We have just returned from our morning outing to the doctor's office. I'm starting to feel like a regular. Insert light chuckle here. Not that we want to feel like "regulars" at the doctor's office, I am glad that we found the problem this morning with shining colors.
Samantha Grace has Hand-Foot-Mouth-Disease. Before anyone gets too alarmed, we are all okay. Take a deep breath for your own benefit here. We will be adjusting her insulin dosages due to the lack of eating at this time; however, we will resume regular dosages once her eating habits return to normal.
I was very pleased to see on the scale this morning that this has not inhibited her weight gain. Let's all give a round of applause for the big numbers of 18lbs. 9oz.! We will soon be entering the heavy weight division of our class...just kidding!
Samantha Grace remains very tired and cranky as most of you can imagine when you have several blisters on your throat, rash on your body and a persistent fever. We will be cutting back some of her activities for the next few days to allow for thorough healing of her little body.
She is still very responsive to some of her favorites...i.e., dogs, cats, cows, her princess car, etc. We will greatly miss our Sunday School friends in room 203 this Sunday! Insert sloppy kiss from Samantha Grace.
Our prayer is that once we all feel better we will resume regular activities including finally getting new family pictures taken and Samantha Grace's 1-year pictures taken. For now, though, we ask that you pray for a complete healing, restful sleep and minimal amounts of pain. We also ask for her appetite to be restored quickly too.
Thanks again to our might prayer warriors out there! We could not have made it this far without all of you!
Carri,
ReplyDeleteThanks for keeping us updated with specific ways to pray for Samantha Grace. I am praying for you and Josh also as you take care of that sweet girl.
Glenda Driskill
So sorry to hear about the new hurdle in your journey! We'll be saying prayers for a fast recovery. Also, something we did for Jack was put heavy whipping cream in his milk. One tablespoon is 50 calories! He's on the small side too. At 2.5 years old, he's a whopping 24 pounds!
ReplyDeleteAmy Bowman
Blake just had that (hand/foot/mouth disease) during this week, as well. I have no idea where he got it from, but he got it good. I felt so bad for the poor boy. I'm so glad to know that it is apparently common for others and that I didn't do anything wrong. I hope all is well with Samantha. She's a beautiful little girl.
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