Happy 4th Birthday to My Baby Girl!

Four years ago today, I was very worried that she would not be here and if she was here that she would be sick and very small. But Erynn Rowan Harper Perry at 5 weeks early came out fine and with no problems. She has grown like a weed since and I love her more each day. She is what keeps me going through all of the pain and I am so happy that she decided to be a part of my life. I learn new things everyday and she brings such laughter and joy to all who meet her. I can only hope to grow from her example.

Happy Birthday Baby!

Updates and Meal Planning

Neurologist says I am NORMAL! I just can't stop laughing. The MRI was good, no signs of MS which I am very happy about. The seven vials of blood only found a low vitamin D number. So I am now still taking Lyrica at an increased dose and 4000 units a day of Vitamin D. I have done some reading and it does appear that there is an association between gallbladder removal (last year's joy) and vitamin D deficiency. So I am praying constantly that the vitamin D will work. Meanwhile, I have gone on a meal planning kick. For the last 4 or 5 weeks I have been planning out our meals on the weekend for the following week. So I am now going through all of my cook books and finding new things to do. This week we are doing meals from my heart healthy cookbook. If you have read through my blog you know that Scott's dad passed due to heart issues and my own father also has such issues. So heart healthy is good for all of us. This week we will be having halibut, catfish, chicken lasagna rollups, beef burgundy and stroganoff. Looking forward to it!

MRI - Major Risky Invention

I have been behind on updating because nothing has really changed and we have had DSL issues. Dr Countes, my neurologist, stuck steroid shots straight into the right side of my head, took 7 vials of blood from me and set up an MRI. She is determined to find out the problem. She wants to eliminate MS and other things. She thinks it could be possible that I had a major allergic reaction that cause inflammation in large a nerve in my head. However, all the steroids did were give me a major headache.

I went through the MRI today. You have to understand that I am extremely claustrophobic, especially around my head. I have had to leave a facial before because they put something on my face that I was not prepared for. So I asked for an open MRI. Well, that seems to mean just a smaller tube. I had to practice my meditation before I went. The nice man who looked like Lewis Grizzard was very friendly when he put the large headphones on me and then pushed the cage down over my head. He did let me listen to a little country music which was hard to hear over the clang clang of the MRI machine. And he gave me a mirror that sat on the cage so I can fake myself into believing that I could see out and find my hands. I breathed very deeply and with the panic button in my hand counted how many songs it would take to finish the procedure.
It went by faster than I expected but I was super happy when it was over. The worst part honestly was the nausea feeling I had for over 30 minutes after the procedure that made me want to throw up. I think it was that dye they put into me.

Well, I go back to Dr. Countes next Thursday so we will see what she learned from the vampiric amount of blood she took and this MRI fun! Will let you know.