Life after pain pills...

The last few days have been rough, not because of the pain after surgery but because I have been trying to NOT take the pain pills. Of course it seems so easy to just STOP taking pain pills... but it was really difficult. I had gone into the ER on Saturday... So from Saturday until Thursday I had been on pain medicine (IV or Pills) like every 4-10 hours. Thursday I decided I was done with pain pills and wanted to just take Advil and move on... about 20 hours after my last pill the withdraws started. I thought I was going crazy and could not figure out why. I hurt but not bad, I felt nauseous but not to the point of throwing up, I felt antsy but for no real reason and I had some uncontrollable internal shakes. It took a minute but I figured out why I was feeling weird, then the worry started. How was I suppose to get off these crazy ADDICTING things? Good thing My Mom and Gavin were here and knew what to do... so I have had to slowly taper off the narcotics. I haven't had any pain meds besides Advil since 730 last night and I finally can sort of feel a sense of normalness coming back to me... hahahaha, Its like I am starting to start feeling not medicine heady again. I cant wait to have my life back! I miss it... let me tell you it is nice being waited on, but only for a few days and when you are really feeling bad. Now, it just seems to be a big burden to have to ask for help with something, not that it is annoying anyone to help (that I know of) but I just have never really liked to have help and now it is slightly embarrassing for me to have to continually ask for it.
Thanks for all your prayers! I will be back soon with my regular posting life!
In the Meantime, My wonderful HUBBY has been working really hard on my Website, you should head over and check it out! DESIGNSBYSPLAT

** another crazy thing, I have been watching a TON of movies lately... Did you know that Ellen Travolta (John's sister) was in Grease? I never knew he had a sister... I guess reading all the info that scrolls up after a movie is a lazy persons torture when they do not want to get up and get the remote.

Pain Pills = NIGHTMARES

Last night was so far the worst night I have had!
I tried to not take many pain pills yesterday even though I found out my incision is infected and I got put on antibiotics... I still prefer not to take too many pain pills because they make me feel awful. Last night I got ready for bed and took a Vicodin and some anti-nausea medicine and got in bed and started watching Hitch. I kept trying to crash out but every time I would close my eyes and get comfy I would jump out of my skin thinking I could feel someone watching me. That is an awful feeling if you have never felt it. Then when I would finally fall into some sort of sleep I would have the worst nightmares EVER! This happened all night until finally I decided I was NOT going to sleep until the medicine was out of my system. I have never in my life had nightmares like these. I am a pretty creative thinker and I have often thought that is why I have so many vivid dreams but when these regular dreams turn into nightmares they get really detailed and scary. One of my dreams last night went like this: I was driving my friends sports car, it was yellow and you had to attach the stirring wheel to drive the car. I was getting into her car in front of some store and could not get the car to start so I decided to get out and walk to where ever I was going. I got out of the car and had my hands full with bags and a leash with a dog attached (it wasn't Tessa though) and I started walking. Then I heard this awful noise and turned around and looked back and there was an airplane falling from the sky about 50 feet away from me. I started walking backwards to be farther away from the crash and just stood there watching it. As the plane got closer to the ground I could tell it wasn't going to just be a plane crash... I dropped everything but the leash and started running. I ran and ran and ran and could hear the plane crash as I was jumping to the ground to cover my head. I landed next to some other people and we were all holding hands as the sky lite up. After the plane hit a million bombs went off and people were screaming and it was so loud. I think I jump 20 feet out of the bed when I finally woke up... It was so real and scary as a dream and HURT my sore tummy so bad when I jumped up out of bed flipping out.
At 730 this morning I had to go see my surgeon for a incision check since it is infected and I have had a fever and a nasty red ring around it... thankfully the antibiotic has worked wonders after 1 dose! I told him I was having some awful dreams and he said it was for sure the pain pills and prescribed me something different., thank goodness... maybe NOW I can sleep!
I am feeling maybe an itty bitty bit better... My stomach is still swollen and sore but the red ring is almost completely gone and all my nasty bruises from all the iv's and blood work are fading fast! I still have not been able to eat much but so far with the little I have eaten I have not gotten sick from it! YAY!
I cant wait to be back on my feet and feeling good again! After 7+weeks feeling bad has turned into a NASTY burden!
Again thanks for all your support! I have gotten some gorgeous flowers, fun phone calls, dinners, cards and my neighbors kiddos made me some banana bread! The one nice part about having surgery... I have gotten a little spoiled by the extra love! heeheehahaha!

