Ah here we are, coming to the last week of September! these last few weeks have gone by fairly fast! with more and more wanting and hoping for the weekend so that we can relax! haha relax, does that ever really happen?
Couple more days ( 3.. ) and it will be two years since we moved here! two!! Now we have been here even longer, people start to ask if we regret it? pretty sure the unanimous answer is still no. Don't get me wrong its hard, without family near by, very, especially when we just want a break. I'd really hoped by now that madams issues would be under control. But sadly that is not the case. However we do have quite a few friends and we do try and visit when we can. The friends really do help make it seem less daunting and help when I get into my down days.
My down days seem to be happening more often but I am waiting to be seen by a counsellor, because I don't cope very well with all madams issues and its a strain. I really do try and not get anxious but it is hard. Not sure people would really understand unless in my shoes.
The children have been back in school 4 weeks on Monday, in the last three weeks, we have had to deal with 8 solid days of chronic headaches from madam, headaches where painkillers don't touch it! where noise makes it worse and where nothing is helping! ( and i really do mean nothing) in between these blocks of headaches ( as it was first week and then third) madams hip decided to be really bad, so bad i was having to prop her on the way home one day! arm round waist etc. I was close to going to out of hours with her but it did ease! but it is scary when the 8 yr old can't weight bare at all or pain in every step. It's like we can't just have a normal happy care free day, and yes that is dramatic! but that is the reality atm! if its not one thing its another and you can tell when she is in pain. Last night her face you could clearly see the discomfort there due to pain. That for any parent is heart breaking!
We had allergy retesting done last week! (just do go along with everything else going on!) its been two years since she was tested for nuts, would have been done last year but she ended up having anti histamines. Nothing has changed! well it has and hasn't. She is still nut allergic, not a great big mark on spt's but still there with cashews added to pecans and walnuts however we did know cashews might be an issue as they have been a little high on blood tests before now, and she did scratch that spot last time she was tested but no hive. So for now 3 years till she is tested again! hopefully before she starts high school so we can have plans moving on when we get there! She is still cat and dog allergic, weeds and now mould! which i did have a feeling over. From what i gather it is all moulds that came up. So .... have to be on top with things here, making sure condensation etc if off the windows and sort out clothes etc, make sure nothing is damp! no kicking through leaf litter ( that is a bug bare) so we dont have face flare ups ( swelling and eczema) needs must! Trees were oddly enough.. negative! which i find really curious! as i am certain she reacts in spring! so could be a false negative and we will have to see what she is like come spring! They even said her weed mark wasn't that bad but i know from first hand viewing how bad she is hives, wheezing etc. So.. it goes to show that spt marks don't always indicate how serious a reaction might be!
Little man seems to be enjoying school, even more so that he is with his friend on a daily basis! he doesn't seem as exhausted as i thought he would be but still like any child is tired coming home from school seems to be finding a second wind.. and being hyper right before bedtime! Though think it is affecting his sleep as its knocking sleep pattern out, even if at normal time he is waking up a couple hours after and then unhappy due to it being dark! well that is what happens in Autumn. so need to invest in a night light i think.
Two weeks today will be madams 9th birthday!! That.. is shocking in itself! she is having a sleep over, and i hope that goes well. ... we might end up regretting this decision lol. my baby will be 9... not sure that has sunk in yet. i've not had a full night sleep in 9 years...
