Thursday

Today is Nick's last classroom day of Drivers Ed. He has to schedule 6 driving days and then he will be totally done. Jaime has and appointment today with the doctor. Nothing is really wrong but he has been experiencing extreme fatigue and he decided it was time to check it out. This will be his first time for him to go to the doctor alone. I have been reading a book about a man and his dogs titled: Rescuing Sprite A Dog Lover's Story Of Joy And Anguish by Mark R. Levin.
I came across a quote out of that book last night that I thought was very thought provoking.


"Five hundred years from now, none of us existed. The moral for me is that your family is the most important part of your life. It is your legacy and your immortality."

More Results

Ok, so after a very loooong and stressful weekend, I had more exams this morning. The diagnosis at this point is Colitis. Which is kinda funny because the very last thing the doctor said to me before the procedure was " Don't worry Mrs. Sanchez, Colitis isn't contagious". Hahahaha (As most of you already know, my husband has battled with Coltis for about 10 years now. Thankfully he has been in remission for a good while at this point.) I was started on a steroid and strange cholesterol medication. Two "suspicious" spots in the colon were biopsied and I see the doctor on the 4th of June for all the final results.

Some Results

The above picture is a Helicobacter pylor. This is what was found as a result of the upper GI that was performed last week. This requires a very strong regime of antibiotics (which will probably make me very ill). My first option is a no no because it contains penicillin, which I am highly allergic to. The second option contains tetracycline which is a no no for kidney patients. So.... do I want to go into respiratory or kidney failure. We have decided to go with option 2 and pray that things go well. I will take my first dose tonight. Three pills of a triple theropy antibiotic (Pylera) four times daily for tens days. Add to that the Omeprazole (2), Inderol (4), Lisinopril (1), Iron (10) ,B-12 (1), and the daily Multi vitamin (1) and that puts me up to 31 pills a day for the next 10 days:-( Oh well it could be ALOT worse....at least I'm not taking cancer drugs, I still have all my limbs, and my Kidneys are still going, I can see and hear, touch, taste and smell. I am one of the few in the world that can actually read, my HIDA scan said I had a 55% Gallbladder which means no operation....get the picture? Anyway please keep praying and know that I really do appreciate them.

Unexpected Blessings

I have been blessed in ways I never dreamed.....




I have a full day a testing scheduled for today.
This brought up an issue of whether or not to make our three smaller
children wait in the waiting room for hours on end.
A very special young lady has agreed to come to our house and sit with them.
(Although for some reason I don't think there will be much sitting being done)


Then, the doorbell rang....... it was my dear neighbor on the corner.
Doris, knowing that I have not been feeling well, would be gone most of the day and that a young lady was coming to watch the kiddos, brought us homemade beef soup with garlic bread
and two pies!! Chocolate and Apple!!!
She has been a great blessing to our family in many ways
and is always willing to help.

Happy Wednesday

More campout pictures???? click here Marina summed it up very nicely!!

Tuesday Updates

After a rough week I went for my Endoscopy yesterday. Everything turned out well just as I suspected it would. I do not have stomach pain!! I have constant right upper quadrant pain. Per insurance requirements I had to do the Endoscopy in order to advance to the next test. I am scheduled for a HIDA scan on Thursday as well as more extensive blood work (CBC,PT,PTT,INR comprehensive Profile,lipase,amylase, and Liver Profile). Then I am also scheduled for a lovely test on the 26th.

I was very sick on Sunday (dizzy, double vision, and weak). My blood work from last Friday shows that my Iron levels have basically bottomed out again. Thus all the symptoms on Sunday
:-( We must find out why my body is not absorbing the iron. My kidney function dropped 4% in less than 30 days. The doctor said IF it continues to drop at the same rate in 6 short months I will need a new kidney or dialysis. We are praying that if we can get my body to absorb the iron it will slow kidney decline.


Today has been a good day. I was able to get up and I made breakfast (apple pancakes) lunch (hot dogs) and dinner is cooking (beef stew). For me that is a tremendous feat.

Thanks to everyone who have kept me in your prayers through all of this.

For Grammie Kim

Kim,
This was taken yesterday at the church campout.
Alisa is one beautiful little lady. She makes you work
pretty hard for a smile though. (Heather is quite special
as well.)

Tehina

Nicholas wanted to try a new recipe.
Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
There is a very strange ingredient in this particular recipe called Tehini/Tehina.
The Tehina STINKS really bad.
The cookies are absolutely yummie!!!!!

^Finished cookies^

^ Stinky ingredient.^

Monday

Off to a busy week. Nicholas started driver's ed today. It is an early birthday present from my mom. His classes are Mon-Thurs from 4-6pm. Jaime and Christian are heading to South Carolina around 3am Wednesday morning. They are going to see a friend of Jaime's graduate from Marinne Corp boot camp. They will spend Wednesday and Thursday nights at a hotel. Then they will be heading home on Friday and should arrive Saturday morning. Our church camping trip is this weekend. We will only be attending on Friday. I have a doctors appointment Thursday and blood work scheduled for Friday morning. Well that is my week in a nut shell and that is not including the normal things and any unexpected effents. (Like taking Jaime to work in the morning so he can get some stuff done to his car.)

Yippie!!! We are getting a new grocery store. They are holding a job fair this weekend. I hope it is a nice store and a pleasant place to shop.