And the Journey Begins...

The shots have begun.

All is good!

We got Campbell's test results last night. Her Cortisol levels came back perfectly normal. Her MRI was clear. The doctor said her pituitary gland was slightly small, but nothing to worry about. The best news is that there are no tumors anywhere in her smart little brain. That was the biggest concern.

Tomorrow we head to Denver to learn how to torture..er..I mean give her shots. She is ready to just get this started.

Crackin' Me Nuts

Caleb has come up with a new saying. He is combining "driving me nuts" and "cracking me up". He says "Crackin Me Nuts". It's hillarious!

July 29, 2009

The medicine and pen are in. The alcohol swabs are ready. The sharps disposal container has been purchased. The training session has been set. On July 29 we have our training session to teach us how to give Campbell her shots. That will be the day we start her human growth hormone shots. Now we just need to get a growth chart made and some stickers. The stickers are to help us track on the calendar wether she has had her shot or not that day. We plan to take a picture of her every month on the 29th next to her growth chart so we have a visual keepsake of her growth.

Testing Complete

Friday was the last of Campbell's testing. She had to have her Cortisol levels tested. This involved a dose of medicine and then 4 blood draws (one every 30 minutes). The other test was an MRI. They wanted to look at her Petuitary gland to make sure that all was normal with that.

She did fantastic during the MRI. The test lasted for 15 minutes and she had to stay perfectly still the entire time. Her head was put in a cage-like helmet. She was then moved inside the MRI tube. She did not freak out at all. The techs working with her said that she did better than most of their adult patients do. She followed all the instructions perfectly and laid completely still.

For their pediatric patients, the techs take pictures specifically for the kids to take home with them. Campbell now has the MRI pictures of her brain.

We are now just waiting for the results. Her injections will most likely begin this Friday. Our new journey is about to begin.

Surprise Parade

Aaron is currently on his 2 week Reserve duty. Luckily this year though, he's up in Denver. He was able to come home today for a bit of family time. We headed to the giant baby store to get a baby gift. I then suggested we head downtown to play in the water park and walk through the shops.

When we got downtown, we noticed some tents up. We were pleasantly surprised that we had apparently run into a festival we didn't know about. We found our way around to some parking and started walking towards the park.

On our way we noticed a nun twirling in the street with a brightly colored umbrella. Aaron and I both thought this strange but hey, we were on our way to a festival. To our surprise, we found there was also a parade. The kids were thrilled! They love parades. Then Campbell commented that there were a lot of rainbows in this parade. Yes, yes there were.

Being the liberal parents we are, we didn't panic. We just let our kids enjoy the "rainbow" parade. It was a fun surprise for our family day out. Oh! and we did get some water time in. It rained on us at the parade.

Some Pictures from Nana's Visit

Two Weeks

Nana was here for the past two weeks. The kids really enjoyed spending some time with her. While she was here we went to Cripple Creek for Donkey Derby Days. We also went to Indpendence Pass on the 4th and had lunch in Aspen. Finally we took her into Denver to the Nature and History Museum. Those were our big outings.

We also spent a lot of time playing board games with Nana. Campbell loves to play board games with her Nana. The kids also took Nana to a movie. We went to the farmer's market and did some shopping.

The kids and I took her to see the Manitou Cliff Dwellings. She has wanted to see the Cliff Dwellings since she was a little girl about Campbell's age. We finally got her there, so she was very happy.

She is now at home. Aaron is in Denver doing his 2 weeks of AT. The kids and I are just hanging out at home. Summer is now officially her in Colorado. It was nearly 100 degrees today.

How's that for a quick update?

Happy 4th of July 2009

Yesterday was the 4th of July. We started the day by taking Nana (she's visiting) to the top of Independence Pass. We had a wonderful walk and saw some beautiful sites. After our little walk we went into Aspen for a quick brunch. We lucked and were able to see the parade while we were there. We didn't go see fireworks last nights because of rain. We just watched them for our bedroom window. Hope you all had as nice of a day as we did.