Resolutions
I’m not a huge fan of New Year resolutions. Usually, I make it for a couple of weeks with them and then it all falls apart. But I’m going to take another stab at it this year. I absolutely need to lose some weight, so I’m going to set out some baby steps that I hope will get me started on my weight-loss journey. 1. Drink more water, especially on the weekends! I do pretty well with my water consumption during the week because I have a water bottle on my desk that I’m...
Read MoreFevers, infections and hives — oh my!
September started with a bang in the Chase family. On Thursday, Matt got a phone call from daycare to come pick up Alaina because she had a fever. It started low enough, just 101. By the time we were able to get an appointment at the doctor’s office, it was up to 102.6. And by the time I got home from work, it was a raging 103.3. The runny nose Alaina has had for the past couple of weeks had finally turned into the dreaded ear infection — and it was a bad one. Ugh. I think one of...
Read MoreThis Mama has MS
Back in early May, my husband called 911 because I was having a seizure. The EMTs came and they took me to the hospital, where I spent the next five days. My MRI showed I had a few brain lesions, but the doctors didn’t seem terribly concerned. At the time, they thought I had viral meningitis. You can read all about it here. At the end of last month I had a follow-up MRI. Then a few days later, I saw my infectious diseases doc who revealed that my MRI showed that while some of my brain...
Read MoreHealth scare
Sorry I’ve been quiet these past few days. I had a bit of a health scare on Sunday. I was taking a nap and then I started having a seizure. My husband promptly called 911 and paramedics took me to Baptist NLR Hospital. I’ve been here ever since — only going mildly stir crazy. Yesterday I had another seizure, which seems to have confirmed the neurologist’s suspicious about what is wrong with me. He seems to think that I’ve got an infection in my spine. So...
Read MoreBaby’s first birthday
July 26, 2009 — Matt and I said “hello” to our beautiful little girl. Alaina Carol Chase weighed in at 6 lbs, 15 ounces and was 20 inches long. After a labor that didn’t progress and eventually ended in a C-section (sweet relief, let me tell ya!), it was such a blessing to hold my sweet child in my arms. On this day a year ago, I didn’t know what the future held for us. I didn’t know that doctors would discover an imperforate anus the next day and Alaina...
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