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Hi everyone,

I hope it's as beautiful and sunshiney for everyone else as it is here today!

KATHY G., everything's been going well here health-wise, I've just been busy

with a lot of other stuff lately, and that's why I haven't been posting as

much. I haven't even checked e-mail some days, which is pretty unusual for

me ;-) I think 's post a/b the carjacking was a regular list post, it

was just burried at the bottom of her message or something. I miss things

too, and wonder if all posts actually make it into the digests, or more

likely, I just don't read as well in my old age, LOL. I hope everythings

going better for you, it sounds like you were pretty down for a while. Oh,

as for Meagan's Kindergarten options next year, our school has a grant

limiting all K and 1st grade classes to 15 students next year, but because

of space limitations, they're going to put two classes in one room and have

2 teachers in there (a lousey option for us-- I want the lower kid count).

At our school, kids with special education needs are split up among all the

classrooms. Oh, just read your later post-- HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ASHLEY!

JENNIE, I'm so glad 's PICC went in without any disasters-- guess your

family was due for a break! It sounds like he's being such a grown up

little guy about the whole thing-- you do a great job with your little

munchkins.

BRENDA S., have you tried Pedialyte push-up pops? Meagan likes them, and

they've got the electrolytes and such that are so important when they're

getting dehydrated. Walgreens sells them in their freezer section where we

are. Gatorade is our other big weapon against dehydration around here. I

think you're right to be concerned, and if she's junky, it sure sounds like

a pulm issue to me. I'd go ahead and see the ped., that way SOMEONE listens

to her chest at least, and if she sounds bad, then you can call back and

report to the pulm. We usually only actually see the pulm off-schedule for

emergency situations, or when M's been sick for a long time and just isn't

getting better. We have the ped look M. over, see how she sounds, and then

report back to the pulm. Does have an asthma element to her

respiratory stuff? This could explain a sudden junky chest with a virus,

even though the chest X-ray was clear. And it is definitely a pulm issue,

and one that might require more meds (possibly inhaled or oral steroids if

she doesn't improve). Sinus infections can trigger a lot of asthma, and

Meagan has a heck of a time with her asthma when her sinsues get bad. Good

luck!

BRENDA M., I hope you can straighten the insurance thing out soon. That's

got to be a major stress headache for you. Best of luck with it all!

JENNIE, leave it to you to come up with a brand new sort of infection to

deal with. Other than mits on the little hands, I guess I'm short on ideas

on this one. Have you tried the ped nurse for advice? If it's any

consolation, Meagan teethed on ME, so I was the one bleeding and infected

(and yes, we're talking about a breastfeeding situation here). She got two

teeth at 3 months, and she liked to chew.... Good luck with JoJo's poor

little thumbs, ouch!

As for us, well, I've been waiting for 6 and 1/2 hours for the nurse to call

back with M's culture results from last Thursday. I know they're probably

just busy, but then I start wondering if they actually found something

" yucky " and they're waiting till our pulm can call us herself (I know, like

I don't have better things to waste my time thinking about, LOL).

bye,

, mom of Meagan 5 (cf and asthma) and Kailin 7 (asthma)