It's been over a month since I last blogged; the last 4 weeks have been extremely difficult physically and emotionally with lots of ER and 1 hospital visit mixed in. I'm happy to report today is my first day off the prednisone. It'll still take a while to get it out of my system (I'm feeling rather yucky today; my stomach isn't happy), but it's still a milestone.
The next big event is 12/12, when we get the endoscopy done and check to see if the eosinophils are gone from my GI tract. On 12/13, I repeat the allergy testing. On 12/15, I meet with Dr. Gonsalves, Beth, and Dr. Taft on results and the food trials, pending my scope comes back clean. I'm trying not to worry about it, but I'm so very hopeful the 2+ months of prednisone fixed all the inflammation.
My short term disability ends this week, and the filing for long term takes up to 45 days. I'm hopeful something will move more quickly, but am not getting my hopes up.
It was nice to be with the family for Thanksgiving, even if I couldn't eat. People ask me a lot of I think about what God is telling me with this illness; I'm truly not sure yet except to be more grateful for the time I have and for all the help from others (and to be available when they need help too).
So, for now, it's a waiting game until the week of the 12th. I feel I've missed a lot in the last 3 months, but try not to focus on it. I hope the new year has lots of good things in store for our family!
