Monday, I posted that Rosie didn’t have a migraine on Facebook. It was huge deal for her because usually she has them after a big event like a dance competition or this weekend’s parent show. I had a friend reach out to me after and mention that she gets migraines too after a full weekend….
Why I Won’t Say “I’m Sorry” Anymore
In the past couple of years, I’ve probably said, “I’m sorry” thousands of times. “I’m sorry Rosie has a migraine.” “I’m sorry, we can’t make it to dance.” “I’m sorry, we’ll have to reschedule…” I’ve apologized to so many people since we’ve started middle school that I feel like I do it all the time…
Spitting up blood and Progress
The first time it happened, I was totally shocked. “Mama, I’m spitting up blood” Rosie screamed. At the time, we were in the Wal Mart parking lot. I’m sure we attracted a lot of unwanted attention as we started at the puddle of blood that she puked up in on the pavement. Yes, it looked like…
What is normal for a kid with migraines?
Yesterday, the psychologist at the hospital said, “Don’t you want to be normal?” to my daughter. I wasn’t in the room at the time otherwise I may have bitch slapped him because I think it was insensitive and it quite possibly could have emotionally devastated my child (It didn’t. Thank God). I wasn’t going to blog…
Yep, it was an abdominal migraine
Last week, I stumbled across an article that discussed abdominal migraines in children. As I read it, I had one of those aha moments where the light bulb went off over my head. I felt instantly smarter, yet stupid at the same time. You see, my child suffered from abdominal migraines for years and we…