Home again, Home again.... Giggity Gig

Surgery went well on Monday... it was about 2 hours long and the doctor just did 1 incision through my belly button to take my gallbladder out. He said the ducts in my gallbladder would narrow during an attack which out make me hurt and sick... I came home yesterday with my pain pills and nausea pills and have been trying to take it easy. Walking and getting up is NO fun and I cant not lay flat so the lazy boy has been a dream! I look about 8 months pregnant with all the swelling in my belly button area.
I had a girlfriend bring dinner over last night which was so wonderfully helpful! I also have an amazing mom that has had Travis since I went to the ER on Saturday and will have him until I can handle (hold) him again!
Thats the news so far!
Thanks a TON for all your prayers, they are greatly appreciated!
xoxox

Surgery Today

I am going to make a potentially LONG post short for you guys!
I was really having a bad Saturday with stomach pains and called my dr on the after hours line.
he suggested I head to the ER and get checked out. That is exactly what I did... and by 11pm Saturday night I was admitted into the hospital for more testing.
I have had 2x-rays, 1 sonogram, 1 cat scan, and endoscopy and another hida scan.. what. and from the results from the tests are showing , gallbladder is only functioning at 40% from the 99% it was at my last set of testings... So, the booger is coming out!
The surgeon came in at 1015am this morning and told me I would be getting it out by 2 pm today.
So, I am sitting here waiting to be prepped!

I have some very humorous stories to tell about some AWFUL experiences I have had here... 1 great run-in with an awful nurse, how it took 3 nurses 8 times to get an IV in my arm, and how I cursed about being a pin cushion after they had to remove one IV and start another... oh the joys of being on pain meds and not knowing what you are talking about!! I will blog all about it when I start feeling better after surgery!

Thanks for all the support you guys have given me through this long 7 weeks of testing!
I have to say... the calls and visits while I have been here have really made this experience so much better!!!

A twist on the issues...

This is just a quick info post... not too detailed!
So this while time the gastro doc was telling me I was having gallbladder issues...
He did a ton of tests and wanted me to go see a surgeon.
I did NOT go to the surgeon he recommended but to one that recently did surgery on a best girlfriend of mine... he looked over all of my info for the gastro doc and was floored.
Of course I am having digestive issues, but they do NOT all lead to my gallbladder, in fact only a few of things are similar to what a patient with gallbladder issues would have. He looked through all of the tests I had done and was shocked at the lack of info the doc got from me... The gastro guy had my issues written down, test results BUT not what I thought he had. The surgeon told me that his was a classic case of a doctor passing the patient off because they have no idea what is wrong and are too busy to figure it out. He said when specialized doctors build their practices up and have a TON of patients they forget the real reason they became doctors in the first place. So, there for my Gastro doc BLEW me off to just have a surgery I would not need. If I would have gone to the other surgeon who my gastro doc works with on a daily basis, there is no telling what would I have happened... I could have 1 less organ for no reason. The Surgeon is getting me a name of a new Gastro Doc that he has worked personally with and has told me that if he still will not try and find an answer that he will himself. He was a true God Send!

I am calling tomorrow to get an appoinment with the new Gastro doc for a second opinion and also an allergy doc to get a food allergy test.
In the meantime I am taking stomach cramp meds, reflux meds and some fiber pills.
I am going to try and eat only nice green foods, low preservative things and see if maybe I can clear this up??? Anything is worth a try, right?

I'll keep ya posted!

Gallbladder News

My test results came back from the HIDA scan and my gallbladder functions at 99%... thats great BUT they see some abnormalities in my bile ducts. I have no clue what that means, but I am suppose to get a consultation with a surgeon tomorrow. So, I will probably be getting my gallbladder out soon.

Hopefully this is the FIX I am needing to be back to my normal self again!
FINGERS CROSSED!

HIDA... What?

Today I had a HIDA scan for my gallbladder...

( Is this the answer they need? Who knows!!!!)

A hepatobiliary iminodiacetic acid (HIDA) scan helps evaluate the function of the gallbladder and the bile ducts. Doctors may also refer to this procedure as cholescintigraphy.

In preparation for a HIDA scan, a dye or other chemical (radioactive tracer) is injected into your vein. The tracer travels to your liver and then into the bile ducts. A special scanner placed over your abdomen tracks the movement of the tracer through your biliary tract and makes images of the liver, gallbladder and bile ducts.

