Too much Grey's Anatomy?

I heard Carolyn grunting in the kitchen (I was in the bedroom), and asked Craig if we had a girl who was pooping. He said no, we had a girl who was NOT pooping (she does that a lot). I responded by directing him to push 20 cc's of apple juice, and then I laughed at myself :).

Cute girl

B did the cutest thing today! We picked Craig up from school and were on our way to the park to play "soccer" and we heard a smacking sound coming from the backseat. Craig looked back there are Carolyn was giving her baby kisses. We told her that was very sweet and that she was being a very good mommy. She thought it was pretty great.

You really do have to be your own advocate

Long story short - after detailing all of my history and my experience with dietary supplements NOT working for me, the Dr. said "Well, let's try a dietary supplement and re-test in a few weeks and see if that boosts your iron level. If not, we might try an IV". Right. Apparently I was the only one present in that conversation. So I asked if there was any way we could just skip move right to the IV because I didn't want to waste my time. He said sure and I had my first transfusion on Tuesday, and am scheduled for 3 more treatments with labs done before the last one. There can be complications and pain, but mine went just fine. I did have some side-effects yesterday (Thursday), but with some heat wraps and tylenol I was fine after a few hours. All in all, not bad in the least! I am excited to feel better and have more energy. I know my husband and daughter are too!

An appointment

The hematologist in Yakima comes to E-burg a few times a month, so they said they could see me at my doctor's office on December 16, but that I would have to go to Yakima if I wanted to get in sooner. Needless to say, I didn't want to wait that long. So they are actually fitting me in next week! Yay! So I am hoping that they will start treatment then, on Tuesday the 11th.

Oh, and I still have my fever. Whatever.