Glad Tidings of Great Joy!

Happy New Year!

Just wanted to give you all a quick update on how Mia has been doing. We are still waiting on the results of her MRI that she had two weeks ago. Some absentminded nurse called our house and left a message saying, "Yes, the MRI results do show that Mia DOES have arthritis!" First off, WELL DUH! We know that! Secondly, aren't nurses NOT supposed to leave confidential information on answering machines?!? Who is this lady? I want to speak to her boss, STAT! :)

So, I called back and am still waiting for the doctor to contact me and let us know what the next step is. Mia goes in to have her eyes examined again in the next week or so to check for uveitis (inflammation in the eyes). And she has an appointment near the end of the month with the rheumatologist again...to decide if steroids are the next step for Mia. We are believing she won't have to be on steroids. She has been doing great on her diet and has been taking her teaspoon of cod liver oil every day and we are seeing huge results. Her physical therapists are now saying that it looks like we may be able to reduce her sessions from twice a week to once a week. That would be wonderful - she would only have PT once a week and OT once a week! Yeah! :)

This month she is supposed to stop taking the Naproxen. It was a temporary fix...not something she can be on for the rest of her life. So, please be praying that she won't have any flare-ups after she stops taking it. Jay and I are interested to see if we are able to keep the inflammation and joint pain controlled by diet alone. Hopefully, that will work and her body will adjust to not being on the medicine anymore.

Well, that is the latest report! I hope all of you had a wonderful holiday season! We sure did! :)