Has it been a week since I last posted something? Where does the time go? Please bear with me until the 2nd week of December...I start class at Wayland next week and it and my other for credit class at CCC intersect for about 6 weeks. YIKES! I'll be doing the Monday, Tuesday, Thursday thing for a while.
Brooke is doing well. Her INR went down Thursday (1.7). I give up trying to find any possible explanation for Coumadin levels. Who knows??? It's totally crazy. Brooke feels well, so that's what matters. The right thigh is still big, but I'm not sure that will ever go down in size? Her entire right leg remained bigger than the left after the first clot. Clots can be as challenging and puzzling as Coumadin levels. I know what I don't want to be when I grow up: A HEMATOLOGIST! Ugh. I did finally get an appointment with the new Hematologist in town...yay, I think it's on the 11th. Such a process required for everything!
Brooke dressed herself yesterday. Dark gray Special Olympic bowling shirt, neon pink shorts and her hot pink/orange/lime green/turquoise furry socks that come up to her knees. She was a sight! Hey...at least she tried. And she did it on her own...we didn't ask her to get dressed. We left her in her unique and colorful outfit. That's the beauty of it...in Brooke's world - things like matching are insignificant. She must have got that from her dad. He tends to have "matching" issues where she is concerned, yet is a sharp dresser himself. I, on the other hand, have to be matching or if drives me over the edge. I'm "too" matching if there's such a thing. OCD maybe? Ha.
Our other daughter, Brandi - the Golden Retreiver, had a seizure or something like it Thursday night. It was odd. She always dreams and makes lots of noises, but this time it was different. She kept swallowing like she had cotton mouth. I finally got so annoyed at her sounds that I got up and turned on the light. I thought maybe she was sick so I was trying to get her outside. She couldn't move...all 4 legs were paralyzed for about 1 minute. It was awful. When she finally regained use of her legs - she was disoriented for about 5 minutes. She reminded me of Brooke when she comes out of a grand mal seizure. The look in her eyes was different and she was incoherent or something. Anyway, I took her to the vet Friday morning and $243 later - no clue. Maybe seizure? Maybe I woke her from REM sleep? She has another ear infection that we're aggresively treating. This dog and her ear infections...ugh! We changed her dog food up a little and switched to a lamb and rice formula...we'll see if that helps? She tends to have some allergies, so I'm giving her a benadryl every night before bed. That's made her sleeping a lot less noisy! Yay for me!! I don't get it? A dog and a child with allergy problems, chronic ear infections, clingy-issues, and an obsessive need to please the parents. Go figure!
Have a great week everyone! Thanks for the continued prayers...they're working. All is well at the Hankins House.
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