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What a May this is!

May 20th, 2010 at 12:07 am

As I previously mentioned, my youngest daughter is having some health issues that continue.

On Monday, she was taken by ambulance to the ER from school. I said to take her to the hospital in the cities where she's been having all of her recent testing done. It was very nice to be able to pull up all the results and have them as comparison, as well as have many doctors input. The doctors are (very!) slowly ruling out what it isn't. Tomorrow, she has another stress test, and on Monday, an EEG.

I am amazed, however, at the speed that the billing is happening. About four years ago, another daughter's medical care (including two hospital stays) were billed to us nine to twelve months later. After that amount to time passed, it would have been hard to dispute any questionable charges. This time I've received some as quick as two weeks after the procedure. I'm very thankful that we have great care for my girl, decent insurance coverage, and a healthy emergency fund (though so far, we've just covered the bills within our regular budget - a little less spent on non-essentials and eating out.)

We are surviving May... My second girl had her birthday bonfire last weekend. Only one of her girlfriends could come (everyone's May is crazy) so the ratio was two girls to ten guys. They loved it! I was so glad that I erred on the side of too much food, because as it turns out, it was the right amount of food for a hungry group of teenage boys! (I'm kind of thinking that whatever amount of food I put out probably would be the amount they would have eaten!)

We made it through the Art Festival last night, where the two middle girls performed in the band and the choir. It lasted three hours! We were stuffed into the hot gym, on hard bleachers. Our high school has three bands and four choirs, and each played two or three songs. Then the mass choir sang, then the mass band played, and finally the mass band and mass choir joined together for a song. This was the last performance for the school's band director, so there were tearful goodbyes and thank yous, and a speech by the high school principal, followed by a reception for the director in the cafeteria. I can't imagine why I blank out on how long this year-end performance is (kind of like how you forget about childbirth until you're in the midst of it!) Oh well, I have another year to forget...

My oldest is home from her first year at college. What lovely college hours she's trying to keep here at home - an adjustment for all, let me tell you!

We also have plans for camping. Our first trip is with another family to a nearby campground over Memorial weekend. It's not even a mile from our house (crazy, I know, but fun.) Hoping for nice weather and lots of relaxation!

We also have reservations at a state park in CO for immediately after school ends, but we'll have to see with regards to my youngest, and what the next few tests show and what the doctors will allow. CO isn't going anywhere... Either way, we're all counting down the days 'til summer!

Enjoy your evening and take care!

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