Parenting Blog
It’s about time that I gave you an update on my health. Since I haven’t been feeling well, I haven’t been blogging. I’ve pretty much given up on social media, except for a few tweets and facebook updates. So here goes: Back around Thanksgiving, I was diagnosed with kidney stones. I passed one, but still [...]
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The holiday season and the songs that we remind us of good cheer bring a twinkle to my eye and a pain in my side. It’s really not because of the holidays or the songs, but probably because of all of the medications I take, that I developed kidney stones over Thanksgiving. I take a [...]
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Speak Now for Kids is an advocacy campaign of the National Association of Children’s Hospitals (N.A.C.H.) created to help us communicate with congress about children’s health programs. They need our help now because two very important programs are facing cuts: Medicaid – funds health care coverage for one in three children in the U.S. and [...]
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November is National Diabetes Awareness Month and the Mamavation community wants to help lessen the effects of Type II Diabetes with Better’n Eggs products. This chronic disease affects 25.8 million children and adults in the U.S, but it can be prevented. Unfortunately, I know too much about Type II Diabetes, since it runs in my family. [...]
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After my daughter had her tonsillectomy, I learned so much about how to make her recovery easier. I wanted to share some tips for parents whose children are scheduled to have their tonsils removed. Even with the information from our ENT doctor’s office, there was a lot more suggestions provided to us from their staff [...]
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As of today, it’s been one week since my 12 year old had her tonsillectomy. I hope that sharing her experience will help other parents who have a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy planned. Of course, this isn’t medical advice, instead a mother’s retelling of what my daughter has been through before, during and after this surgery. [...]
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Waiting for genetic testing results is nail-biting scary. Most genetic testing also takes a long time, so that adds to the worry. Recently my daughter, Sammi has undergone genetic testing for Narcolepsy and for Long QT syndrome. Both tests take about 8 weeks to get results. The Narcolepsy genetic testing can have some false positives, [...]
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So after another visit to All Children’s Hospital, my daughter has been labeled as a medically complex child. It is not something that any parent wants to hear, but it helpful when getting diagnoses and getting treatment in the medical field. Physicians are more likely to keep up to date on tests done by other [...]
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We are learning a great deal about sleep disorders in children. Back in January, my daughter was diagnosed with Narcolepsy after 2 sleep studies and a nap study. Since that time, the sleep doctor has been unable to find a medication to treat this condition that my daughter is able to tolerate. She has trouble [...]
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We took our special needs kid for a doctor appointment yesterday and realized that there’s so much we have to learn. I hope sharing these tips will help others and open up discussion for more information. Special Needs Child This is the first time that I’m using the term “special needs” for my daughter, Sammi. [...]
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My daughter’s scheduled tonsillectomy was canceled because she has Narcolepsy. We learned about it the day before her surgery when the Anesthesia Department at the hospital had concerns about using anesthesia on her. She had already been cleared by her pediatric cardiologist, by the Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon and had the pre-op blood work [...]
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I’ve chosen City of Hope as my nonprofit of the month of May. I was a City of Hope Ambassador last year when I attended BlogHer which focused on women’s cancers. City of Hope, however treats other types of cancers and medical conditions. City of Hope is a leading research and treatment center for cancer, [...]
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