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2005 |
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| January 13th |
We have
had a really good Christmas and New Year break Natasha has been getting
lots of rest sleeping in most days until after 8am. Also because the
weather hasn’t been great she hasn’t had to worry so much about the sun so
her rash is improving, this may also be a result of the IVIG but I’m still
holding out my opinion as the whether or not that is actually helping. We
took Natasha for a bone density test on the 7th January but
have not seen the Doctor as yet to get any results. We will be back at
Auckland Children's Starship
Hospital
tomorrow for another IVIG and Dr Yan said she would see us there.
I reduced the prednisone on the 1st so she will also be having
a blood test done tomorrow to check how things are going with that.
Natasha has found more lumps one in her right arm just above her elbow and
another in her neck, these are most probably calcium deposits so we will
be keeping an eye on them but at present they aren’t bothering her in any
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| January 14th |
Natasha had her
third IVIG treatment today. We had to take
Alexandra along as it is the school holidays. Luckily all went well this
time and Natasha was on the drip by 9.30 they played a few games watched
TV and had a few fights, just like at home. Rick picked up Alex at lunch
time and took her back to work, so that gave them both a bit of a break
from each other. Haeley came down to see Natasha, I will email her with
dates so we can arrange to come in for another assessment and sort out a
wheel chair to take with us to the Gold Coast in February. (I nominated
Natasha to go as part of a promotion on The Edge Radio station they ran
before Christmas, they take a group of 20 kids to the gold coast and she
got in.) |
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| January 17th |
Again
Natasha had a very bad headache the day after her IVIG and she was so
tired that she had a nap in the afternoon which she never does normally.
She was better on Sunday but still had a slight headache. The next IVIG
was booked for the day before we fly out to OZ so I have changed it to the
day after we return as it would really ruin her holiday if she feels sick
for the first two days. |
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| January 21st |
Natasha
had her lung function test all was fine so that is one less worry |
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| January 26th |
Natasha went to see
an orthodontist about her teeth as her eye teeth are coming down above the
front teeth, he has said that her baby eye teeth need to be pulled asap
and hopefully they will grow into the correct position although he does
think she may need braces when she is older. Natasha also has some hyper
plastic teeth (adult molars with no enamel) he said these are most likely
caused by her having pneumonia as a young child he said any high fevers
can affect tooth development and reassured me this is not because of
something I have done wrong. |
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| February 2nd |
Natasha
started her new year at school yesterday she is now a year five, she has
been worried about going back as some of the kids tease her and we had
some tears one night when she came out after being in bed for a while, she
curled up on my lap and said she wishes she was normal like everybody
else. She told me about being teased for looking different, her weight,
having hairy arms and legs and her teeth as they have lots of fillings. I
was heart broken and rather annoyed with her school as they have split her
up from all her friends, this seems to happen every year. She was also
worried about swimming as her new teacher is a man and sometimes she needs
help getting changed. I have since spoken to the school and one of the
teachers who will be helping with Natasha, she is a really lovely lady and
made me and Natasha feel a bit better. This teacher will be taking
Natasha for swimming as they have
rearranged their teaching schedules for some subjects. Apart from that
and having no friends in her class Natasha is happy about her new teacher
as he was their student teacher last year and she really liked him, so
hopefully she will be happy this year. Her friends will still be there at
lunch time to play with. When I went to pick Natasha and Alexandra up after school yesterday Natasha’s class was out on the field. My darling looked so small out there among all the other kids in her class, hopefully we will be able to reduce the steroids a bit more soon and maybe she will get a chance for her growth to catch up a bit |
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| February 21th |
Well lots of things
have happened since the last update. We have all been to the Gold Coast in
Queenland, Australia and had a fantastic holiday and met some lovely
people. The Edge radio crew were all wonderful with the kids and the other people on the trip were great. The kids all had wonderful time especially back at the hotel pool together. We stayed at Seaworld Nara Resort and it had a huge swimming pool which the kids made extensive use of. Natasha has settled well in her new class at school and has even tried out for the swimming team and made it in. We are very proud of her, this shows how much stronger she is feeling at the moment. Natasha had her IVIG treatment on the 17th the day after we returned from Australia, Dr Yan and Haeley both visited. Natasha’s doing really well and her Prednisone has been reduced to 1ml now. Her bone density test was fine. Both Natasha and her sister were very sick on the 19th so they may have picked up something from the Hospital. Natasha also had her usual headache as well. Next visit will be 17th March. |
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| March 1st |
Natasha
had her inter-school swimming competition today. Her Dad and her Auntie
Tania went along to watch. The races were all age group relays so it was
never dependant on her winning the race. Rick said she did really well and
in some races she was making up time against the other teams. Natasha has
a strong stroke and can swim long distances but doesn’t have a great
amount of speed. Anyway Natasha’s school eventually came in Third out of
Seven schools so that was pretty good. I told her if she’d been in the
Olympics she would have got a bronze medal. She had a really great day
and said she wants to join in again next year. |
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| March 11th |
Natasha,
Alex and Dad travelled down to Masterton, about a 10 hour bus trip south
of Auckland. Fortunately they flew south to Wellington, a 1 hour flight,
then they took a bus north to Masterton, 1.5 hours north of Wellington.
