tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74573598332919869252024-03-18T22:40:42.477-06:00Keeping up with the Laughlins...Our life together...K.M.Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992199957047847768noreply@blogger.comBlogger2129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457359833291986925.post-68688254162675087372017-05-12T09:24:00.000-06:002017-05-12T09:24:07.917-06:00party it upA look back at Alex's birthdays.<br />
Hard to believe he is already 6!<br />
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1st birthday: Superhero Party<br />
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2nd birthday: Bubble Guppy<br />
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3rd birthday: Lego Birthday<br />
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4th birthday: Paw Patrol<br />
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5th birthday: Lego Jurassic World<br />
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6th birthday: Lego Batman<br />
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<br />K.M.Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992199957047847768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457359833291986925.post-76611234243069619772017-05-11T08:35:00.000-06:002017-05-11T08:35:23.585-06:00Alex...6<div style="text-align: center;">
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Hard to believe you are six Alex!!! We love you so much and are so thankful for you! </div>
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You complete our family! Happy 6th birthday Alex James. </div>
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<br />K.M.Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992199957047847768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457359833291986925.post-75268814248154614072017-04-26T10:20:00.001-06:002017-04-26T10:20:04.142-06:00#weekinthelife Monday / 2017Monday. A new week!<br />
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6:00 am / Woke up to this one in our bed again. I think Mike brought him back to his bed 2-3 different times throughout the night too. <br />
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6:15 am / Coffee. Must have it today. I add in an extra drop of my Young Living Peppermint for an extra kick.<br />
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6:42 am / Rushing trying to get papers signed, backpacks filled, lunch made and books read.<br />
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Still haven't poured myself that coffee..ugh. finally did after making lunches.<br />
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6:50 am / Reading aloud to us. He did great!<br />
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Thankful for his help in the mornings even when he is exhausted from working the night before.<br />
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7:05 am. / Leaving and saying bye<br />
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7:10 am / A special treat for Alex this morning and picked up my $1 refill for coffee in my mug from there.<br />
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8:05 am / Ready for the day. We have our whole school Monday meeting in the gym in just a few minutes and then MAP testing starts today. I'm testing third graders in a small group setting.<br />
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8:06 am / Had to show me his creation he made this morning while I was getting ready for the day. It says "Who will get across the volcano?" Then he lifted up the red paper and showed me the map and path to take. <br />
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8:45 am / Pick up my students for testing. They worked so hard!<br />
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Sharing a little about our struggle during the start of #infertilityawarenessweek<br />
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3:05 pm / Getting ready for the afternoon slump that usually happens after school. Ningxia and Lemon Myrtle for the win!<br />
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3:20 pm / School is out and today I'm helping with the crossing guard and parent pick up. I have an internal goal to help get the students all loaded into their cars before 3:30. Today we didn't make it. ;)<br />
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3:45 pm / Headed home!<br />
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4:10 pm / Alex desperately needed some new shoes. His Batman ones were ripped and the velcro was falling off. We had a successful trip which was great since he is super hard to shop for with shoes. In this pic, he is saying "Ewww....stinky feet!"<br />
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4:17 pm / oh my word. he grabbed my leg as we were leaving the store and wouldn't let go because he said that I needed new shoes too. I don't and didn't get any. He was mad and seriously did this for about 2 minutes. I dragged him along....lol. Thankfully there weren't many people where we were.<br />
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4:30 pm / Home and they wanted to trick Mike into opening the "new" shoes and they put Alex's old shoes inside. They thought they were hilarious.<br />
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4:45 pm / Park time!<br />
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4:45 pm / Gorgeous day. Playing hide n seek. In this pic I'm hiding in a big ol' tire and Evan found me in about 3 seconds. ha!<br />
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4:50 pm / Water break. Somehow Daddy was always "it" and I just noticed that Mike and Evan both have on their Superman shirts today. LOVE it.<br />
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7:00 pm / Ready for bed. This one tried to talk me into watching another short show before bed. #nope<br />
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<br />K.M.Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992199957047847768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457359833291986925.post-70009869597189983022017-04-25T13:55:00.003-06:002017-04-25T14:08:29.759-06:00#weekinthelife Sunday / 2017This week I've been documenting our Week in the Life by taking photos of our everyday life.<br />
Ali Edwards started this in 2005 and you can read more about it <a href="https://aliedwards.com/projects/week-in-the-life" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
Also I'm posting my pics on Instagram at @kaseylaughlin if you'd like to follow along. <br />
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This Sunday started off at my parent's house since we were in St. Louis this weekend. Boys woke up around 6:30 am and started playing nicely together. Alex got this dog yesterday at Ikea and at first he named it Woof, Woof and then they both decided that they should name it Jack.<br />
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We played for a little bit, ate breakfast, and then got ready for the Zoo to meet up with friends. <br />
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Arrived at the Zoo and it was a gorgeous day. Boys got new sunglasses from my parents for Easter and were happy it was sunny to wear them. When we arrived it wasn't too crowded at all which was nice and by the time we left two hours later, at noon, it was packed. <br />
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Everyone loves the sea lions.<br />
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LOVED the polar bear this trip! She was swimming all around and we all stood mesmerized for awhile! She is cute!<br />
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Walking through to see the rhino and the elephants. Evan was a tad upset because Alex also sat with him in the cave. <br />
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SO thankful for these great friends who happened to be up in St. Louis for Savannah's band concerts. Thankful we got to meet them at the zoo and enjoy the day!<br />
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Also loved seeing the cute baby elephant!<br />
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When we left the zoo I had two upset boys because they thought they were going back to MeMaw's and Papaw's house instead of driving home.<br />
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Luckily traffic wasn't bad. We rented a car for the weekend since I had to go back and forth to Columbia and St. Louis twice and we didn't want to put the miles on our leased van. Luckily Enterprise has a weekend special that isn't too bad price wise <br />
