Random thoughts on another sleepless night

I'll start with the blessing of our 8th grandbaby, Adaline. What a fun night we had as her aunts, uncles and cousins and grandpa and grandma gathered to hear her priesthood blessing and be given a name. Troy did such a nice job. I love to see my sons honor their priesthood and what an honor it is for me when I've also been able to have a blessing by them.

Grandma and Grandpa love her so much.
Adaline is very blessed to come to a home where her parents and her big brother Colby love her so much.

Here she is all dolled up. She's 2 1/2 months old now. She loves to smile and giggle and is a great eater. She's growing so fast.

Grandma loves her sweet Adaline. I pray Heavenly Father watches over her and that she will always be healthy and strong.

It's now midnight Nov. 23. It's quite the habit now of being awake all hours of the night if I don't take something to help me sleep. I lay in bed thinking of so many things. I've been having a lot of pain issues for the past 6 to 8 weeks so I toss and turn trying to get comfortable. 6 weeks ago I started having a lot of pain in my hands. Almost arthritic like pain. I went to the doctor and she did some basic blood tests which didn't show anything. A few days after that I was at the gym and noticed a lot of pin like tingling going up my left leg. And then from there it progressed over the next few days to both my legs, up to my knees, hands , arms and numbing in my feet. My doctor referred me to a neurologist and I've been seeing her a couple of times now. I"ve had a brain MRI checking for MS and that came back with no lesions which was good. I had a neck MRI to check for a spinal impingement but other than some neck herniations etc. that was ok also. I"ve had a nerve conductive test on all my extremities and that's been ok. At 11am today I'm having a spinal tap. Spinal taps show a multitude of things if you have MS, Lymes disease, an infection, etc. I'm praying and praying that they find somthing out with this test. I"ve had so much blood drawn lately checking for everything. I'm so blessed to have a doctor who seems to really care and wants to find a reason for all of these symptoms too. I"m thankful for a loving husband who worries about me even though I keep telling him I"ll be ok. He gave me such a nice blessing and I'm so appreciative of the priesthood.

I keep telling myself I can't let this get me down. It's ski season coming up and I need to be up on that mountain. So until we find a diagnosis I'll just keep on keepin on..

I am so thankful this holiday season for my husband, my family, friends, job, the gospel, our home, my freedoms and for the men and women who give their time and lives for it etc. During all of this economic mess our country is in I have thought so many times how blessed I am to work where I do and the same with Rog. Even though we've been affected by company cut backs etc. we are still employed.

I will end this post now since I have to get up at 4:30am for work. At least I'm off at 10:30 which then I'll head to the "big"hospital for my spinal tap.

Good night...