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.

Kid Funny

Miss G said that she has a rock she wants to show me that is “awesome!”  It was a flat, shiny, dark green rock.  When she showed it to me she asked me if it was a frog egg because her friend said it was.

 

Oh, the things kids come up with.

Random Thought

Everyone knows that cats sleep all day.  Now I am totally a cat person.  Always have been, always will be.  But why is it that when I go to take a nap they have to come over to me and decide to take a bath on top of me?  Come on, you get to sleep uninterrupted, let me get in my cat nap too.

Author Am I?

So I have really been thinking…I want to write a book.  The book would be about mental illness in the Christian community (which is totally needed, I’ll probably write a post on this another day).  I have personal experience from myself extending down to several family members.

Here’s my dilemma… I don’t feel like I have the educational or mental background to write it.  This is mainly due to the Fibro Fog.  Yes, I have graduated from college, with a Psychology degree to boot.  But can I recall any of it??? NO!!!  Yes, I  have been a stay-at-home mom for almost 10 years so I haven’t had to use my brain like that.

But with the Fibro Fog, I can’t even remember simple words like table, chair, book, etc.  So what is a girl with Fibro to do???  Well, I guess I better still try.  My only reason for writing the book is to help people.  There is such a huge need for help and understanding for people with mental illness (from depression to bipolar).  This goes for the regular community down to the Christian community to which I am really involved. 

So I guess I will start writing.  Who knows how long it will take.  Years I am guessing, but I’ll see how the Lord leads with it and see what happens.  Wish me luck and good memory recall!

Recommendation: Stock Up Time!

I was at Target the other day and saw that they had a lot of there paper products on clearance.  And with 2 birthdays coming up in March and May, I figured I better buy their birthday plates and napkins now.  Especially since they were on 30% clearance, how could I pass that up.  I usually wait for stuff to go on more clearance at this store, but there was not a big enough selection to wait for that.

Plates and napkins always seem to be one of those last minute things that always gets forgotten.  And then you are running to whatever store is closest and buying whatever they have.  Target did have several to choose from, which was nice and I choose to not go with the kid themed stuff (though that was on clearance too). 

I even thought ahead to see if I had anything else coming up.  I remembered that I am hosting Bunco next month so I bought supplies for that.  I think I might even go back and buy for my daughters b-day in September.

Oh, and another thing…go and stock up on Valentine’s stuff for next year.  Our Target had tons of stuff.  I already got some at 50% off, but am waiting for the 75% for the actual v-day cards.

Happy Shopping!

I Need You

“On average, a preschooler requires mom's attention once every 4 minutes or 210 times a day”  (MOPS)

Wow, does this saying ring so true in my life.  Every day, all day long I hear “Mom I need you!”  Little A has such a way of saying this.  I’m surprised I don’t hear it in my sleep.

Now I know this is totally part of a preschooler’s life, but I think she over uses just a tad bit.   Especially since there are times when she is completely capable of walking to me and asking for help versus yelling from her room and making me walk to her. 

Something else that Little A has been doing is telling me that she can’t walk because her leg hurts.  She’ll get up in the morning and ask me to carry her because she can’t walk.  She wants me to carry her to bed because her leg walks.  She wants to be carried to the dinner table because her leg hurts.  Little stinker.  I wonder if she gets it because she hears me talk about my limitations.   Lately I have been telling her I (well, I guess more like threatening) I will have to take her to the doctor if her leg keeps hurting and that pretty much stops it.

I know one day I will long for the day when I would hear “Mom I need you.”  But there are days now when I definitely wish I heard it a lot less.

Me and ML

          













        What can I say, I am so in love with him!