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These are two of my must haves when I drive. Dr Pepper and orange tic tacs. <br />
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Got home and was so tired from the busy weekend of our department end of the year get together and a girls night out and the zoo. I set my timer for 25 minutes and took a quick power nap while the boys got rest time in their rooms with their ipads. It was glorious!<br />
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After waking up, I realized that I needed to return the rental car and Mike was working evening shift. Thankfully I texted my friend and Allie saved the day! She met us at the rental place while I put the keys in the drop box and she took us back home. And I love catching this one in a relaxed mood with a genuine smile on his face. <br />
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Got home and had a quick dinner and boys got to play with some of their new toys they bought with their Easter egg hunt money from MeMaw and PaPaw. Alex chose a small arctic fox and Evan got 15 small animals. We also read some books and relaxed. <br />
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Cheesy face <br />
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Tired boys<br />
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Bedtime reading. Tonight we read Zero the Hero, Paw Patrol Pirate Adventure and Red<br />
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Finishing up a load of laundry from St. Louis. Luckily it wasn't much as my mom did two loads for us while we were there.<br />
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Diffuser going with Cedarwood and Lavender for boys and the fish are still going strong. One last check on boys before heading to bed myself.<br />
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We've been loving on our sweet Jack. He has a huge growth on his liver and is now having a hard time getting up and putting weight on his back legs. We are going to enjoy the time we have left with him. He is SUCH a good dog. We are going to miss him terribly. <br />
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We close on our current house in less than 2 weeks. We've been purging and playing and packing. Not fun for mom and dad but fun for the boys. <br />
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We had math night at school and Alex enjoyed playing math games and beating mom! ha!<br />
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Celebrated St. Patrick's day by taking Evan out to lunch and spending some good quality time together.<br />
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Celebrated Pa-paw's birthday and had fun in St. Louis!<br />
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Love my brother and sister!!<br />
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Went to Denver and my friend Kelly and I gave our Unconvention Online talk about building trust and sending happy mail and the power of the handwritten note. SO fun to be able to hang out with friends and their families and enjoy a few days of the gorgeous Colorado weather!<br />
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And welcome April!! Looking forward to some warmer weather!!!K.M.Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992199957047847768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457359833291986925.post-78238372957173808362017-03-06T10:58:00.000-06:002017-03-06T10:58:30.923-06:00Hello, MondayHello to another Monday. The first Monday in March! This weekend I documented our family and the boys and can't wait to share some of the photos I took in black and white. <br />
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We just celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday and had a fun day at school celebrating! <br />
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Hello to a great weekend and visit from my parents. They helped us out with a few house things we needed to get taken care of. Love them!<br />
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Hello to walkie talkies and warm weather!<br />
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It's been awhile....<br />
4 years.<br />
I'm glad to be back. <br />Here's what we are up to today. <br />
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Hello to A getting pillow day at school today for earning enough points as a class. He was SUPER excited!<br />
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Hello to teaching my Cinderella unit to my ELL students.<br />
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Hello to teaching about Cinderellas from around the world to these amazing students from around the world. <br />
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<br />K.M.Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992199957047847768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457359833291986925.post-23258606819643709212017-02-13T13:35:00.002-06:002017-02-13T13:35:24.727-06:00finally....<br />
You guys...I have two boys who are obsessed with legos and superheroes and we have been counting down until the Lego Batman movie was out in theaters.<br />
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This was their face after I told them we would be seeing the lego movie Friday after school.<br />
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They were so excited. I LOVE seeing their faces light up when they realized the day was finally here. <br />
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We gave the movie two thumbs up from this crew. We all loved it. Lots of laughs and giggles from all of us. <span class="_5mfr _47e3"><img alt="" class="img" height="16" src="https://www.facebook.com/images/emoji.php/v7/f6c/1/16/2764.png" width="16" /><span class="_7oe">❤</span></span>
I looked over and saw Alex had tears "leak out" (as he says) three
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They've been playing with these and making up stories all weekend. So fun to see them being creative and having fun! If you haven't seen it...go! It's a good one! <br />
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Last weekend I got to get away with some girl friends for a relaxing mini vacation. We didn't have work. We didn't have kids or responsibilities. It was amazing. We actually got to sit and catch up and laugh. Oh...the laughter and jokes. It was nice to visit and take some time away. We had a lot of fun visiting the wineries, making dinner, playing games and exchanging our favorite things. </div>
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<br />K.M.Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992199957047847768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457359833291986925.post-842728773216921412017-01-05T00:14:00.001-06:002017-01-05T12:05:11.488-06:00we can do hard things...This has been an over 5 year journey of searching and seeking and trying to figure out what is going on with our son. It's been messy, hard, scary, and discouraging throughout the years. Trying to explain to friends and family the behaviors and how they come and go, never being able to find the right words to explain how amazing this little boy is when most of the time they see an anxious little boy with some big behaviors depending on how he's feeling. It's tough, but we can do hard things....<br />
settle in...this is a tad long and a little scientific at times. :)<br />
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For us, it really all started after his hospitalization when he was two and a half. I know I've written about it before, but that's when we noticed a huge change in Evan. Not eating very well, defiance, anxiety, obsessive, etc. The other thing we noticed was that he was either okay or really sick. There wasn't really an in between with mild sicknesses. We brought him to the hospital because he had a fever but was super lethargic. We were there a week and then sent home with a picc line for two weeks.<br />
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Here is a little more about that stay...<br />
