Our young lady, Michaela is not been feeling well for a couple of weeks. I finally gave in and we took her into the doctor this afternoon, I know bad mom. They are running some tests, no strep that we know of, no Pneumonia, no sugar in urine or infection. They will run some more test tomorrow so we will see.
The biggest prayer request for her is that she has been losing weight, she has lost 8 pounds since they last saw her in September. She was already down from the Mono earlier in the year. Dr. Friesen was not happy with her. She matter of factly asked her if she was dieting or trying to lose weight. She told her and us NO, she even told me again after we left and when we were in the car. I know she is not eating a lot, but I didn't think is was that bad. She is giving her through Thanksgiving to put on some weight, so in 2 weeks she had better had gained some.
I am at a loss right now. I know there is some friend issues, 7th grade girls can be mean and tough. I did mention that to the Doctor, she wants to rule out the physical things first then we will move on the emotional stuff. Please pray for her to feel better and to eat what she is suppose too, in order to gain some weight. Never thought I would have to force her to eat, guess she doesn't take after me.
Thank you for your prayers, we appreciate them.
Love to all,
Lisa
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Monday, November 16, 2009
Friday, April 10, 2009
Here we go again!
Yikes! Just when I thought we were on the mend and things were going pretty good, we get a set back. I had to take Michaela in last night to the Doctors as she kept complaining of Left side pain. She has had it off and on, but of course, being mom of the year, I just blew it off. Well, Dr. Friesen, checked her out, she said it felt like the spleen was still a little enlarged. So off to Saint Elizabeth's for an Ultrasound. At this point she was convienced she was going to miss Easter and be admitted. The scan showed that yes it was still enlarged, but not other damage was present. Thank goodness. But she again has to back off the P.E. she is not real excited, and is worried about her softball season. I told her we would cross that road when we come to it.
She really just wants to be back to normal. Prayers for my beautiful daughter as she is struggling with several issues, from health to friends, as she is feeling like she is being left out of things with them. It is tough to watch her, as she tries so hard to keep up and tires easily. She wants so bad too just be included even if it is just watching.
Thank you all for your love and support.
Happy Easter to everyone! We will be enjoying time with family and loving every minute of it.
Love,
Lisa
She really just wants to be back to normal. Prayers for my beautiful daughter as she is struggling with several issues, from health to friends, as she is feeling like she is being left out of things with them. It is tough to watch her, as she tries so hard to keep up and tires easily. She wants so bad too just be included even if it is just watching.
Thank you all for your love and support.
Happy Easter to everyone! We will be enjoying time with family and loving every minute of it.
Love,
Lisa
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Just a little background into Michaela's illness!
Heard through the grapevine there was some confusion on how we came to the diagnosis of Mono. So here is the scoop!
Michaela started the week before just being extremely tired. I just blew it off, as it was that time of the month and such. Towards the end of the week, Thursday the 29th to be exact, she started complaining of terrible headaches. These lasted all weekend, even with tons of sleep. I took her in to see the doctor on Sunday afternoon, as they were worried about Meningitis, that "quick" test, does it hurt when you look way up or put your head to your chest was negative. Her throat was red but not strep, nose fine, ears fine, just told it was a the lovely "V" word. So we went home. Stopped at Hy-Vee to get a deli pizza for the Super Bowl. And saw our own Pediatrician, she asked what was up and said to call her Monday and let her know how she was doing.
Monday came, still had a headache, but I made her go to school, you know the thought, get with your friends and life will be fine. She made it to lunch and couldn't keep her head up. So Steve came and got her. Called the Doctor and of course the nurse didn't call me back until after our doctor was gone. I tell you want If I could have reached through the phone and slapped this woman I would have. Anyway, basically told to keep doing what we were doing and if it was just terrible she guessed we'd have to take her to the ER. We got through the night and I got her up on Tuesday to see how she was. By this time we are using the pain scale with her, her pain was an 8-8.5 on Tuesday morning, gave her Motrin and sent her back to bed. Called doctors office again, only to have to speak to a nurse again, our doctor doesn't work on Tuesday's. They called Steve at home and we made an appoint with our own doctor for Wednesday morning.
