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June 01, 2011 at 3:30 am, our lives changed when this beautiful baby girl was born
Hi sweetie pie, it’s auntie! I can’t believe today is your first birthday – it seems like just a couple of days ago, i got the call from Momma, telling me i was auntie to a precious little Princess.
And today? You are walking! No more sleepytime on swaddled into a Now I get to watch you grow into a chatty little girl, a beautiful one, at that.
And well, there are a few things your auntie wants and hopes for you in the year (or years) to come. I wanted to share them with you here, so one day, we can look back on them together, hopefully ticking lots of them off the list, one by one….
…I want you to embrace your beauty, always. I want you to be confident and happy and content with who you are: a beautiful, bubbly, loving daughter and niece.
…I want to take you on auntie dates – to the park, to the playground, on walks around the neighborhood, to get your first manicure. Would you like to do that with your auntie one day?
…I want to hear you say “Auntie Terri” – you know the minute you say it, you’ll melt my heart (and will get whatever you want from me after that!).
…i want to make some chocolate chip cookies too…but only as a treat, maybe for your 2nd birthday. How’s that for a deal?
…I want to take you and Curtis to a hockey game one day. Maybe not now, but in a few years when you’re old enough to understand how the game is played
…I want you to make your mommy and daddy proud. Every day. Show them how much you love them. Be a good girl for them. Play nice with your school mates. Bring home pretty pictures that you drew in class so they can cover their fridge with your paintings and drawings.
But most of all? I can’t wait to watch you blossom even more in the next year. You’ve already grown so much in the past few months even, I can’t imagine how much more you’ll change and grow. And I love that. You make me so very proud!
…I want you to embrace your beauty, always. I want you to be confident and happy and content with who you are: a beautiful, bubbly, loving daughter and niece.
…I want to take you on auntie dates – to the park, to the playground, on walks around the neighborhood, to get your first manicure. Would you like to do that with your auntie one day?
…I want to hear you say “Auntie Terri” – you know the minute you say it, you’ll melt my heart (and will get whatever you want from me after that!).
…i want to make some chocolate chip cookies too…but only as a treat, maybe for your 2nd birthday. How’s that for a deal?
…I want to take you and Curtis to a hockey game one day. Maybe not now, but in a few years when you’re old enough to understand how the game is played
…I want you to make your mommy and daddy proud. Every day. Show them how much you love them. Be a good girl for them. Play nice with your school mates. Bring home pretty pictures that you drew in class so they can cover their fridge with your paintings and drawings.
But most of all? I can’t wait to watch you blossom even more in the next year. You’ve already grown so much in the past few months even, I can’t imagine how much more you’ll change and grow. And I love that. You make me so very proud!
Happy birthday sweetie. You are one! Amazing!
Auntie loves you! <3
1 month
2 months
3 months
4 months
5 months and i can sit alone
6 months
7 months
also she was born with a cleft pallet, so she had her first surgery to fix this at 7 months
This pic breaks my heart into, she looks so sick, but she was doing so well the next day
8 months
9 months
10 months
11 months( Mothers Day)
Learning to play
Some Random pictures of the year:
Today, you turn one, Auntie would love to be there with you for your 1st birthday, but unfortunately i cannot be there, my heart is with you, and i love you to the Moon and Back
xoxoxoxox
5.30.2013
My IC story and maybe TMI
My Story
August 10th 2011 is when i first started having pain like a bladder infection, so i would buy over the counter medications to help, it would help for a bit then it would flare up again, there was no indication when it was going to strike me…
Numerous times i went to the ER and complained of a pain in my bladder area, numerous times they told me its all in my head…. it would make me feel like i was crazy and not sure what to do, i would end up in pain again in a few days and go thru the same things over and over.
I was starting to believe that i was going crazy and there was nothing wrong with me, UNTIL finally a doctor in the Emergency asked about IC and really thought i had this disease.. so we started with running tests, all the signs added up, the pain was just like described, that's when he suggested i go to see a colleague of his..Dr Strand, so i had seen Dr Strand previously to get an IUD, this appointment was about 6 months earlier then this issue started.
Went to see Dr Strand, he wanted to do a exploratory surgery to see if he could see anything that was causing this pain, he planned to have me in the ER and go from there.
Day of surgery arrived and i arrived at the hospital, was already to get this over with and to find out where my pain was coming from. Hubby waited with me, i don't remember anything about going in the ER etc, and when i came out i was out of it, i can vaguely remember being wheeled to the car and home to rest..
Dr Strand did tell me that i had little pin holes in my bladder and that was causing my pain, he prescribed medications and sent me home, telling me to come back in 3 months… Thanks… not really helpful but anyway
I went to my family doctor a few days later and he had my results, neither of us were happy with Dr Strand, just putting me on medication that we didn't know would work or what the next steps for me would be.
Both myself and my family doctor ( who was amazing) decided i needed a second opinion…
made sense to me and so we went on the look for one who i would like to talk to about this.
This is when i found an angel of a doctor( she was so helpful, she listened, she gave advice and helped every where she could.
Dr Basjack was her name and she was a life saver for myself and my husband.
She first and foremost listened to me tell my story, how i felt etc…
she then confirmed it was Interstitial Cystis,{
**Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a condition that results in recurring discomfort or pain in the bladder and the surrounding pelvic region. The symptoms vary from case to case and even in the same individual. People may experience mild discomfort, pressure, tenderness, or intense pain in the bladder and pelvic area. Symptoms may include an urgent need to urinate, a frequent need to urinate, or a combination of these symptoms. Pain may change in intensity as the bladder fills with urine or as it empties. Women’s symptoms often get worse during menstruation. They may sometimes experience pain during vaginal intercourse.}**
and my journey began….
**Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a condition that results in recurring discomfort or pain in the bladder and the surrounding pelvic region. The symptoms vary from case to case and even in the same individual. People may experience mild discomfort, pressure, tenderness, or intense pain in the bladder and pelvic area. Symptoms may include an urgent need to urinate, a frequent need to urinate, or a combination of these symptoms. Pain may change in intensity as the bladder fills with urine or as it empties. Women’s symptoms often get worse during menstruation. They may sometimes experience pain during vaginal intercourse.}**
and my journey began….
First thing she wanted to do was to stretch my bladder- that hurt and i wasn't able to it finish. It was horrible pain and after wards there was blood etc, then she wanted to do another test, it was almost like an allergy test- this one didn't hurt as much and we manage to finish this one, there was a catheter in place etc, i don't remember much about it.
She then proceeded to give me a meal plan to follow very closely..
within the meal plan i had to cut out a lot of foods, foods that i love so much like:
Salsa
Oranges - anything Orange is a major trigger for me
Orange juice
all fruit except blueberries.
anything tomato based
nothing citrus or with acid
this cuts out a lot of things
caffeine
but i was willing to try this instead of being on a lot of medication.
It was very hard to just not eat any of the above, i started reading labels and being very careful, but it didn't matter how careful i was, the flare ups were still happening. I was at the point where i was scared every day that i could have another flare up and if this happened i would have more pain then i could physically bear, there were times when i was having a flare up that my body would shake and shiver like cold chills, then my fever would start, and i would feel very very "off", nurses told me my blood pressure would be up by then as well.
This is when the journey of finding the correct dosage of medication began- wow, quite the journey it was… just when you think you have the right amount, flare ups begin again and again.
I was tried on different types of medication, such as :
Elmiron- 4 per day
Elavil- 2 per day
Tramacet- this was a life saver in the beginning
Hydrocortazin- 1 per day
Tramdol- 2 per day
Tramdol- 2 per day
It was always a hit or miss with the medications because of the pain that was worst each time it happened.
My poor doctor i think she was tired of seeing a phone mesg from me, yet she always called back and most times got me in to see her the next day.
Finally, I was having some relief with the dosage.
I was taking all the above and was doing well for several months…
Brings me up to July when we moved to a new province and i had no family doctor here-
my flare ups kept getting worst and worst, there was no relief and there was no one who really knew how to treat me, i called my doctor back home and there was nothing she could do because she can't see me and don't want to change any medications now- which makes sense…
but it is so hard to deal with this.
Many trips to the ER lately and it takes more and more to have the pain gone, like in the past few weeks, it took 6 dosages of pain medication {including Demerol, toradol and some other type that i don't know what it is because at this point, the pain was very bad…}
They also did a ultrasound the last time i was there and it showed up that i have a cyst on my ovary as well, thanks body, i didn't need this
So this leaves me with needing a medication change and no doctor to do that for me, i am supposed to see a specialist soon and we will go from there, but in the mean time i am dealing with pain and don't know what to do. My last trip to the Er they got me in touch with the most amazing doctor i have ever had the privilege of knowing.. Dr Ferro...
I got in to see him, and from the beginning he needed to have a "look around and try to stretch" but he was putting me to sleep, this surgery came April 30th, it was a easy, quick recovery etc, but 2 weeks later while at work, the pain hit me, wasn't as bad but it was def there... I was so crushed, so hurt and so disappointed that this was happening again...
I called him up and he told me to come in and visit with him.. we talked for a while, he then offered to try Bladder Instills, i would get 6 treatments and then i shouldn't have any flair ups for a long time...
started those 3 weeks ago....
the first two i hardly had any pain at all in between the two, he first told me i wouldn't find any relief until after the 3rd treatment...
I had my third treatment last friday, i have had 2 major flair ups this week, one of them i had to leave work and go to the ER for morphine treatment...
Right now i am feeling so discouraged, asking God why these treatments are not working like they should be...
IC is a painful yet hidden disease because no one can see it.. it is there and it very real. NO Matter what people may tell you
There is a lot of information out there, but here are some of my fav pages:
http://www.moarkic.com
http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/interstitialcystitis/#cause
http://www.ic-network.com/whatisinterstitialcystitis/
Share this story with anyone you wish.
I got in to see him, and from the beginning he needed to have a "look around and try to stretch" but he was putting me to sleep, this surgery came April 30th, it was a easy, quick recovery etc, but 2 weeks later while at work, the pain hit me, wasn't as bad but it was def there... I was so crushed, so hurt and so disappointed that this was happening again...
I called him up and he told me to come in and visit with him.. we talked for a while, he then offered to try Bladder Instills, i would get 6 treatments and then i shouldn't have any flair ups for a long time...
started those 3 weeks ago....
the first two i hardly had any pain at all in between the two, he first told me i wouldn't find any relief until after the 3rd treatment...
I had my third treatment last friday, i have had 2 major flair ups this week, one of them i had to leave work and go to the ER for morphine treatment...
Right now i am feeling so discouraged, asking God why these treatments are not working like they should be...
IC is a painful yet hidden disease because no one can see it.. it is there and it very real. NO Matter what people may tell you
There is a lot of information out there, but here are some of my fav pages:
http://www.moarkic.com
http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/interstitialcystitis/#cause
http://www.ic-network.com/whatisinterstitialcystitis/
Share this story with anyone you wish.
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When i was thinking about beginning Just for Women Wednesdays, i knew there were some people id love to have guest post and below is one of my favorite bloggers of all time...
So enough from me, let Emily encourage you today
Hi everyone! My name is Emily and I blog over at Newlywed Moments about everything from romance to recipes to real life. I want to begin by saying thank you so much to Terri for letting me guest post here today! What a privilege it is to be here and get to know you lovely readers!
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