<a href="http://kaseymikelaughlin.blogspot.com/2011/10/so-sick.html" target="_blank">Here,</a> <a href="http://kaseymikelaughlin.blogspot.com/2011/10/day-4.html" target="_blank">here,</a> and <a href="http://kaseymikelaughlin.blogspot.com/2011/10/last-few-days-at-hospital.html" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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Over the last five years we have seen numerous doctors, neuro-psych's, nutritionists, had way too many observations and evaluations . He has had numerous blood draws, catheters, mri's, throat cultures, urine catches and hospital visits and stays. Once school started in preschool, he had to be removed from classrooms, was suspended, and then impulses got worse with hitting, kicking, biting, etc. Looking back, this always got worse when others were sick in the classroom, or someone he was close with was sick. When we knew he was really sick and something was going on, we noticed him trying to head butt others, had suicidal thoughts about himself or hurting others, he had to be safely restrained, had mania, impulses, attention seeking and avoiding behaviors, emotional extremes, food refusal, not sleeping, body pain, rages with nose bleeds, running away, and in constant fight or flight mode. It's been a long road with tons of unanswered questions. We have been diagnosed with Sensory Processing Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Oppositional Defiance Disorder, and one doctor who believes Evan has PANS/PANDAS and one who doesn't. I believe in my momma gut he does have that... <a href="http://kaseymikelaughlin.blogspot.com/2016/06/if-you-dont-mind_20.html" target="_blank">Here is a little more information</a> about that. I will forever be grateful for Brain Balance where we spent 9 months last year. They were the ones invested in our son and were the ones to bring up PANDAS/PANS to us. So very thankful for everyone who has been on this journey.<br />
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This has ALWAYS been an up and down roller coaster ride. It's stressful and scary and hard. It's heart breaking seeing your child struggling and getting hurt and overwhelmed and just not feeling good, but not knowing what to do to help him get better. We have had SO many unanswered questions, not knowing what to truly think when the symptoms change quickly and how they vary so much, depending on how E's feeling and if anyone around him is sick.<br />
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Physical symptoms we notice when he isn't feeling well or starting to get sick is huge bags under the eyes, intense separation anxiety, food refusal, picking at his lip, huge pupils, emotional outbursts that change rapidly...one minute mad and raging and the next crying and needing to be held. We notice that he starts to say "I don't know" for even the most simple questions, he has age regression and then school refusal and handwriting regression and refusal.<br />
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2016 has been a year of learning, growth, changes, and health.<br />
We are working to find answers and get him healthy.<br />
This was Evan at the beginning of 2016 and at the end. There have been lots of changes in food, supplements, and school.<br />
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We have been using Young Living oils to help keep his immune system up. Using Thieves, Thyme, Oregano, Copaiba, Lemongrass, Frankincense and Release. We are also giving him Ningxia Red for those antioxidants that his body doesn't have. We've been adding YL protein powder to any milkshakes or ice cream he eats as well. We've also upped our Epsom salt baths and oils to try and detox his body since it can't do that on it's own yet...We've come a long way in less than a year and we've still got a long way to go to get the inside of his body and cells healthy.<br />
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We have gotten more results back in our fight about getting answers and help for our son within the last week. We also did a <a href="http://refer.23andme.com/v2/share/6371981919176354297" target="_blank">23andme</a> genetics information and our nutritionist has helped us read the results.<br />
We are still diving into what this really means and getting started on the road to recovery. It's overwhelming and scary and honestly makes me wonder how many kids out there also have genetic and nutritional deficiencies and are being treated for other things.<br />
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Here is a condensed version of what is going on with Evan's genetics as well as other illnesses and autoimmune obstacles.<br />
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So in addition to anxiety, sensory processing, and most likely PANS, we have recently gotten more blood work back within the past week. This is an immune system issue and even if he was eating the best foods, his body would STILL be having a hard time with this. His system isn't letting in the good stuff he is getting and getting it to where it needs to go. Then...it's NOT releasing the toxins in his body, so there has been a HUGE buildup on toxins that aren't getting released. His body is making him sick.<br />
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We are still waiting on results for Lyme's Disease and also a stool culture for yeast and bacteria in his gut.<br />
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He is positive for<br />
*<a href="http://coxsackieb.com/about-coxsackie-b/" target="_blank">Coxsackie B Virus #4</a> (this is not hand, foot and mouth...that's coxsackie a virus)<br />
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* <a href="http://www.naturalhealth365.com/cholesterol_myths.html/" target="_blank">Low cholesterol</a>, which can show the same behavior symptoms E has been having over the years.<br />
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* <a href="http://www.pediatriconcall.com/forpatients/DietandDisease/article.aspx?reportid=137" target="_blank">Zinc </a>and <a href="http://www.weedemandreap.com/nutritional-deficiencies-kids/" target="_blank">Protein deficiency</a><br />
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*Vitamin D resistance, so basically vitamin D is being deflected from his body. He is <span class="pg-1ff1" style="-webkit-text-stroke: 0.84px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: pg-1ff1d; line-height: 0.936523; position: relative; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; visibility: visible; white-space: pre;"><a href="https://ihateticks.me/2014/08/25/vdr-polymorphisms-what-do-they-do-and-how/" target="_blank">VDR<span class="pg-1ff3" style="font-family: pg-1ff13; line-height: 0.932129; position: relative; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; visibility: visible;"> </span>homozygous</a>, w</span>hich could also explain his extremely low muscle tone. VDR mutations have an impaired ability to make dopamine and an
impaired ability to get rid of it. The body just cannot keep dopamine at the right
level. This will result in moodiness, and mood swings. When dopamine is low
you will feel all your aches and pains more intensely and have
difficulty relaxing even when you are tired. You may find it hard to
switch off and find your head is full of thought about what you hve done
that day, or have to do, so you cannot clear your mind and go to sleep. Low dopamine kids are more likely to have temper
outbursts, get fixed in a mood of anger or agitation (often about
something totally unimportant) and end up in total meltdowns. They will
typically do all the kind of things that make irritating people tell you
your child really needs discipline. Impaired immune fuction is what is going on. People with a VDR mutation will be aware that their immune system
does not work as well as other people’s. Vitamin D regulates the balance
between the Th1 and the Th2 immune function<br />
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*<a href="http://www.lifeextension.com/magazine/2007/10/report_depression/page-01" target="_blank">Essential Fatty Acids and Omega 3 oils and DHA</a> are basically non existent and increase inflammation in his body.<br />
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*<a href="https://epidemicanswers.org/epidemic/root-causes/mitochondrial-dysfunction/" target="_blank">Mitochondrial Dysfunction</a><br />
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*<a href="http://howirecovered.com/active-b12-therapy-faq/" target="_blank">Low in B12 and poor methylation</a><br />
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* <a href="http://www.primalbody-primalmind.com/do-you-have-pyroluria/" target="_blank">KPU or Pyroluria</a> <span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">the symptoms of pyroluria have a mysteriously intractable quality to them and may lead to lifelong issues with severe inner tension, ongoing anxiety, poor stress tolerance (with added stress of any kind making the symptoms worse), digestive issues and difficulty digesting protein, frequent colds and infections, joint pain or stiffness, acne, eczema or psoriasis, mood swings and reactivity, poor short term memory, and a tendency in many to lean towards being a loner…among many other potential symptoms.</span></span><br />
