Thursday, November 10, 2022

Good morning. We are having tropical storm winds and blowing rain this morning from hurricane Nicole which came in to Port St. Lucie at 3 AM. Unfortunately, it has been in the Atlantic sitting in place for such a long time that the waves have been pounding the east coast line. Beach erosion is bad. Oh well, it’s mother nature‘s handiwork. 

Yesterday, we took Robbie and Belize was along for the ride, for Robbie’s ultrasound appointment at the University of Florida in Gainesville. This is the third year of doing ultrasound to check on his liver. His AL P liver enzymes have been through the roof since 2016. A couple of months ago we discovered Dr. Ruth Roberts crockpot diet and began following it. His numbers came down from 3500 to 2688, a vast improvement but still about 2100 over what they should be. Anyway, his ultrasound showed no significant change to the liver, and they are just watching a 2 mm spot which we will recheck in one year. Robbie will be 12 on December 16, so we are very happy with this news. 

The information that we got from our personal consultation with Dr. Roberts on Tuesday will further help us tweak his diet with Chinese medicines to clear the gunk out of his gallbladder. This will apparently help his liver to heal. In addition, we were able to stop two medications that he has been on for a long time. More good news.  🐾🥰 

So today, while the wind and rain swirls around I am catching up on laundry and Mark is cooking a batch of pork and vegetables for the kids. The first time we cooked up a batch it seemed overwhelming, but you get into a routine and it’s quite easy. now we just need the power to stay on for eight hours while it cooks. Ha ha.