Now it is Clayton's turn to be told on.......
The kids and I were outside watering today. It felt great to be out in the sunshine! We have 10 chickens 1 of which is blind. This poor little chicken in a great layer...so we just let her be. When she is threatened and not sure of where to run she will crouch down and tuck her head into her chest. To get her moving again we just nudge her with our toe or pick her up and move her. A few months ago I taught Clayton how to pick up the chickens and carry them around. He thinks it is great fun and tries it out on a regular basis. Now back to today.... We were watering and the chickens all came rushing over to scratch at the water in the tree rings. I asked Clayton to shoo them off as they make a mess. They all scattered but the blind one. Clayton gently picked her up and coddled her up against his chest. He began to coo and talk to her as he hauled her across the yard to the chicken coop. About halfway there I hear him start to snicker. I asked him what was so funny. He turned around and grinned. With all the seriousness a child can muster he said, "Oh, I just like to baptize the chickens in their water bucket!" After I recovered from shock I yelled, "You'd better not!" He replied, "But mom, I've done it lots of times before." Now I am thinking on the days egg production is down I had better make sure Clayton wasn't baptizing the chickens again.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
RhoGam....
I went in to have my supposedly mercury free, preservative free Rhophylac IV injection on the 23rd. I am finally feeling brave and or good enough to talk about it.
After receiving the injection my arm immediately began to ache and go numb. It took her about 8 minutes to push the injection into my vein. I personally think she should have taken a bit longer. 10 minutes after the injection was finished I got an extreme headache that pounded directly between my eyes. I felt like I had been sledgehammered between the eyes. I also went very pale and was dizzy. I think that if I would have stood up I would have passed out. I also got a very nasty metallic taste in my mouth, that is still there days later. The metallic taste leads me to believe that this injection was NOT truly mercury and heavy metal free. They are still allowed to use preservatives and mercury in the injections, the flip side being that as long as the amount is below a certain percentage they can label them as mercury and preservative free.
I was kept for over an hour because of my reaction. One of the nurses there mentioned that since I have had a reaction before that I am most likely not reacting to the RhoGam itself but to the mercury in it. Yes, That is right he admitted there was really mercury in it!
One of the other nurses also mentioned to me that while Rhophylac claims to be free of those toxins, they did have one other patient who did her research on Rhophylac and found their claims to not be true. In this patients research she did find that there is one RhoGam that is truly free of those toxins. This is made by Bayer. The nurse told me that she couldn't say anymore, but that she did know that they could order it as they did so for that patient.
I have included the information that I have found on the Bayer RhoGam and how to get it at the bottom of this post. But before I get to that I wanted to mention the KNOWN side effects of the injection that I was given. I am typing this FROM THE BOOKLET that came with the injection.
WARNINGS/PRECAUTIONS: Allergic or hypersensitivity reactions may occur. Products made from human plasma may contain infectious agents and diseases. For patients with anemia Rhophylac will increase the severity of the anemia. ADVERSE REACTIONS: Most common are nausea, dizziness, headache, malaise, chills, increased body temperature, and mild extravascular hemolysis. SEVERE REACTIONS: Death. Pretty scary considering these booklets are sugar coated, so they don't scare people! Something else that I learned in my weekend of research. Many children who have never been vaccinated and are autistic usually have a RH- mother who was given some form of RhoGam at 28 weeks. There is no way to actually test the reactions and effects that Rhogam has on the baby growing in your belly. They just ASSUME that it won't harm the fetus. Most children who are autistic test off the charts for heavy metal toxicity in their systems. Parents who have never vaccinated but still have a autistic child couldn't figure out the link.....until they looked at the mothers blood type. If you are an RH- mother please look into making your midwife/Dr order you the Rhogam without Mercury! Remember that just because it says it is free of those toxins doesn't mean it really is. It may only have less than is required to print in their booklets, still allowing them to call it toxin free!
[ ] MERCURY-FREE RHOGAM VACCINE If someone you know is pregnant and RH-negative, they will have to be given the Rhogam vaccine - a vaccine that contains mercury. Babies born to mothers receiving this vaccine have been shown to have mercury in their bodies before ever receiving any vaccines of their own. Since mercury is a neurotoxin, obviously less is better. The good news is that mercury-free Rhogam is available in the United States from Bayer Pharmaceuticals. It used to be called BayRoh-D, but is now called Hyper Rho. You can get a list of distributors that your doctor can use to order it by calling 800-243-4153.
