Barney Family

Medical Saga Continues

2011-03-11T10:51:00.006-07:00

So let me start out by saying......it must be all in my head. I MUST be crazy!

I get dizzy or lightheaded usually everyday a couple times. However there are days that I don't at all. Usually it happens when I go from laying down to standing up. Sometimes sitting....to standing up. It feels as though someone is "dimming" the lights as if into a tunnel, and then it comes back the same way it goes out. Sometimes I can just continue walking through it, sometimes I need to brace myself, sometimes I just sit down to prevent falling, and sometimes I actually black out and get tingly all over.

So, I have done a BAZILLION tests! So first off when the blood tests came back normal, they thought I had a hole in my heart. So with that came the trip to the Cardiologist. I wore a heart monitor for 2 weeks. We then did a stress test (heart monitors while running on a treadmill), a bubble test (which felt like my heart was burping tiny bubbles into my head), an EKG, and when all that came back normal they checked for hypostatic tension (blood pressure drops when positioning changes). All came back free an clear minus my heart skipping a beat or two. Nothing for concern.

Weeks later, nothing had changed, so I went back in for a few more blood tests, which this time showed I could be hypoglycemic.

Tried eating better for about a month.....and once again, nothing changed.

Then went in for a TILT (Syncope) test. That test rocked! They strapped me to a table, put monitors all over me, an IV, and then they numbed my hand up with Lidacain so that they could stick some sort of monitor clear up into my main artery in my wrist. Then I was injected with something I'd like to call "death" and then they stood the table upright. I felt TERRIBLE for about 30 seconds. I passed that test with flying colors as well.

Next stop was to the ENT. Possible inner ear problem. Got checked out, did some hearing tests and all came back normal. The ENT then sent me to see a Hearing and Imbalance Doctor for a possibility of Meniere's Disease. This doctor did all sorts of CRAZY tests. Looking at my eyes, blowing cold and hot air in my ears, shoving things in my ears. And once again....it all came back looking great.

So next step was a Neurologist. This is fun stuff right here....

Nurse, "Are you claustrophic?"
Me, "Ya...but I'll just think 'tanning bed'!"

I'm now inside this "tube" thing. I'm thinking 'tanning bed'. Now if you've never had an MRI before, let me tell you....it's not just a 45 minute nap because there are LOUD, obnoxious clicking noises the entire time. They start, stop, change, and scare you. So I opened my eyes for a sec....which was a HUGE mistake! I almost felt like I was in a casket! So I close my eyes again....'tanning bed...tanning bed' Happy place....HAWAII!' Well.....today Hawaii = Tsunami's...which then makes me think of Japan, which turns into earthquake! Oh I thought I was gonna die in there. I'm sooo glad that's over!

With that being said....I'm sure this is just another test I'm gonna pass. I ROCK!

"I'm Three!"

2011-02-28T19:42:00.003-07:00

Since when does a 3 year old know EXACTLY what they want?

"I want a pink bumblee birthday party mom. I want nilla cupcakes and pink frosting. AND I want grandma and Darla to come."
Happy Birthday to my sweet little 3 year old!

The Aquarium

2011-02-28T18:11:00.003-07:00

While at the Aquarium, we were lucky enough to watch the penguins being fed. There was an employee there answering questions. Someone asked if the penguins didn't like the fish they were being fed. He answered telling us that there was a leak in the ceiling which caused the paint to leave a white spot where the blue sky was. So to the penguins....it was very confusing, and they felt as though their sky was falling. So they had been a bit uneasy.

As we were leaving with their souveniers. Kaisey with her penguin backpack and Kali with her seal.

Christmas 2010

2011-02-28T17:51:00.007-07:00

So here's Christmas....minus the white fluff ball.
We are minus the two big girls. They were at the other halves for Christmas morning.
Kaisey asked Santa for playdough, Lalaloopsy, and Doll Walk for Christmas. This is "doll walk".
Kaleb made this tool box for his daddy at Scouts. He wanted to decorate it in BYU.
These two adorable girls bought presents for everyone all on their own this year....with their own money as well.

More Cancer

2011-01-22T10:32:00.005-07:00

I am very saddened to hear of another child being diagnosed with cancer in my area. You can read about Tim here. There is another boy I have been following named Super Spence. There are also 4 adults in my ward battling cancer at this time. It can happen to anyone at any time.

In conjunction with my last post....Please help my Wasatch Back team raise money for the American Cancer Society for research! It takes 5 minutes and even a small donation helps this cause!

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. Please click here!

And thank you to all my friends and family who have already donated I appreciate you more than you know!

The American Cancer Society

2011-01-20T00:02:00.004-07:00

Ok Blog land. I have been wanting to run The Wasatch Back Ragnar Relay for quite some time now. Unfortunately the event sells out IMMEDIATELY and has been sold out for months.....or so we thought....UNTIL my darling friend who recently lost a sister to cancer found out that we could run this if we raised money for cancer. So here I am. Asking for you to help me raise this money. Our team must raise a minimum of $4800 and each as an individual must raise a minimum of $400. All of this money goes directly to The American Cancer Society! It's a great cause. I'm running in memory of Trent Duval. This little boy was AMAZING! I know this awful disease has affected way too many people! We are each running for someone who has touched our lives. You can help by going here! (Preferably clicking on me...Amy!) :)

Mr and Mrs. Claus

2010-12-15T11:00:00.000-07:00

"Hmmm....I want......Legos!"
"I want my two front teeth!" (While laughing hysterically!)
"I want a Lalaloopsy, Playdough and a doll walk!"
Then Santa surprised her with some playdough!

