Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Thankful...and The Appointment with the Specialist

 The day has come to go see the specialist about the weird symptoms I have been having and the abnormal blood work. I was SUPER NERVOUS. I just kept over thinking. I kept praying. I have too many people, big and small, relying on me to end up getting sick and not be able to take care of them... I enlisted Vivian to go with me for moral support. That means Sophie had to tag along as well. That's always entertaining!



You can view Sophie here, starting to throw a toddler tantrum because she didn't feel like smiling and didn't want me taking her picture! 





Emma was well behaved. So far, she is a really chill baby. She's down for whatever as long as she doesn't have to stray too far away from MOM!

The doctor went over my blood work and scheduled me for follow up blood work and an ultrasound. He thinks it could be a slight thyroid abnormality. He isn't concerned and says it could just be from a hormonal imbalance often caused by having a baby. WOW! I was so relieved! He sent me for labs and scheduled the ultrasound to confirm everything. 

The lab techs were so nice! Needles don't bother me. Sophie insisted on sitting in my lap so I was worried seeing me get poked would upset her. She got upset with the lab tech for "hurting" me so the lab tech gave her a matching "booboo". (She put a cotton ball and tape of Sophie's color choice on her arm like mine!) Sophie was delighted and showed it off to everyone that would look!

Just a few hours later my phone rings and the nurse from the Specialist's office calls to let me know my blood work is back to NORMAL RANGE! I will still need to get the ultrasound just to be safe but whatever my thyroid was doing has gone away!! YAY!! 

I cannot tell you how thankful I am. I was NOT ready to have something go wrong with me. I know having health issues is inevitable at some point but, I am sure glad I'm ok NOW! Back to life as normal! Or normal for US anyway...


Later in the evening approaches and decisions have to be made. Having kids within a massive age range presents obstacles at times. Vivian wants to go to this Poetry Slam at the Logon Cafe which is a local tavern/pub atmosphere here where we live. Well that sounds super fun to me! I love poetry. This kid is so much like me it amazes me at times and I crave spending time enjoying our interests together. The challenge is, the event starts at 8pm and that is Emma's bedtime. She isn't demanding about much except sleep time. When she gets tired she wants to be breastfed and then rocked by Mom and when she decides she wants it, she wants it NOW. So I tell my husband about it and my desire to make sure Vivian gets to go. I tell him how much I would love to go and voice my concerns about the baby. I can tell you this, poetry isn't my husband's "thing". Not by a long shot. Yet he immediately volunteers to take Vivian. 

I am sitting at home with the youngest two girls and I log on to Facebook and see he has posted this pic and is talking about how proud of her he is. Then this morning, both he and Vivian told me all about the event and how much fun they had and I am grateful that I couldn't go. I am happy they got to experience this together and so thankful that they enjoyed each other's company. It's so very important for Dads to have bonding time with their daughters! 

Check out the link to see the Logon Cafe and the other events they have there. I think this might end up being a favorite of Vivian's and I can't wait to see what other experiences her and John P have together!






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