I'm mostly posting to catch everyone up to date but, I honestly don't even know where to start. I hate that it seems I mostly write about all our troubles. Through everything I know the hand of God is on us and I have much to be thankful for. This may be a little long but, I will try to be as brief and to the point as possible.

I am much better after all of the complications due to surgery. However, I have some other issues going on. To sum it up, I am in a lot of pain and the doc is not sure what's causing it. At this point, he is thinking that I may have polymyositis. This is a disease where the white blood cells attack your muscles causing constant inflammation and pain. I am grateful to have a doctor that seems to be working with me well. I do not want to go on narcotic pain medication if I can help it and he has been very good at trying other options first.

My six year old son, Jadon, has also been having some serious health problems. He has had some problems since he was a baby such as asthma, allergies, and severe acid reflux. We also recently discovered that he needed glasses. And, not only is he farsighted but, his eyes don't work together correctly. So, his Rx has been changed again and is now in the 500s and he also needs vision therapy once a week for at least 9 months. Our problem right now is that our insurance won't pay for this and it is over $6000. So, we are praying in regards to that.

Also, in doing some further testing for his increasing stomach issues, it has been discovered that he has a positive ANA. We are told that this means he almost certainly has some type of autoimmune disease. So, we are scheduled to go to Riley Children's Hospital on September 10th. This is about a 2 hour drive for us but, thankfully, my husband was able to take that day off from work. I'm glad he is going because the doctors there are very good and there will be 2 of them that will give their opinions. I just hope it does not take long to diagnose. I hate the waiting and not knowing.

Other members of the family are doing well. And, even with all this going on, Jadon has been handeling everything remarkably well.

We have also been busy getting our house ready to sell. We have found another home that is in the country where we have wanted to be for a long time. It is an old two story house situated on three acres. It needs some work done to it but, I love it. Our payment will not increase much at all either so, that's a plus. We are going to make an offer on it in a week or two. In the meantime, we had to put a new roof on where we currently are and we are getting ready to do a little painting and just generally trying to spruce things up before we list it.

We have also started our school year. We have now comlpeted our 5th week. We are using a new curriculum called WinterPromise and we are really enjoying it. This is also our first year using Apologia science and that is going well.

So, between doctor's appointments and testing for myself and my son, doing school work, and trying to get things done around here, you can see why it's been so long since I posted. I am trying to catch up with everyone else's blogs as well. I will post here as often as I can. I really enjoy my blog friends. We are giving thanks to the Lord in all things! Blessings!