Last week's lab results

Labs from this week didn't look as good. My Creatinine is back up, higher than it's ever been and my BUN (Blood Urea Nitrogen), a waste product from protein that is measured in the blood is the highest it has been also. The nurse said it's a good thing I'm getting the biopsy this week. We will hopefully have some answers soon. The medicine I'm on apparently isn't doing it's job exactly. My iron levels are super low too so I'm starting an iron supplement this week to help with my hemoglobin. Please keep me in your prayers this week, I'm very scared about the biopsy and the results. Thanks!

Survived my first nights away from Nolan!

Well..both I and Nolan survived the 3 nights away from each other:) I think I ended up missing him more than he missed me though! The business trip went well we got hooked up with a sweet hotel room...Gotta love the flat screen!!!

It was super weird to have "free" time after class. I spent most of my time reading gossip magazines.....

and even had enough energy to use their super nice gym! (Picture from after my kick butt workout!)
I now have all the sales skills to sell insurance....scary. It was a great class though, glad I went. Now, I have much unpacking to do!

A weekend at home for once!

Had a pretty good weekend. First weekend we were home all weekend in a LONG time. Today I am packing and getting ready to head to Madison, WI for work. It will be my FIRST time leaving Nolan overnight...and for 3 nights! (I'm a little nervous about this, but know he'll be fine.)

Nolan had sweet potatoes for the first time this weekend...He seemed to enjoy them but wondered at first what the heck I was feeding him!


We also enjoyed some fun pool time....




Nolan has also mastered rolling over and the second we put him on his back, he is instantly on his stomach. I have a feeling he might be crawling sooner than later as he gets frustrated easily that he can't move and will try to "inch" his way around.

On my health, as I mentioned earlier, I stopped the prendisone because I was so sleep deprived. I am noticing that my joint pain is coming back so I might have to start taking a low dose again. I'm seeing how long I can hold out though and just using Tylenol for the pain right now. My body seems to be handling the Lisinopril and Hydroxychloroquine fine, they just make me very drowsy! I took 3 naps yesterday!!! I'm sure once my body gets used to them it won't have that much of an effect..hopefully!

Well..off to pack and enjoy the rest of the day with the family!

Sneak peek at some of Nolan's 6 month pictures!

Nolan did so good at his 6 month pictures! Here are a few of my favorites. He was all smiles for the photographer which was great!!!

I decided starting today I was going to stop the Prendisone on my own. I need to get back to getting some sleep. Hopefully since I have not been on it that long my body will not have "with drawls" from it and will continue on like nothing happened. I'm crossing my fingers this happens!

Biopsy is scheduled Finally!

Friday, August 22nd. It will be nice that I will have the whole weekend to recover and shouldn't need to take anymore additional days off of work (besides Friday).

The nurse described the procedure a little better too. They take a small needle through my back into the kidney and take out 3-4 samples. They will be looking for Lupus in general, but then other unusual scars, deposits, etc. I will be completely awake for the procedure, but will get a local anesthetic before the needle is inserted. The total time on the procedure should only take about hour, however I will be required to stay overnight in the hospital so they can watch for any bleeding from the incision site. I will have to be on my back for the next 24 hours so laying low will be what I do all weekend that weekend I guess. (BORING!) I think Ross might be staying with me in the hospital that night and my mom will come to take care of Nolan.

Sleep is overrated

It is 1:30am and I cannot sleep..again. This is getting really old! 5:30 comes way too fast. I think tomorrow I might start taking a sleeping pill to see if that works. 4 hours of sleep a night just isn't enough for me these days!

On Sunday I will be leaving for Madison, WI for a class for work. It will be my first time leaving Nolan overnight! I will be gone until Wednesday. I think Ross might be a little nervous about taking care of both boys himself. He keeps asking me when I am leaving and when I am coming back. I'm confident he will do fine though. I'm sure they will be eating chicken nuggets and pb & Jelly for dinner the 3 nights though!

Still waiting for the nurse to call me back to schedule my biopsy. I'm getting annoyed it is taking her so long to call me back. I think I might try calling her again tomorrow. I want to get it scheduled and over with!

I had a really good workout tonight finally. Usually I can only run a few minutes before my knees are killing me and giving out. I was able to run 15 min. straight this time! That is HUGE improvement for my body! Now, if I can only get back up to 30 mins. I would be happy:) I have a feeling that 10K I wanted to run this summer will not be happening.

Enough rambling, I should try to see if I can go back to sleep. Good night.

It is really August already?

So tired after this weekend. We were at a wedding in Brainerd and we brought Nolan, which makes it ten times harder! (see pic from wedding to the left) Luckily, Nolan let us sleep in until 8:15am this morning! I was very grateful for that! The Prendisone lower dose is not showing much of a change on me. I'm still not sleeping well. Hopefully next week when I go on a lower dose I will be able to start sleeping better. I'm so exhausted!

I got a few emails from people asking why I don't have pictures or talk about Ian in my blog. As much as I love Ian and think of him as one of my own, I chose to not involve him in my public blog since this is a public blog and you never know who is reading it...with all that's going on with that whole situation I think it's best to leave that part out:)

Hoping the nurse calls me this week to schedule my biopsy I'm anxious to get that part done! Hopefully tomorrow I can update with a date!