An update on us

I haven't blogged about anything for a while, so I figured that it was time to give a little update on the family.

Erick has been busy working in Portales, but that job is wrapping up soon and he will be moving to Hatch in the next week or two. Hatch is much further away from Roswell, so we will not be seeing him nearly as much as we have been. He will be at that job for 6-9 months.

I have still been dealing with morning sickness and fatigue, but I am starting to feel a little bit better. I will be 14 weeks tomorrow, so I keep hoping that it will go away soon. We went to Utah for Spring Break and I saw my midwife while I was there. Because of insurance issues, we have to see our doctors in Utah, except for emergencies for the time being. I had some blood work come back abnormal, so our trip was extended from 1 week to 2, while they tried to figure out what was going on. They concluded that I have hyperthyroidism (I know, go figure, the chubby girl who can never lose weight has hyperthyroidism not hypothyroidism?) which was contributing to the awful morning sickness that I have been having (plus other symptoms that I won't get into on my blog.) I had to see an endocrinologist and they started me on medication because hyperthyroidism can be dangerous for the baby. They did more blood work and an ultrasound of my thyroid to try and figure out what is causing the elevated levels of T3. The ultrasound also came back abnormal, so I will be heading back to Utah with Caden on the 19th to get a biopsy done and to see my midwife and endocrinologist again. If the biopsy comes back containing "unfriendly" cells, then I will be having my thyroid removed in the next month or so. The biggest problem is that all of this makes my pregnancy high risk and there are no high risk doctors where we live. The closest ones are in Albuquerque, which is 3 1/2 hours away. So, when our lease is up in June, the kids and I may be heading back to Utah to deliver the baby. Hopefully, I will have some more solid answers in the next couple of weeks.

The kids are doing pretty good. Kenzie was happy to be home so that she could sleep in a bed again after two weeks of sleeping on the floor. We had parent-teacher conferences just before our trip and she is getting straight A's. We are so proud of her. She has really had to do alot for Caden and Cierra since I got sick and she never complains. I don't know what I would do without her.

Cierra saw the neurologist while we were in Utah and we adjusted meds again. Her seizures had picked back up again, so we are still playing the guessing game with medication for now. She is having 8-10 a day again. Cierra is also getting straight A's, despite all of the class that she misses because of her seizures. I really hope that we can get her seizure-free some day, so that she can lead a more normal life.

Caden is doing great. He is talking so much and has made a lot of progress in the last few months. You would never know that he had an autism diagnosis just by looking at him now. We are certain that his diagnosis will be changed to Aspberger's at his next appointment with the psychologist. He loves his new school here and actually lets me leave the room for part of the time that he's there.

And I guess that's about it for now. We are still adjusting to life here. It is very different and I am homesick all the time. I'll update again soon.