A HIDA scan is used to diagnose:

• Obstruction of the bile ducts, such as due to gallstones or rarely, tumors
• Diseases of the gallbladder
• Bile leaks

It was the strangest test I have ever had done...
I got there and immediately got an IV just stuck on my rm, nothing was put in it yet. I laid on a flat table with a thing that looked like a flat x-ray machine over my abdominal area and a video screen in front of my face. Then they injected the dye into my IV. I was so strange, I could immediately see little star looking things all over the video screen in front of me. The the lady in charge told me all the places where my organs were and that the bright dots would all gather in my liver. I had to sit there for an hour and let the dots all gather in my liver... this was to simulate the bile in my liver that goes into my gallbladder. Then after an hour they gave me an IV drip with this chemical that would simulate that I had just eaten something and my gallbladder would have to go to work. I had to sit and wait for another 30 minutes while constant images were taken of what my gallbladder would do with this chemical. It was suppose to contract and sent the "bile" out into my intestines. I could watch all of this happen on the screen but really had NO clue what was going on. At the end of the 30 minutes the dye was all in my gallbladder, stomach and intestines. It looked like I had millions of little bright stars floating through my digestive track... really cool, but extremely nauseating!

About 3 hours later I was finished and ready to head home!

I have no clue when the results will be in, I am so hoping nad praying it will be soon and have some sort of result...
I am so sick of hearing " all looks good, who knows what is causing your issues??"

I of course do not want BAD news I just want SOME news!

I will keep ya posted!

Self Challenge!

Self Magazine is doing a Fitness/Wellness Challenge!
(it's FREE!)

A friend of mine did it last time they had one and LOVED the meal plan they give.. she said it is do-able and really helped change her life as far as learning to eat the RIGHT things!

I checked it out and it really looks like it is a great plan.
I added the food section to my InnerHealthNutt site

Its worth checking out!

A little over a month left...

It is crazy to think that the half marathon is in little over a month... like as in 1 month and 5 days!
WOW!
Training for this run has been pretty crazy so far...
I have gone from being so excited and pumped to nervous and feeling a bit defeated.
After Sasha passed I kinda lost it a bit in many ways... including putting training on hold for a while.
This was not too terrible for my running but has put some strain on my health.
Unfortunetly when I get really depressed I get a major eating disorder... not the kind that keeps your from eating. The kind that is eating to make you hurt less.
I have always been an emotional over eater and this did not help with my issues... It has made me gain unwanted weight that I worked so hard to get off and the weight gain has made me feel awful!
Because I am training for this run and can not start a full on diet like South Beach because I for sure need the carbs to work out and run... I have decided to attempt a HUGE lifestyle change.
I started my endeavor last week and have done really good on my step 1.
My life style change is this...
Eat Healthy and do NOT over eat!
Last Monday I started making Smoothies that contain veggies and fruits.
This has been so fun and for sure a learning experience...
Thanks to all the friends and family that have tried the crazy new flavors or smoothies Yummy or not :)
Starting tomorrow I will stop snacking on junk ... I wouldn't say I snack on things that are BAD for me... just snacking in general is something I need to STOP doing all together!
I figure after a week of adding more fruits and veggies my body is not going to be in complete shock when I stop eating so many carbs. I am still going to eat carbs of course... just better ones. Whole grain breads and crackers, replacing the bad with way better.
My goal is to not feel like I am running with not needed extra weight when it comes to race day!

Now back to the race!
I am getting really excited the closer it gets.
I plan on crossing the finish line on May 18th with a HUGE sense of accomplishment...
raising money for a wonderful cause and training with a wonderful friend has just been so awesome and will be so great to celebrate it all after it is all over!

I have raised $1224 and need just $576 more to reach my goal!
Any help would be wonderful!

I cant believe I have come this far and yet still have so much more to travel!

The Truth About Carbs...

I get a ton of nutrition emails daily... Yea, I am kind of obsessed with knowing as much as I can about nutrition. I have found its a good and bad thing! HA! There was an amazing and very interesting article about Cards... and how they are all different! Seems like common sense, huh? This article did a great job explaining which ones are good to eat and promote weight loss! YAY, maybe someone finally figured it out, HA! Check it out HERE!

Team In Training!

Along with my some girlfriends I have decided to take on a new venture!
With the help of Teamin Training we are all going to run a 1/2 marathon and on top of that save money to help stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma from taking more lives.

I am so excited about this process! I have always wanted to be someone that can run in marathons. It really has been a dream of mine and now one of my dreams will come true. I start training on Feb.8th and my race is on May 18th here in Dallas! I will be posting updates and my progress throughout my training... and hopefully some pictures as well!

