September 15

Today is my mom's birthday. Yesterday was Lucaya's birthday. It's hard to believe that I've had Lucaya in my life for 4 years! She's 6 years old (approx.). I don't know for sure when she was born, but the place I adopted her from said she was around 2 years old when I got her.

This is our first weekend home with not much to do... and I LOVE it! We laid rock in the back, finally, which took about half of the day. And it was so gorgeous out today. This afternoon, the boys from Digdown came to rehearse before their wedding gig in Milwaukee tonight. Kami and I are home watching chick flicks... Failure to Launch, to be specific.

If you read my blog in Kelly's Korner, you probably read about how I thought I might be allergic to wine. Well, I think I've come to a new, more probable conclusion. A few years ago, I came down with pneumonia in the middle of summer. It was bizarre. And I think I went through every department in the UW Madison hospital to figure out what was going on. I had that pneumonia for 8 months! I went through lots of testing, but nothing came back with any definite answers. I did start speech coaching though, because the doc said that my hoarse voice was possibly due to reflux. So now, I've had this nagging cough for months and the feeling like I've been spending time with a cat (I am severely allergic). I've done my research and I think I've got acid reflux. It would explain the asthmatic type reactions I've had, the coughing and the hoarse voice. I also tend to get a burning sensation in my chest/esophogas? I have actually been using my inhaler because I have been short of breath. There doesn't seem to be any other reason for it. You all know how I like my wine, and it seems like a lot of the symptoms appear after I've indulged.

I don't want to be all hypochondriac-like, so I am going to try some solutions out on my own before going to the doc. In my reading, they said that there are a lot of OTC meds that can curb a lot of the symptoms. Experiment time! There will be a lot of testing before I give up my wine! :)

Happy Saturday!
Kelly