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Welcome Friday, I’ve been waiting for you!

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Dear Friday, I’m already assuming you’re going to be really busy since it’s the last “work day” before we leave for Alternative Spring Break that we’ve been planning for MONTHS!  There will be a lot of last minute this and that’s, so I’m trying to hang on!  Dear Birthday Lunch Friday, yay! I’m looking forward to a wonderful birthday gathering every month in our office!  This month we celebrate sweet Lacy! And this means that NEXT MONTH IS FOR ME!! And just because I AM most definitely one of those annoying birthday people because I love my birthday and I love celebrating my birthday, I’ll go ahead and give y’all a big HEADS UP, that it’s on April 9th!  So show me some love!  ðŸ™‚  Dear Butterfinger Cake, you are some unbelievable goodness! yum yum! Dear AK and UJ, so happy I got to see y’all last night, have a safe trip back today and enjoy time with little sister next week for Spring Break!  Dear chocolate, why must I crave you 24/7… seriously, I’m starting to think I have a problem!  Dear Yoga, you align my back so beautifully and make me feel oh so wonderful! Dear sweet blog friends, just want to say hoI much I adore each of you!  Dear Alternative Spring Break in the Mississippi Delta, please go well, keep the rain at bay so we can do some awesome community service and let our students learn a lot!  Dear Elton, Elton John that is, I look forward to seeing YOU next Saturday! The tickets were expensive and the seats… {shrugs} not so great, but I’m excited and I’m also excited about exploring the city where the concert is!  Dear blog, I really need to get my Louisville post up asap don’t I? I keep forgetting!
 
Alright sweet friends!  I’ll be out of town next week for work with this Alternative Spring Break, but don’t think I’m leaving you hangin’ because I have some WONDERFUL women to share with you and they have some delicious recipes to share!  I met these ladies at my blate a few weeks back!  I’d also like to leave you with this little hint: there may possibly, in all delightful circumstances, more than likely, positutely be a fabulous giveaway! So check back next week and say hi to the lovely ladies I’m leaving you with! 🙂

Marine Wife Mommy and Life

Happy Thursday: It’s OK and 30 Second Thursday

Its Ok Thursdays
 
It’s OK…
 
… to just need space and time to yourself
 
… to never give up on your hopes and dreams
 
… to indulge a little on a craving (like on a small CFA french fry) so you don’t over-indulge later
 
… to be way indecisive!  I hate it!
 
… to love little surprises throughout the week
 
… to have guest bloggers when you’re out of town! Y’all be sure to read next week, it’s awesome!
 
… to think being a girl is awesome (check out the video below!)
 
… to use this past Monday as a catch-up day because of the conference last week!
 
… to usually use Friday’s as catch-up days for the entire week
 
… to never give up Reese’s (it doesn’t matter what diet I’m on or how bad they are for me!)
 
… to love your followers and really feel like you have a wonderful community of friends! Thank y’all!
 
… to be getting a sponsor page soon that will just be for sponsor swaps!

… to slowly be figuring out Influenster

… to just accept the fact that You Tube hires someone to go through all the videos uploaded and choose the worst point in the video to display as the stand still screen. (just look below)


30 Second Thursdays


Kawasaki: My Story

For most people, when they hear the term “Kawasaki” they think of a Kawasaki Motorcycle.

