have cost $80 more in copays, of which we just do not have at this time... Once the girls are on the OHP, the visits will be covered 100% by both doctors so it was decided with both offices that it was in our best interest to simply 'postpone' the visits. There will be no physical harm in a short delay, and the break in medical costs will be a huge relief since we are still desperately trying to catch up with everything already from this year yet.
I'm doing better. My levels feel like they are sustaining at the new dosage for my thyroid medication. My hand is doing enough better that I'm using it more & more, even though I probably shouldn't because it still causes a great deal of discomfort. I hadn't mentioned it before because there has been too many other things going on so this is probably the first that most are hearing about it, but what happened was, I crushed my left hand in one of the pellet stoves about 5 weeks ago, and definitely broke 3 of my fingers. I opted not to go to the hospital, or the doctor because frankly, we don't need any more medical bills. Unfortunately, I also have not refrained from using my hand,.. My excuse, is because I just plain need the use of both of my hands too much right now so I have just continued on despite it. I'm hoping that by not getting it set and cast that I haven't caused any permanent damage, but at this point all I can do is pray that in the long-run it will be okay. I can feel in each finger where the bones are misaligned, and get sharp, stabbing pains at the location of each break if I grab something,... Using them more than minor tasks hurts a lot, and I've noticed that cold really causes a lot of sharp pain for some reason, too. My ring finger hurts in two places so I don't know if there may be more fractures than I can physically tell of, or if it just simply hurts a bunch, and my pinkie has given us some question as to whether it may have sustained more damage than I realized too, but we just don't know, and probably never will. I would just like to ask for prayers that it will eventually heal enough for me to be able to use it without pain. I am conscerned that I have made a bigger mistake than people are telling me I have, by not getting it taken care of because I still get stabbing pains in my foot if I step wrong, from when I broke it 13 and a half years ago. I had fallen down a full flight of concrete stairs, and am probably very lucky my foot is all I broke, but anyway, I was really dumb, and went straight home from the ER, and cut off my cast (remember that, Babs??),.. I guess I'm still pretty dumb when it comes to that stuff, huh! :)
Courtney is doing well. Her reading glasses have been really beneficial for her so I'm glad that we were able to get them when we did. Did I post that she got reading glasses?? I can't keep track of everything anymore, LOL. Anyway, she did, and she has been really getting back into reading again since she got them because now her eyes don't hurt. She often stays up reading before bed, too, and we have to encourage her to find a place to break, and go to sleep, LOL.
Ashley seems to have been doing well on the latest anti-seizure medication. She hasn't had any of the fierce pain episodes in the last couple of months or so. She does still have daily pain episodes, but they are much less severe than they were. She still ends up needing pain medication at least once every day, sometimes twice, but I'd say that's a whole lot better than the 3-4 times a day she was needing, and would then still continue to be in pain, even despite medication on many occasions. We are really praying that things will remain the way they are for her right now, if not get even better, and that the latest MRI results will give us encouraging news. At least, we can additionally remain thankful that her tumors have maintained their size to date, and not grown,.. that we've been able to tell so far.
I would like to announce that our little friend, Shaylee, is finally done with her 60 weeks of chemotherapy!!! She has been such a little trooper, and their family has also been through so very much this past year,..
Okay, so for starters,.. Ashley had another MRI on Monday, and it went well. We don't have the results back yet, but hopefully we'll hear something by Monday. They ran the white IV again, and we've learned very quickly that that is definitely the way to go. She does so much better! She just dislikes the gas mask so much, and so this way, she only gets put under with the mask, and then they switch her over immediately to the IV solution for the remainder of the scan, and she wakes up so much more comfortably because of it. They also did her labs again, another CBC,.. we'll get those results when we hear from the oncologist about the scan results.
Ashley was scheduled to see the oncologist again on Monday as well, and also the ophthalmologist on Tuesday, but we have temporarily postponed those follow-ups. Those two visits would have cost $80 more in copays, of which we just do not have at this time... Once the girls are on the OHP, the visits will be covered 100% by both doctors so it was decided with both offices that it was in our best interest to simply 'postpone' the visits. There will be no physical harm in a short delay, and the break in medical costs will be a huge relief since we are still desperately trying to catch up with everything already from this year yet.
I'm doing better. My levels feel like they are sustaining at the new dosage for my thyroid medication. My hand is doing enough better that I'm using it more & more, even though I probably shouldn't because it still causes a great deal of discomfort. I hadn't mentioned it before because there has been too many other things going on so this is probably the first that most are hearing about it, but what happened was, I crushed my left hand in one of the pellet stoves about 5 weeks ago, and definitely broke 3 of my fingers. I opted not to go to the hospital, or the doctor because frankly, we don't need any more medical bills. Unfortunately, I also have not refrained from using my hand,.. My excuse, is because I just plain need the use of both of my hands too much right now so I have just continued on despite it. I'm hoping that by not getting it set and cast that I haven't caused any permanent damage, but at this point all I can do is pray that in the long-run it will be okay. I can feel in each finger where the bones are misaligned, and get sharp, stabbing pains at the location of each break if I grab something,... Using them more than minor tasks hurts a lot, and I've noticed that cold really causes a lot of sharp pain for some reason, too. My ring finger hurts in two places so I don't know if there may be more fractures than I can physically tell of, or if it just simply hurts a bunch, and my pinkie has given us some question as to whether it may have sustained more damage than I realized too, but we just don't know, and probably never will. I would just like to ask for prayers that it will eventually heal enough for me to be able to use it without pain. I am conscerned that I have made a bigger mistake than people are telling me I have, by not getting it taken care of because I still get stabbing pains in my foot if I step wrong, from when I broke it 13 and a half years ago. I had fallen down a full flight of concrete stairs, and am probably very lucky my foot is all I broke, but anyway, I was really dumb, and went straight home from the ER, and cut off my cast (remember that, Babs??),.. I guess I'm still pretty dumb when it comes to that stuff, huh! :)
Courtney is doing well. Her reading glasses have been really beneficial for her so I'm glad that we were able to get them when we did. Did I post that she got reading glasses?? I can't keep track of everything anymore, LOL. Anyway, she did, and she has been really getting back into reading again since she got them because now her eyes don't hurt. She often stays up reading before bed, too, and we have to encourage her to find a place to break, and go to sleep, LOL.
Ashley seems to have been doing well on the latest anti-seizure medication. She hasn't had any of the fierce pain episodes in the last couple of months or so. She does still have daily pain episodes, but they are much less severe than they were. She still ends up needing pain medication at least once every day, sometimes twice, but I'd say that's a whole lot better than the 3-4 times a day she was needing, and would then still continue to be in pain, even despite medication on many occasions. We are really praying that things will remain the way they are for her right now, if not get even better, and that the latest MRI results will give us encouraging news. At least, we can additionally remain thankful that her tumors have maintained their size to date, and not grown,.. that we've been able to tell so far.
I would like to announce that our little friend, Shaylee, is finally done with her 60 weeks of chemotherapy!!! She has been such a little trooper, and their family has also been through so very much this past year,..
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