We all got up on Wednesday and she had a bad headache, gave her Motrin 1 hour before our appointment. By the time we saw Dr. Friesen she was still rating her pain as an 8 to an 8.5. They tested her for strep (Negative), checked her eyes to make sure it wasn't something with the nerves there. At this time we are thinking it is migraines, but after she saw her she said, I am not convinced it is, and didn't want to give her anything stronger without doing the MRI to check her brain and the blood vessels to make sure they were not enlarged or anything. She had the worst Lab Tech ever to draw her blood, bless her heart, she was a trooper, as it seemed like it took this girl 10 minutes to find the vein, mind you the whole time moving the needle around in her arm. I was at the point of telling her to just stop when she finally got it, poor thing, Michaela was a ball of sweat, I couldn't believe it. Needless to say, she was not excited about going for the MRI..
We were gotten right into Advanced Medical Imagining. They were awesome, Michaela was worried because she had to have an IV to do a Contrast scan of the head. But said she would to the IV any day compared to the blood draw. They told us we would have results by the afternoon or early the next day.
I called that afternoon and the nurse called me back. Her MRI was Negative which was great, but her blood test showed she had Mono. So doing what I swore I wouldn't do I went online to look it up and then called back several times to ask questions.
She has a note at school, that she is excused from PE until further notice, no contact sports and she can only attend 1/2 days if needed. She was better yesterday, a little more energy until about 7:00, we had walked to the park at her request and that was too much. She was in bed early last night, but didn't sleep as long this morning. We will see. They said to just let her sleep as much as she wants and to push fluids. In other words this is going to be a long haul and just be patient.
Thank you all for your concern and prayers, we can still use them, she is not out of the woods yet, she needs to be very careful to not injure herself, as her spleen is very vulnerable right now.
Also prayers for Marcus as he is showing signs of a bad cold and for my Great Niece Emily as she has was appears to be RSV and is on a Nebulizer.
Love to all.
Michaela started the week before just being extremely tired. I just blew it off, as it was that time of the month and such. Towards the end of the week, Thursday the 29th to be exact, she started complaining of terrible headaches. These lasted all weekend, even with tons of sleep. I took her in to see the doctor on Sunday afternoon, as they were worried about Meningitis, that "quick" test, does it hurt when you look way up or put your head to your chest was negative. Her throat was red but not strep, nose fine, ears fine, just told it was a the lovely "V" word. So we went home. Stopped at Hy-Vee to get a deli pizza for the Super Bowl. And saw our own Pediatrician, she asked what was up and said to call her Monday and let her know how she was doing.
Monday came, still had a headache, but I made her go to school, you know the thought, get with your friends and life will be fine. She made it to lunch and couldn't keep her head up. So Steve came and got her. Called the Doctor and of course the nurse didn't call me back until after our doctor was gone. I tell you want If I could have reached through the phone and slapped this woman I would have. Anyway, basically told to keep doing what we were doing and if it was just terrible she guessed we'd have to take her to the ER. We got through the night and I got her up on Tuesday to see how she was. By this time we are using the pain scale with her, her pain was an 8-8.5 on Tuesday morning, gave her Motrin and sent her back to bed. Called doctors office again, only to have to speak to a nurse again, our doctor doesn't work on Tuesday's. They called Steve at home and we made an appoint with our own doctor for Wednesday morning.
We all got up on Wednesday and she had a bad headache, gave her Motrin 1 hour before our appointment. By the time we saw Dr. Friesen she was still rating her pain as an 8 to an 8.5. They tested her for strep (Negative), checked her eyes to make sure it wasn't something with the nerves there. At this time we are thinking it is migraines, but after she saw her she said, I am not convinced it is, and didn't want to give her anything stronger without doing the MRI to check her brain and the blood vessels to make sure they were not enlarged or anything. She had the worst Lab Tech ever to draw her blood, bless her heart, she was a trooper, as it seemed like it took this girl 10 minutes to find the vein, mind you the whole time moving the needle around in her arm. I was at the point of telling her to just stop when she finally got it, poor thing, Michaela was a ball of sweat, I couldn't believe it. Needless to say, she was not excited about going for the MRI..
