Yet Another UTI...

We've been asking for about a week now to have a urinalysis done on mom to see if she has another UTI. By now, we can just tell when she's sick, or not feeling well.

Finally, it was done and we got the results back yesterday. She has another UTI. Yay!!! Not. At least we caught it early this time. She is on antibiotics, and now has a catheter, so hopefully that will help and she won't have UTI's as frequently.

Also, we are trying Essential Oils on mom, specifically frankincense. She's been on it less than a week, so we haven't seen much difference, but we are hopeful that it will help her. After the doctors say there's nothing they can do, what can we lose by trying some natural medicine? It's through a company called doTERRA, which is the company that Alan Osmond (who also has MS) uses. I can't say that it's going to be a miracle, but if it gives us even the slightest improvement, I would say it's worth it.

I'm Sorry!

I know, I'm terrible about blogging here!

With every day life, it's hard to notice changes and to blog about things that I don't recognize are happening. But then I look back and notice things are different.

Right now, I don't know that there's much to update you on, other than that mom went to the urologist, Dr. Curtis Campbell. She went and he reccomended that she has a Foley catheter rather than a suprapubic (surgically implanted) catheter. He said she's really not a surgical canidate and I'm actually kind of grateful for that. Mom said she doesn't want another surgery, and I really don't want her to have to go through another one.


For a day-to-day glimpse into my life, you can read my blog. I do post daily, and I share a lot of my own thoughts and feelings about mom's diagnosis with MS. You can go to it here: www.hollylynn365.blogspot.com


I'll try to be better, but I can't make any promises. Life gets kind of crazy around here!