Only a few more days until our first barrel race benefit. I'm not sure that we have it all together but I am praying that in the end, when it really matters, all goes smoothly.
An update on Kyra, last week she had her visit with her endo. She has been stress dosing for what seems like most of the summer. Her lab work showed that her cortisol level was a little low and he was going to increase her hydrocortisone; however, after I told him that she had been stress dosing for two solid weeks including the day her labs were drawn, he decided that he needed to make changes to her medication and schedule. Now she is taking at 6:00 am 12.5 mg hydro, 0.05 mg fludrocortisone, 1,000 iU vitamin D, and 6.25 mg Metoprolol, then at 12:00 pm 2.5 mg hydro, and at 5:00 pm 2.5 mg hydro and 0.05 fludrocortisone. So far these changes have helped!
Back to the barrel race... A friend of mine has generously donated her arena to us for this benefit. We have spent everyday this week out there picking up trash, cleaning, weedeating and just making it look nice. If you are coming out to the barrel race don't forget your chairs. We are going to have lots of really neat silent auction items up for grabs. There will also be a concession open just in case you get hungry.
I thought of a theme after I had already ordered everything... Should have named it the "Be Kourageous" barrel race because you must have COURAGE to deal with the day to day of Addison's disease. I believe that inside all of us is a fighter with courage and a voice to be heard. So Kourageously use those voices and lets start educating about Addison's disease. Lets lift our voices to help save lives of those undiagnosed!
Psalms 31:24 "So be strong and courageous, all you who put your hope in the LORD!" I can't say it any better.
An update on Kyra, last week she had her visit with her endo. She has been stress dosing for what seems like most of the summer. Her lab work showed that her cortisol level was a little low and he was going to increase her hydrocortisone; however, after I told him that she had been stress dosing for two solid weeks including the day her labs were drawn, he decided that he needed to make changes to her medication and schedule. Now she is taking at 6:00 am 12.5 mg hydro, 0.05 mg fludrocortisone, 1,000 iU vitamin D, and 6.25 mg Metoprolol, then at 12:00 pm 2.5 mg hydro, and at 5:00 pm 2.5 mg hydro and 0.05 fludrocortisone. So far these changes have helped!
Back to the barrel race... A friend of mine has generously donated her arena to us for this benefit. We have spent everyday this week out there picking up trash, cleaning, weedeating and just making it look nice. If you are coming out to the barrel race don't forget your chairs. We are going to have lots of really neat silent auction items up for grabs. There will also be a concession open just in case you get hungry.
I thought of a theme after I had already ordered everything... Should have named it the "Be Kourageous" barrel race because you must have COURAGE to deal with the day to day of Addison's disease. I believe that inside all of us is a fighter with courage and a voice to be heard. So Kourageously use those voices and lets start educating about Addison's disease. Lets lift our voices to help save lives of those undiagnosed!
Psalms 31:24 "So be strong and courageous, all you who put your hope in the LORD!" I can't say it any better.