Sorry for Not Posting!

Hey guys,
 

Sorry I haven't posted in the last few days! Just wanted you to know that I have not forgotten about! My dad has been very sick lately and I thought I was going to be able to dodge the bullet and not get sick as well since I have been doing so well. Turns out, I should've knocked on wood. My asthma is pretty bad, I can barely walk around the house without my oxygen dropping into the low 80's. So I am taking breathing treatments every four hours or so and just resting for now. My throat is a bit sore but I think that's from all the coughing I've been doing. I'm hoping by the end of this week I'll be feeling better because I don't have the time to get sick and I always hate how it feels! Although with my lung disease (PH) and my heart defect (ToF, PA) when I get sick, I usually get sick for a long time because it makes my heart and lungs work even more than they already are and they just get so tired. My mom thinks I may have a cold, but I'm hoping it's just my asthma acting up. I don't need a cold to complicate things for me. Especially when finals are coming up!

I will keep you guys posted on how things are going. But just wanted to let you all know that I haven't forgotten about you!

Hope and Love,
Becca

Wow! It's been a while!

Hey everyone,

Sorry I haven't posted lately! When I got back from Florida, my asthma started to flare up pretty badly. (Most likely because I forgot to take my asthma medications with me when I went and I went a whole week without them.) So I got a round of steroids but I still wasn't feeling a 100%, and on top of that I got a cold. Aches, coughing, runny nose; the whole thing for about two weeks. 

We did go up to Oregon, which was fun but I still wasn't feeling that well when we went. I spent a lot of time taking naps and all that. Thankfully though I did remember to bring my asthma medication up with me, and that did help. 

Yesterday though, I went to get my allergy shot and they decided that my asthma still wasn't that good. Normally my Peak Flow Meter is about 250 - 270. When I did it yesterday, it was 22 and it didn't get much better even after they gave me some medication. Not wanting to risk it, they decided I shouldn't have one. 

Lately I have been coughing more, and it's a dry cough which I never really have unless I'm having asthma problems. I hope that maybe I'm still just getting over the first asthma attack and that I'll get better soon. Sorry I haven't updated lately, I just haven't been feeling all that well. Thanks for all the prayers and keeping me in your thoughts, I really appreciate it!

Hope and Love,

Becca 

Cold in the Summer?!

Hi everyone!!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while! I have been really busy. Let me just catch you up on a few things that are going on in my life right now. 

So all last week I woke up before 9 AM (GASP! In the summer time that is a miracle for me. Ha ha.) and I helped out at Vacation Bible School at my church. The first half of the first day I walked around taking pictures of all the little kiddos; feeling like a creeper. :P They would all stop what they were doing and ask their teachers, "Why is that girl taking pictures of us?" Thankfully all the teachers knew who I was and we all helped to reassure them that I was allowed to take their pictures. The second half of the day the lady helping run VBS asked me to go help out the in the nursery since the person they thought would be helping there hadn't shown up. So it was me and this wonderful woman named Dinna taking care of 5 kids all under the age of 3 for a whole week! Now I LOVE kids, I adore them! I think they are the cutest things in the whole world and very precious. BUT, they can be crazy. By the end of the week I had at least one scratch on my body from each kid in that nursery. I must say though, all the kids were very well behaved when someone in another classroom pulled the fire alarm and we have to evacuate the building. (Well behaved as in they didn't try to run away; but there was screaming, crying and panic.) I am not very strong so picking up a sleeping baby, (who thank God slept through the whole thing) and a two year old was a bit difficult, especially when another child is clinging onto your leg; not letting you walk. Thankfully that day we had another girl helping us. I can honestly say though, I never want to be in a nursery full of kids when the fire alarm goes off again. Ever. However, I would volunteer my time again at a nursery; maybe just not five days out of the week because I cam home a little after lunch time feeling exhausted. I have NO idea how my mom and dad did it with 10 kids living in one house at the same time. I don't know how they do it now, and there are only 6 kids living at home and things are still crazy for them! Gave me a whole new perspective on being a parent; and I wasn't even with the kids for more than 3 hours!

So with that whole week gone and me being exhausted; naturally my body isn't very strong and I somehow catch a cold in the summer. Summer time! Normally this is my best time of the year! But no, here I am with a stuffed up nose, scratchy throat and my lungs full of junk. I went to the doctors yesterday and they gave me a burst of steroids to help so that should work and I am taking my inhalers every 3 to 4 hours as well. My little sister also had a cold earlier this week and my niece is being taken to the doctor today to see if she has strep throat since her throat is killing her. I got checked and I don't have it, thankfully. 

Other than that not much else has been going on. We did host the Youth Group Pool Party at our house for our church. That was fun except that was the day I was starting to feel sick. On the bright side though, I did get to eat my nachos. =) 

Well I am going to go lay down and rest now! Love you all! 

Becca