This was a much better option than a 10 hour bus ride from Auckland. |
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| March 12th |
Tasha
woke up today with a sore neck, looking at it, you can see a little rash
developing. This rash is not like a typical Dermatomyositis rash, there’s
definite dots present. Not sure what to make of it. Today they all went to visit New Zealand’s national museum called “Te Papa”, the girls really enjoyed themselves looking around Wellington, the capital of New Zealand before the bus ride north to Masterton. |
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| March 13th |
The rash
is slowly becoming more prominent and Tasha is complaining that it’s
starting to hurt more. Rubbing it seems to help. |
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| March 14th |
The rash
hasn’t gotten bigger, but now Tasha is crying due the intense pain which
periodically occurs, its decided to go to the local doctors for treatment.
The Doctor first suggests
shingles, but the diagnostic checks don’t seem to fully support that.
The Doctor prescribes some Chloroform liquid to ease the pain. The pain
subsides for the rest of the day, so it isn’t applied. A heat bag is
purchased to apply it to Tasha’s neck. It seems to greatly relive the pain
so we stick with that for now. We’re also flying home the next day. At
this stage, its 3 days since the rash appeared with no clue as to what’s
happening. The doctor stated that if it develops into blisters to take her
back to the doctors straight away. |
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| March 15th |
Everyone's home, everyone's exhausted, everyone went to bed early Pain still there, but the rash has developed into blisters. The Chloroform is applied, it stings like hell upon application, Tasha decides she doesn’t want that anymore. |
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| March 16th |
Natasha
goes to School today because it’s a class trip. It’s theme is learning
about the cultures of the Pacific, At the end there will be an
umu (an underground oven for cooking food
that’s practiced all around the Pacific nations). Natasha absolutely loves
eating a Hangi, the Maori
version of an umu, she’s very keen to
sample an umu. Unfortunately she gets
spasms of pain on her neck during the day. After school, and after the huge meal from the umu, we visit her Doctor who also suggests Shingles, now that the rash is looking like a collection of Blisters. We advise that the next day she has her IV treatment at the Auckland Children's Starship Hospital, so he suggests that the hospital confirm she has shingles. He doesn’t want to prescribe medicine that may compromise the IV treatment tomorrow |
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| March 17th |
Natasha
is feeling ok today but the blisters are very itchy. (Click
here to view the rash). We head off to the
hospital anyway at least we will get an answer there about this rash. The
general consensus is that it is
shingles. This was later confirmed by the infectious diseases team who
took a scrapping. Tasha’s doctor doesn’t think that having shingles will
compromise the IV treatment. Natasha’s physiotherapist came to see her and
do an assessment and she broke the news that she is leaving to travel
around Europe for a few years. We will really miss her as she has been
wonderful. Dr Yan also came for a visit and suggested we reduce the
prednisone to 2.5mg and 5mg on alternate days for the next month. I always
worry about relapses at this stage but hopefully the IVIG will help this
time around. |
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| March 22nd |
We have
kept Natasha off school for the last couple of days on recommendation from
her doctor. But have sent her back today the blisters have all crusted
over so we have covered them with a dressing and she is feeling fine, she
was getting bored at home and wanted to see her friends. |
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| March 29th |
I have
decided to leave her Prednisone at 1ml (5mg) daily as when I attempted to
lower it Natasha started complaining of sore legs. Her Doctor has said
just to keep going with that dose until we see her next. |
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| April 18th |
Natasha’s
last IVIG treatment on the 14th went without a hitch we were in
early and hooked up and running by 9.30am so it was all over about 1.30pm.