Raising money for blood cancers is something different entirely. I am thankful that I have never been closely impacted by blood cancers. I have known a few people who have been affected and done sites for families that have children who have cancer or have beat it! This is where I want to step in, there is not one mother, father, wife, husband, sister, brother, aunt, uncle, friend, that should have to feel the pain of seeing a loved one suffer... or suffer themselves!
We can make a difference!

Please help me raise some money for a cure!
Here is a link to my site for Team in Training.

Every little bit helps!

xoxoxo

Surgery Day...

Today was "TUBES" day!

The alarm beeped... well more like blared at 5am this morning, I jumped out of bed and immediately started getting everything ready.
Gavin adn I got all dressed and ready, had everything in the car and just grabbed Travis out of bed and threw him in the car... He of course woke up immediately and wondered what in the world was going on, but was wonderful!
It took us about 15 minutes to get to the surgery center, not to bad... but I tell you, people that are out at 540 in the morning drive like crazy people!
We got to the hospital and registered, waited for about 20 minutes total and were in our little room .
The nurse came in and took Trav's stats and put bands on us... linking us all together!
Before Travis could even get his cool hospital PJ's on the anesthesiologist was already in the room introducing himself. He had called last night to give me the play by play which calmed me down more then he would ever know!
He was so kind and Travis immediately liked him.
He payed more attention to Travis then to us and told Travis that he was going to bring him a red wagon to play in in a few minutes.

Gigi and I got Travis dressed in his yellow pjs and went about our business before the anesthesiologist came back with the wagon and hung out with Travis for a few minutes...
Travis was not the biggest fan of the wagon but did take a little stroll down the hall way and back.

I had to get a few pictures of Travis with Daddy and Mommy just for future memories!

My eyes were so puffy from crying the night before and being up so early. I have to say I did sleep very well though. I had a KIND friend that I met through designing blogs email me with some kind words and prayer ideas and it just seemed to calm my nerves even more. Man, she was really placed in my life for a reason.

Then there is a picture with Gigi walking down the hallway before Travis went back for surgery.

Travis LOVED the tv in the room...He thought it was the coolest thing ever!

So, after about 20 minutes of hanging out and waiting for the doc /surgeon to get in The anesthesiologist came back to get Travis and they went walking through the hallways.
Travis was loving him so much that he said he was just going to head back to the operating room.
Here is my favorite picture.
Travis walking down the hallway with the surgeon, the anesthesiologist (holding his hand with night-night) and the operating room nurse.

He was such a brave boy!

They told me he was so awesome, they walked right into the operating room, he sat in the anesthesiologist's lap and pretending to blow up balloons that were filled with the sleeping gas.
The Doc said Travis never once looked back or asked for us.. HE IS TOO BIG!
They just did tubes! YAY! The doc said his adenoids were looking great so there was no need to remove them!
The hardest part for me was afterward when they let us see Travis when he woke up from being put under. He was disoriented and confused... and ANGRY! He was kicking and screaming and crying and acting like a bucking bronco. It was rough tot hold onto him, but I knew he was safe and that was all that mattered. We waited for about 15 minutes and were able to leave. Travis was upset until we got in the car. When he was strapped into his seat he chilled and relaxed with night-night and his sippy cup.

We got home, he ate some pudding and a banana and was back to his old self!

This picture was taken less the an hour after surgery and he was sweeping the living room floor!

He took a nap, not a long one and woke up almost 100%!
It was an awesome experience... I loved every doctor, every nurse!
It could not have gone better!

I Thank the LORD for making this so easy for Travis!

I have to say THANK YOU for all the prayers!
Thanks for calling and emailing!
I had some dear friends come by with balloons for Travis , I was sad that we were both napping at the time and I didn't get to see them... My mom answered the door.

I really love all the support I have gotten from everyone! I have the BEST friends (here and in cyber space)

I hit it...

