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So just weighed in this week, I lost 8 lbs this week!!!! and 2.2% of body fat. So grand total so far.... 26 lbs. lost & 8.4 % of body fat in 9 weeks....only 3 weeks left!!!!!!!!

Katie is still complaining of back pain, follow-up bloodwork will be done next monday 11/3.

Praises EVERYWHERE!!!!

First of all for Katie....
Just got off the phone with Dr. at Riley....here is where we are at now.Her blood work from Monday showed the following....Liver levels were 55 (40 is normal and this is down from 2 weeks ago at 120). Her sugar was 98(normal is 60-100). So...Dr. wants to repeat blood work in 2 weeks. I am to keep an eye on her if she doesn't seem to be getting better(currently just still complaining of back and stomach pain) or of course gets worse to call them immediately. Dr. suspects(at this time) that she had a nasty virus and it is just taking some time for her liver to recover. Based on what labs show in 2 weeks we will make more determinations at that point. There is also possibility of damage to liver so we will prob see Dr again in 6 months...Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers as we are hopefully at the end of this......

Now for me.....just weighed in......I lost 5.6 lbs. this week!!!! And lost 1.2% of Body Fat.....so grand total so far......I have lost 18 lbs & 6.2 % of body fat in 8 weeks!!! :) I only have 4 weeks left in the competition!!!!

10/19 - finally some answers :)

So the Dr.(himself) called me this morning with some results. Katie’s blood work from last week showed that she has Hepatitis A. Also the ultrasound showed her liver is still enlarged. He said that he is going to forward the info to the Dr. at Riley Hospital, and we will get more info from that dr……that appointment is at 7:45am Monday(tomorrow).
The following link gives more info on the disease…… http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hepatitis-a/DS00397 - it looks like hopefully it should be about over...I’ll let you know what we find out tomorrow.

10/15 - Katie and me :)

10/15 - Katie was up most of the night crying....she said that her back and stomach hurt....So this morning I called the dr. They moved up her ultrasound to tomorrow (Thursday) at 3pm at Frankfort Hospital. Her appointment at Riley Hosp right now is scheduled for Monday 10/20 at 7:45am.

As far as my biggest loser challenge....I ALMOST won the fitness challenge last night :) I gained .4(4 tenths) this week...... Of course this past week I haven't slept much at all...and eating is not being kept track of much as I have so many other things with Katie and work. So as long as I don't have much cake this week hopefully next week will be better :)

10/11 Update for Katie

10/11 Update - Went to dr this morning first thing. Went over all results of blood work.....Her liver enzymes were 51 & 41 normal is 38 & 25. Her white blood count was high(can't remember number). Her blood sugar was 34 (normal is 70-100). Rash still present. So......dr still stumped. Basically it could be anything from she has been so sick recently that her liver just is having a hard time recovering, and it will just take a little time. Or this all could be a virus, today they did more bloodwork....testing specifically for Hepatitis A or B, Auto immune disorders. Also as far as the sugar, it could be due to the same virus and liver problems....or she could have diabetes and it is coincidence they found it this way. We are to monitor her sugar intakes and test periodically. So from here. They took 5 vials of blood to test for a list of things. They ordered a ultrasound of her liver at the hospital and also Monday will make us an appointment at Riley Children's Hospital in Indy with a liver specialist.
So....we are praying for knowledge for Doctors, help for Katie as all the needles of course scare her. Also since she has been complaining of back pain and stomach pain this whole time she isn't sleeping well, so I haven't been sleeping well.
Thanks, and I'll keep you posted.

update on Katie

So last Tuesday, 9/30 Katie spiked a temp of 103, she also got a rash all over her body and stopped eating. As of Thursday evening fever still hadn't broke at all. and she had stopped drinking. So brought her to ER, she was given an IV, antibiotics....and a mix of tylenol/ibuprophen and fever broke...but came back by the time we left ER. They did blood work also, it showed elevated liver enzymes...strep test neg....Over the weekend she got somewhat better, still not great, but better. She still has a rash all over and keeps complaining of pains.Brought her in this morning for follow-up blood work. This was right after Breakfast...sugar was 34......liver enzymes still very elevated...white blood cells abnormal....So I am going in the morning(dr is in on Sat) to follow-up again....dr doesn't know what's wrong. Please be in prayer that they can figure this out and soon!!!!Thanks!!!

10/8 update

So life has been horribly busy this week......Last Tuesday Katie came down with a 103 temp and a rash all over her body.....Thursday night I brought her to the hospital to get checked out as the fever was not coming down. They gave her an IV since she hadn't eaten since Tues and not drank in almost 24 hours. They gave her some meds and IV antibotics. The bloodwork showed elevated Liver Enzymes....and they aren't exactly sure why so we are going in this week to get that rechecked. She finally stared feeeling better on Sat so she is getting better, although its annoying not knowing what was wrong.
Then on Sat. I was rearended going to Wal-mart. Minor damage but still annoying.....
Oh then Mon night I had the pleasure to respond to a 13 unit apartment fire, ended up there all night long....then all the next day helping the residents.
Ok....now for the weigh-in part....keeping in mind i have followed no dieting rules at all with everything that has happened this week. This week I lost 2.6 lbs. and lost 1% of body fat. So grand total for 4 weeks is 12.8 lbs lost and almost 5% of body fat!!!!!!
So maybe this week I can follow the rules and loose more :)

10/1 - Update

So I lost 1.5 lbs this week, I worked out more, but didn't eat as well as I should....so that so far puts me at 10.1 pounds documented weight loss in 4 weeks :) That's all for now :)