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2008 | |
| January |
Natasha’s Cousin’s were here until the 11th.
In the mean time she has had one of her Teeth repaired and will get the
next one done next week. It’s school holidays at the moment and Natasha is
spending heaps of time with her friends and is hardly ever home. She even
went away for a week with one of them |
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| February |
Natasha is back at school and says she has all the same people in her class as last year. They are the “independent workers” class so everybody calls them the brainy ones. We were supposed to see Dr Yan on the 7th
but our car broke down on the way so we never made it. But we have a new
appointment booked for next Thursday. We had Bloods done on the 1st
so we are hoping they are all ok. She seems fine so I’m not really worried
at the moment. |
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| March |
Last month's hospital visit went well Natasha’s bloods are all good so Jackie said if she remains fine when her next appointment comes up we can delay it and see her in six months instead of three months. Natasha has had to get braces for her teeth as the front ones are all squashed together and are overlapping. Luckily it’s just her top teeth and hopefully the braces will be off early next year.
Natasha’s little sister Alyssa turned 1 on the 18th wow how
time flies I’ll be back at work soon, I’m not looking forward to that but
the money will be nice |
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| April |
I have
returned to work after over a year off on Maternity Leave so life has
suddenly got even busier trying to fit in all the activities as both
Natasha and Alex will be playing Netball again this year and their
practices and games are on different days. So Tuesday is Natasha’s
practise, Wednesday is her game day, Thursday is Alex’s practice and
Saturday is her game day |
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| May |
All is
going well and we have decided that we will wait another few months before
we go back to see the Jackie at the Hospital. Natasha hates missing out on
school as she doesn’t like to get behind because her teacher makes them
catch up on anything they miss. So we will rebook our appointment for
August |
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| July |
Well we
have been doing the rounds of the high school open nights trying to decide
where we will be sending Natasha next year. It’s so hard as they all have
their good points and when you speak to parents of children already
attending they all seem really happy with their choice of school. Most
probably it’s the students themselves, so I’m not really that concerned
about Natasha as she’s a good kid so hopefully whichever school she ends
up at will be fine. |
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| August |
We have
had another good month. Natasha had her latest appointment on the 14th
and all is still going well. We are all really pleased with her huge
effort in the school cross country as she came 15th out of 80
girls. This is so amazing as two years ago she didn’t even compete as she
wouldn’t have been able to even walk that distance |
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| September |
Yay Natasha’s netball team won their grade level competition!!!!! Well done girls!!!. Well we
have decided on Massey High for next year as it has so many options and we
have had recommendations from other teachers that we know who work at
other schools. There are a few other girls from her class this year going
there and some of her old friends from primary but I’m sure Natasha will
make lots of new friends as well. |
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| October |
We have had a sad end to this month Natasha’s much loved Uncle (and Godfather) Greg passed away from cancer at age 37.
Natasha’s next appointment is due on the 13th of November and
even though Jackie has said we can put it off again if all is well, I have
a niggling feeling so I will get a blood test done and we will keep this
appointment. Fingers crossed I’m just being paranoid because I always
worry when Natasha’s meds change |
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| November 13th |
Well it
seems my mother’s instinct is pretty well developed. Natasha’s CK level is
back up to around 300 so her disease is active again. I’m not sure what
made me think something was wrong maybe she mentioned having sore legs a
few times and I have thought her hands were a bit redder than usual but
mostly she has been pretty normal. Typical Tasha though, when Jackie asked
how she was, she said “I’m fine” then as soon as we got out to the car
park she said she knew she wasn’t right and thought her bloods would be
bad this time GRRRRR. Jackie had her do another blood test today and we
are waiting to hear what we should do from here |
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| November 16th |
The KWA
(Kids with Arthritis) Christmas party was held at Rainbows End this year
and it was great fun. Natasha took her friend Chelsea along and the girls
including Alex had a fantastic day. Little Alyssa even got to do a few of
the little kids rides in Candy Land. |
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| November 18th |
I have
just spoken to Jackie and the blood test done last Thursday came back at
normal levels again. We will hold off on doing anything at the moment. We
were going to up her methotrexate back to 15mg but will continue on with
12.5mg and see how it all goes. Our next appointment should be around
Christmas as Jackie said 6 weeks on the form so I will see how she is
doing then and decide if I want her to have another blood test then. |
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