The diagnosis

So we went up to Primary Children's in Salt Lake because the Boise neurosurgeon never got back to me after the 3000 phone calls I made to them.... So we went headed up there last week. Cody wasn't able to go with us so my mom went. We laughed the whole time up there... My mom is a blessing to me and my kids... Life without her wouldnt be the same... Thats an understatement. Anyways, We got lost finding the hotel because by the time we got to Salt Lake it was dark. After finding the hotel, it was about 8 30. It was a nice hotel and very close to the hospital. My mom and Katelyn laughed that night till about midnight and they got into trouble because I wanted sleep. I know I am a party pooper!! Anyways, The next morning, was her appt. and we got great news. They said that her spinal cord was a little dialated and there was a little fluid but it could be very normal and everything looked great. They took some more xrays cause her last ones were messed up from Nampa and those looked great as well. He said her neck muscle was torn and repairing as he could see in the xrays. We have to go back in 3 months to make sure there is no change and nothing has grown. This next mri in january they are doing it from head to bottom. She was released to normal activities and we are excited there is no surgery needed... God again has blessed me and my family!!

Still waiting....

So I wrote you on Tuesday, giving you an update on Katelyn's orthopedic appt. Guess what still nothing from them.... I have called everyday about 20 times and they have not sent over the refferal yet to the neurologist... Talk about frustrating... I also have called Mercy to get her MRI and Xrays and her charts from all the doctors and they have not gotten them to me yet either.... So if there is no word but tomorrow at noon then I am going to the hospital and getting all of it myself.... It is so frustrating to know there is something wrong with your kids and they dont care enough about the patient, only about their paycheck..... I will update you as soon as I get some more info....
But keep the prayers going for her.....

Doctors get paid to make you wait and to guess what is wrong...

So I took Katelyn into the orthopedic specialist, yes a specialist and he asks me what was wrong, that is what I went in there for... So after I explained everything to him and he tells me that he never got the x rays from the ER so everything in her MRI looked fine, except there is some fluid in her spinal cord, not sure why. So he wants a second opinion from a neurologist. After waiting around for 75 minutes in the room for him, he tells me to be the doctor and everything was fine as he could see..... But he wants to see us back in 2 or 3 weeks.... Yeah, thats what I was wondering.... Why would he see us back and we is now out of the loop!!! I want answers so my daughter can go back to normal activity. She is out of her neck brace but still not able to go to gymnastics or PE at school..... I just paid a SPECIALIST to guess what was wrong and wait for him to do this... UGH!! The more I think about it the more mad I get.... And what is worse is he was rude when he came in the room.... I was not happy with this place.... But thats Mercy and Saltzer for you..... So we are scheduling her neurologist appt in the morning... I will let you know how it goes when we see him.... Hope fully I get some answers this time......

Doctors

So I took Katelyn back in to the doctors that diagnosed her with the virus and they checked her again and he was still sticking to his results, so e called over to the ER and they gave him the final results from the X rays. Her 4th and 5th vertebrae are not aligned correctly, so they called the orthopedic surgeon and called over to get a MRI. After her MRI they said all her nerves looked okay and they scheduled us to see the orthopedic doctor on Tuesday to find out what to do from here. She is in a neck brace and has to take it easy till then.... She still can not move her right side of her neck and still is in pain... But she is such a trooper through it all.... I am so proud of her and everything she has been through and accomplished.... She amazes me everyday!!!! Anyways, I will update you on Tuesday after her doctors appt. Please pray for her!!!

A long Time

It has been such a long time since I have wrote on my blog. So many great things going on this summer. My sister is home for a month and she stayed at our home for a week and I am super busy in school. With all the fun activity I haven't had time to get on my blog. I will update you on all the activities for the last couple weeks but I want to do it when I am not on perkiset... It makes me loopy.....

But I wanted to inform you all that I am having an emergency surgery tomorrow because I have a 8 mm kidney stone and it is to large to pass and to low in the ureter to blast. It is really important that it comes out as soon as possible because it could cause kidney damage. I went in to Mercy medical in Nampa- never again. and I felt like I was dying on my death bed, it took them 2 hours to give me pain medicine and for the doctor to come in. Then after threatening me with a cathliter I finally gave a urine sample that they needed, come to find out the urology office said that they never even tested it. They diagnosed me with a serious kidney infection that I didn't even have. Cody even asked if they should do a CT scan to see if it was more serious, and they said no go home take antibiotics, that I don't even need.

So I have been in pain for about 3 days, but that will come to an end tomorrow around 2. I have so much to do for school and with the kids. I am very nervous about surgery because I have never been put under before. So wish me luck and I will let you know how it goes....

To be Continued...