Wednesday, May 22

Thank you from the bottom of my ♥

I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who emailed, posted to my FB/twitter, etc sending well wishes for our family.  As some of you know my 3yr old had a bad fall on the playground last month at preschool and knocked her noggin for a loop and broke her sweet little nose.  She's been having scary side effects since that would suggest neurological trouble.  A last minute DRs appt Friday ended us up admitted to the local children's hospital for 5 days.  We made it home late last night, but it'll be a long road ahead of outpatient care.  The CT scan, tons of blood work (seriously this kid is covered in 30+ bandaids from IVs and blood draws), 2 sedations, and MRI tests all show that her post concussive syndrome will get better with time, but for the next year or so she has to wear a helmet...unless she's laying/sitting for long periods with hand-to-hand supervision.  She wasn't having it at first, but after learning she could sticker that puppy up to her heart's content...she LOVES it!

Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on how you look at it, the tests showed a problem in her sweet little head (the pituitary gland to be specific) that is wreaking havoc on lots of her other systems.  Something we would have struggled to get to the bottom on more and more as she grew up, but now we accidentally happened upon it and can be very proactive to minimize the affect it has on her life.  So I'm definitely counting it as a blessing!  A long road ahead of us, but I'll take manageable and treatable over the alternatives you will see in a children't hospital for sure!!!!

I love this blog as well as my time away from the stress I find in paper crafting myself.  So I don't plan on anything changing here.  I also have enjoyed every bit of my work on my design teams and my own challenge blog.  Although I have been a bit slow in mailing stuff out, commenting and responding to messages, I am still getting there.  I can't imagine ever giving any of this up, especially when I am more thankful than ever for my sweet little peas and this hobby is all about them!

I just wanted to thank you all for the support.  And Ms. Allie wants to thank everyone who came and visited her during our week at the hospital and who called, emailed sweet messages and sent her cards.  I promise you that you all made what was an otherwise traumatic week for her, a lot brighter.

♥ The Skinner family



Thanks for visiting!



9 comments:

  1. Oh gosh! I had no idea!! Poor thing!!! Prayers for your family and your sweet lil one! God works in mysterious ways and it is indeed a blessing you found out about the gland thing now while you can take steps for preventative treatment. And I bet she has the most awesome helmet ever with all of those stickers!! Let her bling that baby out :)

    ReplyDelete
  2. Hi Christy. Being a new follower, I did not know about what happened to your poor little girl. How scary for you and for her. I hope she continues to get better. Head injuries are so scary. And again, I am so glad that we connected. Keep scrapbooking to help with the stress. Isn't it amazing how something can shed light on another problem (even though the fall was scary). Enjoyed this post.

    ReplyDelete
  3. THinking about you!!!! Sending good vibes your way!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Poor baby girl... you know she has been in my prayers... love to you and your whole family!!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Hi Christy! I came upon your blog and just had to say that your family is in my prayers tonight. Wishing you the best!

    ReplyDelete
  6. That's a hard thing to go through. For her to have to deal with. Thinking of you.

    ReplyDelete
  7. So glad to hear that you found this out early. Sending lots of prayers your way for your sweet little girl. hugs, Tami

    ReplyDelete
  8. Wow...how scary. I'm so glad you are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. I was surprised to read the doctors found something else that may not had been found had not the fall happened. I think I read that right. How wonderful that they can address that now. I hope to see lots of stickers on that little helmet. I was going to comment on your darling project but scrolled down and read this post instead. Now I'll go back to your cut Cut It Up project post.

    ReplyDelete

Thank you for visiting my blog and being kind enough to stop and comment before leaving. Comments are set to moderation, to avoid spam, but all other comments will be posted just as quick as I can. Come back soon!! =)