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My advice is that if you must be…

My advice is that if you must be selfish, be wisely selfish. Wise people serve others sincerely, putting the needs of others above their own. Ultimately you will be happier. The kind of selfishness that provokes fighting, killing, stealing, using harsh words, forgetting other people’s welfare will only result in your own loss. ~Dalai Lama

Something that was brought to my attention today…

Something that was brought to my attention today.
“RETARD” is NOT someone diagnosed with mental retardation.
A “RETARD” is someone who chooses ignorance.
Example: If you were to say “I choose X, you may choose whatever you like, but you must do X.” That would make you a Retard.
If this is true, I apologize for earlier statements and I stand corrected.

Keira’s old school schedule was ½ days in…

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Keira’s old school schedule was ½ days in the afternoon, with therapies in Portland in the morning. We spend most mornings in the truck and some days Keira had to eat lunch in the truck between therapy and preschool in order to get her everywhere on time. It was terrible, very hectic. Summer has been much easier with preschool all inclusive.
June 13 Keira had temp of 100. Slept most of the day.
June 14 No temp. Slept a little during the day. Up all night – that’s normal.
June 15 Normal, but urinated a little in her pants (like leakage)
June 16 Acted normal, but had 3 small accidents. When I told her to go sit on the potty she did and urinated the rest.
June 17 see June 16
June 18 Saw DR checked out ok. Looked like UTI. Possibly HFMD. Started Anti biotic – no accidents
June 19 no accidents
M June 20 no accidents. Everything seemed fine started full day preschool. Gave Keira her UTI meds before school, Doctors office called me after to tell me no UTI – we stopped meds.
T June 21 around 2am Keira woke up and vomited. Went back to sleep and woke up the next morning with a ton of energy, figured she ate something that didn’t agree wit her – Sent her to school.
W June 22 Keira woke up gagging and vomiting 1amish, but still has energy to run around and seems like she feels ok.
TH June 23 Vomited around midnight, but got up for school happy and bubbly – went to school – assumed it’s because of the change in schedule.
F June 24 Again vomited around midnight. Wanted to give her the weekend to make sure it just wasn’t school related.
Sat June 25 2am vomiting – again that morning she was fine. A little tired, but ran around the house, played like normal. Ate less and chewed on things less.
S June 26 Vomited 1 am. Tired during the day, but active. Kept the day light.
M June 27 Keira’s birthday. Vomited 1 am. Great day at school, tired at birthday party.
T June 28 Vomited 1am, acted tired, eating and drinking less – urinating less. Picked Keira up at school (where I was told she had a great day – lots of talking and communicating) Went to see DR Harper. Another UTI test.
W June 29 12am Violent vomiting. Called doctors office, explained the vomiting, that Keira had gone limp and couldn’t hold her head up – Jenna refused to see Keira. I was told “the ‘covering’ Doctor who saw Treasure yesterday isn’t in today so the NP doesn’t want to do anything until Keira sees DR Harper tomorrow – if it happens tonight take her to the ER. ”
It wasn’t a matter of IF but WHEN.
I called back and told the nurse that allowing my poor baby to suffer through another night of agony because Jenna wasn’t willing to see my daughter was UNACCEPTABLE. I would NOT allow her to suffer through another night after DR Harper had already told me that if her urine was clean he was going to put her meds for acid reflux. I was only calling in to see what and how much I should give her.
We saw Dr MacDonald – she started the MRI process. Started Reflux meds.
Th June 30 Low and behold – first night no vomiting.
F July 1 Vomited 1 am – but not nearly as bad – went to school
Sat July 2 No vomiting – went to family 4th party. Keira played in the water, but she wasn’t herself. She wanted to be held all day – which we did. She wasn’t her normal bundle of energy. No trying to escape to the water or running away from us. She stayed close and didn’t eat much.
S July 3 Vomited 1am and again at 1pm. At 1pm she was singing in the truck, the singing stopped, I heard vomiting looked in the rear view mirror to see Keira’s head hanging down, appeared unconscious, and vomiting. She came to quickly and said “Yuk” I gave her a napkin and she started to clean herself up. We were only 2 minutes from home and since I couldn’t do anything I got us home as fast as possible. Took a trip to the ER. Had a CT scan and a ton of blood work to find nothing wrong with her.
M July 4 No vomiting. Finding it hard to get meds into Keira, but getting at least a half dose in twice a day.
T July 5 Things are looking up – no vomiting. Went to school, very happy, very bubbly, used a lot of language in school. YAY
W July 6 Vomited 5 am. Went back to bed. Got up and was fine. Grabbed her backpack and headed out the door for school before we were ready to go.
School called around 2 to tell me Keira wasn’t herself. She couldn’t be calmed and finally fell sleep in their arms. When she got home she wasn’t herself. Keira wanted to go to the pool and I could tell she wanted to play, but she just sat on my lap and laid her head on my shoulder in the pool. The evening was about the same. She whimpered most of the night, going from bed to playing to back to bed – moving very cautiously, not her usually bull in a China shop rampage through the house. Keira picked at everything returning to bed or the couch after every two bites. She put herself to bed around 8:30 whimpering, very sad. Daddy laid down with her until she was asleep. I have her a little Tylenol I don’t know if it helped, but she did sleep through the night.
Th July 7 Didn’t vomit in the night. Got up slowly and cautiously this morning. Did eat dry cereal and was in a good mood, but not her normal mood. No running about and she hasn’t jumped on the couch for 2 weeks. Since she was eating more and happy, I brought her to school. Making the decision to bring her to school is getting harder every day. She desperately needs the therapy she receives in school and it’s making a huge difference, I hope being at school is a good distraction from how she’s feeling on the inside. I’m praying it’s not wearing her out more.
F July 8 Didn’t vomit – night 2! Thank GOD! However, I’m pretty sure the doctors think I’m wacko! She also had a wonderful day at school for the first time in ….. I don’t know …. maybe weeks! To bad she was only there 1/2 the day.