After the drip was removed we went up to see Haeley the physiotherapist
for her usual assessment and that all went pretty good as well. Natasha’s
strength is continuing to improve although there are still some things
like sitting straight up from lying down and getting up off the ground
which are a little bit harder for her than for other children but all in
all she is doing great. No major side affects this time although Natasha
did say that she had had a headache after the treatment but it can’t have
been that bad as she didn’t tell me until I mentioned how well it had gone
this time, on Sunday afternoon. Her next IVIG treatment will be in 6 weeks
instead of 4 weeks so we will see how she copes with the longer gap. |
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| May 13th |
Now would have been the time that Natasha would be getting her next IVIG
treatment. I worry that waiting the extra weeks will set off some sort of
relapse, but I guess we will have to wait and see. Natasha started playing
netball last Saturday they put her on as the goal defence then as goal
keep so that she wouldn’t have to run about the court so much. Natasha
looked really little on the court all the other girls seem to tower over
her but she played well and managed to get the ball and pass it on to her
team mates. So we are very proud of her. We have had to change her
swimming lessons and she will now be going on a Monday night hopefully she
won’t be too tired after school but this was the only time we could get
both girls in on the same day. The new swimming school did a really
thorough assessment and she is in quite a high group, she swims really
well so we want to keep it up and it’s an excellent form of exercise to
help her muscles |
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| May 28th |
I have just read on the cureJM message board that one of the little boys (Mikey)
has passed away he has been very sick for a while and his mother has been
updating us (all of the cureJM family) on his progress. I wanted to add
this and acknowledge their tragic loss, all those who regularly read and
post on the cureJM message board are heartbroken by this and most have
sent messages of support to his family |
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| May 30th |
Natasha had an IVIG treatment on the 26 May all went very well and she
didn’t get sick at all over the weekend. Natasha is currently having a bit
of pain in the area of one of her calcium deposits. It is just above her
left elbow where the IV line is usually located. They do seem to appear
when there is some form of trauma although she does get them in her neck
and chest as well. We have an appointment to see Dr Yan on the 23rd
June and the next IVIG is booked in for the 7th July. I haven’t
been updated with any resent blood test results for some reason all I’m
told is that they are in the normal range I will try and get some real
results when I am at the next appointment. |
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| June 1st |
Natasha broke her left arm today just below her wrist joint on same side
as her thumb. She had been up at the school playing on the monkey bars
waiting for netball practice to start. Her friends had just called out to
their mother Marie to see how well Natasha could do the monkey bars now.
Marie said she just looked around as Natasha slipped off so she saw her
fall. Luckily Marie was there to look after her and take her into the
school sick bay. Although her screams did bring some of the other teachers
running. The school rang Natasha’s grandmother to come up and get her and
I met then up at the emergency doctors. We spent an hour there and had an
x-ray done then we had to go to
Auckland Children's Starship
Hospital, where we had
another x-ray to see if it needed to be reset (luckily it didn’t) then her
arm was plastered to above her elbow. Natasha wasn’t allowed to eat or
drink just in case they needed to operate, so when we finally got home
about 9 o’clock poor Natasha was starving so we had Pizza Hut for dinner |
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| June 9th |
Natasha had another x-ray today to check if her arm was mending properly.
Unfortunately they say it has moved but if you ask me it should have been
put into place on the day she broke it but I’m no doctor and even though I
did ask a couple of times they still plastered it as it was. Now she will
need to come in again tomorrow and have a general anaesthetic so that they
can move the bone into the correct position and re plaster it. |
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| June 10th |
Natasha was not allowed anything to eat after 10pm last night, she spent
the whole day waiting to be taken down to the operating room. The poor kid
was absolutely staving and getting more upset as the day wore on. They
finally took her down at 4pm and sent me back up to the ward to wait. The
nurses were supposed to tell me when she was in recovery so that I could
be there when she woke up but they didn’t tell me until Natasha had been
awake and waiting for me for 30 minutes. I’m really annoyed about that as
she was a bit upset. As the operation was so late we have to stay over
night in the hospital. |
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| June 11th |
Back home again today, we were let out at 11am. Natasha is doing ok but is
pretty upset still about the whole thing she can’t understand why bad
things always happen to her. Neither can I, it all seems so unfair to have
to go through this on top of the JDMS as well. She’s usually a happy girl
but sometimes it just all seems so hard to deal with. I have invited
Natasha’s friends over tomorrow afternoon and before that we are going to
go out to lunch so she can have her favourite roast beef sandwich and she
