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Skriven 2008-02-12 10:12:10 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
   Kommentar till text 2232 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: BlueWave                                                 [2]
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Hi Ruth!

>> That's rough :( Lauren's started really when she was a little over a
>> year old.. Every time she got a cold, it would go to her chest... Then
>> one day when she was about 18 mos. old, she had a tremendous food
>> allery attack... just out of the blue.. EVERYTHING I gave her to eat
>> made her sick.. That's when the "gray" face thing happened one night
>> (she just had a cold).  After that,  the dr. had me introduce every
>> single food to her all over again, one at a time but first he had her
>> eat lollypops and jello for two weeks  and she didn't mind that :) ..
>> and then I knew what she was allergic to and we could go from there
>> when she'd get a cold etc.. It turned out then that the only meats she
>> could eat were turkey and lamb (later she couldn't), and the only
>> fruit she could tolerate was uncooked apples.. and the only vegetables
>> that she could eat were greenbeans ... certainly no dairy :(

> WHEW! That was not a fun time for you.  Even with the lollypops and

It was not fun, it's true, but then at least I knew what to avoid.. so that was
something.  I even nursed her for 8 months, and it didn't make a difference
obviously. If I'd nursed her til she was two, it might have helped, but nursing
wasn't as popular as it is now (g).  Matter of fact, the doctors almost
discouraged you from nursing back then..

> jello, I suspect you had to watch for some of the artifical colors and
> flavorings.  Rachel had a few minor food allergies when she was little
> but out grew them fairly fast. Deborah had some allergies to skin
> lotions and some ingredients in natural tooth paste; I think she's
> pretty well outgrown them as well.

No, I couldn't at that point.. though I did watch to see if she had any
reactions to anything that she ingested, you can be sure of that. She didn't,
so that was good. After the jello and lollypops, we started her on Similac, the
soy formula for babies and she drank that as her "milk" until she went to
kindergarten.. Then of course, she developed an allergy to soy products. Poor
kid!

>>> Yeah, I've heard that Hawaii is very expensive for cost of living
>>> etc.. I guess we'll have to get rich then (grin)

>> > Yes, unless you want to live on the beach.

>> (laugh) don't tell Ron that then haha.. but really he knows already
>> (g).  He could live on a beach like that, so could I :)

> It's not as pleasureable as it sounds.

Sure, but it's the image from the movies you know (g)

>> > about it tho is that my younger brother lives across the street from
>> > them and checks on them every day.  If he can't, (younger) friends
>> of my > parents look in on them.

>> imagine. I just wish it wasn't so cold here :(  But then I didn't have
>> a problem with my MIL or FIL living with us either. It makes me think
>> that some people just can't deal with other people in their house,
>> really.

> That does sound bad; I'm glad your mom got the time with you she did.

Yes, now to get her back here :) Well, hopefully we'll get an early spring.

>> > This was far enough away so as not to be a problem unless you wanted
>> to > go up to Carr Canyon or Miller Peak. We were about a mile in
>> elevation > on post but the peaks were higher.

>> Ah, so you could look at it but not feel the cold? That would work

> Oh you could feel it alright!  It did snow on post from time to time but
> (usually) didn't stick around.  Daytime highs might get into the 40s or
> 50s and it could chill off big time at night.  Winter clothes got used
> there but not as much as they would in NY.

Ok, sounds decent (g)

>> Yeah, you know I really didn't want to leave KY.. well if we did, I
>> didn't want to go somewhere _colder_ than where I grew up... but at
>> least this is back up north (g).  I didn't do to well at all with the
>> "warm" down there :) And sometimes, it seems almost like Orange County
>> here (g)  Global Warming?? (grin)

> Crazy weather patterns. They've happened for centuries and will for who
> knows how much longer. Ever read aout the year with no summer in the
> 1800s?

Yes, that was something!  We have had some crazy weather these last few years
for sure, I felt bad for those in Lousiville last week with all the tornadoes
they got :(  Allen said he was in the midst of it too :(

Take care,
Janis

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