This is Ryleighs costume that she wore last year:
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and this year it has a new meaning to me. My Aunt Donna was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. She has been undergoing Chemotherapy, and has 2 treatments left. My Grandmother died of breast cancer when I was around 5, and my Aunt Donna was diagnosed at the same age she was when she died. Shes a fighter though, and I just know shes going to make it through this!
Here are some facts about Breast Cancer: (these were taken from a write up in my local news paper)
-The American cancer society estimate that more than 62,000 men and women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year
-200,000 women are diagnosed each year with breat cancer
-2,000 men are diagnosed with breast cancer in the US in 1 years time.
-Those with a family history of cancer should have their first mammogram between the ages of 35-40. After 40, a women should recieve yearly mammograms.
I didnt know that men could get breast cancer also. I learned something new today. There is a breast cancer walk next sunday in my area. If you would like to walk with me email me.
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My dad, and the parade
Olivia and Ryleigh
She didnt want her picture taken. :( It looked so pretty though.
I ended up calling the Dr. this morning and they wanted to see her. They checked her temp and it was 100.9, her ears were clear, she has a yellow runny nose and a cough. He said it was a cold. Im glad its just a cold and not her ears again. Normally I would have waited, but with it being friday I didnt want to have to take her to the ER again if things got worse. So I figured a quick dr. trip would ease my mind. I still dont really understand why she would have a fever like that with a cold though. Who knows. I just hope shes up to having a good weekend. I will take lots of pics this weekend to make up for not taking any this week. Can you believe that? I havent picked up the camera at all this week! Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes for Ryleigh.
With all of the recent happenings with Ryleigh I forgot to tell you all Thank you so much for voting for Ryleigh in the contest. She got 2nd place. She had well over 100 votes. Shes supposed to get a prize, but havent heard what it is yet.
Its been a long week, and I am so glad today is Friday! Ryleighs doing better. She still feels like she has a slight fever, but I cant get a good reading when shes flailing around like a bucking bronco. I even have one of those thermometers that are supposed to take a 3-6 sec. reading and I still cant do it. Shes still been more fussy than normal also. I might call the Dr this morning just to see what they thing. Since its Friday I want to make sure shes OK before the weekend.
We have a busy weekend ahead of us. Tomorrow we are going to take Ryleigh to her first Prade and then check out all the sites at the festival. On Sunday we are going to a birthday party for Anna who will be turning 6. It should be a fun weekend. I hope Ryleigh is feeling up to it.
Saturday night Ryleigh didnt sleep through the night like she normally does. She got up once, I gave her a bottle and put her back to bed. Sunday she had a runny nose. I figured it was just her fall allergies kicking in. She was fussier than normal through the day. Sunday night I layed her down for bed and I had a hard time. She was really fussy and after an hr I finally got her to sleep. I went to bed at around 9pm and at 11:15pm I heard her crying. It wasnt the normal fussy cry where she would go back to bed in a couple min. It was a "Mommy I need you now cry". I picked her up changed her, fed her a bottle and tryed to lay her back down. She wasnt having that at all. She started getting really mad and screaming and crying with tears and all! I was up for 3 hrs with her. At 430am She started again. At least this time it only took an hr to get her back to sleep. Then at 730am there she was again. I called the Dr at 830am when they opened and the Dr called me back. I told him that Ryleigh had a yellow runny nose and a slight cough. He told me to get her some cough meds and if she got worse to call him back. During the day she started Running a slight fever. Between 99 and 100 degrees. Nothing major. She was still really fussy and not eating well. At around 8pm I could see she was very tired and I tryed to lay her down. She screamed for about 1 1/2 hrs straight. It was horrible. I called the on call Dr, and explained to her Ryleighs symptoms. She wasnt a big help. She said to give her tylenol or motrin and see if that would calm her and if not I can take her to the ER. I had given her Motrin 2 hrs before, so it definitly should have kicked in by then. So Bobby and I decided to take her to the ER. She had a double ear infection. Poor girl. Today she seems a little better. Still not 100%. She still has the "sick eyes", red around them, puppy dog looking, Mommy just cuddle me eyes....lol. One plus is Ive gotten some cuddle time with her. Anyone that knows Ryleigh knows that she is just not the cuddle bug...lol. Shes eating and drinking more today, so hopefully by the weekend she will be 100% and we can have a fun weekend! The october fest is this weekend and so Is Miss Anna Banana's 6th Birthday party that we want to go to!
