September 2014

I can sum up September in 2 words: DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS

I honestly was at the doctors office at least 3 times a week--sometimes 4.  We had allergy appointments for Reece and Tanner, endocrinology for Benson, food therapy at least twice a week with Tanner, dermatology for Tanner thanks to some nasty muluskum, and lots of appointments for baby Kate (surgeon, NICU doctor, and a couple ultrasounds and regular appointments). It was exhausting.  I was also trying to get Benson squared away with his new routine at school.  Being in 1st grade he now eats lunch at school and is there for an entire day-- trying to figure out blood sugars and changing his basal rates was crazy to say the least.  Then mix a lot of anxiety for being in 1st grade with change in schedule and physical activeness is a bad situation for a type 1 diabetic.  It took about a month to get his blood sugars under control.  Lucky for us we have a wonderful nurse who is compassionate, knowledgable, and very organized.

OH, and did I mention Spencer was gone for most of the month interviewing for fellowship? I honestly had a melt down by the end of the month.  I was feeling so overwhelmed mostly from lack of sleep and feeling super uncomfortable with my massive belly.  It was also a challenge trying to figure out everyones medical needs.  I usually handle it well, but having everything crammed into one month was a little much.  Especially with the worry about Baby Kate and her CPAM.

Some highlights from September include:
*boys having great teachers and enjoying school
*having the boys walk to and from school everyday--they are so grown up!
*Young woman's-- I was in charge of two big combined activities that went really well! I LOVE Young Women's! The girls are so fun and cute! I also like feeling young again! :)
*Good weather! We had a beautiful fall.  The colors were magnificent and the weather was perfect!
*Baby Kate being healthy-- what a huge blessing!!
*Tanner getting over mulluskum--they thought it would take at least a year or two.  The body has a hard time acknowledging mulluskum and attacking it.  My theory for him overcoming it so fast is due to his excema.  He scratched his mulluskum so hard that it spread throughout his whole body (minus his face).  I think he triggered an irritation and started to attack it.  I'm so thankful its no longer affecting him.  Trying to manage severe excema and mulluskum was a tough task.  The head of Mayos dermatology department had an appointment with us and said we were in a really tough spot with very little options. It was looking dim and miserable for Tanner. What a wonderful blessing it went away so fast!