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* <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mark-hyman/glutathione-the-mother-of_b_530494.html" target="_blank">Severe deficiency in glutathione, which is themaster antioxidant</a></span><br />
His body can't release toxins and has poor methylation. Things are really going in or out or getting to the correct place where it needs to help his body. Right now it isn't really even about what he eats or how much he eats, because his body just is fighting against itself and can't release any toxins or detox.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="line-height: 17.12px;">MAO-A homozygous</span></b><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"> -- </span><span style="line-height: 17.12px;">These genes function to break down neurotransmitters such as norepinephrine, adrenaline, serotonin and dopamine. His version of this mutation causes aggression, anxiety, impulsivity and poor social skills. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoamine_oxidase_A" target="_blank">Here is more info.</a> This is also a key regulator for normal brain function. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;">MTHFR A1298C homozygous</b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> -- </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">MTHFR is an enzyme critical in the methylation pathway that converts homocysteine to methionine, folic acid into folate and management of neurotransmitters. Quickly explained, MTHFR is responsible for detoxification. <a href="http://www.mommypotamus.com/mthfr-mutation" target="_blank">Here is a little more info.</a> I also have tested positive for this gene through the 23andme genetics kit. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">I just learned that f</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #45342a;">olic acid – which is a synthetic vitamin found in fortified foods and almost all vitamin supplements – is considered harmful for people with MTHFR mutations. Though it is easily absorbed by the body, people who have low levels of the MTHFR enzyme are not able to convert very much of it into usable form. So what happens to the unconverted folic acid? It attaches itself to the same receptors in the body used to absorb folate, effectively blocking the body’s ability to absorb any usable folate that is floating around.</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;">MTRR homozygous</b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> -- </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">like MTHFR, MTRR plays a critical role in methylation, particularly the methylation of cobalamin (B12).</span> </span><br />
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Now to continue to fight to get the right treatment and supplements in his body and start the process of improving and getting better.<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre;">Man...this kid is a fighter though. He is a warrior and one of the bravest people I know. </span><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke: 0.015em transparent; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre;">His superpowers are amazing and I am so proud of him. </span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke: 0.015em transparent; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre;">Would love your prayers as we continue to try and heal our son.</span><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke: 0.015em transparent; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre;">xoxo</span><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke: 0.015em transparent; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre;">-Kasey</span><br />
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<br />K.M.Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992199957047847768noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457359833291986925.post-91633129430132283882017-01-02T19:20:00.000-06:002017-01-02T19:20:04.053-06:00Welcome 2017!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />K.M.Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992199957047847768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457359833291986925.post-24935014759947588412016-12-01T10:48:00.002-06:002016-12-01T10:48:38.395-06:00Tis the SeasonHappy December!!! My favorite time of the year!<br />
At the end of November and celebrating Thanksgiving, we were also able to take a train ride at Union Station. We all LOVED it! So thankful that everyone had fun. The magic of the season is here!!!<br />
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Just missing Josh who was in WI....<br />
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Just missing the Indy Laughlins...<br />
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<br />K.M.Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992199957047847768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457359833291986925.post-59250555720066137162016-11-04T21:53:00.004-06:002016-11-04T21:53:58.632-06:00Happy November!<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px rgb(225, 225, 225); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.85em; margin-top: 0.85em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Here's what we've been up to lately ❤️</div>
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Love being able to jump back into the blogging world. I've missed this.<br />
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Making: a mess in my room going through and putting summer clothes away and getting winter clothes out and ready to be washed.</div>
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Drinking: Ningxia Red and a Zyng. I really would like to go to bed but definitely need to get some things finished. </div>
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Reading: i have a few that I've started and just really need to pick one I think to focus and then finish it. I've been working on Love warrior, You Before Me, Uninvited, Trim healthy Mama and Food Chaining. </div>
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Wanting: my walls and kitchen cabinets painted in this house. Hoping I can get this done by spring break. </div>
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Looking: At the leaves falling off the trees and seeing the fall colors still up! Hoping they stay up for a little bit longer. </div>
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Deciding: Lots. Lots of medical decisions. Hoping to get some things finalized and cleared up. Deciding on Christmas gifts and if I should make some or buy and needing to get started on that soon. </div>
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Enjoying: The show This is Us. Seriously. So good. Reminds me of Parenthood. Love the real ness of this. </div>
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Waiting: To finally see Mike. It's been four days in a row and besides passing each other in the morning when I leave for work, it would be nice to have a full conversation in person. </div>
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Liking: The way the boys have been playing and helping each other lately. </div>
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Loving: Friends! Online friends. Real world friends. Family friends. Childhood friends. Love being able to connect in person or over social media. </div>
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Pondering: Should I just start painting the living room or talk to Mike about it first. Lol!</div>
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Listening: To the boys sound machine and wanting to start listening to Christmas music now!</div>
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Buying: Today it was groceries and soon it will be Christmas gifts.<br />
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Wearing: Mizzou sweats and sweatshirt. </div>
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Disliking: The election and hate it has brought. </div>
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Opening: new opportunities and a new mindset on doing what is best for our family. </div>
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Giggling: When listening to the boys play and hearing the different scenarios they are making up. </div>
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Feeling: Blessed and tired. </div>
