Hair update.

I hate thinking up titles for my blog entries. But, as I was just thinking about what I wrote about in my last entry, I guess I can update on B's hair status. It's FINALLY starting to slow down (the hair loss, that is). We're VERY relieved as all her bloodwork came back normal - if this had continued on as heavily as it was, the kid would have been bald by the time school started.

Anyhow, while it is still shedding, it's way less than it was. So, I think the culprit was that virus she got back in May, of all things. Leave it to our family to have funky weird health things happen.

School starts in a month - I'm just waiting to get a phone call from the school nurse to set things up. It's hard as we're trying to make plans for that week before school starts (V has holidays then and we want to go away). I'm trying to limit the time we're away in case we're to go in for some training. I don't know what to expect. So, just a little bit frustrated at the moment.

Dani had her appointment at the diabetes clinic earlier this week. Her a1c was up, which shocked/upset me. For the last month we had been battling LOWS of all things - so I had just cut back her Lantus. I figured with all the lows we had been dealing with, she'd have a decent a1c (not that I wanted a good one because of the lows - but if it HAD been a good one, I would have known WHY). But it was UP. Baffled me. We talked to our endo and educator and we figured that the reason it went like that was because of all the rebounds from the lows - lots of unpredictability and that it was a good thing I cut back on the Lantus - to smooth things out. UGH. I just felt sick walking out of there. They said the a1c wasn't horrible or anything - I was still doing a good job, but we just hadn't seen a number like that since, well, she was diagnosed. (and it wasn't horrific then, either) So now I am obsessed with those blood sugars like you wouldn't believe ...... (and every time I make adjustments to the Lantus, her I:C ratio goes all wonky and it takes me awhile to figure that all out too - so we're a bit in limbo right now until all settles). BAH!!!!

Rant over. We'll deal. Just hope I get it all down to a science before school starts (then it'll go all stupid again on me, right??!!).

Anyhow, V works today, it's rainy out and I think we'll go out, get some groceries and rent some movies. It's a "movie" day me thinks. The other day we got pelted with golfball size hail - damaged our truck and ruined the kids playhouse in the back yard. Could have been worse I suppose. Our trailer managed to go unscathed. Scared the hell out of us at 4 a.m. though. Sounded like someone was on the roof with a freakin' jackhammer!

Gotta love those summer storms.

Well, that's about all for now. We have a busy few weeks coming up, but that's ok, it'll keep the kids happy and maybe they'll fight less *riiiiigggghhhht*.

Later.