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R's big accomplishments lately are saying "JET!" (actually he says DET) and making a raven noise on cue. When the winds are out of the north, giant cargo jets fly over the neighborhood about every two minutes and stop everyone in their tracks. So jet is the big word. His first word was 'uh-oh', but he got bored with that I guess. At 15 months, T was working her way up to saying 'Afghanistan'. More proof that girls use big words and boys make animal sounds.
I intend to get some pictures stuck in here somewhere, but I've been too lazy to figure out how to transfer photos from the camera without the cable that came with it. I know Grampy can help me so I'll burden him with that tomorrow. I mostly want to update that profile photo and maybe immortalize this post-prednisone hairdo which my own sweet old grandma felt compelled to tease me about. I will soon have it chopped off in hopes of evening out the new growth spikes with the five hundred or so strands which refused to give up. I will of course post pictures of the kids & grandparents.
Healthwise... we've all had yucky colds which haven't completely gone away yet. I saw my doctors last week and we planned to start another doubling of my Cellcept dose - but my white blood cell count was so low, we had to put it off a bit. The rheumatologist is puzzled with my symptoms (lupus) not matching my lab results (scleroderma). The pulmonologist is puzzled that my lungs sound so clear yet look so horrible on CT. The new echo results came back with a pressure higher than I'd expected, but I've lost a bit of confidence in the accuracy of echocardiograms when it comes to pulmonary arterial pressure. I'm sticking with the result of the heart cath from January, 62 I think. I need to try harder to exercise and eat less sodium. And stop my oxygen-cheating.
The other half back in Laramie has been busy. Among their recent activities: hockey in Rock Springs, overnighting in North Platte, downhill skiing at school, the school musical, Girl Scout World Thinking Day, Girl Scout cookie sales, adjusting schedules for Spring Break, growing out bangs, etc.
Ugh. LittleK whines even in her sleep!