I have hit my breaking point!
I didn't think it would happen so soon, but to look back on all that has happened... I have lasted a long time! I think the major issues with Travis started about 4 months ago when he had double ear infections that never cleared up. He was really sick for about a month, had a week break and then had another set of double infections. During those first and second sessions with infections we found out Travis was allergic to penicillin, due to his first of now 2 allergic reactions to antibiotics. Since he had a bad reaction we took him off the meds and let the infections try to clear up n there own.. They never did. We were back at the doctor within 10 days and back on another antibiotic. Zithromax, is the only one the doc would give him since he never has a bad reaction. After the antibiotic had a chance to work... Travis was still not 100%. Back to the doctor we went. He said his ears were still pink but not flaming with infection so he wanted to try and not start another dose since kiddos can get immune to antibiotics if you use them over and over. They came back and this time with a bad fever. Back to the doc we went.. back on an antibiotic, this time we re-tried Omnicef and Travis had another bad reaction. Horrible stomach cramps and horrible poop-splosions on top of a high fever and ear aches. So, we were off of the antibiotic again, and back to the doctor again. Another does of Zithromax proved he was getting immune and we had to sit on these infections until we saw an ENT... that was the first guy that I didn't like to much. He seemes to busy to really listen to Travis' issues. I hate docs like that! Then I turned into ranging momma and went back to our doc, he was on another dose of something like Zithromax but a higher dose and got a BAD allergic reaction the night after seeing ENT #2 that was actually attentive and is why we are actually getting things fixed for Travis. His rash is awful, it looks like chicken pox or poison ivy it is every where and growing...He is so itchy it is making me itch! We have been giving him benadryl now for 2 1/2 days and it does not seem to be making a difference. During all of this Gavin thought it would be a good idea to go see a holistic doctor that uses acupressure on toddlers to cure colds ect... I was immediately negative towards this idea.. I had no interested at all until I found out that Travis is not allergic to any antibiotic that a toddler can take. Since this last one was a form of Zithromax he will not be able to take that one again. Joyous! My mom and I took Travis to see Dr. Chen the holistic Doc this morning and loved him. He was calm and professional and so sweet to Travis. He has kind aura about him that immediately made us all feel at ease. He rubbed Travis' neck to clear out his drainage tubes from his ears to his throat and lungs ( I think). He rubbed his back and it really looked like Trav was enjoying the massage, LOL! He told us that we needed to not let Travis drink cold drinks, just room temperature, no fan in his room, something warm around his neck when he sleeps like a turtle neck and to keep socks on him when he is walking around. Doesn't seem bad but he has been begging for ice all day. After the appointment this morning we went Stroller Skating with our Strollerfit friends and had a great time but Travis never seemed on his A game. Just a bit ikky and tired. We headed home and I needed to stop and run some errands on the way and he peed out of his diaper all over us both, so great! We left the store and went straight back to the car to change him. Of course I had no extra pants so I just pout him in a diaper to ride home... Not a good idea. He was scratching his rash so bad that he almost made himself bleed. I pulled over and he had to wear his wet pants all the way home. Poor guy! We made it home, changed him, had lunch and he he went to sleep... Then I lost it. I cant seem to get myself to stop worrying, crying or to chill. I feel like I have lived at the doctor with Travis for months and nothing has helped. I know that I need to see the light at the end of the tunnel with this surgery but I keep thinking there is something else.
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In the midst of my post the lady in charge of scheduling Travis surgery called and was a doll. She explained step by step what Travis was going to go through Monday morning. It made me feel a ton better! He will be put under for 30 minutes MAX and then just have a sore throat afterwards.

That seemed to calm my nerves a bit, it would be nice if they would explain all of this in the beginning before the moms flip out over their precious babies being put under for surgery.

Sorry for the negative post...
Please keep us in your prayers!

Red Polka Dots

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Last night when I got home from Restore The Core... Gavin mentioned to me that Travis had a weird rash on his legs that he noticed when he was giving him a bath. That he wasn't sure what it and he wanted me to attempt to check it out while Travis was sleeping. HA! I was pretty sure from just hearing the word RASH that Travis was having another allergic reaction to the antibiotic he was just put on. I went into his room and got him out of bed... I know it was so torturous for him but I had to see the rash. By the time Gavin saw it and the time I did it was about 2 1/2 hours. Travis was covered in rash. COVERED! G and I struggled with out sleepy little guy to get him to take some benadryl and we watched him for about 30 minutes and put him back in bed. I got up about 4-5 times to check him and hear him breath... I guess I am just anal like that! When we all got up this morning, Travis looked like he had chicken pox... he didn't but was still having a reaction to the medicine. This is the last antibiotic kiddos his age can take, he has had a reaction to anything with Penicillin, a bad reaction to a few more and now a NASTY rash almost like the Penicillin one he got... this was from Clarithromycn. Sheesh poor kiddo is allergic to everything! I called the doc this morning and took Travis in to see him to just make double sure it was an allergy to the meds and not something else. Thanks goodness he is on the road to recovery, besides some itchy bumps all over his body... he will be great asap! In the meantime I got the call from the scheduler at the new ENT we went to for Trav's surgery.... AHHHHHH! He is scheduled for next Monday, December 3rd. THAT IS SO SOON! But, the doc want it to be done sooner then later so that Travis does not have to suffer through the cold weather where all the colds are more common. Wow, I haven't even really had a second to flip out.... I am just hoping this surgery , tubes and potential adenoid removal will help my little guy be healthy again!
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2nd opinion....

