results

I got the results of Rachel's blood work, and everything is normal.  Which is great!  It just doesn't tell us what the problem is.

And she did a fabulous job at the upper GI appointment last week--no tears, complaining, or anything. I was SO relieved and proud of her.  All I know from that so far is that the radiologist said that everything went down the right way.

She's eating better.  She's finished her lunch every day for almost a week.  She's been able to eat without feeling full after a few bites or complaining that her stomach hurts.  She's drinking two carnation instant breakfast drinks each day in addition to her regular meals, so she's getting those extra calories, plus the vitamins, minerals, and proteins that those drinks provide.  So that's all good.  I just wish we knew what the problem was.

Rebecca is her regular silly, smart, hilarious self.  I wish I could write down all of the funny things she says.  Today she told me before her nap, "Mom, I have to get some shut eye!"  She comes up with this stuff out of nowhere, it seems.  That one she said she heard on a TV show.

I was amazed recently when she and I were working on letters.  She's been asking lots of questions lately about what letters different words start with, so we work n the sounds and she comes up with the letter.  We went through the whole alphabet and she knew not only almost all of the letters, but their sounds, too!  She had a little trouble with the vowels, and she can never remember the name of letter "S", though she knows what sound it makes.  She sometimes forgets "V" too.  

So that's our news.  Now if I only could get rid of this sinus/ear thing going on.  I'm on round two of antibiotics and it still is not draining.  My head is always in a state of dizziness and feeling like its going to explode.   Ugh.

Here's my girl.  She brought home her school pictures today.  She's looking at the camera (always a challenge to get her looking at the camera) but it's not a genuine smile....oh well.  LOVE HER!!!!

And now that I see this picture more closely, I realize that the colors aren't right.  Her shirt is navy blue and white striped with a bright chartreuse bow.  Here it looks black and white with an orange bow.  I guess it works for Halloween, but not much else!  No big deal, but it annoys me!