I have a lot of new friends, co workers and followers since I jumped feet first into this crazy and insanely fun business of Des Moines Real Estate. For the newbies, I'll give you a quick run down of why I write this blog. For the full story, feel free to go back through previous posts! If any one has any questions along the way, I'm pretty much an open book! I'm typing from my phone tonight because I'm in bed with two little girls. I hope it comes out ok.
Short version of life with the Breuers-
Matt, my husband and I have three girls. Yes, three. No boys. Kadi is 11, Jersi- 5 and Breckyn- 2. Although Breckyn probably fills up your newsfeed with all the trouble she gets into and Jersi is either flipping all over the place or interrupting a meeting the President of Iowa Realty is having simply to make friends with him, this blog is mostly about Kadi. Almost three years ago Kadi went to bed a normal 9 year old girl. The next day she woke up with fears beyond your wildest dreams. She wouldn't go outside because a fly or a gnat might suck the life out of her. She spent three months inside our house, looking out the window. If we took her somewhere it was a terrible struggle to even get her in the car in the garage. We went to every psychologist we could get in with to figure out what happened. No one could really give us a straight answer but we heard things like she suddenly out of no where developed symptoms of autism, ocd, anxiety and PANDAS. (Pandas is when the strep virus enters your body and goes to your brain. We treated her for the anxiety and tested her for PANDAS but the more people that got to know her were confident she didn't have autism. Just as she was getting better, she quit eating. I mean stopped completely. She never felt hungry and therefore wouldn't ever choose to eat. The little bit of food that was making it down her throat because we were threatening a feeding tube wasn't enough. She was losing weight like crazy and we could tell something was different with her. When you would ask her a question, she would just sit there. Like the lights were on but no one was home. Fast forward many many months, appointments, procedures and dollar signs later, we were told Kadi no longer produces growth hormones. We now give her an injection of artificial growth hormone every night. She will need them until she reaches 18.
Now, we are nine months in! We are so grateful for the courage, prayers and wishes everyone has given us the last three years. Sometimes I go back and read my posts about her having her procedures and appointments. People really take time out of their day to pray for you or write you something to make you feel a bit better about what you're going through. This experience taught me not only how to be an advocate for my children but how to love and serve others. When I tell you I'm going to include you in my prayers, I make the effort to come through with it. Praying was something I needed to get better at. I went out and bought a prayer journal. Each day, I write down the people I feel need prayer and pray for each of them. If you would ever like me to include you, please reach out to me.
Anyhoo! Kadi had her Endo appointment today. After Breckyn first made her presence known by saying the hospital smelled horrible in front of three doctors and then told a little girls mom in the waiting room she was something so terrible I can't even write it on here. (Yes, she's in timeout five times a day), we got to focus on Kadi. She weighed 64lbs (14lbs gained!) I was too busy taking pictures of her to read her height. Oh well, that will make it more exciting next time! We had labs today too. We go to Endo every three months but they only do labs and bone age every 6-12. You would think a kid that gets a needle in her arm every day wouldn't mind a lab draw. Well, Kadi hates it! They take so much blood it seems like she's going to run out! She gets so worried and down in the dumps when she knows labs are coming.
They increased her dose by .1mg. It doesn't seem like much, but it can make a big difference. They say she is supposed to grow 4 inches the first year. We go back in June for our one year so I will be excited to see if she made it!
Not much else is new and exciting in our house. I'm absolutely loving my real estate career. I can still be a full time mom and work. It really is the best of both worlds. If I can ever be any assistance to you, please call me! I love seeing my clients dreams come true!
Matt and I are headed to Florida next week with our Williamson buddies. We're excited to bake in the sun and get some deep sea fishing in. Everyone cross their fingers that my fish are bigger than Matt's >insert evil laugh here<.
I hope new followers have gotten a taste of Breuer life. I wish the best for all of you and thank so much for being on our journey with us! 💗
Glad to hear she is growing!!!!!
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