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Embracing: Changing seasons. Where we are in this moment.<br />
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Look how little they were. Wanting and needing to get back to documenting our lives here. </div>
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K.M.Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992199957047847768noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457359833291986925.post-86352535987736780132016-08-31T07:47:00.001-06:002016-08-31T07:47:53.987-06:0014....14 years ago, on your 26th birthday, you asked me if I would marry you....<br />
It's been 5114 days <br />
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<li>7,364,160 minutes </li>
<li>122,736 hours </li>
<li>5114 days </li>
<li>730 weeks and 4 days</li>
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<li>Mike and I had met at a 4th of July BBQ (2o02). We had met a couple of times before this but really just in passing at parties, etc. The only reason I was going to this 4th of July BBQ was to see Mike. Thanks Matt Kennon for taking me there! Mike and I hit it off that evening literally....we were in the pool and playing pool baseball and we bumped heads! We "connected" during a catchphrase game with about 8 other people there (and anyone who knows my catch-phrasing ability know that that is a tough feat!) From that BBQ we spent every day together....thank goodness for summer!</li>
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<li>Fast forward to August 31st (2002) yes...less than 2 months later....we were on our way to a wedding of one of Mike's friends. (Angie and Adam!) Little did I know that Mike had this proposal planned....below is the story in his words.</li>
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<li>"I had hidden a build a bear leopard that was dressed in a wedding dress that I made for her and a bottle of wine and of course the ring in my luggage. As we were leaving (for Angie and Adam's wedding) I said I forgot my car keys in the room (which didn't work as smoothly as I hoped b/c we were walking there and back), but I went in and set everything up on the table and put the ring (still in the box) in a passport carrier around my waste. At the reception she put her arm around me and put her hand right on the ring on my back and of course she asked what it was. Due to a bit of quick thinking, I told her that I told my dad that my back was hurting from moving stuff into my apt. all week and he gave me a back brace, then she said, but it feels like there is a box back there and I said "I don't know what that box thing is, but it sure feels good", which was enough to convince her that it wasn't anything too interesting. After the wedding reception we walked back to the hotel and when she walked in the room she saw the build a bear and read who it was from, "her fiance" and then when she turned around I was on my knee and she was crying and she said yes before I finished my little speech that I had been trying to perfect the last week and then she got down on her knees with me. After she stopped crying and we had hugged for a while she asked me what I said, so I made her get back up and I asked her again ("The one thing I really wanted for my birthday that would make me the happiest man in the world would be if you would promise to spend the rest of your life with me")and she said yes again and I then put the ring (which was 2 sizes too big) on her finger. "</li>
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<li>I called my mom and told her (my dad already knew because Mike went over and asked him for his permission). When I told my mom, she didn't know because my dad knew that if she knew....she wouldn't be able to keep that a secret! ha! We got married about 4 months later on Dec. 28th, 2002.</li>
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<li>14 years ago today your birthday present was when you asked me to be your wife...</li>
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<li>So today, on our 14th year anniversary of that day, I am saying YES again....</li>
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<li>Yes, I am so glad that I met you, got engaged, and married all within 6 months</li>
<li>Yes, you make my life complete and I'm so thankful for our sons</li>
<li>Yes, you still make me smile from across the room when I see your face or if I hear your name</li>
<li>Yes, I love you....not for what anyone thinks you should be, but for what you are, what you strive to be, and what you always will be...</li>
<li>Yes, some days are better than others...but I wouldn't trade them for anything</li>
<li>Yes, you have a way of making good times better just by being there</li>
<li>Yes, you are the love of my life</li>
<li>Yes, you are still a dreamer and a romantic and you overwhelm me with happiness</li>
<li>Yes, I still thank God for you everyday</li>
<li>Yes, I am still crazy about you and I am SO thankful we walked into each other's lives</li>
<li>Yes....I still wonder how did I ever get so lucky????</li>
<li>Yes...I'm so thankful for the ups and downs in our life. Yes, there have been many hard and difficult moments. For us. For our amazing, beautiful boys. For our family, but knowing those difficult moments bring us closer together in the midst of chaos, is actually comforting. </li>
<li>Yes, to the amazing adventures and trips and the ones we will have in the future. </li>
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Happy 40th birthday my love....</div>
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So thankful for you and our boys. </div>
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Love ya Mike! Here's to many more celebrations and birthdays!</div>
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<br />K.M.Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992199957047847768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457359833291986925.post-60145449051086356112016-08-25T20:45:00.002-06:002016-08-25T20:45:16.560-06:00What we've been up to...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Alex is working on writing his name and apparently the first few days of school wrote his name as BMN (aka....Batman)<br />
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Celebrated our nephew's 9th birthday!!!!!<br />
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And THIS one lost his 4th tooth! He kept saying "All I want for Christmas is my teeth to fall out!"<br />
Well, buddy, they are :)<br />
Welcome to the awkward teeth stage E.<br />
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PANDAS stands for Pediatric Autoimmune Neuro-psychiatric Disorders Associated with Strep. <span style="line-height: 23.8px;">This disorder is the result of a misdirected immune response following an infection or illness usually associated with Strep. Children with PANDAS experience an acute onset of debilitating neuro-psychiatric symptoms when triggered by bacteria, viruses or strep.</span></div>
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We are all still learning about what it is....what it means....how to get help for our son. We would LOVE your prayers and thoughts as we navigate through this journey.<br />
<span style="line-height: 23.8px;">After many, many years of me never feeling like we had an "answer" for Evan's roller coaster of emotions and behaviors and random illnesses and sicknesses, we finally have an answer of what has been going on in his little body. Evan has an autoimmune disease.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 23.8px;"><span style="line-height: 23.8px;">So our son, has Pandas and it isn't this cute, cuddly kind. It's messy, chaotic, hard to figure out, and has changed his life as well as our lives. </span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 23.8px;">In Pandas, the body becomes confused after a strep infection, or virus or bacteria infection and creates auto-antibodies that begin attacking....the brain. yes. the brain that controls everything. It's so scary. It specifically attacks the basal ganglia, which is the area of the brain that controls emotions, movements, certain learning processes and other functions. When the brain is being attacked and inflamed, it unleashes unrelated symptoms that may look like mental illnesses or behavioral problems or neurological issues. Pandas can happen suddenly and dramatically. It seems like overnight your child develops OCD, tics, ADHD, anxiety, sensory issues, urinary problems, insomnia, rages, impulse, manic stages, anorexia and more. School work may decline, especially math and handwriting. </span></div>
