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June 11, 2001
C#8, CD11
Hello All,
Well, the school year is unofficially over. It will become official on Friday, but I AM DONE GRADING MY TERM PAPERS!! You have never seen a teacher so happy, I can assure you! So, now that my papers are graded, my grades are done, and all I have to do is take care of packing up my room and gettin' the heck out of there for the summer!
In terms of TTC, I finished my second round of Clomid (100 mg) on Saturday and I'm ready for a little dancin'! My cm has been pretty plentiful, although not what I'd call exactly fertile yet. It's an improvement over other months, so I'll take it. I hadn't even been taking the flax oil with EPO very regularly, but I have been drinking copius amounts of water, so I'm sure that has helped. My side effects were a little different. I was MUCH moodier, but didn't have the nausea and hot flashes as bad. Tomorrow I will start my OPK's, so we'll see what happens. I was talking with DH, and it's funny, but I've been amazingly relaxed about TTC lately. Both he and my mom have also noticed it. I would have thought that moving on to the next step (drugs) would have made me more intense, but it has been quite the opposite. Ever since I switched doctors and started Clomid, I feel like things are just being taken care of and I don't have to worry anymore. I feel like a huge burden has been lifted from me.
After waiting a week, we finally have a diagnosis on Ocho and a plan of attack. It turns out that she has an autoimmune skin disease, and her body basically causes her to break out. The bacterial infection may have jump-started things, but this is definitely a disease. We just found out tonight, and she is on prednisone, for at least several months. This was good news for two reasons: 1) we know this is something that we can get under control, and 2) it is not an infection, so we don't have to worry about it being contageous. I was starting to get worried and even called my doctor to see if it was still safe to TTC with this bacteria. And we haven't had anyone at the house, especially the kids, because we didn't want to take any chances. So, knowing that it is a disease puts us more at rest. The vet said that this disease can stay with dogs for life, but that we can get it under control and keep her on meds to prevent flare-ups. I just hope that she starts to heal soon and gets her pep back. We are ready for our old puppy again!
So, that is my life in a nutshell right now. We canceled this weekend's camping trip due to the dog problems, but I am actually glad to just be staying home this weekend, we've been so very busy lately. It's Chris' birthday Saturday, so we'll probably go out to the park for the day or something, and just relax.
Best of luck to everyone out there! Here's to a positive week!
Take care,
Laura
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