Mamarati

Well, we just got back from the pulmonologist and they found something in his nasal culture that shouldn’t be there and now we have to have him tested for cystic fibrosis.

Are you kidding me? Can my kid not get a break already? Can I not get a break already? The last year or so has really been unbelievable with the health issues. We are both very tired of all this and just would like a nice holiday vacation with no health issues, please.

I’m not freaking out, however. Just a tiny bit on the inside, but mostly I’m just going to do a wait and see thing right now. J’s at the age where I have to be all… you know… strong and act like this is just business as usual.

After the tests, that’s another story. I will wait until he goes over to his dad’s and then have my own private little freak out. Now I need to go read more about this, because really, I don’t have a clue about cystic fibrosis. They’re doing a sweat test and genetic workup w/ blood. And all I know right now is that the disease makes your mucous thick and it affects your lungs, pancreas and intestines. Which is weird, because he was out of school for a week right before last year got out. His stomach was hurting really bad and we had to do stool samples. But the tests came back negative for whatever they suspected was wrong. Now I’m wondering if that had anything to do with this. ??

More later. Research time.