Just Stuff!

November 13, 2011

This past two weeks has been very busy and very trying around here.  A couple of weeks ago Cymbre was just suffering constantly with terrible headaches.....almost at my wits end I said one more prayer and sat down to the computer to see what I could find regarding headaches in children and to see what information I could find out about the medicine her neurologist has perscribed.  This poor child has just endured and endured thru pain to be in school.  She's has priesthood blessings, her name is in several temples.  Constant prayer has been my companion for many weeks as we have tried different things, and looked for doctors who could help her.  When you have a migraine diagnosed in your eye and then have them in your head too....most doctors just assume that the one in the eye is the usual aura most people get before a regular migraine.  It has taken me FOREVER to finally find a doctor who says he isn't concerned about the eye....she has a team of specialists dealing with that.  He is just going to deal with the things going on in her head!!!!   FINALLY!!!   I have told them all along that what happens in her eye has only made the headaches she has had since she was 9 years old worse....they are not caused because her eye freaks out and goes black.  This doctor finally was willing to listen to me when I told him I wasn't going for the usual explanation.....I live with this child...I dry the tears....I deal with the frustration.  We briefly explained her eye injury....he then said he was going to leave that to the eye specialists and just deal with the headaches.  I also explained to him that the previous neurologist just decided she had seizures without even examining her, wanted to drug her daily, and lots of other things that I wasn't willing to do.  She doesn't have seizures....she has a rare eye injury which aggreviates a headache and makes the kid miserable.   SO, we had to go for tests.....MRI (structures of her brain, MRA-blood flow in her brain, EEG-brainwave tests to rule out seizures and epilepsy.....OK.  He didn't want all the extensive seizure ones the first doctor wanted.  Good thing, because we weren't going to do them.

SO, this photo from her MRI shows that she does have a brain, and it doesn't have anything there that isn't supposed to be there....no tumors, no white spots...totally normal!  HURRAH!!!

Thank goodness.....however, the medicine dosage he gave her doesn't do anything....he told us he would have to adjust it but we needed to do this testing before he could decide the best plan of action.  SO,

In total frustration, and hoping that Heavenly Father would guide me, I sat down at the computer.  I decided to google the medication he had perscribed....so I put the Zomig in the google slot.....well, up came Magnesium.....OK...I think the computer messed up....so I do it all again....AGAIN the magnesium article pops up.....AND then I get the warm tingly feeling that ALWAYS accompanies the Holy Ghost talking to me.  There was no denying what was happening....Heavenly Father must have know I was literally at the end of my rope! He gave me an answer.  Tears were running down my face as I read that people who have a shortage of magnesium in their bodies tend to suffer greatly from migraine headaches.  OK, so after I read the article, I tried to whole process again....this time the zomig information came up....NOTHING about magnesium.   Interesting....guess I only got one chance to read the thing.  Since then I have tried to find that article in other ways....I cannot find it.  Another testament to me that it comes from Heavenly Father.  It makes perfect sense to me that He finally answered our prayers as we have been praying and praying and praying about this issue for months.

I went to the store, got some magnesium and she's been taking it daily.  She has not been suffering with her headaches so much, and when she does get one....it isn't nearly as severe!

I have thought about this whole story repeatedly the last two weeks, and never do I think about it that the Spirit doesn't manifest itself with that warm tingly feeling.....

We are still going to the doctors because she will still need some type of medications to see if we can prevent the headaches altogether....but can you imagine....a simple vitamin has helped her so much.

I have known for a very long time that Heavenly Father hears and answers prayers.  I've had them answered immediately when my safety was concerned.  This time, however, it took much longer to get some sort of answer.....maybe we needed to find this doctor....maybe I just needed to worry to the point of desperation.....maybe I was finally willing to read what popped up on the computer...Maybe He just finally got tired of all the asking and decided to help....I don't know.  I just know that it happened.....there is no denying it.

I have also finished altering two bridemaid dresses for our dance studio directors wedding next weekend.  I did them as a gift to her, and the dance teachers that wear them.  The wedding will be beautiful.

Cooper will be substititing in some baby classes for Ms. Traci while she gets married and goes on her honeymoon.  A good solution for everyone as Cooper LOVES to teach the babies.

Guy is going on another business trip....something he seems to be doing more of lately....cross your fingers....who knows what will break while he's gone.

We had to replace the dishwasher this week.  It was 6 years old and was dying a miserable death....so for our almost 33rd anniversary, we bought a new dishwasher.  Isn't it the year for appliances?  Guy spent all day yesterday trying to get the thing installed before he left town, but there is still some leakage issues with the drain hose, but he thinks he fixed them on a temporary basis until he can get home and the longer hose arrives.  However, I do have a guy who can help me while Guy is gone if I need it.

This week will hopefully allow some time for dance costumes to be worked on.....I think I have all the parts, now I just need to do the remodeling, shortening, taking in, rhinestoning stuff to have them done.  Cymbre's needs a cumberbun made out of tulle.....I just SO excited to have to deal with all that tulle again......NOT!!

We are not going to Disneyworld for Christmas because we had to replace two water heaters, so I now have Christmas shopping to attend too....left most of what was needed in Utah already, but there were still some things for the parents over there that I needed to get.  Since I didn't finish it while I was over there because I was too busy playing with the babies.....my own fault, but I don't care.  Playing was too much fun!

The Texas medical board is investigating that neurologist that I reported for all kinds of legal violations.....guess that will take some time, but at least maybe she will not be able to just drug someone else's kid.....she isn't getting her hands on my kid ever again.

The girls have had some issues with a girl bullying them at the dance studio because they are better than she is....the teachers think the remarks like...showoff, of course she's perfect, she doesn't need to practice said in a not so friendly way are because of jealousy....so we think since the tap teacher talked to her that we might have situation sorted out.....what a mess....why can't they just get along....I told the girls they just have to keep being friendly no matter what she says.   It seems like there is always some kind of DRAMA at a studio.....I don't understand why it has to be that way.  At any rate, the teachers say our girls haven't done anything wrong, and they are now watching the other girl....she may loose her spot if she keeps it up.

Well, I think that about catches things up for this week.....I need some quiet time to just be me instead of doctors, headaches, tests.....this week.

Please keep Cymbre in your prayers and her doctors too....it can't possibly hurt.

Get out there and do something fun for someone...get a candy cane and hand it to the road workers....remember, they are likely someone's daddy!

Love you bunches.

Mom