Big Changes

Big changes have happened!!! A started attending classes at the local community college and a normal life began again - she started eating and talking and wondering why she stopped eating. At this point, she's gained about 25 pounds and is happy and her personality it back!!



BTW, just so A didn't get alllll the attention lol - S complained that her arm ached back in October about two weeks after A came home. She didn't notice how bad it hurt until she had a flu shot and her OTHER arm hurt worse. So I told her to go to the wellness center on campus if it continued to hurt in a couple of days. A few days later, she called me from the wellness center to tell me that she was heading by ambulance to the ER to rule out a blood clot. She said we didn't have to make the hour drive because she would be back on campus soon. Three hours later (no cell reception in the ER) she called to tell me that she did indeed have a blood clot. Off we drive to the hospital to watch her learn how to give herself heparin shots in the stomach for 5 days. She was on blood thinner for 3 months and genetic testing done in the ER and then repeated last month shows that she has prothrombian gene mutation. No birth control with estrogen ever, frequent walking around on long trips, and special consideration when she becomes pregnant in the future. What a bummer!!