Yesterday was a pretty good day for Aine.

She got to see her field nurse and get her NEW food!!
She was nervous about eating again, but knew that we had the necessary medication to help her right away if there was a problem.  Yesterday she was still an itchy day for her and we are working on healing the wounds that occurred during all of this. 

Both kids have started the Awana program and are super excited to start the program this year.   Liam has earned his patch and is currently working on getting his flight wings.   Aine has finished her starter book and is "patiently" waiting for me to bring home her rewards for her hard work :)

Liam is moving forward with karate and is working on getting his advanced red belt.  He has created a goal for himself which is:  "I want my brown belt for my birthday!"   This came up because testing for the advanced belts is in October and April.   Aine is doing great in karate and sad that she has had to take a break due to the food allergy issue.    They will both be competing in October.

Liam is enjoying 2nd grade so far.  He has had some bumps in the road, but I think that is typical since he is in a new grade And a brand new school.    Aine is enjoying working on words and letter combinations. 

Shawn has joined the world of martial arts and is doing wonderful!  He has been invited into the Master's program and enjoys both sparring and grappling.

Thanks to all for the support during this crazy time!  A special shout out to Mike for helping me kinda keep my head during the worst of it all, I couldn't have done it without you!!

Crazy Time!!

Well,

The Casey household has been on a pretty big rollercoaster that we haven't fully gotten off of yet.

Aine started to get spots, tummy issues, headaches, and some other symptoms.  We couldn't figure out what was happening to her, so we continued to monitor and watch for anything big or small.

Well.....  Saturday she decided that she would show up home after Team practice covered in hives and red marks.  This continued through the night and got worse in spurts throughout Sun.

I ended up taking her to the ER to find out she was having an allergic reaction to something.  They gave her some Benadryl and once we knew she was stable - brought her and an epipen prescription home.   Her next feed would make the spots rear their ugly faces again.  This time I was prepared with Benadryl and the knowledge to know what was going on.

Aine and I spent Monday verifying that she wasn't getting the itchies from any of her meds, spent countless hours talking to people on the phone, and at the house.

Right now, we are figuring that she has developed an allergy  to Soy, so she has been placed on a hypoallergenic food to see if she can tolerate it.

We are wishing, praying, hoping, and begging that it works because we want her to be able to continue to "eat".

So far it is going good, but she has only had one feeding and is tired (she was living on pedialite for almost two days)

We need to continue to closely monitor her for any additional issues.

Here's hoping and praying that this new food will work and she can remain on it without Any problems.