After receiving the injection my arm immediately began to ache and go numb. It took her about 8 minutes to push the injection into my vein. I personally think she should have taken a bit longer. 10 minutes after the injection was finished I got an extreme headache that pounded directly between my eyes. I felt like I had been sledgehammered between the eyes. I also went very pale and was dizzy. I think that if I would have stood up I would have passed out. I also got a very nasty metallic taste in my mouth, that is still there days later. The metallic taste leads me to believe that this injection was NOT truly mercury and heavy metal free. They are still allowed to use preservatives and mercury in the injections, the flip side being that as long as the amount is below a certain percentage they can label them as mercury and preservative free.
I was kept for over an hour because of my reaction. One of the nurses there mentioned that since I have had a reaction before that I am most likely not reacting to the RhoGam itself but to the mercury in it. Yes, That is right he admitted there was really mercury in it!
One of the other nurses also mentioned to me that while Rhophylac claims to be free of those toxins, they did have one other patient who did her research on Rhophylac and found their claims to not be true. In this patients research she did find that there is one RhoGam that is truly free of those toxins. This is made by Bayer. The nurse told me that she couldn't say anymore, but that she did know that they could order it as they did so for that patient.
I have included the information that I have found on the Bayer RhoGam and how to get it at the bottom of this post. But before I get to that I wanted to mention the KNOWN side effects of the injection that I was given. I am typing this FROM THE BOOKLET that came with the injection.
WARNINGS/PRECAUTIONS: Allergic or hypersensitivity reactions may occur. Products made from human plasma may contain infectious agents and diseases. For patients with anemia Rhophylac will increase the severity of the anemia. ADVERSE REACTIONS: Most common are nausea, dizziness, headache, malaise, chills, increased body temperature, and mild extravascular hemolysis. SEVERE REACTIONS: Death. Pretty scary considering these booklets are sugar coated, so they don't scare people! Something else that I learned in my weekend of research. Many children who have never been vaccinated and are autistic usually have a RH- mother who was given some form of RhoGam at 28 weeks. There is no way to actually test the reactions and effects that Rhogam has on the baby growing in your belly. They just ASSUME that it won't harm the fetus. Most children who are autistic test off the charts for heavy metal toxicity in their systems. Parents who have never vaccinated but still have a autistic child couldn't figure out the link.....until they looked at the mothers blood type. If you are an RH- mother please look into making your midwife/Dr order you the Rhogam without Mercury! Remember that just because it says it is free of those toxins doesn't mean it really is. It may only have less than is required to print in their booklets, still allowing them to call it toxin free!
[ ] MERCURY-FREE RHOGAM VACCINE If someone you know is pregnant and RH-negative, they will have to be given the Rhogam vaccine - a vaccine that contains mercury. Babies born to mothers receiving this vaccine have been shown to have mercury in their bodies before ever receiving any vaccines of their own. Since mercury is a neurotoxin, obviously less is better. The good news is that mercury-free Rhogam is available in the United States from Bayer Pharmaceuticals. It used to be called BayRoh-D, but is now called Hyper Rho. You can get a list of distributors that your doctor can use to order it by calling 800-243-4153.
Friday, April 17, 2009
The Right Attitude.....
THE CONFIDENCE OF A 2 YEAR OLD!
Just a few minutes ago Lindsy did something that was very eye opening. I was in my bathroom and she came in. Let me tell you how she looked. She was wearing pj's that showed what she ate for breakfast, had a very dirty face, and tangled and disheveled hair that was standing out every which way. Also she stunk, having just soiled her diaper. In the bathroom we have a full length mirror with a scale under it. Lindsy stepped up on to the scale, looked down at her weight, looked up into the mirror and grinned! Then she says to herself in the mirror, " Whoo-wee I look BEAUTIFUL!" After several minutes of side splitting laughter I recovered enough to tell her she was indeed beautiful! Without a second glance in the mirror she skipped off, very confidant in herself.
What a lesson for me....to just have the confidence of my 2 year old. NO matter what the scale says, NO matter what the mirror shows...just smile and tell yourself you are BEAUTIFUL!
Thursday, April 9, 2009
TAG....
4-4-4
I've been tagged......
1. Choose the fourth folder where you store pictures on your computer. 2. Choose the fourth picture. 3. Explain that picture. 4. Tag 4 other people.
This picture was taken on 7-21-2007, a month after we moved into our new home. Lindsy had just finished her 2nd breakfast of the morning and I was attempting to do dishes. As you can imagine she didn't sit still for long! This was one day before Lindsy turned 9 months!
I tag..... Dalayna, Jane, Crystal, & Dustin.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Wyoming Beef Run.....
