November 2011

We started off November with a bonfire and hayride. We had a lot of fun! Thanks to our neighbors for letting us use their hay wagon. :)

Trystan invited Uncle Buddy to participate in the Veteran's Day celebration in her classroom on November 10th. I went in to help serve punch and got to see what the kids did for the veterans and the presentations the veterans gave the class. It was all very moving!

Thanksgiving was great! We are so very thankful for healthy kids. :) We spent Thanksgiving Day with the Watson side family and had a great time. Black Friday, I went with Grandma Rieke and Aunt Carrie Christmas shopping while the girls spent the day with daddy. The girls had a good time with daddy and I got a little shopping done. Saturday after Thanksgiving we had the Rieke Thanksgiving at the Troy Library. After eating our dinner, we had a surprise 80th birthday party for Great-Grandma Huck. She was surprised and many family and friends came to help her celebrate her big day!

October 2011

Trystan is continuing to do well in school. She gets a little discouraged when she isn't able to do what all of the other kids do. But, she is continuing to do more and more things she's been unable to do for so long. We are so proud of her!
On October 10th she had her appointments with both the oncologist and her bone doctor. It was a very long day! We started off in radiology for her chest x-ray and then headed up to oncology. The doctor was happy with Trystan and her x-ray was clear! He told us she is to come back in February for her two year check up. But this time she will be seeing the late effects team. It was then off for a lunch accross the street at Applebee's. After lunch we headed to the bone doctor appointment. She had to get her leg x-rayed before her appointment. Trystan always does extremely well with these x-rays. We then headed back to the doctor's office. We waited there for a LONG time!!! When she finally got to see the doctor, he said her bone is continuing to grow. However, the bottom screw in her leg is cracked at the head of the screw. He isn't concerned at this time but will continue to watch it. He also said that if ANYTHING starts to hurt she is to stop doing it immediately!
Halloween went great! We started by taking the girls to Grandma Watson's and then headed to Grandpa and Grandma Rieke's. We parked at Gpa & Gma Rieke's and met up with the Adolph's and company. The girls had so much fun with the group going from house to house. I got to thinking about last Halloween and how Trystan was still in her wheelchair going from house to house. This year she was walking from house to house on her on power! God is AWESOME and continues to bless us!

September 2011

School started a couple of weeks ago. So glad the girls are back on schedule. On September 2nd Trystan had a food challenge on her allergy to peanut butter. When they finally got the test started, she lasted through about the fourth dose. She then began to react. Started by a itchy runny nose and a little sneezing. The sneezing then was continuous and her eyes began to swell. They gave her Zyertek, Benedryl, and hydrocortozone. She kept crying and asking to just go home. But we were unable to leave until all the effects subsided. Upon leaving, they gave us paperwork to call on a later date for a two month follow up.
Once we got home we began packing to go camping for Labor Day weekend. We all needed that after the long day we had. The weekend was great and we had a fabulous time!