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Comment by rickysmom0403(ship 12 div 034) on January 11, 2011 at 6:22pm

I LOVE being able to talk to my son everyday!!! Life is good! He had to buy a swifer! LOL and cleaning supplies.  too funny- he called to ask what kind of laundry soap does he want to buy????

I asked if I could send him cookies or brownies. And he said yea if you want!! So I guess I will be making him some brownies tonight now that I have his address

Comment by Ersmom CVN71/Roosevelt on January 11, 2011 at 5:33pm

Navymom, I am glad you are well. We took a new grad with us Saturday whose parents did not come for graduation... cannot imagine. I think I would have crawled to it if I had to. I am not judging them.. their circumstances may be very different from mine... I just know I would have not wanted to miss it. Strangely enough, even though the ride home was terrifying, I thought at least I knew my daughter was taken care of and was fine, and I got to see her! 

 

Julie, I fully understand! When you are a mom, you are always a mom. We worry and fret over our kids and they do not understand. Not at least until they themselves become moms. Do what your gut tells you about protecting her from possible allergens, and at 16 she will complain. One day she will know and understand how much you care. Hey, if she can afford to miss school then don't stress it. I feel for her! At 16 going to school with a puffy face will elicit more questions than she wants to answer! :D! I will pray for you guys!

Comment by NavymomGG on January 11, 2011 at 3:52pm

Hello All...Boy it sounds like alot of people had some harrowing experiences..Rickysmom and Ersmom...Thank goodness you are all home safe and sound...my heart races just imagining what it was like...I know when our plane landed on sunday evening they announced that it had to be towed to the gate for some reason...I didn't care at that point if we had to crawl to the gate..lol..at least we were on solid ground and the relief I felt that we had all made it to graduation was incredible...I was so grateful...

Julie you have certainly had your share of challenges and then some....I do believe we are sometimes given opportunities to practice the ability to have faith that everything will work out the way it is supposed to, it just isn't always on our time schedule and it isn't always according to our plan yet it is always right...For the 3 weeks preceeding graduation I was sicker then I can remember..It went from the flu to a severe upper respiratory..my husband then got it too and it complicated some health issues he already has. We spent all day Christmas in the emergency room yet miraculously he came home that night...it wasn't looking good as far as getting to graduation but I refused to succumb to fear...I'm not saying it didn't get me now and then but overall I just kept believing it would all be fine...I kept picturing us getting on the plane, sitting at graduation, hugging my sailor, etc..I visualized it over and over again..Sure enough, it all worked out perfectly...THANK GOODNESS...lol...There are many things we just don't have control over but we do have control over our mind..The best we can do is hope and pray and think the most positive thoughts we can...yes, fear gets us by the throat sometimes but we have to gather our strength and courage and pull ourselves back up..I believe strongly in what I call my "unseen helpers" and I think I have just about worn them out these last few months..lol...One of the greatest gifts we have given ourselves was the decision to join N4M and accept the Love, support and guidance of this amazing family...I am so grateful to All of You !!!

Comment by Julie- (CVN 69 IKE) on January 11, 2011 at 3:40pm

Ersmom thanks for the info... very very much. I  just told her I wanted her to start keeping a food diary for me so we could try to figure it out.  She thinks Im nuts because i made her change her pillowcase just in case it was a hair spray or gel or somthing. She is still so swollen... the Dr told her it could take 5 days for the swelling to go down. she just came in to take her next dose of prednisone and benedryl and told me she was NOT going to school tomorrow like this... I feel so bad for her. plus she said her face is tender.  She got new make up for christmas? but wouldnt we have known that before now.... Im so confused and impatient... its gonna drive me nuts till we get to the Dr tomorrow.

Comment by Ersmom CVN71/Roosevelt on January 11, 2011 at 3:10pm

Julie, they will likely give you a prescription for an epi pen. She will need to keep that with her from now on, and they will show you how to use it. Yes, the initial reaction is usually the mildest. If she has any more swelling, shortness of breath... get her to the ER. It is strange that it seems to be a delayed reaction... best wishes finding the culprit.

Comment by Julie- (CVN 69 IKE) on January 11, 2011 at 3:04pm

Kimber and Lydia thank you so much =) I wish I had some Idea as to what caused Lexys reaction, they are sending us to a allergist tomorrow because since the initial allergic reaction is usually much milder that any that follow they want us to try and figure out what it was. it is strange tho, last night she cheered at a basketball game and was fine when she got there but when she came home she did mention her face was tingling but I didnt think anything about it. She didnt eat anything while she was there and just a drink from the water fountin...so no clue. no new make up, no borrowed lip gloss no bug bites that we know of...it has me stumped.

 

maybe god is just getting it all out of the way at once for me =)

Comment by Ersmom CVN71/Roosevelt on January 11, 2011 at 3:02pm

Rickysmom, we were in a blue taurus with Alabama plates. I think the vehicle we saw was a car. We did not stop very much... we stopped in KY for lunch and needless to say, that is difficult on a 48 year old bladder.

Comment by Ersmom CVN71/Roosevelt on January 11, 2011 at 3:00pm

Julie..The prednisone causes acid production, so pepcid is given to counteract that. We always give our patients who present with an allergy to the contrast we use or seafood, a dose of solumedrol IV or predisone orally, benadryl and pepcid.I hope she is better. I bet it was something she ate. Any dietary changes would be worth noting... nut allergies can pop up when you least expect. Best wishes and keep me up.

Comment by Kimber Ship 12 DIV 035 on January 11, 2011 at 2:56pm

Julie, im so sorry you are getting hit with everything at once! that just menas that good is right around the bend! i hope your daughter gets better, that cant be fun at all. :(

Comment by Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours) on January 11, 2011 at 2:55pm

Julie - good grief!!  Does the saying, "When it rains it pours" come to your mind!  did they have any suggestion as to what might have caused that?  Did she get bitten by something?  Weird!  Im glad her school was closed so she can rest ...  you dont worry about your Sailor.  There are a number of reasons for no call yet!!  Just continue to hang in there and everything will fall into place!  I do know that this is easier said than done - trust me!!!!  Ugggg. 

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