Where do I begin?  There seems to be a lot going on in the Zumbiel household these days.

Sam is enjoying a new term of Talent Pool at school.  They have finished their study of Greek Mythology and are on to Biology/Anatomy.  A couple of weeks ago they got to dissect a cows eye. Sam really enjoyed it and loved telling his mother and any one else who would listen all the details of said dissection.  Next they get to dissect a cows heart.  This is all right up his alley and he is having a great time with it.

Sydney was selected by her class to be the class student of the month for February.  Yesterday she got to have breakfast with Mr. James the principal.  Today she, along with the other kindergarden students of the month, got to help plant a tree at the school for Arbor day.

Sarah helped clear brush at Sydney's school today for Arbor Day.  There where a lot of other parents helping to clear brush, plant trees, dig holes, build planter beds, move gravel etc.  They even fed the parents lunch!  Sarah is wondering how you can be so sore from working like that, but the body part that hurts the most are her two big toes.

Scott spent a week officiating for the SEC Swimming and Diving Championships.  He had a good time and enjoyed seeing some very talented swimmers compete.

Other than than, there isn't much else.  Still no real news on Sydney getting into an Endocrinologist.  She has an appointment with a Dr in Birmingham on April 23rd.  But we and her Dr. here think that is way too long to wait,  so they are trying to get her in with a new Dr in Columbus, Ga.  We shall see how it all goes. 

Some Success

We had success this morning!  Sydney woke up, took her blood sugar test with no fighting and her levels were 81!!!!!  We are so excited.  

Sydney is having a little trouble adjusting to the Hypoglycemic diet, but not as much as we had feared.  But hopefully with this mornings numbers this means that it is starting to work.  I suppose time will tell.

We are still waiting for the Human Growth Hormone test results to come back so they can make an appointment with the doctor in Birmingham.  Those results should be in any day now.

Thank you for your continued thoughts and prayers.

Grandma's, Grandma's Everywhere

Haven't posted in a while, so I thought I'd try to push back the headache and fill you in on the happenings here in Opelika.

Grandma Susie was here from Wed. the 28th until Wed. the 4th.  Boy did we provide her with lost of excitement.  We were so grateful that she was here to help out during Sydney's emergency. I'm not sure what we would have done with out all her help.  We enjoyed a wonderful visit and were sad to see her leave.  She got to go to Sam's swim meet while she was here, and she got to do one of her favorite past times...take the kids shopping.

On Wed. the 4th we exchanged Grandma's.  Grandma Charlie came in the afternoon and had come to check up on Sydney and go with us to her Neurologist appointment in Montgomery on the 5th. Little did she know that on Friday we would be spending the evening at the hospital. Yes, a second trip to the hospital in less than 2 weeks.  The doctor in Montgomery wanted to have an Endocrinologist see Sydney.  That doctor is in Birmingham and when he and her Pediatrician here in Opelika started discussing her history and the fact that she had gotten up on Friday with a blood sugar level of 39, they decided to do some fasting tests and wanted her in the hospital for evaluation in case her blood sugar levels bottomed out while they were doing the tests.  Luckily her blood sugar levels were pretty normal all night, but kind of a pain that they didn't dip so we could find out what is wrong.  They are still awaiting some of the results, but we should be getting an appointment to see the Dr. in Birmingham soon.

Again, it was great to have Grandma Charlie here when we really needed the extra help.  She stayed the night at home with Sam while Scott and I stayed the night at the hospital with Sydney.

Both Grandma's really hated to leave, and we hated to see them go, but we had a great time with them when they were here.  They also know that anytime they want to visit all they have to do is just show up at the door and we would be so happy to see them.

Scott and I have decided that it's Grandpa Stan's turn to have a little hospital excitement.  We don't want him to feel left out.

If anyone is planning to come visit us and have a nice relaxed visit, somehow I'm not sure that could happen.

For the time being, the doctors have Sydney on a Hypoglycemic diet to try and keep her blood sugar levels stable until we can find out what is going on with our little drama queen.

Thanks to everyone for your calls, thoughts and prayers!  It's nice to know that we are so blessed with wonderful family and friends.