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DS is driving me absolutely bonkers with his eating lately and it's soooo hard not to make it a big issue and become a power struggle. I'm having my own flashbacks of being forced to sit at the table until I ate one green been -- I won. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif"...

DS has been off and on Tobi since he was an infant and last night I noticed he sounded kinda froggy throated. Haven't noticed it before really. He said his throat doesn't hurt. He also seems to have a dry cough -- more as if he's trying to clear his throat. It IS really dry here and he seems...

We go to a local cf clinic a couple times a year. They have a community waiting room or option to be assigned your own room. We chose the latter. Anyway, when we arrive at the clinic we stand in the hall or away from every one until they assign us to a room. Last year we walked out after a...

They keep saying on the news that fires from Sask have caused a haze, smoke to cover our entire state. Max asked me what happened to the sun last evening as we were driving home from the store -- was kinda blurry looking to him I suppose, not as bright. I can't say that I notice a different...

How do you plan to spend your 4th Holiday... We're going to the outlaws lake cabin. Several of DH's cousins have homes on the same lake. Weather is supposed to be nice. AND because the 4th falls on a Tuesday -- our bosses gave us Monday the 3rd off from work with pay. L

I always wipe down the grocery cart handles, wash my hands and Max's off when we get back into the car after being in the store, before eating, when we come in from play outside, etc. So I'm driving Max home from preschool last night and he's telling me about taking a walk and going to the...

DS has always gotten welts from mosquito bites. They don't seem to bother him, but sometimes they just seem to look red an inflamed. Even though we used bug repellent, he got a couple on his leg earlier in the week while at the park. I've tried calamine and clear caladryl and it doesn't seem...

I know flip flop sandals are popular these days. I myself have never worn them except at the public swimming pool thru the locker room and onto the pool deck, or to the beach. But lately most of my female coworkers have been wearing them. Hear that constant slap slap slap coming down the hall...

Our local clinic does chest Xrays on the CFers each year. At our CF clinic in the City last time, they mentioned doing a scan at our next appoinment. They said it'd take about an hour and they felt DS would be old enough to sit (Lay) still long enough to conduct the test. I think they said it...

We've got a diabetic, 13 -year old basset hound. Diagnosed at age 8, pretty much lost his eye sight two year ago. On insulin twice a day, But he still gets around okay, moving slower, sleeps a lot and needs to go outside to pee more frequently. Here's the thing. When we aren't around and he...

Most women become a mother by accident, some by choice and a few by habit. Did you ever wonder how mother's of children with life threatening illnesses are chosen?Somehow, I visualize God hovering over earth selecting His instruments for progagation with great care and deliberation. As He...

Last week we had Max's 3rd birthday party! He's getting to be sooooo grown up. Watched some videos of him as a baby with him yesterday. Where'd the time go? Liza

I've posted before about our local, nonaccreditted clinic and concerns we've had, here's an article about a newly diagnosed child from the clinic newsletter. What bothers me about this article is the comment that IF the lungs become affected, "they'll know what to look for and what to do about...

Our son will be 3 this summer and weighs over 30 pounds and pretty soon we'll need to get him a booster car seat. I have it in my head that he needs a high back booster for more support instead of just a little booster that elevates him. I've looked at stores, trying to decide what's best. The...

We're in the midst of potty training our son and he's been doing pretty well, but the last few nights he's had several accidents. He's not drinking excessively, but he's peeing through his training pants. Otherwise, he's eating well, drinking well, isn't feverish, plays well and seems fairly...

I've posted before on this site about how we get concerned with the local care our son receives. When he was born, we were fortunate that he had a bowel obstruction and had to be lifeflighted to a children's hospital in the city that is an accredited facility. During our 4 week stay we got to...

When they first started the great strides walk in our area a few years ago, we signed up to help and ended up being on the organizational committee. I'm not comfortable contacting businesses for donations of food, beverages or money, but we've helped out with other stuff. Well this year some...

Earlier this year we got notification that DH's cousin's stepdaughter was getting married in August. So we made a notation on our calendar and said, we'll have to get a hotel with a pool, so DS can play with his cousins. It'll be great 'cuz we'll be able to see a lot of out of town relatives...

This is an article on a newly diagnosed child in our area. It's just interesting to see other viewpoints and information on treatments -- that they can't send their kid to daycare. ??? I guess what really bothers me is when parents complain about how expensive food or medication is -- what's...

Have noticed for a long time that DS's teeth have been discolored in a few spots. Probably from the antibiotics he's been off and on. We do brush his teeth twice a day and then hand the brush to him, so he gets used to knowing how to brush his teeth -- usually he brushes his teeth for a few...