We were gotten right into Advanced Medical Imagining. They were awesome, Michaela was worried because she had to have an IV to do a Contrast scan of the head. But said she would to the IV any day compared to the blood draw. They told us we would have results by the afternoon or early the next day.
I called that afternoon and the nurse called me back. Her MRI was Negative which was great, but her blood test showed she had Mono. So doing what I swore I wouldn't do I went online to look it up and then called back several times to ask questions.
She has a note at school, that she is excused from PE until further notice, no contact sports and she can only attend 1/2 days if needed. She was better yesterday, a little more energy until about 7:00, we had walked to the park at her request and that was too much. She was in bed early last night, but didn't sleep as long this morning. We will see. They said to just let her sleep as much as she wants and to push fluids. In other words this is going to be a long haul and just be patient.
Thank you all for your concern and prayers, we can still use them, she is not out of the woods yet, she needs to be very careful to not injure herself, as her spleen is very vulnerable right now.
Also prayers for Marcus as he is showing signs of a bad cold and for my Great Niece Emily as she has was appears to be RSV and is on a Nebulizer.
Love to all.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Another Update
Just got off the phone with the doctors office, MRI was negative, which is good. But her blood work showed she has MONO. Which explains a lot, but doesn't help, because there is nothing they can do for it.
She is not going to be a happy camper as I am putting a nix on her friends birthday party tomorrow. I will keep her out of school tomorrow as that is our last day and let her rest up over the weekend. They did tell me they will write her a note for 1/2 days if needed and no contact sports in PE and to do what she can, but not to push her, if she needs sleep then let her sleep. Which is odd for my child who doesn't sleep much.
Keep praying that this cycles quickly and she gets some energy back soon.
Thanks all for thinking of us, we greatly appreciate it.
Love to all,
Lisa
She is not going to be a happy camper as I am putting a nix on her friends birthday party tomorrow. I will keep her out of school tomorrow as that is our last day and let her rest up over the weekend. They did tell me they will write her a note for 1/2 days if needed and no contact sports in PE and to do what she can, but not to push her, if she needs sleep then let her sleep. Which is odd for my child who doesn't sleep much.
Keep praying that this cycles quickly and she gets some energy back soon.
Thanks all for thinking of us, we greatly appreciate it.
Love to all,
Lisa
Update on Michaela
After a long morning at the doctors office an a lot of tears, I just dropped her off at Grandpa and Grandma's so I could go to work for the afternoon.
NO news is good news right? They are running a bunch of blood tests and she had an MRI of her head this morning. So for now we wait and see if anything shows up.
Praying for nothing to show up, and that they just go away!
Keep praying for us and her, give her some comfort and relief soon.
Lisa
NO news is good news right? They are running a bunch of blood tests and she had an MRI of her head this morning. So for now we wait and see if anything shows up.
Praying for nothing to show up, and that they just go away!
Keep praying for us and her, give her some comfort and relief soon.
Lisa
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Prayers for Michaela
Michaela has had a headache for the last 5 days & has missed a day and a half of school because of it. I am taking her to the Doctor again in the morning to see if we can find some answers.
Please pray that we find a cause, not that I want it to be anything, but would like to find her some relief so she can get back to school. I just wish I could take her pain away and help her more than just giving her Motrin every 4-6 hours.
I will post more tomorrow after we get home from the doctor and let you all know what we find out.
Thanks for your prayers.
Love,
Lisa
Please pray that we find a cause, not that I want it to be anything, but would like to find her some relief so she can get back to school. I just wish I could take her pain away and help her more than just giving her Motrin every 4-6 hours.
I will post more tomorrow after we get home from the doctor and let you all know what we find out.
Thanks for your prayers.
Love,
Lisa
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