also gets to choose dinner tonight. I thought it would do her good to be
the centre on attention in a positive way for a change. Hopefully her
friends Hannah and Kate can cheer her up a little bit. |
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| June 20th |
Back to starship hospital for another X-ray on Natasha’s are today all
appears to be ok this time and they have covered her white cast with a
layer of purple fibreglass |
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| June 27th |
Back again to starship hospital today for yet another X-ray. We have found
the purple cast really annoying as it is quite large and it makes it very
hard to dress her. So we asked the Dr to change it this week. Natasha now
has a “glow in the dark” cast which will be good as she has a school disco
coming up and her friends are also having a Disco/Bling party soon. We had
a quick visit to Haeley, Natasha’s Physio today and she let us know she
will be leaving on the 22nd of July. We will miss her and hope
that her replacement is really nice as well we have been very lucky so far
with Haeley and Janine before her. |
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| July 7th |
Natasha
had her IVIG treatment today. Haeley the physiotherapist came to do an
assessment before we got started and Natasha got full marks so she is very
strong at the moment. Dr Yan also came as we hadn’t seen her officially
for a little while and we discussed reducing Natasha’s prednisone to 2.5mg
(1/2ml) daily. Then she has suggested that after the next IVIG treatment
in August if her blood tests all come back Ok that we take Natasha off of
the prednisone completely. Natasha has only ever got to this stage once
before way back in September 2002 and she relapsed within a month of
stopping the prednisone so we are pretty nervous about this. We are hoping
this time will be different because of the IVIG. I also mentioned to Dr
Yan that Natasha gets very tired eyes when reading, this should be part of
the JDMS but may be a result of long term steroid use so she is booked to
have an eye test in October (it seems like ages to wait but that’s how the
system works). Haeley will have left by the time we go back next time. At
the moment we have no idea who her replacement will be. |
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| July 19th |
We have just spent the last five days in
Rotorua.
Rotorua is a major NZ tourist region because its situated on a geothermal hot spot. Lots of Steaming Lakes, bubbling mud pools and Geysers, though the place has a constant smell of sulphur in the air. We did lots of touristy stuff. We also visited the Whakapapa Ski-field which is on Mount Ruapehu, so the girls could have a play in some snow for the first time. Pictures are in My Vacations under School Holidays 2005 and from the Photos Section |
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| July 21st |
Natasha woke up this morning with very stiff legs, she was unable to say
if they were sore or just stiff but she was walking around kind of bent
like an old woman. As she was at a school holiday programme yesterday I
asked if she had been doing alot of running around or something but she
said she hadn’t. I have called Dr Yan just to let her know and to see what
it could be. She said to give her some pamol or brufen if the pamol
doesn’t help and to see our GP if she doesn’t improve or she has any
fevers. She seemed to improve as the day went and we took the girls to
see The Fantastic Four at the movies in the afternoon, which they really
enjoyed |
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| July 22nd |
Natasha’s legs feel a little better today. She is walking better and seems
keen to go back to the school holiday programme for the day. They are
having a shared lunch today so hopefully she will be fine. Natasha should
be getting her cast off next Monday then we have an appointment to see
another orthodontist at 2pm to have a look at her teeth and see if she
will need to have brasses when she gets older. |
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| July 25th |
Natasha had her cast taken off today. The orthopaedic Doctor seemed to
think it was all healed, so I guess all is Ok now. I asked about her
having physio and mentioned her JDMS but he seemed completely
uninterested. After eight weeks in a cast I’d say her arm would be pretty
weak. Sometimes the Doctors really annoy me. If her arm doesn’t improve
over the next couple of weeks I will just have to call Dr Yan |
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| July 27th |
Today we purchased a
Swingroller.
Tasha uses it frequently when she goes for her Physio checkup at the
Auckland Children's Starship
Hospital. She enjoys just riding along in it and it gives her legs a
good workout. Hightly recommended and it puts some fun into exercise. |
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| August 18th |
CK 119 Natasha had her IVIG today it was a little stressful as the Doctor
tried to get the needle into her vein at her elbow but couldn’t so had to
try again in her hand. Natasha got pretty upset as you’d expect, it’s
horrible enough having needles without it being pulled out and stuck in
somewhere else. We met another girl who also has JDMS today, her name is
Simone and she is 13 and has had JDMS since she was three. I had a good
chat to her Mother and they are members of the Kids with Arthritis support
group as well so We may see a bit more of them in the future. Natasha’s
cheeks have been a bit pink lately and she has mentioned having tied legs
in the morning, the doctor has said to just keep an eye on her and see how
she goes, it may just be that she is doing more now her arm is better. |
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| August 20th |
Natasha has been sick all day today with a pounding head ache and nausea.