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Here is a video from earlier this summer that shows how bad his anxiety gets and how fearful he is when he is in a flair. And come to find out, a few days later he was diagnosed with strep. The second video is food aversions and anxiety over a peanut butter and jelly sandwich from lunch from last week and then come to find out, he tested positive for strep today. For us, the symptoms always show up first. Defiance, mood swings, rages, lack of sleep, not eating, saying his neck and legs hurt, impulse, and anxieties.<br />
This is a hard road to go down and I'm hoping that since we now have the results back we can get some answers and find the best treatment for him. </div>
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Looking back, I have realized how much his body was crying out for help. Way more tantrums and more emotional outbursts the older he has gotten. More intense, more impulsive, more anxious, and even saying that he has wanted to be dead on more than one occasion. Saying that his body hurt, his legs hurt and his neck hurt. Over the last 5 years, we have seen multiple doctors, have tried multiple therapies and spent thousands and thousands of dollars trying to figure out what was going on with Evan. We have always had problems with preschools and mother's morning out and school. Looking back, when E was getting sick is when the behaviors would significantly increase. Not wanting to go to school, impulsive when something would happen to him and he would react back to them, usually with hitting, kicking or running away. ahh...the number of times he has run away....I can't even count. Running away from the situation, himself, other people....just to get away from it all. It's so scary knowing that something is going on in him that we can't control and never knowing when or how he will react. He's been so scared by something, usually insects, that he's run away or has refused to get out of the car, or had panic attacks on playgrounds because he can't make it back to the car. He's run away from us, from his teachers, run to other classrooms and hid, has run through the woods by our old house, across a 5 lane highway after running out of school, etc. He has hit us and punched and kicked and has tried to head butt others when his is in a flair and we have had to restrain him to hold him down to get him calm...to help him feel safe again.<br />
Pandas symptoms are so fast and so intense and usually without warning. When E isn't sick or has all of this inflammation going on inside his body or his brain, man....that kid is amazing. Helpful, caring, kind, positive, loving, and on and on....but when he is having trouble, he's just crying out for help in a ton of different ways. </div>
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<span style="line-height: 23.8px;">Within the past few months of getting Evan to our infectious disease doctor, Dr. C, I've begun to notice changes with his behavior to recognize if he is having a flair. I can tell he is getting sick just by the changes in his behaviors. He starts having issues with sleeping and becomes way more anxious at night. He will say that he "never sleeps". He isn't hungry and won't eat. He has tantrums and huge emotional, crocodile tears where his feelings are hurt so bad. He is bouncing off walls and can't sit still and way more impulsive where he'll hit or throw and the chewing on his shirts starts back up again. He starts having tics by constantly sniffing as well as screaming to anyone who touches him to "don't touch me!". He becomes obsessive with certain toys or screen time or will obsess on repeatedly asking the same question over and over, even after getting an answer. He will pace and walk in circles. The onset of these behaviors is usually sudden and we are learning as we go with this. We got the blood results back less than a month ago, and now we take it a day at a time and hopefully continue to educate ourselves as well as others. </span></div>
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It isn't "always" all of these symptoms at the same time. When E ran away from school and was found a mile away by a worker at a hardware store, he had had spots on his torso. I asked if he had ate something with eggs (since he is allergic) and he said no. Well, this most likely was a bacteria or a virus and his symptoms were on high alert and he wasn't himself or thinking. His brain was being attacked and he had some uncharacteristic behaviors. Last fall is when we noticed the huge shift in behavior. He was trying to head butt his Brain Balance instructors, spitting, kicking, running away and hiding. This was when we also went in to the doctor to see what was going on, and again he tested positive for Strep. He showed no signs of strep or complaining his throat was hurting. Just a huge shift in behaviors. These amazing instructors were the ones to actually suggest we look into Pandas and getting him tested for this disease. Another time this summer (before finding out he has Pandas, but suspecting he did), he was "off" again and I took all of us to get tested for Strep. Our younger son actually tested positive for Strep with the rapid test and then sent Evan's away for the culture and his ended up being positive too. Neither of them showed signs of strep except for E's change in behavior.<br />
This first week of school, E's behavior was off. Anxieties, impulse, hitting, etc and this morning I took him in to get tested and sure enough....positive strep test.<br />
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And what can be confusing is that Evan doesn't exhibit these Panda's symptoms all of the time. He is not always ocd, adhd, anxious, sensory overload, etc. These are just symptoms of pandas that are not always present. Looking back, Evan can be fine for weeks and months at a time. He went 14 weeks this past school year without a referral. That was HUGE for him. He wasn't being impulsive and hitting others. He wasn't running out of the classroom. He will not run when bugs are around. When he is fine, he's fine and when he's not fine, it's hard and overwhelming. </div>
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This video is one of my favorites. He's calm and talking and playing with a flying bug. Usually those stress him out big time. </div>
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I cried when the <a href="http://www.moleculeralabs.com/cunningham-panel-pandas-pans-testing/" target="_blank">Cunningham Blood test </a>came back. I feel like we finally have a reason and an answer as to what has been going on with Evan these past 4-5 years. It's been a roller coaster ride for sure and I know we will continue to have our ups and downs, but I know that we will fight this and help Evan's brain recover. </div>
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Pandas kids can recover and go into remission, but it can take months or even years. There may be new flares or a exacerbation of symptoms when they get sick or are exposed to illnesses that trigger the Pandas autoimmune reaction that results in brain inflammation. It's overwhelming for sure. There isn't a lot of attention for this disease and it's especially hard when something is going on with him and he's acting up, for others to look and judge him and his behavior. It makes me sad. It's an invisible disease and hard to explain to people. I didn't know that an average, normal, everyday infection that we can all be exposed to, can trigger these behavior responses. That when an infection or bacteria or virus is in him, it triggers a response and the child you see is suffering and you don't recognize him. The behaviors hit quickly with the sudden onset of different symptoms. </div>
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I'm so incredibly proud of my son and everything he has to do to make it through each day. He is such a brave little guy.<br />
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Here are some helpful articles and websites<br />
for kids <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1622879236/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_2?pf_rd_p=1944687442&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=1480153702&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0CYEMHPG0ZY6BQPP8MAA" target="_blank">(In a Pickle over Pandas book)</a> helpful for kids and teachers</div>
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<a href="http://www.pandasnetwork.org/" target="_blank">Panda's Network</a></div>