We had ordered 1/2 a cow from Kelly's Super in Torrington, WY. (They have the world's best natural beef!) Several of my family members also ordered meat. So wouldn't you know it the weekend that we are supposed to pick up the meat, there is a major spring snowstorm, both here and there! We left Thursday evening to try to get ahead of the storm before it hit NM. We did well until North of Las Vegas, NM. We battled blizzard like conditions the rest of the way. At 10 pm we climbed up Raton Pass. It was supposed to be closed but since there were no police or gates in place we went on a head. We had to turn off the headlights and drive by the fog lamps. That was REALLY scary....but we made it fine and as we pulled into Trinidad, CO we found out we could go no further as they did have the road actually closed. We got a hotel room at 11pm and slept soundly as the blizzard raged outside. The kids wanted to share a bed with us so I slept with Lindsy and Clayton slept with Wilfred. For all of Lindsy's 28 pounds she is sure a bed hog. I took this picture when I gave up trying to fit in the bed at 6 am.
When Clayton fell asleep we was laying where the Thomas is. He refused to touch his dad....it was a different story at 6 am when they were snuggled together in the middle of the bed. I guess dad is warmer than Thomas.
At Pikes Peak Raceway along I-25 the truck went over 100,000 miles. This is a cool picture of the odometer.
After tough roads we finally made it to Morris and Jeanie's Friday evening. We spent Saturday playing in the snow and hiking around. They had this HUGE snowdrift. Warner and Wilfred took some shovels and dug out a fort in the drift. Clayton had to have his 'coyote' gun with him where ever he went. (It is a TOY gun) Clayton is inside the fort making sure there are no coyotes in there!
The entrance
Even room inside for the adults
From inside looking out....notice the snow stairs?
Of course we had to have a picture of the cows!
Clayton and Juli playing at the Fort.
Lindsy looking out
Clayton and Juli sledding down the same HUGE snowdrift.
Daddy and Lindsy sledding. (Lindsy even went down by herself...I didn't get a picture)
Even I took a turn at sledding. (I did cheat and go down the shorter side....after all I am pregnant!)
Heading inside at the end of the day... notice Clayton has a wet hiney, and a wet head!
After the bath Lindsy and Clayton each had to play some music
On the way home after getting our meat, Lindsy didn't last 10 minutes on the road. She slept for 2 1/2 hours with a death grip on the box of crackers. 
The weekend before we went to Wyoming we spent getting sprinkler stuff. Wilfred is putting in a sprinkler system so we can plant some grass and not have so much blowing dirt! We ate lunch at McAllister's Deli. They were so packed that we ordered our food to go and had a picnic in the truck bed! The kids each had their own roll of sprinkler tubing to corral them.
A covered South Mountain. This was taken outside our house.
One evening we went to feed the horses for my parents. Sassy was being....well SASSY! So my goofy hubby decided to give her a dose of her own medicine. She wasn't very impressed.
yes, he was sitting on her feed. 
There you have it.....2 posts in 2 days...don't get used to it. :)
When Clayton fell asleep we was laying where the Thomas is. He refused to touch his dad....it was a different story at 6 am when they were snuggled together in the middle of the bed. I guess dad is warmer than Thomas.
At Pikes Peak Raceway along I-25 the truck went over 100,000 miles. This is a cool picture of the odometer.
After tough roads we finally made it to Morris and Jeanie's Friday evening. We spent Saturday playing in the snow and hiking around. They had this HUGE snowdrift. Warner and Wilfred took some shovels and dug out a fort in the drift. Clayton had to have his 'coyote' gun with him where ever he went. (It is a TOY gun) Clayton is inside the fort making sure there are no coyotes in there!
The entrance
Even room inside for the adults
From inside looking out....notice the snow stairs?
Of course we had to have a picture of the cows!
Clayton and Juli playing at the Fort.
Lindsy looking out
Clayton and Juli sledding down the same HUGE snowdrift.
Daddy and Lindsy sledding. (Lindsy even went down by herself...I didn't get a picture)
Even I took a turn at sledding. (I did cheat and go down the shorter side....after all I am pregnant!)
Heading inside at the end of the day... notice Clayton has a wet hiney, and a wet head!
After the bath Lindsy and Clayton each had to play some music
On the way home after getting our meat, Lindsy didn't last 10 minutes on the road. She slept for 2 1/2 hours with a death grip on the box of crackers. 
The weekend before we went to Wyoming we spent getting sprinkler stuff. Wilfred is putting in a sprinkler system so we can plant some grass and not have so much blowing dirt! We ate lunch at McAllister's Deli. They were so packed that we ordered our food to go and had a picnic in the truck bed! The kids each had their own roll of sprinkler tubing to corral them.
A covered South Mountain. This was taken outside our house.
One evening we went to feed the horses for my parents. Sassy was being....well SASSY! So my goofy hubby decided to give her a dose of her own medicine. She wasn't very impressed.
yes, he was sitting on her feed. 
There you have it.....2 posts in 2 days...don't get used to it. :)
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