Hi all, I'm still here, just having trouble finding time to post on my own thread
Things are pretty stable here - pretty busy supervising D. She seems to be in a better mood these past few days. She had a little sore throat off and on for a few days - didn't think much of it as H had a minor sore throat that turned into a cold - but last night she was up in the middle of the night complaining that it really hurt, so this morning I'm taking her in to the pediatrician for a throat culture (NOT her regular pediatrician - I'm definitely never going to her again!).
Coincidentally, D had a blood test on Monday that included a test for recent strep infection. I had asked her psychiatrist to add this to her regular bloodwork because there are rare cases of anorexia or OCD that are triggered by strep infections (a syndrome called PANDAS) and since my father had rheumatic fever (an autoimmune reaction after strep infection) I thought we should at least screen for it. We are due to see the psychiatrist later today so it will be interesting to see how the test results come out.
H is gone for his annual weekend ski trip with his best friends - they've gone to some really macho steep skiing resort in Colorado, and this year one of my H's brothers is joining them. I kind of feel sorry for the other guys - the competition between my h and his brother will push them to levels of skiing that can only intimidate everyone else, I'm sure
I know H will have a great time - he has great friends, this is not a boozy kind of "guys weekend" - a very philosophical group, they have all kinds of great convos about the meaning of life when they get together.
H brought me a beautiful bouquet of flowers before he left, and called me this morning to say hi.
