Hanging In There!

Wow it seems like its been so long since I have found the time to blog and complete a post, and then spend time commenting and reading everyone's blogs. So I thought I would take a moment and let you know what is up.

Last week Thursday was Kailee, our youngest daughter's birthday and she turned 11! Hard to imagine just how quickly they all grow up but they do. We woke her up that morning by spraying her with silly string. What a morning to remember after that was all cleaned up. We spent the morning at a local Farmer's Market since she has always wanted to go but had school. So we took the day off from work and school and visited the Farmer's Market. The kids had blast with negotiating some great deals on make-up and hair accessories as well as some jewelry! Most were only $1.00 each. WOW now that is what I call saving money.

After that Kailee wanted lunch at the Cheesecake Factory and a walk around the outdoor mall at Victoria Gardens. Lunch was great, she had pizza with all her favorite toppings, bacon, sausage and pepperoni of course, topped off with a slice of strawberry cheesecake.

We had so much fun walking around the outdoor mall stuffing money into peoples expired parking meters and the smiles that the girls shared doing an act of random kindness or ARKing as we call it made their day.

We stopped at the Apple store where we looked at the newest Ipod's for Kailee's birthday present and since they have gotten so much thinner and smaller, we felt for the money that the Ipod Touch offered her the best of two worlds. A replacement for her Nintendo DS which broke and her outdated shuffle. The Ipod Touch does both, games, music and wireless internet. How can you go wrong for a $50.00 difference in price.

So after we left the mall, we headed back home for some cake and ice cream I had in the freezer just for her. She celebrated her birthday party on Saturday with her friends and had about 4 of them over for a sleep over and party.

To update you all on my medical progress, I have officially fired OB GYN number 2. After running out of pain meds while awaiting an ultra sound test scheduled for last Friday, she refused to refill my prescription until all the test results were in. Did you catch that? This doctor knows that I have been on pain meds for "PAIN" and refuses to fill my prescription until we complete all the tests which will go another three weeks, while I remain in pain. Her solution, "if it is really that bad, perhaps you should seek the Emergency Room visit?"

Huh? I have been to the ER where I have been discharged with pain meds to seek an OB GYN's care, why would I go back? Doesn't that seem redundant? Does she receive a kickback from the ER if she refers so many patients to them?

So needless to say both Steve and I fired her that night she called me. I phoned my sister and got the number of her OB GYN that is 2 hours from us since we only have about 5 here in the High Desert and I've exhausted 2 already. Not such great odds. I have an appointment with this doctor on Wednesday, February 10th, and we are praying for God's divine intervention and healing with this, our third choice and hopefully last doctor.

I have gotten my pain meds refilled by my primary doctor who was informed on what took place and was quite literally flowed by what I am going through just to find out answers. You know, a woman knows when something just isn't right in her body.

Today has been a difficult day with the pain but if this is my new life according to God's will, then I am fine with accepting that. Just waiting for that confirmation. Please keep me in prayer next week. I will share some pictures with all of you tomorrow from the party as well as Caitlyn's Winter Formal and Mascaraed Party.