Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Peace Of Mind.......

Hi All,

Hope everyone is well and keeping warm.... I can't wait for summer to arrive.... The smell of summer rain, summer braais and wearing less clothes... Also the joy in watching my children enjoy the outdoors and splash in water , just having fun.. They are so irritated by staying indoors most of the time cause its so cold...

We had Hannah at the paediatrician this morning just for a second opinion and to just make sure there is nothing else causing the paralysis in her face and because we have seen no change since she started all the meds.. The paed does not seem extremely worried, he checked her from top to toe and said all looks good except for the paralysis in the face. He put her on stronger meds and said we should wait a week and come back, if there is absolutely no change, he will then insist on an MRI Scan and blood work.. We are positive that it won't come to that and that we are going to see big change...

Hannah is 2yrs 7months today.. She is growing so quickly and learning so much.. She basically says everything you say, so we are very careful what we and others say around her.. Its amazing how they learn a persons tricks and sayings...

Anyway have a great day and thank you for all the prayers for Hannah, I just know they are working..

Love
Claire

Monday, July 13, 2009

Bell's Palsy???

Hi All,

Hope everyone had a good weekend with your loved ones and friends....

We had a pretty eventful and very stressful start to our weekend....

It all started when I got home on Friday afternoon after work.. I walked into 2 smiling children except there was something wrong with Hannah's smile... Her smile was just not the same smile and I just took a deep breath and sat down on the couch and kept saying to her " look at mommy", "smile for mommy"... It looked as though the entire right side of her face had no emotion and was not responding when she smiled or cried or spoke... My heart sank right to my feet and I started to panic... I was almost sure I was seeing things but my gut instinct was telling me there is something wrong!

My aunt was on her way to me and I thought I would just wait for her to get to me and see if she see's the same... I called Stephan and he said I must just wait till he gets home and he will check her face but he said he is sure its nothing!! My aunt walked thorugh the door and took one look at Hannah and said she see's exactly the same thing!! Now, I was really worried, I loaded Hannah and Ethan in the car and off we went to the doctor...

We finally saw the doctor and all he said was that she has Bells Palsy.... Huh, what is that!! Well, its a tempory facial paralysis that is caused by a virus that attacks the facial nerve and causes damage... Sounds scary!! The paed says the prognosis in children is very good but its very rare to see Bells Palsy in a child Hannah's age.. The doctor does not seem as worried as Stephan and I though! He said we must give it till Thursday and if we see now change by then, he will draw blood and start all the big scans etc, to make sure there is no underlying problems!

All I ask is for prayers that Hannah recovers full and quickly and that there are no other underlying issues.. We are very positive that she will recover nicely and that this is just merely a bump in the road!


God Bless..

Lost of love
Claire