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<a href="https://news.virginia.edu/content/shocking-new-role-found-immune-system-controlling-social-interactions" target="_blank">New role for the immune system: controlling social interactions</a></div>
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A new documentary called, <a href="http://www.mykidisnotcrazy.com/" target="_blank">My Kid is not Crazy</a></div>
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<span style="color: #006699; font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Thanks for reading along and joining us on this auto-immune journey. </span><br />
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Here they are a few months ago. Getting ready to enter kindergarten and 2nd grade. I feel like they were just crawling all over and strapped into the double stroller. Love these two!</div>
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<br />K.M.Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992199957047847768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457359833291986925.post-184355271113624312016-07-28T21:01:00.003-06:002016-07-28T21:01:47.567-06:00summer slowly coming to an end...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As summer slowly dwindles down to the start of the school year, I'm a little sad that it went by so fast, but also excited to get started again with the school year. My oldest is starting 2nd grade and my youngest will be starting kindergarten! Man...how fast the years have gone by. I can't believe my baby will be in kindergarten! We will all be starting at a new school this year that just opened and I've been slowly getting my room set up, and of course essential oils are going to be in that mix. They help me so much throughout the school day as well as helping to keep us healthy throughout the year. Backpacks have been picked out this year, so I'm hoping we can actually make it through the year without them ripping or tearing....we shall see! ha! </div>
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Hoping to enjoy these last few weeks of our summer with a few different local excursions and then gear up for another school year. </div>
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<br />K.M.Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992199957047847768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457359833291986925.post-2540074639531981472016-07-15T14:23:00.000-06:002016-07-15T14:24:34.293-06:00Friday Faves!Something that I've been doing for awhile is share what I am loving lately and today is NO different! Today is definitely a happy Friday! The sun is shining, we are halfway through July and we have a fun weekend planned.<br />
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Here are some favorites lately to help decorate our new home.<br />
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I've always loved <a href="http://www.megduerksen.com/">Meg Duerksen</a> and have followed her blog for years. She loves color and it just makes me SO happy!<br />
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Can't wait to hang this print and 2 others in the playroom! <br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/WishfulPrinting/items">Wishful Printing from Etsy</a><br />
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Can't wait to hang this style in our guest room. I ordered 9 to display on the wall in the spare bedroom and it will fit in perfect with the wall color and new bed spread. WOOT! Love the quotes she has in her shop. <br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtfulLifeDesigns">Artful Life Designs from Etsy</a> created a custom piece for our family. I love it.<br />
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I've been wanting to find a piece of artwork or print that shows our family picture in a sentimental way for us. Since we never did get to see our third baby, I felt like this really was a way to share for us. Can't wait to get this framed and hung in our house.<br />
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For the last Friday Favorites I got this from the above etsy shop and I LOVE how it turned out. This little piece is going to go in our living room and I'm excited to showcase both Columbia and St. Louis. STL will always be my home even though we've been here in Columbia for 12 years :)<br />
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<br />K.M.Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992199957047847768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457359833291986925.post-63584322637337315692016-06-20T17:17:00.003-06:002016-06-20T17:17:17.675-06:00if you don't mind...At the end of this month we have a big ol' test and medical stuff
going on for our oldest with blood work and information that I am still
reading about and learning. Our doctor and our brain balance teachers
think E has an autoimmune disease going on called Pans/Pandas. Pediatric
Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disease Associated with Strep or other
bacteria and viruses. We would love your prayers as we start this journey and trying to find some answers. <br />
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See more information here at <a href="http://www.pandasnetwork.org/" target="_blank">PANDAS Network</a>.<br />
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Here is the <a href="http://www.pandasnetwork.org/understanding-pandaspans/symptoms/" target="_blank">list of symptoms</a> of this autoimmune/neurological disorder:<br />
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Symptom presentation and severity can vary from child to child. It
can also vary in each exacerbation. Below is a list of possible symptoms
a child may exhibit. Not all need to be present. Not all possible
symptoms are listed.<br />
<strong>OCD (OBSESSIVE/COMPULSIVE DISORDER)</strong><br />
See OCD in a Young Child for a list of how OCD can present itself. OCD is not only obsessive hand washing!<br />
<strong>RESTRICTIVE EATING</strong><br />
This includes selective eating to full out food refusal.<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">There
can a variety of reasons why the child experiences this, including
contamination fears, sensory sensitivities, trouble swallowing, fear of
vomiting or weight gain, and more.</span> If restrictive eating is resulting in severe weight loss, call your provider immediately.<br />
<strong>TICS</strong><br />
<strong>ANXIETY</strong><br />
<strong>EMOTIONAL LABILITY</strong><br />
Emotional lability includes not being able to control one’s emotional
response. It may include uncontrollable crying or laughing. This is a
neurological symptom.<br />
<strong>DEPRESSION</strong><br />
<strong>IRRITABILITY AND AGGRESSION</strong><br />
<strong>BEHAVIORAL REGRESSION</strong><br />
This includes baby talk.<br />
<strong>DEVELOPMENTAL REGRESSION</strong><br />
<strong>DETERIORATION IN SCHOOL PERFORMANCE</strong><br />
This includes deterioration in math skills, inability to concentrate,
difficulty retaining information, and school refusal. School performance
can also be a result of another contributing symptom, such as OCD or
severe separation anxiety.<br />
<strong>CHANGES IN HANDWRITING</strong><br />
This includes margin drifts and legibility.<br />
<strong>SENSORY SENSITIVITIES</strong><br />
This can include being sensitive to touch, sounds, and noise. Simple
touches may feel like they are hurting. One may not be able to stand the
way socks feel or the texture or temperature of certain foods. Sensory
processing problems can also cause difficulty in finding an item when it
is among a vast selection of items. For example, a child may have a
hard time finding a shirt in a full dresser or finding words in a word
search.<strong>SOMATIC SIGNS</strong><br />
This includes sleeping difficulties, enuresis, frequent urination, and bed wetting.<br />
<strong>HYPERACTIVITY</strong><br />
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<strong>SEVERE SEPARATION ANXIETY</strong><br />
<strong>HALLUCINATIONS</strong><br />
This includes both visual and auditory hallucinations.<br />
<strong>FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE</strong><br />
<strong>DILATED PUPILS</strong><br />
<strong>URINARY PROBLEMS</strong><br />
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<strong> </strong>Evan
has shown these symptoms in the last few years. I had NEVER heard of
Pans/Pandas. It wasn't until Brain Balance where he (we now know...was
having a "flair") was regressing, spitting, trying to head-butt people,
and was in constant fight or flight mode. It would get bad for about 1-3
weeks and then he would go about 10-12 weeks with no problems at all.
