Well, What Could Go Wrong?

/ Dawn Kasal-Finley / 1 Comment

I could sent peanut butter to school w/Noah for lunch and find out one of the kids in his class has a FATAL TREENUT ALLERGY (would have been good to know before school started).  Happy I wasn’t the only one who sent in peanuts or peanut butter.  Poor kid will w/allergy will be eating alone today.

I could get all of Noah’s clothes together and somehow forget to get his extra pair of underwear in there–Please don’t forget to go to the bathroom Noah.

Those are really the only two major mistakes mom made today.  I am sure there will be more as the days continue but so far so good.  Until I pick him up today and he’s going commando because I didn’t send him extra underwear and poor allergy kid is puffed up like a puffer fish because Noah shared his lunch with him.

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Tomorrow Is The Big Day

/ Dawn Kasal-Finley / 2 Comments

Noah starts school–five days a week–full days.  I am certainly more excited than he is but he is ready to go and I think he is getting a little nervous as he is behaving a little obnoxious.

I still haven’t scheduled my MRI–haven’t heard from the scheduling office yet.  I am feeling better.  My eyes are still skipping every once in a while but other than that, I feel great.

So, we’ll see.  Will post an update tomorrow.

A Day At The Doctor

/ Dawn Kasal-Finley / 3 Comments

I was able to get into the see my doctor’s Nurse Practitioner this afternoon.  I now know my issue could be several things–an inner ear infection (I do have some fluid in one ear), vertigo, or something more serious.  They took some blood, I peed in a cup and they are scheduling me for a brain MRI because of my family history.  I was run through a litany of coordination tests and physical tests and passed w/flying colors and none of the test triggered any of my symptoms (which makes vertigo unlikely but still possible).

One of the problems is that I have symptoms of many thing but not all symptoms of anything.  I am an enigma of science.  I am hopeful that it is something mild and minor but won’t rest easy until I have my brain scan and all my synapses are where they are supposed to be and all my arteries and veins look awesome.  Until then,  I will take my medicine for the ear infection and the vertigo and hope that maybe it is that simple.

But if I have learned anything in life it is that things are not simple.

Still Not Feeling Right

/ Dawn Kasal-Finley / 4 Comments

and it is time that I look hard at my medical history.  My dad had a stroke at the age I am now–a mild one–but a stroke nonetheless.  It is thought that his condition (don’t remember the name) is hereditary.  My dad’s sister died from a brain aneurysm at the age I am now.  I talked to my dad today about the symptoms he had leading up to his stroke 20+ years ago.  They are similar–to similar for my own tastes–to how I feel now.  I am scared to death about this.  I plan to call my dr–who is also my dad’s–first thing in the am and hope to be able to get scheduled for some tests.  I fear it is a neurological problem as my eyes have been messing up a little lately and I just had an eye exam and they are perfectly healthy–my vision is skipping every once in a while–like a record skips over an imperfection…

I know I should not have waited to call the doctor…I hope I don’t regret it.