Most people haven’t heard of Kawasaki Disease and that’s what I’m hear to talk about today.  Kawasaki Disease is an extremely rare disease that usually affected a specific type of person:
1. Asians – It originated in Japan and that’s usually where you’ll find someone with Kawasaki Disease.
2. Children – It usually appears in children that are 5 or younger.
3. Males
Let me tell you my story: (and if you can stick through to the end, there is an interesting theory)
I was 15 years old (need I remind you: female and very white).  I had stayed the night at a friends house and woke up the next morning getting ready to head home.  On our way home which was about a 30 minute drive, I started feeling bad, just yucky, and figured I was getting strep or something.  When I got home (probably around 9 or 10 that morning), I went to my room, closed the door, and fell asleep.  I didn’t wake up until about 6:30pm and when I woke up, I felt TERRIBLE!  I could hardly function or move.  I figured I had seriously been hit with some type of sickness such as strep or mono.  I also had a raging fever.  I went to the doctor and he assumed I had strep too, so he sent me home with an antibiotic.  After I took the antibiotic, I began breaking out in terrible hives that completely covered my body, from my face, to my hands, to my ankles, even my back and chest.  I went to another doctor and they tested me for mono.  The mono test came back negative, but they gave me a shot for the mono anyways, which made my hives even worse.  We eventually went to UMC (University of Mississippi Medical Center) and they too were unsure of what I had.  They sent me home on Friday and said that if my fever persists and doesn’t go away by Monday then they would admit me into the hospital.  Of course, the fever was still there (at this point, I had reached a 104 degree fever multiple times).  I was admitted for 9 days.  They tested me for everything and nothing came back positive (there is no test for Kawasaki Disease because of its rarity).  They eventually made the call that it’s Kawasaki Disease and the only way we’d know for sure is to give me the treatment and if it works, then that’s what it was.  Luckily, it had worked and I was able to leave the hospital.  I ended up missing 3 weeks of school because of my sickness and had to return to school for half-days because I was so weak.  Because I could hardly move from what they assumed was “Juvenile Arthritis” as a side-effect of the Disease, I ended up spending lots of time in bed, lost a lot of strength and function in my legs, and blacked out twice when I would hobble to the bathroom.
Some of the things I ran into with Kawasaki Disease:  hives, swollen fingers and feet, frozen hands (occasionally my hand would just freeze in a position and I was unable to move it without being in severe pain), 104 degree fevers.
Here is some information on Kawasaki Disease: (I got this information from Pub Med Health)
Kawasaki disease occurs most frequently in Japan, where the disease was first discovered. In the United States, after congenital heart defects, Kawasaki disease is the leading cause of heart disease in children. Most of these patients are younger than age 5. The disease occurs more often in boys than in girls.
Kawasaki disease is a poorly understood illness. The cause has not been determined. It may be an autoimmune disorder. The disorder affects the mucus membranes, lymph nodes, walls of the blood vessels, and the heart.
Kawasaki disease can cause inflammation of blood vessels in the arteries, especially the coronary arteries. This inflammation can lead to aneurysms. An aneurysm can lead to a heart attack, even in young children, although this is rare
Other Symptoms:
Extremely bloodshot or red eyes (without pus or drainage)
Bright red, chapped, or cracked lips
Red mucous membranes in the mouth
Strawberry tongue, white coating on the tongue, or prominent red bumps on the back of the tongue
Red palms of the hands and the soles of the feet
Swollen hands and feet
Skin rashes on the middle of the body, NOT blister-like
Peeling skin in the genital area, hands, and feet (especially around the nails, palms, and soles)
Swollen lymph nodes (frequently only one lymph node is swollen), particularly in the neck area
Joint pain and swelling, frequently on both sides of the body
Today: Everything seems normal today!  There is risk of re-lapse though, but I haven’t experienced it yet.  When I was diagnosed, my coronary artery was extremely swollen which put me at great risk for a aneurysm, but luckily it shrunk a good bit, although it’s still somewhat swollen.  
A theory on Kawasaki Disease: It is a well known theory that carpet cleaning chemicals can cause Kawasaki Disease, but it has to begin from a viral infection (strep or the like).  It usually takes a month to show up.  Over Thanksgiving, I had gone to visit my aunt who had just carpet cleaned her carpets and I played on the carpet with my baby cousins.  I remember making a comment that the carpet was still damp.  Almost a month later, over Christmas Break, I got really sick and ended up with Kawasaki Disease.

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