So Proud...

Jacoby had his growth hormone stimulation test this week. I'm very happy to report that he did exceptionally well throughout the entire ordeal. Getting the IV was the most stressful, especially when they couldn't get it on the first try. But once that was taken care of, Jacoby turned our small lab room into a place of his own with trucks, books, and videos. He carried on throughout the hours with hardly any complaint, retained a good sense of humor, stood by himself to have an xray of his hand, delighted his nurse and was very helpful to her when she visited every 30 minutes to draw blood from his special "button". I couldn't have wished it to go any better and both Justin and I were very proud of him. Once the four hours were finally up, Jacoby ate lunch there (and proceeded to eat all afternoon) and then fell asleep as soon as we started our trek back home. We were all worn out by the end of the day, but so thankful and relieved to have this behind us.

We won't have any results for another 10-14 days, but what we did find out is that he doesn't seem to have any blood sugar issues. His last lab results indicated low blood sugar, and a lot of factors could have played into this, but they wanted to check to make sure he was keeping normal blood sugar levels and he was! Next steps will be to have blood work done on April 29 and then a follow up appointment with the allergist on May 6.

The boys are doing great! Morgan's main project these days is figuring out how to eat with utensils...and sheesh it's a messy process! But he is so determined and actually getting quite good at it. Jacoby has begun the "But why, Mommy?" questions...I was thinking I might have another year or two before this started. He's also completely enamored with a new special garbage truck that Grandpa Michael gave him last weekend, complete with garbage bins that he has filled with all sorts of things.

Justin is busy working on his dissertation proposal. I'm trying to get him to send it out to everyone, well not everyone, but our families at least so they can see what he's going to be writing on because I think it's quite interesting. His TA responsibilities are keeping him really busy too.

We really had a good time with Grandmanette and Grandpa Michael last weekend. We enjoyed beautiful, sunny weather while they were here. The boys loved their company, and Jacoby was thrilled to be able to try out Grandpa's new iPad. Aunt Linda arrived on Tuesday from Arizona in her great big motorhome, so we've been enjoying her company in the evenings. Jacoby keeps her busy with books and trucks. Morgan is pretending to be shy and have stranger fear.

I'm trying to keep my head above water--I can't believe how much time and energy the medical stuff takes! I'm so far behind with things at home, not to mention the board meeting coming up in less than a month...insert reminder to breathe here. So I just keep trekking along. I had jury duty for a few hours this week and then thankfully got excused. We were very saddened at work when we got news last week that the spouse of a colleague passed away after a long fight with cancer, so several of us attended his memorial service. I also received a call from the manager of all of the Boulder Medical Center labs wanting to hear more about our unpleasant experience with Jacoby's first blood draw, so I had a very good conversation with her. We're looking forward to trying out a different lab next week that might be slightly more kid-friendly.

The boys' school did a lot of special things this week in honor of Earth Day yesterday, planting a new tree out by the new playground, learning how things grow and how we can take care of the earth. In Jacoby's class, they asked each child what they wanted to do to take care of our environment and Jacoby told his class that he was going to keep using his water bottle for drinking! I think we're going to plant some strawberries this weekend to continue the conversation.

Have a great weekend everyone!