Trish, prayers for that family...and hugssssss Losing a child, much less two and then having another hit with the rare disorder....hugssssss and prayers...

Just chilling here, Maddie had a visit from speech therapist from Early On, where Ciara once went...and Maddie as I thought is well behind in any speech too....what is it with my three youngest hehehe they understand all too well..just dont speak at first...

SO, Maddie will go once a week to Early On center, with me, on my day off thursdays...it will be good too..as it is fun place for her to play with others her age group....

So I will have all five in schools, actually all at different schools this year...
Tony high school
Mikayla middle school one more year
Jasmine grade school
Ciara over to Learning center (disability school they have...her for speech)
and now Maddie will go once a week to Early On...the early group..

wow....hahahaa

My stiffness and pain is about the same, once up and going...it subsides some what....but once sit down for a bit...or in bed...everything gets way painful..stiff like..and everything feels breakable...

Sandy, I probably wont call in, as they will just set me up earlier with a different dr in the practice...and I just want to see her next week..and go over all that goes on again...see what she has to say....

IN October they do have me set up with a specialist..endocrinologist...another route to take ..see if anything is figured out more....then not till January or maybe it was Feb. I have apt with a different neurologist....one I was told about...give it a whirl....I guess if this one says..none of this is neurological..maybe I will believe it..haha

Gotta go, Ciara will be coming on the bus soon, taking a short..yes short walk with the two little ones...just over to my parents house to visit..hugsss,sarah

wait sarah that other shoe will drop in about ten years lol oh yes i remember wishing mine would walk sooner :SMACK: I have one who was about a yr and half behind in speech and is doing well now, some kids do take a bit to get it going, I wouldnt fret none, Maddie is getting help this is good, hope you get to enjoy what the rest of call relaxation:hug:

Sarah - I had to smile when I read your post. There is something about the youngest kids not talking right away. The older kids are their interpreters so they don't need to talk. LOL.

My mom, having 10 kids, experienced this often. Intelligence and understanding had nothing to do with it. Although, my younger sister did have to go to speech therapy for a while. My girls are too close in age for that (15 months apart). I also have had a few friends who experienced this as well.

Hope it all works out for the little one.:hug:

Also, as I mentioned to Sandy about my Epsom salt baths, try one and see if that helps with the stiffness. When things get bad for me I do a couple of these a day - one in the morning and one before going to bed. It really helps and has a bonus of making your skin nice and soft.:p

thanks guys,
yes my 8 year old that is about to turn 9 in few weeks...she was speech delayed, still does a bit of speech in school now...but once she started talking she hasnt stopped...no worries hehehehe

well going to take that walk now....we had some oatmeal and PB sandwiches...oh and dont forget the choco chip poptarts lol....

hugss to all, sarah

yeah trish is right I use epsom salt baths too, they have a way of making you feel good, thats what I need and I use them in my whirlpool bath no problems, hmmm me thinks a bath is in order today

It's been a long day, and I am a tad bit exhausted. I feel as if it is taking me longer to do everything at school from preparing for classes to preparing study guides, tests, reading and grading papers... And then there are the meetings.:( I use to do almost all of my work at school, but I am finding that I have to do more on the weekends and in the evenings now. OK --my whine is over now.

My poor mom still does not have electricity. She sounded really tired when I talked to her. She went to a senior get together this afternoon, but when she got there it was canceled. I think she is feeling pretty down. I can't imagine going this many days without power.

I have read all of the posts today, and I am sending out my prayers for everyone.

Well, the two kids wore me out. LOL! All in all, they were pretty good, but everyone knows they are busy, busy, busy. Wish we could bottle up that energy. :)

Glad we had a chance to help them out. They are still out of power, so glad we could do this for them.

It's been slow going getting everything back online in the area. Still a wait and see for most people. :(

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Trish, :hug: prayers going out

Sandy, in the winter I've had to use a heating pad to help with my legs, they get tight and hurt a lot when it falls below freezing outside. When it gets to that point, I can't get in and out of a tub - so we got a heating pad I can regulate with a switch to keep me from being overheated. If you do moist heated towels - did you know that a lot of massage places heat them up in crockpots on low? It's an idea.

Sarah, it's neat that they have places like this now. I was slow at getting to the speaking part myself. I had some ear issues that took awhile to clear up, so I still have a tendancy to mumble on occassion. :) I'm still generally shy and quiet, but I did participate in drama club as a teen. LOL, you can truthfully say I'm a drama queen. :D

Kitty, totally agree with you about the insurance companies.

Everyone, :hug::hug::grouphug:

Frank - I posted the picture in my album. I named it "Peace." DD18 is going to bring it over to her friend tomorrow, however, she e-mailed her a picture of it. She loves it. The money that I am receiving from this painting will go to that little boy's family to help with his medical bills.

Trish i really like that, thats cool looking, and what you are doing is really wonderful:hug:

dont remember if i commented on pyramid city last night when i saw it but that one is pretty cool too

I'm just surfin the web, looking for some jewelry supplies and reading posts...
fighting off the dogs...and being thankful I feel pain...lets me know I'm alive.

A friend of mine is close to heaven's door...

Sending the DH to pick up dinner...I'm refusing to cook.lol
Deputy for the county, whom I taught in school wants me to cook for him one night. He is such a sweetie, in third grade after I moved to Fl, he would call me long distance twice a month. He talked to me for a few minutes today on the phone...

I know at least two kids I made a difference...so don't give up when you think you don't make someone's day or life different...

you never know...you all make mine very special...:grouphug:

Now, where is my food!!! lol