Day 707

      I have good news this week!  Katie finished taking her high dose steroids earlier in the week, which usually means hyperglycemia episodes in the days that follow, but not this time!  Yeah!  It took 6 months of trial and error, and 2 Endocrinologists, but I think we finally have it under control.  This last medication we added (Proglycem) seems to have made the difference (along with the daily steroids, bedtime snack, 2 tsps. of corn starch, and a 3 am snack).  We are glad!
     Katie has been having some troubles with her bladder bothering her, for the last 4 weeks, and the doctors can't quite figure out what that is (I have taken her in once a week for 4 weeks).  But other than that, things are going good for Katie. 
     I am going to keep this short, because there is no school today, and so we are going to make the most of our day.  Unfortunately Scott has to work, but Katie, Conner, and I have big plans for the day (swimming and going to Peter Piper Pizza for lunch and games).  Scott's dad is doing well, the pathology report came back and there is no need for any further treatment.  What a blessing!  Scott's mom goes in to get her hip replaced on the 10th.
     This week I have been reminded in several ways of the following quote.  I don't know who said it, or where it came from, but I find it to be very true.... "You don't have to look very far to find someone who has suffered, or is suffering, much more than you."  I have been feeling very overwhelmed, until I stopped "looking down," and started looking around... Actually, I still feel overwhelmed, but I recognize that there are other people who have suffered, or are suffering, much more than me... So, time to pick myself up off the ground, count my blessings, and move on.