Health Issues'

Well, I've had some health issues the last few months. For one, I've gained almost 25 lbs in the last 6 months which is SO NOT COOL!!!!! I have been Soooooooooo tired, all I want to do is sleep... I've been diganosed (a while ago) with hypothroidism which makes you tired and then I'm pretty anemic also, which also makes you tired!!! And I have not been working the past few weeks, home health care is so unstable.. assignments want you, then they don't then they close etc... so I have not been working, I actually have more energy when I work, I think I feel more productive like I'm actually contrubuting to society in some strange way like home schooling 4 VERY active children isn't constructive enough. Well, I had my one year bone scan and CT scan and they picked up some unusually activity with my liver. At first I thought the cancer had come back and spread to my liver!!!! Which it did'nt my oncologist called me personally and told me there were "spot's" on my liver, but no cancer detected!! Thank God.. but what the heck were spots doing there, and how can I remove them!!! My liver enzymes were out of this world too, also putting me at great discomfort. I finally got in to see my primary care DR. this past Mon. and he was getting ready to put me into the hospitial and he checked my liver enzymes right there on the spot, and they were totally normal!!!!!!! Strange huh? Yeah, I think so. So I have to go in another week and get them checked again, and see if they are still normal (let's hope so) but my primary care Dr. said I had "fatty deposit's" on my liver which I guess is pretty common with our obese society and gaining almost 25 lbs in 6 months can give a person a "fatty liver". So no cancer (Thank you JESUS) but now we have a fatty liver to deal with. I've been eating a lot of salad's latley. :)

More on the health situation later :)

Good night!!

Sports

With 4 children and 4 different interest's I'm so glad my church which is only 1 mile away has a program for them to be involved in, the boys play basketball, Selena Cheer's and Katie helps me at the concession stand :) WOO HOO!!!

Happy Birthday Baby Tristan!!!

I can't believe my little "baby" ( I picked him up from the hospitial as a newborn weighing just 6 lbs) turned 8 this past week!!!!

Wow Does time ever fly by!!

He's so precious, he wrote me a letter the next day and put it on my nightstand so I would see it when I got up "I love you mom, I had a good birthday yesterday" and he drew me a picture!!! What a sweetheart :)

My Baby!!!!

R.I.P SOCKS 1993-FEB. 08, 2008

My beloved Socks died last Sunday (well technically 2 Sunday's ago, and it's taken me some time, and courage to share this with the world. I had him for 14 years, he slept with me every night of our lives together, and I knew I had cancer before any Dr. ever told me because he would not leave my side (literally, he even followed me to the bathroom. This is the cat that came and layed in a tub with me while I had a 105 temp in my early 20's (you know how much cats like water). He woke up on Sunday and could not walk, this happend once before and I took him to the vet and he was ok for a few more months, this time it was worse and he kept going to the bathroom on himself, so I'd give him a bath and tenderly blow dry him and I knew it was time to put him down, so I called the MI humane society which gave me numbers of places that are open on Sunday's. I called the first one, and they said it would be an emergency charge of $89. through tears, I told them I could not afford it, and the tech talked to the vet and they said they would do it free of charge. So I loaded him up into the van in a towel and held him the entire drive. He stopped breathing about 10 min. before we got to the vet, so he died in my arms. AT least I did'nt have to put him down, he died naturally very peacefully, I was petting him the entire time.

I know pet owners will feel my sorrow that I am feeling, and he was a special little guy, like I said before he slept with me every night, every night I was in the hospitial with cancer he would meow and meow and drive everyone nuts at nights, because he missed me. I could write stories all day long about that baby kitty who brightened my life for all those years!! I hope he's in heaven waiting for me :). God dosen't say anything in the Bible about pets going to heaven when they die, but I know God loves me and knows how much I loved Socks.

I have more pictures of him, but they are on my lap-top and going to have to wait until I go to the library to upload them.

Happy Valentines Day!!!

To all the people that have a spouse out there, I hope you had a wonderful valentines day today, me being single I went out to dinner with a good girlfriend :).

I just wanted to say hello, I'm doing good and looking for work (again). Blessings to you tonight,

:) Shanda :)