The last three months have been a lot! My entire house has been sick with different things - like all 4 kids getting pink eye twice, all 3 littles had ear infections and colds, DJ had a busted ear drum, Sierra getting an infection after her MACE removal surgery... We had 3 emergency room visits during Christmas week, which included Richard having a 6 hour wait in the waiting room because of his blood pressure being high, Richard falling down our basement stairs and getting bursitis in in one of his elbows, and my mom being admitted to the hospital due to pneumonia. Mom came back home New Year's Eve fully reliant on oxygen and needing a lot of help. Everyone is finally feeling much better! But honestly, taking care of everybody has left me pretty drained.
Along with all the illnesses, I started back to school in December for my bachelors in Healthcare Administration.... only to realize that is definitely not what I want to do with my life. I changed it over to the Medical Billing and Coding because that is more in my lane. I don't want to be a manager... I want to be the person who makes the manager look good. I realized long ago that I don't want to be in charge of someone. I would rather be the assistant manager because of the stress the job can put on you. I just assumed that the bachelors was going to be my next step since I already have my associate's degree in office administration. But why spend money on something I will never use?
Starting this week, Andy will be starting occupational therapy to help with his sensory processing. Hopefully, this will help with several other issues we have been having as well. DJ has been in developmental preschool since September, but after getting his progress report last week, we are discussing putting him back into ABA. He qualified for all day ABA therapy and was in it for a week before his spot opened at the preschool. He had absolutely no growth in any skills in 4 months. I am just totally confused as to why nothing has changed at all in over 4 months! What are they doing?!
Gracie is learning more signs and making word sounds when repeating us! She is having occupational once a month now instead of every other week, and receiving developmental therapy every week. She is very stubborn and definitely knows her own mind! She is obsessed with Ms. Rachel and anything with music. This has definitely helped her with her communication.
Sierra is struggling with some of her POTS symptoms and doesn't leave the house very much except for her appointments. Fatigue is the biggest symptom she battles most days. She also has several dizzy spells each day, especially when moving around a lot. It's hard knowing that these symptoms may last her entire life because there is no cure. I struggle when trying to imagine what her life is going to be like when she becomes an adult.
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