No dilated pupils, anxiety wasn't on edge. wasn't as emotional, etc. But
we were trying to figure out what was going on. This was different than
his "typical" diagnosis of Sensory Processing Disorder and Anxiety
Disorder. We were still missing something. Brain Balance asked their
supervisors what could be going on and they had asked if he had strep
recently....and he was diagnosed a few days before following up with us
on his behavior,etc. They suggested it was PANS or PANDAS (one is
associated more with strep and the other is more viruses/bacterias). We
started reading up on it. And we read some more and the more we read,
the more it "sounded" like E. We called and talked to our doctor and he
said he would get in contact with the infectious disease doctor here in
town who specialty is PANS/PANDAS.<br />
We also knew something was
seriously going on when Evan ran away from school. :( He slipped through
a locked gate and went a mile away from school and crossed a 5 line
highway. Thankfully there were some store workers who brought him into
the store until the police arrived. So scary and his anxiety and flight
response have been getting worse as he gets older and that was the icing
on the cake for us. We made an appointment with the pans/pandas doctor
and next week we see him. I'm hoping this blood test will help give us
some answers on what is going on in Evan's body.<br />
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It's
scary when your child is sick and you don't know what is going on. It
reminds me when he was 2 and was hospitalized. I'm not sure if this is
when the "symptoms" started with this, if it is this autoimmune disease,
but this is around the time frame when we noticed a big change in Evan
with everything.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://kaseymikelaughlin.blogspot.com/2011/10/so-sick.html" target="_blank">October 25, 2011</a><br />
<a href="http://kaseymikelaughlin.blogspot.com/2011/10/day-4.html" target="_blank">October 28, 2011</a><br />
<a href="http://kaseymikelaughlin.blogspot.com/2011_10_01_archive.html" target="_blank">October 31, 2011</a><br />
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<a href="http://kaseymikelaughlin.blogspot.com/2012/06/saying-thanks.html" target="_blank">June 2012 </a>Giving back from our hospital stays <br />
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Today,
we've been noticing that E's behavior the last week has been reverting
back to huge anxiety stressors....like not wanting to go outside at all
because of seeing a bee. He hasn't been sleeping great lately and is
highly emotional and then impulsive. I had a feeling he was getting
sick. I took him to go get a strep test to see if it was positive. Alex
and I also got tested to see if we were carriers. Well...turns out mine
and Evan's were negative and Alex's was positive. This explains so much.
Alex has NO symptoms of being sick. No sore throat or anything. E
lately has been "off" and I'm guessing getting sick from Alex.<br />
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If
you don't mind could you pray for Evan. Pray that we find some answers
and get his body the treatment it needs. Pray that the blood test isn't
too traumatic for him on Tuesday.<br />
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Thank you<br />
-Kasey<br />
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Lots of changes lately. We've moved out of our home that we had lived in for 11 years, but we are excited about our new one and the memories we'll make in this one too! I'm going to be posting some before and after pics in our new home soon. Still unpacking ;) </div>
<br />K.M.Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992199957047847768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457359833291986925.post-8793151148043225612016-06-12T20:34:00.001-06:002016-06-12T20:34:12.813-06:00Kansas City weekend<br />
A week ago Evan and I got to attend Arrowhead Stadium. This year at school he wanted to raise money for the American Heart Association that our school was doing for the Hoops for Heart. We had enough friends and family donate, that he ended up being a top 100 Regional finalist. We got to see the locker room, lots of games and fun things for kids to do, and also watch a movie on the field. It was awesome to have some mom and Evan time. My high school also made it to the final 4 and we got to go and watch Summit play before the event. They won and it was fun to watch. Made me miss playing! Alex also got his kindergarten shots! Can't believe he will be in kindergarten! Love these two!<br />
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<br />K.M.Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992199957047847768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457359833291986925.post-10211106555466873172016-06-12T19:55:00.001-06:002016-06-12T19:55:25.129-06:005 and 7I am not sure how these two are already 5 and 7. Both are obsessed with Jurassic World and Legos so that was the theme this year. :)<br />
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<br />K.M.Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992199957047847768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457359833291986925.post-89852557031633469772016-06-11T20:39:00.000-06:002016-06-12T20:58:19.646-06:00Congrats Mike!Mike graduated with his 2nd masters! We are so proud of you! Now to finish the phD! love you!<br />
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Photo by Shane EppingK.M.Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992199957047847768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457359833291986925.post-19447660251907612722016-04-25T18:47:00.007-06:002016-04-25T18:47:57.180-06:00Weekend RecapI<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">'m not even sure I can put into words this weekend. Friends. Education. Familiarity. Family. Real life. My tribe. Life. Learning about myself and how to grow my business. How to grow my team. How to grow as a person. Self reflecting. Connecting as individuals. Personal real life stuff. It's honestly a lot to comprehend and take in. I'm so blessed to be a part of these individuals. This team. These people. Helping. Educating.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;"> Taking time for myself and my business. Just spent the last weekend in Salt Lake City. Going to the farm, seeing the Seed to Seal guarantee. Learning. Growing. Just simply amazing. </span><br />
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