Poor Treasure just isn’t feel like herself She…

Poor Treasure just isn’t feel like herself.
She was upset at school this afternoon and they couldn’t make her happy. Her teacher said she finally just picked her up and shortly Treas was asleep.
She’s hardly touching her food, she eats a little here and a little there.
Treasure wants to be held almost all the time, which she’s always been snuggley but never this snuggley. She gets up, walks around, plays a little, then goes back to bed. She lays down for a while, then she’s up, walks around, plays a little and back to bed. Around and around it goes.

ER Hell

Sunday, July 3rd 2011

Oh Joy! The ER.
Treasure had a vomiting spell at 1am – I should say 2 vomiting spells. Meds are NOT doing any good.
In the morning she woke up and just wasn’t herself.
I finally gave in and went out to get her Wendy’s french fries – she’s had Wendy’s fries during the day both nights she hasn’t vomited – I was desperate, but I was too late.
I handed her a few fries on the way home, she just ripped them up, she didn’t feel like eating.
Then as we were passing the high school I heard vomiting, I looked in the rear view to find Treasure slumped over vomiting, eye’s closed, unconscious – still vomiting.
I yelled her name – nothing.
I swerved the truck to the side of the road, Treasures head rolled to the side and her eye’s half opened. I was about 2 minutes from home and I couldn’t do anything there so I hit the gas, ran a light -it wasn’t solid …yet… and got us home as fast as possible. Treas started to come to before we got home and said “ICK” lol I handed her a towel and told her we’d be home very soon.
I gave her a bath, she was hardly able to keep herself upright, I laid her on the couch were she took a little nap before we headed into the ER – that was hell.
They got us in there quick enough – about 1/2 hour – I was thankful, the ER was PACKED!
They started an IV, took a ton of blood, did a CT scan, then we waited FOREVER and finally they came in to tell us – “We can’t find anything wrong.”
Well, I guess that’s good news since the only things they were looking for were life threatening.
Today Treasure eat constantly – I’m hoping for the best – expecting the worse. *sigh*

Small French Fries Small French Fries Potatoes Vegetable…

Small French Fries

Small French Fries
Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (contains one or more of the following oils: canola, soybean, cottonseed, sunflower, corn), Dextrose, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate (to maintain natural color). Cooked in Vegetable Oil (soybean oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, natural flavor [vegetable], citric acid [preservative], dimethylpolysiloxane [anti-foaming agent]). Cooked in the same oil as menu items that contain Wheat, Egg, Milk, and Fish (where available). Seasoned with Sea Salt.
Ketchup
Tomato Concentrate (made from red ripe tomatoes), Distilled Vinegar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup, Salt, Spice, Onion Powder, Natural Flavoring.
A Word about Trans Fats
In August 2006, Wendy’s switched to an in-store cooking oil containing 0 grams of trans fats which significantly reduced the amount of trans fats in its French fries. This meant Wendy’s was not adding trans fats during the cooking process in our restaurant kitchens.
Additionally, Wendy’s directed its French fry suppliers to create a blend of oils with 0 grams trans fat to be used in the plants that prepare Wendy’s French fries. By 2008 all of Wendy’s French fry suppliers were using an oil blend containing 0 grams of trans fat in processing Wendy’s French fries.
As with all of Wendy’s food products, French fries are individually portioned and variations will exist from restaurant to restaurant. So that our customers can have confidence in our nutritional information, Wendy’s follows a rigorous testing process that follows the recommended procedures of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Samples are taken from Wendy’s suppliers across the country and sent to independent laboratories for analysis.
Wendy’s is proud of its legacy as an innovator in the restaurant industry and our efforts to remove trans fats from our food products are a continuation of that tradition.