Happy Thanksgiving!

I am hosting my first Thanksgiving this year and had a few minutes to sit down and relax and figured it's a good time to update my blog!

We said goodbye to my Grandma last week, which was incredibly hard. She had been struggling for a long time, but it's still hard to see her gone. It seems like a part of my childhood is gone. She was a wonderful Grandmother and I am at peace knowing she is watching over us and is in no more pain. We will miss her so much!

I am down to two medications, which is so awesome! They dropped the first medication almost a month ago and then just tested me this week to make sure my body is handling the loss of the drug ok and that my kidneys are still doing good. Unfortunately it showed I was getting protein and blood in my urine again so they are waiting one more week and testing me again. If I still have it in there, I will have to go back on the medications. By having protein in my urine again, it's showing that my kidneys are back to not functioning like they are supposed to. Praying that the next test will show I do NOT need that drug and can remain free from it.

Finally, with Thanksgiving tomorrow, I have a few things that I am especially thankful for this year:

1. My family. Healthy & Happy!
2. My Grandma being at peace with her Heavenly Father
3. A Job! With the economy these days, it's good to know I still have a job!
4. God.
5. My family and friends!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

November already?!

Wow has it been awhile or what?! No news is always good news though! Everything here is going G-R-E-A-T! Recently, they took me off another medication, so I am down to only two different medications a day which is awesome!!! I get tested in a few weeks to see how my body is reacting to the loss of the last medication we dropped. So far I feel the same and have not had any swelling or flare ups that I can tell, so I think it's working!

Ive had to go in to get some injections into some of my joints a few weeks ago, but other than that, I have remained healthy (knock on wood) during this crazy time of H1N1 scares, and all and all feel great!

Nolan is now 21 months! I'm sad to think that in just a few more months he will be 2 and I won't be saying he's "month" old anymore, it will be years. He's at such a fun age though and learning new words everyday. Some not the best words...like his new word last week which starts with a "sh" and ends with a "t!" OPPS! We have introduced him to the potty chair, but he doesn't seem to really care about it. He went one time on it and that's it! I guess when he's ready, he's ready!

Until next time!

Back to my "old self"

Well kind of anyways! My nurse called me the other day to tell me that my labs showed no signs of lupus right now! What awesome news! Basically that means my body is in complete remission (back to where it was BEFORE my flare up, before I had Nolan). If a doctor were to test me for Lupus today, it would show no signs in my lab work. Crazy hu?! Who knows what would happen if I came off my medication...but for now, it's showing nothing while on medication, so that's great!

The Lupus Walk for Hope was last weekend and what a GREAT turnout! I had about 30 people alone just on my team-Thanks to everyone who came out! We dont have final numbers in yet, but I'm thinkings it is going to be over $25,000 raised! The ambassador role was very exciting, but of course...I started crying during my speech! Someday I will be able to talk about my experience with Lupus without crying. I'm hopeful anyways!!!

The new house is starting to feel like "home". Boxes are unpacked, rooms are decorated, neighbors have been introduced. We are really enjoying the town and neighborhood and excited to raise the family here! I feel 10 times safer here, which is worth it in itself!!! We are also starting to look into a new church here. Our church now is in St.Cloud, and we just are having a hard time making it on Sundays considering it is a 1/2 hour drive one way. A closer church would be much easier!! We are going to try out a Lutheran Church on Sunday. Excited for that!

Can't believe Fall is just around the corner. SOOO excited to have a normal fall this year and for family pictures in October! Last year at this time, my face was HUGE so there was no way I was taking family pictures and I also held myself back in a lot of the fun fall activities. Very excited!

I probably won't update for another few weeks unless something VERY interesting in my life pops up:) No updates usually mean healthy Anne:)

No Thyroid Problem!

Tests came out good. I have a very normal thyroid! YEAH!~ I guess my metabolism just got better with age. Is that possible?!

update: Another Test

I went in today for my yearly physical with my gynecologist and was talking to her about my unexplained weight loss and how I haven't gained it back since I was sick over 2 months ago now. She is a little concerned about a thyroid problem so I was once again sent to labs for some work on my thyroid. I just hope there is nothing wrong, and I am just gifted to lose 10 lbs by not trying!!!! She mentioned something about how an autoimmune disease can affect your thyroid. SO......we wait yet again for more tests and hopefully to deliver more good news that I am healthy!

Whew!

Whew! The move is officially over and we have lived here now a full week! Everything is unpacked and the house looks like our own. What a great feeling! The boys LOVE the new house, especially their new bunk beds and play room.

Reminder that the Lupus walk/run is coming up in a few weeks. If you haven't signed up and/or donated you still have time. Go to www.lupusmn.org and click on the walk/run logo to the right. Make sure you search for my team (anne burau) to join and/or donate. It should be a lot of fun!

Health wise, everything seems great! I'm just getting over a cold...Thanks to my son who must have picked it up at daycare, but other than that...things are still checking out great!

Well, we are off to get more stuff done!

He was there again

It happened yet again. God had answered yet another one of my prayers. The 3 hour test returned great results. I do have spots on my retinas, however, they are not eye disease spots. They are what the doc believes to be just inherited spots that I have on my retinas. They will not affect my vision or anything...so I will remain on the medication and once again thank the Lord for answering yet another one of my prayer requests.

Now that this is over, I really need to focus on packing up this house. It is becoming a little bit stressful! Our new house will be completely finished next Wednesday so we are super excited to see how everything is once it is done!

I turned Nolan's crib into a toddler bed last night. Wow. A toddler bed. It took me an hour to convert it and honestly, looking at my baby sleeping in there, I want to turn it right back into a crib. I can't believe he is sleeping in a big boy bed. Wow. He was really scared to go to sleep in it last night. He kept getting out and crying and I would go into the room, and lay him back down and leave the room. Finally, I laid my head on his mattress next to him, and he was out. Tonight was much easier. He did still get up and cry and then Ross had a "talk" with him and laid him down and he went right to sleep. He also slept through the night last night without getting up. Hopefully tonight is the same! What a big boy he is becoming. He gave up the nuk without a fight, moved to a toddler bed with barely a fight. Now...if only potty training can be that easy??!! We will be starting that soon...should be interesting:)

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, again for all the wishes and prayers for the eye tests today. Hopefully this is the LAST test in a LONG LONG time!!!!!