Dear Blog

Wow, so much has happened over these last few weeks and there has been no time to update you.  So many lessons learned, teachable moments with the girls, exciting news, sad news.  Hopefully, I will be able to share soon and get it all down in writing.  Let’s hope I remember it all .

Love,
Fibromommyx3

Fibro Friday: Fibro Funny

For some reason, my girls like to watch me go through my medicine bottles and pull out all of my night time meds.  The other night as I am pulling them all out, the girls are counting them as I go.  When I get to the end, I ask them how many are there.  And the big whapping answer is 10!  And then my Miss E. says “well that’s not that many!”

 

Not that many??? 10 pills just at bedtime?  (No wonder I have to pee so much in the middle of the night .)  And she thinks its “not that many.”  Silly girl, if she only knew this wasn’t normal. 

Birthday Girl

Happy Birthday to my now 7 year old.  Oh, how the time has flown.  I remember the day so clearly and you will always hold a special place in mommy’s heart.  We will always have a special connection since we are both middle children, but I love you so much. 

 

Thanks for being our G. Poo.  You are a loving, kind, sweet little girl who is full of energy and has a wild, experimental spirit.

 

Kid Funny

Little A is the only kid I know that has dreams/nightmares about fighting her sisters.  She will scream and cry that they are taking something of hers.  Or scream out and say “Give me my bear” or something like that.  It doesn’t seem like she gets tortured like that at all during the day. 

That’s one thing I would love to ask God about…how/why do our brains process things the way they do?

Sore Nose

Ugghh, my nose has been soooo sore.  I was putting Little A to bed last week and by accident the back of her head slammed into my nose.  It hit me hard on my glasses and shoved them in on one side of my nose.  I was shocked it didn’t start bleeding.  And I was shocked I didn’t wake up with a black eye.  And now days later, I am still in a lot of pain.

 

My nose is throbbing.  It is causing me headaches.  Anytime I blow my nose or adjust my glasses it hurts.  It’s just a nose, who knew that it could hurt so bad.  I must have a deep bruise or something.  I just hope this goes away soon, because I am done with it affecting my life.

 

And yes, I know it could be worse.  I am thankful it is only my nose and nothing else.  I just wanted to share one of the hazards of being a mom .

New Do

If you are in need of an Up-Do for a special occasion, do I have the hair dresser for you.  She is a little young (almost 4), but oh so talented.  Here is a picture of her latest work…call to schedule your next appointment.
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Health Phobia

What am I gonna do with My Miss E?  She is my oldest, the one who has had probably the most medical issues out of all 3 girls (which really  hasn’t been a lot).  She is the only one who has had to have surgery (a pretty traumatic one at age 2 1/2) and she has all the allergies.  Besides her peanut and tree nut allergies, we just found out she is allergic to most trees, weeds, grasses,etc.  She will be dealing with allergies from Spring to Fall.

And I think all of this has led to her being completely freaked out and scared of any little pain that she experiences.  Any pain she gets sends her into a panic.  She wants to know if me or ML have ever experienced a pain like it.  What happened to us when we had that pain?  She wants to know what could be causing the pain?  Does she need to go to the hospital/doctor?   When will the pain go away? 

She gets short of breath and starts to cry and becomes extremely upset.  We just don’t know why she is like this.  She was young at the age of surgery and probably really doesn’t remember it, but somewhere along the way it has made an impression in her brain.  It has traumatized her forever. 

She is by definition a Hypochondriac.   I googled it and the definition completely matched her even at this young age of 9.  Not sure how we are going to handle this.  I have talked with her Pediatrician and we are going to just monitor it for right now.  But if it starts to get worse, we will need to consult a Psychiatrist.  

So right now we are just going to be gentle with her and love her through it.  This is an anxiety disorder, which does run in our family, so we do need to keep an eye on it.  Let's hope this is just a phase and she can just naturally grow out of it.