I took Travis to another ENT/Allergist this morning to get a second opinion. The first guy we went to really pissed us all off because when he sent the diagnoses to our family doc it said nothing about what we talked about at the appointment. He didnt even have our family history correct. What a pain! Anyways we got the name of a new doc from a friend of the family and it ended up being a God Send! He was amazing... not warm and fuzzy like I would want for a pediatric doc but he was honest, concerned and full of tons of info. He said that Travis is one of those kiddos that has constant fluid in his ears that can get infected really easily which will cause the constant ear infections. He also said that allergies have nothing to do with Trav's issues. So, we get to keep the animals.. LOL! Travis had a hearing test and did ok but not great. It was a tortuous experience having to hold Travis on a chair in a tiny room smaller then a bathroom that just hold a toilet. The noises came from 3 toys in 2 in the corners behind him and one right in front of him. He would have to turn and look when he heard a noise. Bad thing is, he was NO dealing with it at all. He hated the small room, HATED having to be held down and was just miserable. My mom even tried to smash in there with us to help. HA, that was a site to be seen! After the test the doc came back into see us and said that he is recommending tubes and maybe T having his adenoids taken out. He thinks that his adenoids are staying infected which could be causing his infections. That is something he will make the decision at the time of the surgery. If he just gets tubes the doc said he will be perfect that afternoon but if he has his adenoids removed it could be a 2 day recovery. YUK! Overall this appointment was just what I wanted... full of info on how to make my baby healthy again! We find out in a day or so when the surgery will be. He does want it done asap, so it could be with in the next 2 weeks. I am sure I will have a breakdown post before his surgery... Right now I am relieved that my son will have relief soon, but I know I will start freaking out about the surgery as soon as there is a date.

Keep us in your prayers!!! I will post more info when I get it!

Totally Tubular...

...NOT!

This morning we had our 5th visit to the doctor in 3 months for Travis' EARS!!
He has had constant ear infections for about 3 1/2 months now and since he is allergic to penicillin he can not take the meds that would clear it up totally.
The doc finally suggested tubes and going to chat with an ENT about them. This was a HUGE deal I guess since he has not been cured of these awful things in a while. I mean the infection would dry up a bit with the antibiotics he can take but never fully heal so they would and have always come back. Thankfully I am so in tune with Travis' attitude and routines that I can pin point almost to the day when it is back. We always catch it before the fever hits, thankfully during this 3 1/2 month ear infection fest he has only had a fever over 100.3 one time! I am not a fan on medicating the little guy so no fever means I do not have to stress about Tylenol and Motrin all the time!
Now we wait! Out ENT appointment is on Thursday at 11.
I am one of those people that stresses before I even find out the "real" news so I am already worried about Trav having to be put under if he does get tubes.

The fun news about going to the doc so much is that we have gotten to see just how much he has grown... in the last 3 months he has grown about 1 3/4 inches! WOW and stayed about the same weight!

Travis is 36 inches tall ( a whole yard!)and 30.10 lbs
He is between 75%-95% in weight and well over 95% in height!
The nurse said he is like in the 120th%.. was she messing with me?
BASKETBALL scholarship, here we come!
If you want to check your kiddos percentiles here is a calculator!
Growth Percentile Calculator

Please keep us in your prayers!
Anyone have any stories about tubes or anything you wanna share!
I am gonna post this on Mamavice.. come visit and let me know~

My visit with the Nutritionist...

Today was an exciting day for me... I had an appointment with a nutritionist at 9am.

I have posted almost all that I learned over on my Inner Health Nutt Blog
Go check it out!

Eating Right 4 Your Blood Type...

New Book,
New Healthy Diet,
New Ideas...


Check it out here:
Inner Health Nutt

My Inner Health Nutt Needs HELP!

I have fallen off the diet wagon and need some help back up!

I finally posted again on my
Inner Health Nutt blog...
and I need some advice from those willing to give it!


Jump over and check out my plead for advice!