Is it really almost March 2010?  Honestly, we can’t believe how quickly the days and months seems to be flying by this year.

We are continuing to work with the doctors and the school in regards to Grace and the episodes of seizures, depression and rage like behaviors.  Things are progressing, but it’s a slow process and a combination of treatments (meds, behavior modification, and riding the storm).  In the recent weeks, we’ve been seeing some great improvements in all these areas, so we are praying things continue in a positive direction.

Grace does have some upcoming doctor appointments and procedures.

We’ll be taking her in for an ultrasound/Doppler of her legs to make sure the severe cold sensitivity, poor circulation, and discoloration in her lower calves and feet is not associated with any constrictions.

Grace will also be admitted to Sutter Memorial Hospital on March 8 for Growth Hormone Testing.  Her previous blood work showed her GH was low and due to the damage to the hypothalamus we need to do additional testing that will give a clearer picture of how her body is producing GH or failing to do so.  We’re of course hoping that this additional testing will show her GH are sufficient, but if not, we’ve already researched the treatments available and have heard from other HH families that it’s works well.

Garrett and Sarah continue to be amazing!  They both are so very loving to Grace and seem to know exactly how to bring a smile to her face, or run for the hills, when she’s having a not-so-happy moment.

Sarah is enjoying pre-school and keeps asking us why she can’t stay at school all day and take her nap with the other kids.  She loves school and we’re really happy she was able to have the same teacher as Grace.  We have signed Sarah up for soccer this spring and Perry will be an assistant coach.

Garrett, is well, just a cute as can be.  He truly provides comic relief for all of us and seems to know the days when we truly all need some laughter.  Although he definitely misses his big sisters while they are at school, I think he is slowly learning that having the house and all the toys to himself definitely has it’s advantages.

As we move into March, we’re beginning our annual fundraising activities for Wings of Angels. The Webster team is hoping to once again raise more money than any other team. So we’re asking all of our friends and family to once again help us. Please follow the link to donate to this wonderful organization and enter Webster for the team name. They accept credit cards or PayPal and donations are tax deductable.

http://www.alyssaswingsofangels.org/donations.html