She doesn’t always react like this to the IVIG treatment but it has
happened enough times now that I really wish the Dr would give us some
kind of anti nausea medicine to help. She just feels so bad even getting
up to go to the toilet as it makes her head pound so much she cries. |
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| August 29th | Natasha still has red cheeks and her legs are still stiff in the morning and sometimes when she has been sitting for a long time. She hasn’t got a visible rash on the hands at the moment so I will just continue to keep and eye on her to see how fast she gets tired. | ||
| September 22nd |
I’m getting more worried about Natasha as her legs are still very stiff in
the morning and yesterday she was complaining they hurt as she walked up
the stairs. I have tried called her Rheumatologist but she is away on
holiday this week. So I have called our GP and she will do a blood test
form for us to pick up today. I need to know what is happening and also it
would be better to have the results prior to going in next week for her
IVIG as we will be seeing her Doctor then also and may be able to get this
sorted out quicker. I’m just hoping it’s growing pains or me worrying to
much. |
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| September 23rd |
CK 138. Natasha’s blood test results came back there was nothing abnormal
just the slight raise in the CK from last month. So we still have to wait
and see what happens next week. |
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| September 29th | Natasha had her IVIG treatment today we had to take Alex along to the hospital because it is school holidays. We did height and weight measurements on Natasha and I measured Alex as well. Natasha has grown 2cm in the last 3 months which is great as she hasn’t grown much over the last year she is now 128cm and Alex is 131cm. I spoke to Dr Yan again about her stiff legs but she can see no reason for this happening, but she is happy with Natasha’s growth and said she should keep growing now the steroids are so low. Natasha’s blood work is all normal and her strength test was fine also. So we are still in the dark about why her legs get so stiff. The Dr is keen to reduce Natasha’s steroids again anyway but has said to keep a close eye on her and put her steroids back up if she starts to have problems. So we will try that and see how she goes. From Monday we will be giving her 0.5ml every second day. Natasha also had a lung function test and that also came back normal and next month we are booked in to see an Optometrist to check her eyes are ok. | ||
| October 10th |
Natasha won tickets last week from a school holiday programme that the
kids attended. To go and see the live taping of NZ Idol tonight. We left
home about 6 even though it was just down the road and we didn’t need to
be there until 6.30. Natasha was very excited. Luckily when we arrived we
met up with one of my friends from work who was there with her niece. Also
standing in the cue was another mother and daughter from Natasha’s school,
this young girl is about Alex’s age and has Kidney disease so her mother
and I had a good conversation about steroids and all the other concerns of
having sick kids. We managed to get pretty good seats, but unfortunately
Natasha had a really bad blood nose and we had to go outside. Not only was
the blood nose really heavy but her eye filled up with blood. It was a bit
shocking but I had heard of this happening so I didn’t really react at the
time, just kept calm and cleaned her up. We managed to get back in time
to see most of the show thankfully but had to sit at the end of a row in
case it happened again. |
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| October 17th |
After last weeks blood nose I spoke to Natasha’s doctor who said it should
be Ok as all that area is connected, but that I could have a blood test
done to check her clotting etc. I was hoping that this was just a one off
and that it happened because she was really pushing on the nose to make it
stop. But it has happened again today so I will be taking her to the
doctor tomorrow and hopefully will get some answers or some reassurance. |
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| October 21st |
Natasha had her eye test today at Greenlane Clinical Centre. The Doctor
said she had the best pair of eyes he had seen in a long time. Yippee one
less thing to worry about |
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| October 27th |
Had bloods done today to see if Natasha has any clotting problems
hopefully she is fine and the blood noses are nothing to worry about. I
will update when I get back the results |
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| October 28th |
Halloween. We had a big Halloween party on Saturday night for the girls
instead of Monday which is Halloween Night. They had a great time but by
the end of the night Natasha was really stiff and sore the next morning
she complained of having a sore back as well. I gave her some medicine and
she did improve a little but was a bit slow most of the day so I sent her
off to bed early |
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| November 5th |
Today Natasha’s Great Grandmother passed away at the grand age of 83.
She was called Nana Ma by all the great grandchildren. |
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| November 14th |
Unbelievably, Alexandra has fallen off the monkey bars from the same
playground and broken the same bones as Natasha had earlier on this year.
