Well here we are in the last part of the year. Boy has this gone fast!! We just celebrated Ben's 16 birthday on the 9th and my Dad's 66th on the 13th. Can't believe my baby is 16 now and very grateful my Dad is still with us, Mom is too!! I am so grateful I can say I still have both my parents living to share all life's ups and downs with.
The last couple of weeks have been a tough time here at our household. First, Ben came down with bronchitis which then made its way in one form or another to Beth then to me. We are doing great now, but the creeping crud is making its way around the high school so it will probably be back.
David and I spent several days in Aurora with Mom and Dad last week. He had an appointment with his primary care doctor at the VA. Then we went to meet with his service rep at the main office to check on the status of his disability increase claim. While we were there we were given the bad news that the VA is saying he is not entitiled to any increase. We aren't giving up, we will be appealing this news and will be seeking help from family and friends who may have information about his condition over the years. We believe they are not looking at the records as deeply as they should to make this judgement. Many of their notes as to why they denied the increase, say that the records don't indicate any problems...that is utter crap!! We have copies of all his medical records from the Army and the VA. We will be going over our copies, making copies and highlighting them for the rater. We will prevail!!
After a long visit with the doctor, we discovered we will be back in Aurora for more tests on Sept. 29, 30 and Oct. 1. It seems that David's blood work shows a very low iron level and an extremely high platelet count. Now, what all this means I am not really sure, but it sent up a red flag to his oncologist. Dr. Pahone, Oncologist, now wants him on 10 days of iv therapy to try to bring the iron level up and he wants to do another bone marrow extraction when we come back up. The original appointment on the 29th was to see the doctor about his sleep study results and to probably get him on a cpap machine. Thank the Lord they finally think he needs this machine, maybe I can move back to our bed. I haven't been able to sleep in my bed for quite a while due to his snoring and the severe case of restless leg. The doctors tell me this should help both.
The kids are doing well so far in school. Beth and Ben are deep into rehearsals and practice for Regional and State competitions for band. David and I sat for over 2 hours tonight to watch the field show making its way to being a pretty good display. I personally can't wait to see the whole thing at Regionals and will be hoping they perform as well as last year at both competitions. They brought home first from Regionals and 3rd at State.
Now that I have you updated it is time for bed. God Bless You All!
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