A More Personal Update

A few people have asked me how Jason is making out with his toe and the antibiotics. For anyone who doesn't know, he suffered for a long time from an ingrown toe nail on one of his big toes. A couple of months ago his doctor removed the nail (but did not kill the nail bed) and sent him for blood tests and a bone scan to get a better idea of how bad the infection was.

The bone scan revealed that there is a small infection in the bone of his big toe. This is serious, but not the end of the world. They have him on the strongest oral antibiotics possible. If that is not successful, he will have to go on intravenous antibiotics.

His blood work also revealed a slight concern when it comes to his blood sugar. His doctor is going to sit down and discuss the results, but basically Jason is at risk for developing Type 2 diabetes, and preventative measures are in order. He doesn't have it yet, but there is a concern.

So, right now we are just waiting to see if the antibiotics work, I'll keep you updated on that.

The kids are happy and healthy. Most of you know that Sydnie has suffered from constipation off and on for all of her young life. These days she is regular and having bowel movements that are soft and not painful for her. It seems, as far as I can tell, that traveling makes her constipated. I think when we go somewhere she is either too shy or too distracted to go to the bathroom regularly. I'll be keeping a closer eye on that from now on.

Lincoln is good. He is feeling better about Jay being gone now. I can hardly believe he's going to be starting school in the fall!

As for me, I have decided that I need to get back on track with eating right and exercising. It got totally out of hand from last summer to now and I am heavier than I have ever been before. To that effect I have started a separate page, just for me, to write about that and keep track of my eating and working out. I didn't want to clutter up this website with all of that stuff. If you want to read it you can click below:

My Weight Loss Journal

Tomorrow Aunty Moe and I are taking the kids to the zoo for a few hours. We are really looking forward to it! I promise to take pictures and add them to my galleries for everyone to see.

Have a great week!