A big shout out to Julie Williams Photography for having this event. All donations were given to the Christmas Box House. Thank you as well to Mr and Mrs Claus. Aren't they just perfect?

My two front teeth!

2010-12-15T10:36:00.005-07:00

Kali lost her first front tooth due to being bumped by an elbow at school. She lost her second by tripping over the Christmas Blowup outside and smacking her face on the corner of the sidewalk. Poor poor little thing!
Then to make matters worse....I thought it was looking pretty bad the next day, so I swung her into the doctors office and it was infected. Poor Poor Poor baby!

2010 Christmas Progression at Dance

2010-12-13T11:21:00.001-07:00

Kaisey was super excited. However I was really afraid that she wasn't going to even try. She is sometimes a little naughty at dance class and doesn't participate.
Uh.....turn around Kaisey!
Then there was Kali. She did a GREAT job! I cannot wait to see her perform at her first competition.
Abbi's turn. She had her cheer and competition class recitals. She has improved SO much already this year. She now has her back walk-over, her round-off back-handspring, and her standing back hand-spring. I'm so proud of her!
Here's Kaisey performing.

Happy 12th

2010-12-12T11:06:00.001-07:00

Happy 12th birthday to my Abbi. She was turning 12 on 12/12. I thought that was pretty cool...so I decided to throw her a surprise party!

I started off by taking her to the mall to buy her some new clothes. We came home to this....

She was pretty darn excited AND surprised!

♪ Once there was a snowman ♫

2010-12-03T22:30:00.002-07:00

Kaisey "I wanna build a snowman. We need sticks for arms!"
Mom "First I have to clean the house."
Kaisey "I wanna build a snowman."
Mom "Yes. But now I have to clean the bathtub and give you a bath."
Kaisey "I wanna build a snowman."
Mom "Yes, but now I gotta shower."
Kaisey "I wanna build a snowman."
Mom "We have to go run errands first."
Kaisey "I want Wendy's and then I wanna build a snowman."
Mom "Ok we'll get Wendy's then you have to nap and then we can build a snowman."

.......and we FINALLY built the snowman but first she had to wear his outfit.

She's one persistant little thing!

School Pics 2010

2010-11-08T15:35:00.002-07:00

Happy Halloween 2010

2010-11-08T15:33:00.001-07:00

Ragnar Relay Vegas

2010-11-01T19:26:00.007-06:00

My very first relay and it was SUCH a blast. I'm hooked. This is my team. I was in van 1 and I happened to be runner 1. I had legs 1, 13 and 25. We started this journey in the Valley Of Fire and finished up in Vegas. 195 miles in 2 days. For those of you who think that Vegas is flat? Well we didn't run in THOSE places.
And we're off!
That blue speck? Ya. That's me.
Catchin' a rest whenever, where ever I could.
Just getting ready to start my 2nd leg. In the dark. By myself. On a trail. All I could think of was bobcat. I thought I was gonna get eaten. Especially when my headlight went out.
This was on my final leg. My last leg was an absolute killer. It ended up being practically straight up hill for 3 1/2 miles.
2 of my besties! Patrice I've known since Kindergarten, and Cindy I've met in High School.

I can't wait to do it again. April. California. Here I come.

Feeling Crafty

2010-10-19T10:57:00.003-06:00

Pillowcases I decorated with dance team...and football team info.
A decorative candy jar.

Oh 'Shoot'ers

2010-10-10T21:10:00.006-06:00

Marshmallow Shooters that is......

Let me just start by apologizing to all the people in my neighborhood for all the 'marshmallow attacks', and for turning the park into a 'marshmallow zone' (I couldn't very well have them all over my yard right??) Having overheard a couple of the kids tell Kaleb that his party was the COOLEST EVER was definately worth it!

Consists of:
1 7" PVC Pipe (schedule 40)
2 5" PVC
4 3" PVC
2 Elbows
2 T's
2 Stoppers
Paint of Choice

We watched this video on youtube.com
This looks a tad bit like payback doesn't it???
Re-loading.

Happy Birthday lil buddy!

A Beautiful Life Photography

2010-10-03T19:24:00.014-06:00

Some of my favorites!
Kaleb with mom and with dad.

Two best friends.

The girls with mom...and the girls with dad.
I'm realizing they are growing and changing WAY too fast to not get family photos more often.

Totally Radical 80's

2010-10-03T18:26:00.005-06:00

Hands down the FUNNEST party I've been to in a LONG time. I went with my friend because our husbands have been gone hunting.

Let's hear if for (the boy) ....the 80s makeup! ♪♫ You win for that!
Let's get physical.....Physical......♪♫
Interesting fact.....most of the stuff we are wearing was purchased recently at Rue 21. It's makin a comeback ladies! Thanks so much for all the laughs!!

