Warmest Greetings in this brand new year~
Our blog seems to be event (or is it 'crisis'?) driven. I realize we've had a pretty peaceful Christmas holiday if you've not heard from us for quite awhile. We had a really nice Christmas with family here. We had both Grandma's here for cinnamon rolls and our Christmas morning festivities. Later in the day Larry's sister Linda, and her husband Ray came and we enjoyed dinner and time together. Krissy had a great time. Linda and Ray had snagged a 3' tall musical Goofy at their neighbor's garage sale....that was a huge hit with Krissy. We have been battling the effects of cold weather chapped lips and skin for Krissy (explanation for why she looks like she does in the photos). Thankfully Rick Phipps, our friend and local dermatologist was able to see her on the 23rd, the last day he was in the office for the year, and gave us some medication to help. If only we could talk her into not rubbing it off....
We got to have a brief visit with our friends, the Deffinbaugh's yesterday morning when they were in town. Krissy was very excited to see them again. I guess we had done our quota of days without drama, so last night it was our turn. Krissy had a pretty good day, but was showing some signs of agitation. As per our usual routine, our faithful sitter Cindy was here with Kris & Benjamin while we went to church. When we got home, she said that Krissy had really escalated shortly before bedtime. She had gotten her to her room where Krissy proceeded to scream and bang on the door. When we arrived home, she had quieted down considerably. After Cindy left, we heard Krissy crying, and then more screaming, so I figured she was just 'over the top' upset still. Jamie went down and I sent one of the pills we use, maybe once a month or so. It's a blood pressure pill that the Dr. gave us for when she's really upset, to just calm her down some. Jamie gave that to her, but came up and said that Krissy was saying her head hurt and some of what she was saying wasn't making sense (different from her baseline). I went down and saw that her forhead was very red and immediately realized that she must have been butting the door with her head....it's not too unusual for her to bang on it if she's upset, and we'd have no way of knowing if she was using her head or hands or feet. Anyway, we were very concerned at the apparent horrific headache she had...she was crying and asking us to squeeze her head. Larry helped get her ready and Jamie and I headed to Doernbecher (Children's Hospital) with her. I was concerned that she may have really done some damage. They were so nice to us...the triage nurse has a niece with autism about the same age and was just so caring. The ER was nearly empty (who would've thought on a Saturday holiday weekend night??) and we didn't even get a chance to sit down in the waiting room before they took us back. By this time the Clonidine had kicked in and she was very sleepy. I felt badly for 'muddying the waters' by having given that to her, but I did it before realizing she had a head injury. And the great thing was, the MD was quite happy about it, because she was sedated enough to do the CT scan without starting an IV to give her sedation. I would never have dreamed that Krissy could hold still for this....she was awake, but just very compliant with what I asked her to do. She in fact started to get the giggles at one point. I think she thought the 'donut machine' was pretty neat. They said she did perfect for the scan and finaly after an hour + wait, we learned that it was negative and were able to bring her home. They said she had a concussion and went over the usual instructions. She zonked for the trip home and slept well thru the night. Thank you Lord.
Benjamin is doing well, (we're) hoping for school tomorrow. His ostomy is functioning really well right now, so we'll see what the surgeon says this week.
We were so encouraged last evening when Jamie was baptized and gave her testimony during the evening service. This was something she had wanted to do for some time and they invited people, if the Lord was leading them in this step, to come. So she did. Very special time for us.
Catch us up on your news when you can. Love, Janelle
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