So much to talk about and two minutes in which to do so....
My cousin, CJ, did another 180. It's been so completely surreal. One moment she wasn't expected to make it and her family had to schedule a care meeting to discuss what to do. Give her more time or say goodbye. CJ's mom pushed for another MRI the morning of the care meeting. The EEG taken the night before the care meeting coupled with some pupil testing at the same time made the neurologists' decision about 90% determined. The MRI....the doc said that if hadn't known it was CJ's scan, he would have thought it was done on a healthy human being. No brain damage, no white spots. It was decided that CJ just needs time for her body to get it all figured out. They put in a trach and a feeding tube and weaned her off the vent. She's back to breathing almost 100% on her own and has short periods of wakefulness.
Regarding JC's kidney transplant....over Thanksgiving JC and JB came to visit for a week. JB is almost decided that she's not going to do the donation because her creatine clearance is pretty low and if she does do it, she could go into kidney failure in 20-30 years. She's not had kids yet and she's not sure she's OK with the risks. The creatine clearance is determined on age, weight and amount of proteins (some crazy formula) and her clearance could float higher the longer she loses weight and keeps if off. JB has to have a colonoscopy and another CAT scan because they found something in her colon, so I'm guessing she'll wait until those results are in before she makes a final decision. Should she choose to not do it, then I'm sure JC will be calling me to get my testing scheduled.
Getting a bit worried about the mad hatter. Every morning she says her stomach hurts and sometimes in the evening. She's eating normal amounts and is drinking the same. BM's seem to be pretty normal and consistant. Sleep and activity patterns are consistent with her age. We'll have to take apple juice out of her diet again. And I'm wondering if she just has a nervous stomach. These started when she started Kindergarten. She went a couple weeks without mentioning once that her stomach hurt and then it started up again. And she's been saying that she doesn't want to go to school. But once she gets there she has a great time and enjoys all her friends.
Chunky tried to break his nose over Thanksgiving. He was playing ball with the mad hatter and my nephew P. Chunky leaped to catch the ball and instead caught the toy box with the bridge of his nose. Swelled up and turned purple right away. There wasn't any blood and he was rubbing, poking, picking at his nose and wasn't bellering in pain, so we opted to watch it and if he started hollering and we couldn't touch his nose, then we'd take him in. It bruised up pretty good and the swelling went down and his nose is still cute, pert and straight.
Soldier and I did a 5k Thanksgiving morning. It was my first ever!!! Back in my early 20's I picked up running with my best friend. I ran religiously every day and guessed each run was about 3 miles. I felt and looked great. Here it is 14 years later and I'm trying to pick it back up. I get to the gym 3-5 times a week. If I get there 3 times a week, it's for the 30 minutes personal training sessions and no cardio. If I go more than 3 times, those days are cardio and some free weights. I'm excited that I ran the entire 5k and did it in just over 40 minutes. I totally can't wait for Spring to do more. There is one tomorrow, but it's like 30 degrees out and I'm not OK running in that. 45 degree weather is one thing.
