April 2011

On the first weekend of April Caley had another sleepover at Bills, I think this was the last one actually.  I was still not feeling real great but there was always a lot to do. On the 6th I had a very busy day I started my day going to Pleasantdale for Caleys IEP meeting.  For those of you that don't know what that is, IEP stands for Individual Education Plan.  Caley has this because she was originally classified as Developmental Delay however at the end of second grade we had to change the classification to Learning Disabled because she was too old to be considered a delay anymore.  The meeting discusses what things are in place to help Caley be a successful learner.  We discuss how this year has been, if she achieved her goals or not, and we set new goals for next year.  Its a long meeting and there is so much information and its hard to keep up with.  I was really tired after all this but I had to head over to Loyola for my appointment with Dr.M. I didn't write anything down about that appointment so I don't know what the count was or what the dose of Prednisone was.  However when I got home from there I had to pick up Caley and head back to school for Experience Elementary night, which is the bast by the way!!  We went and saw Caleys teacher Ms. Macek and saw all the great things the kids have been working on this year.  We walked around the school yes walked I was surprised that I could do this.  It was a real nice night.  At this time Steve & I had another fight because he didn't answer the phone or call me for three days so I figured he must have been drinking again.  He called me on Saturday the 9th saying he was in the hospital, which I figured confirmed the fact that he had been drinking.  He swore that he was not and that it was his diabetes that was the problem, his blood sugar was at a critically high level of 960!  I have to mention that Steve was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes back in the winter of 2010, it was due to his alcohol problem.  He was put on Metformin and was to watch his diet.  When we were in the dells for spring break he didn't bring his medication with him and then he stayed at our house for about a week before going and getting his medication, he says that this was the cause for the rise in blood sugar.  April 11th was our 7th year anniversary and we were not together because he was in the hospital and we were not talking.  I had my blood drawn on the 13th and my count was 69K, and David cheered!!!  Not sure what the dose of prednisone was at this time but breathing was still real hard.  I was scheduled to go to Loyola on the 14th to have a pulmonary function test and a lung scan.  The pft was a little scary you sit in this little box and breath into this machine.  The lung scan was weird too, they inject you with some radio active stuff and then raise you up high and then this xray type thing circles around you.  However they asked me for my LMP and I said it had been a while, so I had to go up stairs to the lab to take a test.  It was really screwed up up there and it took forever!  But it was negative and we had the scan done.  So Caley actually went to Bills for another sleepover on the 15th but was brought back in time to go to her friends birthday party.  After the party we went to the middle school to see Willy Wonka, it was great!!  That day my count was 65K.  On the 19th I met with the Endo Dr to see how things were going.  Not too bad but not any better really.  I also saw Dr. Rieger that day too not sure what for.  On the 20th I had my blood drawn at the new Burr Ridge Loyola Building and my count was 65K still.  My 32nd birthday came and went with nothing real interesting happening.  On the 26th I saw Dr. Fahey the pulomonologist and he said that my lungs are pristine!!  The month wraps up with nothing to write home about!