Recovering Noah

Well, I know this isn't the main purpose of my blog, but I know that a lot of people from church check in now and then to see how things are going, so I figured I'd post on here why we're not at church today. Our air conditioning is out, so we're at my parents' house.. .again. I think we spend more time here than we do at home. Fortunately, they've bought land in Mabank, so if they ever sell their house (major prayers needed in that area) then they'll only be up the road. Right now, though, they're 1 1/2 hours away. Anyway, Sim thinks the house is still under warranty or something like that but he's still working all the overtime, so hasn't had a chance to check. And, of course, reading warranty paperwork is the same as reading Greek to me. Funny how I can make it through articles on neuroanatomy and gene deletions, but anything from State Farm causes my eyes to glaze over. The important thing is that it should be covered and hopefully we'll ...

Well, I took a tiny hiatus from updating my blog. In all honesty, I should not be updating it in the frame of mind I'm in, but I'm sure if you've been reading since the beginning then you know how my mood swings fluctuate all the time. But, hey, count yourself lucky. My husband's had to deal with it since 1994. :-) I thought I'd go ahead and post right now, though, because I'm up and the house is quiet - which translates as, "Eli is still asleep". So, anyway, things aren't that bad. I'm just tired and am postive that I'm coming down with strep throat for the FIFTH time this year. What's with that? Which means Noah might get it - and we never know if he has it. Just on the off shot that he might have it, we had his throat cultured a few months ago and it came back positive. He had no symptoms - didn't complain. But he had it. So, I'm just praying this huge lump in my throat is sinus and will just go away. It's also just been...

If you've wondered why I haven't posted this week, it's because I've had a stimulating last few days learning all about the structure, makeup, and effects of things with fancy names, such as Phenylethylamine, Tyramine, Solanine, and Sodium Metabisulfite - just to name a few. We got Noah's LEAP results on Monday and it shows all the different foods and chemicals that he is sensitive to.... and I am far too overwhelmed to fully explain it. But I'll give it a try. When the doctor gave us the results, we were actually pleased. He only shows a reaction to a few foods: Quinoa Mango Banana Shrimp Crab Cinnamon Ginger Lentils and a few chemicals Potassium Nitrite Salicyclic Acid Solanine Tyramine FD&C Blue #2 Saccharine Sodium Metabisulfite Sodium Sulfite Phenylethylamine We were really surprised because we were sure that tomatoes, potatoes and rice would be on there. Those three really seem to push him over the edge. But they weren't. Except for bananas and the...