So it’s another 6 weeks of a child in a cast. If it wasn’t for the fact
both accidents happened at school, I’m sure we would’ve been getting a
call from CYPS (Children, Young Persons and the Families Service). Alexandra in a cast |
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| November 16th |
Natasha
and I (her Mum) went on a school trip to
Rangitoto Island today. Rangitoto is a Volcanic Island in the Auckland
Harbour. We caught a ferry over to the Island and then had a 3km climb to
the summit. It was a pretty hot day and climbing up paths made up of
Volcanic rock and stones was extremely hard even for the adults on the
trip. Natasha had a few problems with muscle cramps part way up so we had
a few breaks and one of the other parents Mr Jack, stayed back with us to
make sure Natasha was ok. But there was no stopping her, there was just no
way Natasha was not going to be the only one not to make it to the top. We
had a short rest about 15 minutes walk from the summit and gave her the
option to stop and wait for the others to come back down. But no she was
determined to make it. Mr Jack said he would carry her on his back if she
couldn’t walk but she managed it under her own steam and was only about 10
minutes behind the others. The head teacher made a great fuss of her and
told her how brave she was to do that with such sore legs. So she felt
really good about herself as well. All of us are really proud of her. |
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| November 17th |
IVIG
day. We saw Dr Yan today and discussed a few worries that Natasha has. She
has been having chest pains and feeling a bit dizzy with them, and the
morning stiffness is still there. Dr Yan has decided Natasha is a mystery
and hasn’t really worked out why these things are happening. She had a ECG
done on Natasha heart, a lung function test a full physical assessment and
more blood tests. So we ended up having a pretty busy day altogether. The
tests came back normal so she remains a mystery and we will just carry on
as we are. Dr Yan suggested we try to drop the steroids to 1ml every
second day and see how she is on her off days we will start that soon. |
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| December 9th |
It’s Natasha’s 10th Birthday today. Her class at school is
going to the movies today to see the new Narnia movie. I’m going as well
because they are walking so I just want to be there in case Natasha gets
tired. Tonight she is having two friends over to stay. They will watch a
couple of Video’s play Sing Star on Playstation and eat pizza and cake. I
can’t believe she is so old this last 10 years have gone so fast. She has
now had JDMS for 6 years |
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| December 11th |
Well we have had a busy weekend the movie was great every body loved it.
Friday night went really well the girls had fun but not much sleep.
Saturday was Natasha’s Cousin D’Angelo’s 1st Birthday party we
took a cake along for Natasha and she got lots more presents from her
Aunties and Uncles. Then Saturday evening I took Natasha and three friends
out for dinner. Then they came back to our place for a play until 9pm.
Today Natasha went over to her friend Grace’s house to play so she’s had a
really fun birthday weekend. So far so good with reduced pred she seems to
be ok at the moment. Still a little stiff in the morning but no worse than
before. We will just keep watching her |
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| December 16th |
Natasha came home with her school report today and her teacher and class
for next year. Her report was very good and she is really happy because
she will be in Mr McGreal’s class again next year with her friend Grace.
So she won’t be stressed about that over the summer holidays |
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| December 17th |
Today we had a breakfast meeting at Denny’s with some of the other
families from the JDMS Friends group. It was really nice to finally meet
Rangi and Stella properly and to see Denim the last time I saw him was 5
years ago when he was first in hospital and he was pretty sick so to see
him now as a13 year old boy looking really good was wonderful. The other
family there was Frederick, his Mum and sister. Frederick was diagnosed 2
years ago and is now 17 he also is feeling pretty good at the moment. We
had a lovely breakfast and a good chat. It’s so nice to talk to other’s
who can understand how we feel. Hopefully we can do this again sometime
and maybe some of the other families will be able to make it next time.
Some photos from the Breakfast |
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| December 21st |
School’s finished for the year. So now Natasha has holidays until the 7th
February |
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| December 26th |
Christmas Day was great fun, We had lunch at Natasha’s Auntie and Uncles
house with all the cousin’s (there are about 12 on that side) the kids
played out side with water guns most of the day and they each had a
present under the tree to open. This is on top of the multiple presents
they got in the morning at home. We are relaxing today and thinking about
going away for a few days to Nana Ma’s house in Te Kao. |
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| December 28th |
We have
finally decided to go up north. Natasha’s Nana is going to pick up her
cousin Kaytlyn from Gisbourne to come and stay with us for a few weeks
during the holidays. Kaytlyn is the same age as Natasha so they get along
pretty well. |
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| The above graphic is from
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