September 2011

I realize on the 1st that I would have been married for ten years at this point and I was so glad that that didn't happen!!  I was able to stop one of my medications that I needed to take to help with the prednisone.  On the 7th I saw Dr.M and my count was 23K it was also curriculum night and time to meet Caley's new teacher Mr.Brade.  There are some new curriculum changes this year so this time it was way different then it had ever been any of the other years.  A few things i forgot to mention that happened over the summer.  First, Caley was adventuring out a lot on her own going for walks looking for someone to play with and she found Nina!  They quickly became best friends and spent lots of time together!  Also, Steve started working for Colleen as a greeter at the airport and he was helping coach David's football team.  That Friday the 9th was the welcome back event for school at the roller rank and I took Caley and Nina and David.  They had a great time and I spent time chatting with Jolene and Missy.  On September 11, 2011, the ten year anniversary of the tragedy in New York, Mom, Dad, Steve & I went to DA BEARS home opener against the Falcons.  It was really warm out that day and I was not prepared for it.  I wore pants and had on a black hat to block the sun.  I overheated pretty quickly, at half time I was just about done being there in the heat.  So Steve & I went to find first aid.  The person at fan services said to find the paramedics in the aisles.  We found them and they put me on this furniture dolly chair thing and I was real scared.  When I was diagnosed with ITP all they kept telling me was don't fall down.  SO you can imagine how nervous I am being 345 pounds now at my biggest, and these two guys are wheeling me fast down thru a crowd.  They kept telling me it was OK that they were fire fighters and they could handle it.  We got to a set of steps and I was like oh no I am getting up you are not going to take me down the stairs like this.  So we get to first aid and I tell them all my medications and about my ITP and she is like why are you wearing a black hat?  I don't know I didn't think about it.  They take my blood pressure and its high like it has been and then my blood sugar and its fine.  So she says well how do you feel?  I said not bad I just needed to cool off.  SO we hung out there for the whole third quarter, oh and the bears were kicking ass!!  Then we walked back, well part of the way anyway.  I decide I wanted to stay where we were because it was closer to the exit then where are seats are.  Steve went and got mom and dad, the game was over we won!!!  The next day was my first major mental break down.  I had a fight with Steve because I asked him not to talk to JJ but he did anyway and a whole bunch of other bs!  I lost my mind and banged my head pretty hard.  I went to the ER my count was 47K and they did a CT of my head and it was fine, I went home.  On the 13th I had my annual female exam and everything there turned out fine, thank God like I needed any more problems!  On the 22nd I saw Dr. Egan and he upped the medicine he gave me to 3 times a day, at this point I wasn't taking it all the time because it made me real sleepy.  On the 24th I went to the demo without Steve because he didn't want to go.  The orange crush lost and were not the champions, the black team was.  However the chicks demo, in honor of breast cancer, was awesome!!!  They did a great job!!  On the 30th I had my follow up with Dr. Klamut and he said that my stomach should get better soon.  That night my friend April from grade school got married, Steve & I were fighting on they way there so I decided to get real drunk.  Maybe not the best idea but i had a great time and there was no problems because of this.