Appointments...

Okay...since I am still having pain/nausea, my doc is sending me on. I have a HIDA scan on Tuesday the 7th and see the GI doc on Thursday the 9th. A little longer wait than we had hoped for, but we'll take what we can get. At least the meds are working and keeping me comfortable. I actually worked a full day today...1st day in a week!! I'm praying that the HIDA scan results are blatenlty obvious for what is wrong.

Confused...

So it has been a rough week around here. In addition to the stomach thing, I have been sick all week. I had this "attack" (for lack of a better word) 2 weeks ago with LOTS of stomach pain through the night and then again on Monday night. My MD is thinking it is my gall bladder, but so far the tests are coming back negative. (Ultrasound yesterday and CT scan today.) I've been having pain on the right side under my ribs all week and the worst nausea ever...even worse than morning sickness. So...we're taking a wait and see approach. I am armed with good meds to get me through the weekend and plenty of bland, tummy friendly foods. If I'm not better by Monday, I'll get another gall bladder test. So...I covet any prayers that this just goes away and never comes back!!

A rough 24 hours

So...all 3 of us caught a stomach bug. YUCK! It's been a long time since we've been sick...all 3 of us together. It was almost comical this morning. All 3 of us on the couch sleeping, sipping white soda and watching Ice Age 2. Comical because most of the "bad stuff" happened through the night and we were just feeling after effects this morning.

As I type this, Lance & I have caffeine withdraw headaches, but other than that we are on the mend. Jordan is fine and actually slept more last night than the parents in the house.

I'm glad for the warm weather we had today so we could open the windows and air out the house. Felt "germy" in here. YUCK!

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Couldn't come up with a title for this post...just wanted to update for those reading out of state.

I've kept an eye on our adoption agency's website and to date five families that have profiles on the site have gotten their babies. All 5 families are in the original group of 10-15 that put their profile on the web when it was made available in September. This gives me a little more hope that we'll get a baby too.

Lance is officially registered for his CPE this summer. It is going to be a crazy summer. He will work 8-5 for 4 days a week. This makes childcare challenging as I work 3 days a week and he is only off one of the days I work. He also has to work two nights a month 4-midnight and two nights a month midnight-8am. We have been blessed with wonderful neighbors that are teachers, have the summer off and have girls Jordan's age. I am super thankful that they will be helping us with her this summer!!

I am excited for the home schooling convention we are attending in April. We are researching a new curriculum for Jordan and are very interested in one that is computer based! We'll see it first hand at the convention and decide then.

My work situation has calmed down and I have settled into a life of mostly pediatrics with 1-3 adults per week. I am enjoying the slower pace and independence I get from being self-employed. The babies I work with are a joy and they are all hitting some big milestones right now. Must be the spring air!!!

We are traveling to our new conference mid-April so Lance can sit in front of the DCOM and continue his certification process. I am excited that Jordan & I get to go along and bask in the sun for a day. Some much needed time away...even if we will only be gone for 3 days. :)

So...that's what is new here. Thought I should post an update. The summer trips to our home state...or anywhere for that matter...will be few with the CPE thing going on. We welcome visitors any time!!!

Buttons popping...

Last night Lance was inducted into Theta Phi at a nice dinner at a local country club. We really didn't know how he got nominated and during the ceremony this was explained. They take the top some percent of students with the highest grades and then the list is given to faculty to pick the new members of the honor society. My buttons popped as Lance was given his certificate!!

The evening was nice. We met a new couple, got reaquainted with some friends and enjoyed a good dinner. The speaker of the evening was well versed in John Wesley and spoke well. OKAY...at one point I almost busted out laughing...I didn't understand much of what he said. TOO FUNNY! I felt as though I was in a different dimension or something. One bullet for his talk says, "Epistemic Humility as an Intellectual Virtue". HUH!?!? The good thing is that all of this education Lance is getting here has helped because he understood everything!

All in all we had a great night and I am so proud of my hubby! Way to go, Lance!

Winter Fun

Jordan is finishing Upward w/ her last game tonight. She is playing better each year and this year we saw some real "game face" and aggression come out...something that was needed with the teams this year! (They added 7th & 8th grade and she is on a 6th-8th grade team)

The other picture is from the couples' retreat. We had a really good time and had fun connecting with each other and friends.

In case you've been following...

Just an update in case anyone was wondering how things are going w/ the home health agency. Lance & I met with the manager in our office here. She was unaware that ALL of our patients had been taken away & never meant for that to happen. (Significant kinks in the communication from the top down.) Problem is...we've already made adjustments to our schedules for how things would go without this position. We left it that we would handle all patients in our town here and I would continue to cover nearby as able. (That means 3-4 patients per week instead of the usual 6-8.) In the meantime, I've picked up 3 more kids and that is great!!

I feel okay with our ultimate decision. I just need to be strong and say no when I can't handle any more visits. Thanks for the support and prayers during this unusual time.