Happy Birthday Kaleb 2010

2010-09-29T20:34:00.003-06:00

Sweet little boy! I cannot believe that you are 9. The years are just flying by. We haven't had his party yet due to football....and the Pinewood Derby....and hunting season. Coming soon.....

Kaleb choose to make a Police Car. It was AWESOME. However (that's never good right?) it didn't perform as good as it looked. At least we didn't take last place. (Sorry to the kid that did.)

Kaleb's last football game was AWESOME! He had 8 tackles, 2 of which were unassisted, and he had a KILLER block so that our team could get a touchdown. Way to go buddy!

Fire

2010-09-22T13:46:00.005-06:00

Sunday afternoon Trent told me there was a fire behind the mountain. I wasn't really worried about it til later that night I came outside to see this.....

I still wasn't TOO worried when I saw this.....

Trent in the mean time called me from taking Baylee to the airport. He told me that Camp Williams had started this fire. As the night progressed and we started hearing about all the evacuations WAY too close to us....we started to panic. I was trying to get the kids to bed because they had school in the morning. Kaleb was the MOST upset. "What if we don't get out in time?" I had to explain that this is the Firefighters job. They wouldn't let be in our homes if it wasn't safe. He was OK with that...but still pretty upset. We told the kids to say their prayers. IMMEDIATELY after Kaleb said his prayer he yelled, "MOM! It's gonna be ok. The Still Small Voice told me."

That's when I realized it was gonna be ok....but just to be safe, we packed bags up. I wanted to be ready so that if we DID need to go, we weren't gonna be without things we'd need. Soon after that Trent got called out for the National Guard to go help.

Then we saw this.....

Still is further away than it looks....but pretty scary.

Looking at this the day after. Unbelievable that only 3 people lost their homes. Truly a miracle.

So finally today I finally started unpacking my bag with my makeup, curling iron, blowdryer, favorite jewelry and clothes. Moved on to the kids and I was humbled once again by the things my children chose to pack (after I'd packed their clothes and shoes) a picture of Christ in one, and the Scriptures in another. They are constantly teaching me by their innocence.

A reminder to us all to be ready for emergencies. I would have left all of my important documents. I'm going to sit down and make a list of the things that we need to have. In watching a couple of my neighbors, they were taking pictures of everything they owned. Very very smart.

Football 2010

2010-09-08T12:55:00.004-06:00

Kaleb #25.
Going in for a hit.....
He decleated this kid. It was awesome. (and YES there was a bribe involved for good tackles....whatever it takes right?)

Labor Day Weekend 2010

2010-09-07T15:05:00.009-06:00

The annual trip to Crystal Hot Springs. There were several families that went this year. It was SUCH a blast. I absolutely love hanging out with these people. :)

Camera Wars. I think I won!
The Hungry Caterpillar. This thing was GINORMOUS! The markings just in front of that black line looked like eyes...and it has blue dots down its back. I tried to find out what kind of caterpillar it was but I have been unsuccessful so far. So I picked this guy up in a cup (cuz my dog was playing with it) when I put it down on the table it puffed up like that. It was making those yellow eyes (on its back) look big and scary. Kinda cool!

Do you like the word COUGAR strategically placed right behind our heads? Yeah...that wasn't on purpose. But it's pretty funny.

First Day of School

2010-09-07T11:13:00.003-06:00

Abbi and Kaleb's first day of school this year. Abbi is already in 6th grade. She is a Student Body Officer this year. I volunteered to be the parent coordinator for Student Government. I think it will be a really fun way to do my volunteer hours for the Charter School.

Kaleb is in 3rd this year. He also just started tackle football. He is LOVING it.

Hypoglycemia

2010-09-01T10:06:00.005-06:00

"...If you think you may be going crazy; if you have thoughts of suicide; if you're constantly exhausted, anxious and depressed; if you go weeks without a decent night's sleep; if your personality changes like the flip of a coin; if a counter full of munchies doesn't satisfy your sweet tooth; and if your doctor thinks you might be a hypochondriac because medical tests don't show anything physically wrong with you - "

Finally some answers to my craziness! The Instacare referred me to a cardiologist after passing out in the shower over 3 months ago. I would get light headed and dizzy just by standing up ALL the time. They ran blood tests and everything came back perfect. The thought was that there was a hole in my heart. After doing an echo, stress test, and the bubble test (other than my heart skipping a beat here and there) they told me my I was perfectly healthy. Sigh of relief...but then the tears. "What the heck is wrong with me?" Back to the my doctor with more questions. He did more blood work. He called me yesterday and told me that my blood sugar was low, and I am hypoglycemic.

So in doing some research...I found that quote above. Fit me like a glove! It's certainly nice to know I'm not alone.

Are you kidding me?

2010-08-30T13:19:00.002-06:00

Kaleb was being a little stinker and annoying his sister. So she chased him out of her room with the threat of a swift kick in the butt....or as Kaleb says, "I was running from her foot!" He jumped into bed and hit his head (hard) on the chair molding. It took 6 staples to close up his wound. The only thing he was worried about was not being able to play football.