This last week..

...has been very tiring. I am drained. Not really sure why. Except maybe that I haven't been getting to bed until about midnight. But...that is not entirely out of the ordinary. Had the whole sleep apnea test with KK last Friday, Tuesday was Boo's 3rd set of tubes.

Which is where I found out a tid bit of information that could potentially change some circumstances. I can't out it here, at least not yet. Patience has got to become a very good friend of mine. Thats all I can say.

So, it hasn't been an overly busy week...but evidently, it doesn't have to be busy to be exhausting.

KK does have a mild case of sleep apnea. So there are a few things that have to be done. They do not want her on CPAP just yet. There are a couple of things that need to be addressed before they decide to put her on one. Both of my girls are chunky, so, they are both going to be dieting...(momma too) Low carbs, no soda's chips or any of the good ol' junk food. This could be part of KK's problem, and there is also a possibility that she has some extra tissue in her throat causing it as well, possibly her tonsil could have started growing back, in this case they want to see if there is something that could be done surgically to help remedy the problem..Turns out she also has a pretty bad case of acid reflux. Which is also another reason to watch her food intake. Could be all of it tied together.

Will have to change alot of my cooking and eating habits as well. Not fair for momma to get to eat and have things they can't, especially when they are just as bad for me as they are for the girls.

Won't hurt any of us, so gotta do it.

No more soda's...Milk, water or tea with sweetner in it only. Gonna have to cut ALOT of the pasta...(This really sux...we love pasta)

Anyway, you get the idea...There is a rough road ahead with this and I am going to need all the support that I can get to keep it up, not just for my girls, but for me as well.

Hah. Can ya tell I'm not up to par? Running of on tangents and not finishing thoughts? I so need to go home......

My 11 Year Old had a Sleep Study

So because she has been so tired all the time and has had her fair share of being sick, and just generally run down, her doctor decided to order a sleep study. He wants to rule out sleep apnea.

This was scheduled for Friday evening. Her grandmother, her sister, myself, and sigh...her father went with her. We could all go in with her, but only one adult could stay, so, she said if her dad could make it, she wanted him to. Didn't know what to feel about that, but it's about what she wants.

We start the evening off going to dinner at a local buffet. Afterwards we still had some time to kill so we went to a pet store...and finally decided to go and wait for the clinic doors to open. Upon being checked in we were ushered to a room where there was a select comfort bed. Which was awesome. (I dozed off twice before they came in to hook her all up...lol) Then in came all the wires and things.. wow.. I was astounded. See..my doctor had me do what we call the poor man's sleep study. Pulse oximeter overnight, then a trial with the Cpap which I still have. I have apnea.

Anyway, I didn't ahve my digicam with me so I took some pics with my cell...not the best quality..but you get the idea. So I will post them. There are before and after pics...and a couple of her sister in there..

Kinda scared me to see her like that with all that stuff on her...I don't know how she slept...not altogether well I know...she did get sick in the middle of the night. I imagine that had to do with some of the food she ate and her nerves being somewhere she wasn't used to.

Her sister acts like she doesn't like her sister most of the time, but I know better. The next morning about 6 I went in thier bedroom to check on her, she was awake. I asked her what was wrong..she said, "I miss my sissy" AWWWW

Greg got me a big cuddly teddy bear with a heart on it that says I love you on it for V-day. We got the kids a teddy bear a piece for it...and Greg took the girls and I out for dinner. I have a pic to show of that too. Again not the best quality...but not the point. lol

Ok, I am going to close for now....hope you enjoyed the pics...lol