Jeremiah update

Wow! It's been a while. Well, they don't think Jeremiah has allergies. They think he either has a form of asthma or what they call Vocal Cord Paralysis. The second condition is very rare. Basically, what happens with this is the vocal cords spasm, causing him to have raspy breath. It's basically harmless, except what they think is happening is when his vocal cords spasm he panics, because he feels like he can't breathe even though he's getting plenty of oxygen and then he starts to hyperventilate and it escalates from there. Whenever he goes to the hospital and they hook him up to the monitors his oxygen level is normal. That's why she suspects Vocal Cord Paralysis. The good news it seems to only show up in kids who are very smart and have active minds. That definitely sounds like my very curious little scientist. And I like the idea of that one, cause as soon as he realizes it's nothing to worry about he'll be just fine.

updates on children's activities

Well, today's the day of Jeremiah's doctor's appointment. Hopefully, we'll learn something this afternoon. He's probably going to miss the first part of his baseball game, but that's okay. Without his doctor's okay he wouldn't be able to play at all. Chloe and I will meet them at the ball field. He's picking up both Angela and Jeremiah from school. Angela has something fragile to bring home from school, so she needs to be picked up from school as well. Chloe played soccer last night. She has fun, but she's a little timid about kicking the ball. She's doing a lot better than she did at their first game though. Angela didn't have a game last night, but she's improving as well. She's never been timid at all, though! She's just got more skills now. One of her teammates is in her class at school, so they've been practicing during recess. Her friend's been playing longer, so she's taught Angela a few things. The girls are enjoying it enough that I think we'll probably be playing soccer again in the fall. They also had their last AWANA's this week. Their award ceremony. Jeremiah got a certificate for memorizing 16 verses. He just joined a few months ago. Angela got a church patch, a blue jewel, and her first book award (for completing her first book). I think the blue jewel was for attendance, but I'm not sure. Chloe got a church patch. I'm pretty sure the church patch is for church attendance. Jeremiah attended regularly obviously, but he wasn't in AWANA's long enough to get that. Next year they all should be able to attend the whole year. Well, I'm not sure Chloe's going to go. She didn't really like it much. She was fine with the bible learning, but didn't really like the games too much. We'll see what she thinks next fall.

Update on Jeremiah

Wow! I have a ton to update you on. I think I'll just talk about the most recent major event in our lives for now. Jeremiah woke up 2 nights ago twice, having breathing troubles. He was real tired and wanted to stay home from school and rest. I thought it was a good idea, but Josh didn't, so I made him go to school. Shortly after he got to school I got a phone call from Josh telling me to meet him at the hospital. He was on the way there with Jeremiah. He had trouble breathing at school and used the inhaler a couple of times, but it wasn't helping, so Josh had to take him to the hospital. I met them there. He was doing fine by the time I got there. Josh needed to go to work, so I stayed with him until he was released. He can't do anything strenuous until he sees our doctor. That appointment is tomorrow. I think I told you Thursday, but apparently I got the date wrong when Josh gave it to me. Tomorrow at 3:30, right after schoo, he will be seeing Dr. Lawrence. Hopefully, we will learn more than. They took more blood to test at the hospital, so those results may be back at that time. Hopefully she'll give him the go ahead to play in his game Friday evening. They only have 11 players, so they really kind of need him. Plus, I just really don't want this to mess up his season. He's been looking forward to this season since last season ended! I hate to have him not be able to play because of this. Plus, he's had no problems at practice or games. I guess they just didn't want to risk it after his episode yesterday. So he missed practice again last night. Poor little guy! I sure do love him a lot!

Going to church

We're about to go to church. It's still gloomy around here. Not likely we're going to go to the Renaissance Fair.

Renaissance Fair

Angela went to the Renaissance Fair while we were at the Jamboree. We were going to all go after the Jamboree, but it was freezing cold and raining. If it stops tomorrow afternoon we may go. I don't know if it's going to stop though.

Baseball Jamboree

Well, Jeremiah's jamboree for Cal Ripken is today. We are all getting ready. It is all day of baseball and it is EXHAUSTING! Josh is getting picnic stuff, so we can have a picnic in the park. He says we're going to make it fun. The girls aren't home right now. They spent the night at a friend's house. They're going to be dropped off at the park around 10 am and then Angela will be picked up by another friend to go to the Renaissance Fair. Chloe and Jeremiah want to go, too, but they're going to have to wait until tomorrow after church. If we even go to church. Like I said, this thing really is exhausting. They also get there baseball pictures done during this also. It is a crazy, fun (for some), busy, exhausting day. Anyway, nothing new on Jeremiah's diagnosis. Probably won't know any more until his appointment on Thursday.

Still waiting to find out more

Well, Jeremiah's test results returned and everything was negative, so we have no idea what is going on with him. For right now they've decided he has to have an inhaler and an epi pen with him at all times. So now we have five epi pens. The school has one, we have one at home, I have one, Josh has one, and Jeremiah has one in his jacket pocket. We're going to have to get him a fanny pack or something to carry that and his inhaler around in in the summer. I think Josh just keeps his in his car. Mine's in my purse, where I also carry those benadryl strips. Something that was also recommended that we carry as well. Josh has some of those as well. They come with a handy little container to carry them around in. Of course Jeremiah has the only inhaler. He's had to use that a few times since our incedent on Tuesday. Also I have a tester to test his respirations. I have to take three breathing measurements every morning and write those down for the doctor. He didn't do so well on one of them this morning. I hope the numbers are helpful. I hope we can figure this out soon. He has an appointment with our regular doctor on Thursday and in a couple of months they plan on getting him in to see an allergy specialist in Spokane, Washington. Please pray that we find out soon what is going on with our son, so we know what to avoid and can find our new normal and have a good family routine again soon.