I was updating my blog this week and so I was also checking in on some of my favorite people and their blogs. I stumbled across my friend Kate's blog and was speechless and sick to my stomach. Kate, has a beautiful family and this year has discovered her 9yr old has a horrible disease called Batten disease.
An inherited, degenerative neurological disease, - Batten may affect persons of any age, but primarily affects infants, toddlers and school age children, beginning unexpectedly and leading to a progressive loss of brain function that later destroys bodily functions, eventually leaving the victim totally helpless.--www.bdsra.org
You can read about this at her BLOG. It's very sad and eye opening. There is no cure or anyway to slow the disease from taking the life of a child. I pray for Rachel that she never has to be afraid of what is happening to her and I pray for their family. The young children who will have to deal with the loss of a sister and Kate...the loss of a child. How do you deal with that? Whether it is sudden or you know that it will eventually happen. You will out live one of your kids.
So, while many of us are dealing with money problem, our own health issues, the economy, the recession...whatever may be going on in your life. STOP and be thankful for all you have.
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I'm breastfeeding Lindsey and she has gotten thrush. Which BTW is nasty looking when it is all over their little tonuge. Now, it's like we just keep passing it back and forth to each other. The Nystatin is wonderful and works quickly but it is sticky stuff. This is annoying me but after 3 kids I finally feel like I have the hang of this BFing stuff. It has also truly helped me lose weight. I'm down 10 lbs from my pre-preggo weight.
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Also, check out The Meanest Mom Blogshe is really funny but she also has a great offer from Sears.
Hi! I just saw you are a new follower and I wanted to say thanks for stopping by! And congrats on your precious new one, too...I like her name ;-)
ReplyDeleteOh, and I/my son had the thrush thing going back and forth when he was born, too....it took FOREVER to get rid of because like you said, it just went back and forth! Hang in there - at least she's not your first! :-)