Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! I hope you all had a safe and fun Halloween. My friend Nicole, Callie and I all went out in the neighborhood. We got some donations for FAAN and some candy we traded for a couple new books!! YEAH. Matt really likes this arrangement too. There are a couple candies due to the expansion of my foods I was able to have. I think the spice drops and smartees are my favorites. We went to Grandpa John's too and T or T'd there too. He had special candy for me and we got to see all our cousin's (except the one's in MN). It's getting cold here so be ready for the cold.
Hugs & Kisses
Lynda Dee :)

Mild eczema flare

Friday was Lynda and Callie's last day at a local daycare center, Lynda wanted to help carry stuff to the car. Before I could stop her she grabbed and hugged her air purifier. Her face and neck have been red, bumpy and itchy all weekend. We have been giving her Benadryl and putting on her steroid ointments all weekend. We had to pull out the face and neck wraps to see if we can stop this flare before it takes over her whole body.

RAST Test Results

Praise the Lord!
Lynda has outgrown her allergy to the penicillin family of antiobiotics.
Lynda is still allergic to Cefalexin family of antiobiotics.

Keep praying it is working!

Left my timeshare

I have have left my timeshare, I am happy to be at home with my brother, sister, mommy and daddy. I will miss my friends at the hospital. I hope I stay well so I don't have to go back for a long while. Callie has an ear infection and sinus infection. She is on the same antibiotic as me. How cool is that! Mommy made us pear popsicles for tomorrow. I need to get into the tub to keep my skin soft and healthy.

Sunday Update

Well we are still in the hospital. I had to get x-rays done again, apparently my lungs sound crackly. I am getting a RAST blood test done to determine if I am still allergic to Pencillin. The Dr will not let me go home until I can sleep through the night without oxygen. I have great oxygen levels during the day then I have yucky ones during the night. Dad has spent the last 2 days with me and slept here Friday & Sat night. Mom is going to stay tonight. Hopefully I will get to go home soon. Callie came today to see me, she misses me a lot. Matt is on a bike ride for the veteran's foundation today!

Hugs & Kisses

Lynda Dee

Day 3 at the Timeshare (hospital)

Hi all, it is Sat morning and the Dr. just came in to tell me I have Bronchitis. I have to be here another day because my oxygen levels are not high enough yet. Matt's team won their final home game last night and they are 4-4 on the season. He seems pretty happy about that, dad did not know if they win the next game if that is enough to get them into something called the playoffs. Today dad and I are going to watch the Hawks pull off an upset victory over the Purdue Boilermakers (whatever that is). They are on at 11, and hopefully that will get me coughing enough to get the goo out of my lungs. Props to my great grandma Taylor, she turned 95 yesterday! Her sister Bev and nieces came down from Minneapolis to see her. Callie went to the pumpkin patch at daycare yesterday- boy I know a lot when I hang out at the hospital. Grandma and Grandpa Meyer hung out with me yesterday and we colored and read books.

All for now, I am getting ready to tailgate in my room with daddy!

Hugs & Kisses
Lynda Dee

So Hard to Breathe

Yep it's me again and I am currently at my timeshare at Mercy Hospital. I had another severe asthma attack that landed me in the hospital. Not sure yet how long I will be here, but dad is making plans to watch the Iowa Game with me tomorrow. (Go Hawks) I will miss Matt's last home game of the season, there is always next year. I can't wait to get better so I can trick or treat for food allergies next week.

BOO !!

Have a great weekend. We will keep you updated.

Hugs and kisses
Lynda Dee

The boy who is allergic to (almost) every food

Check this out http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21246628/from/ET/

Thanks Pointer Cheerleaders

Hi all it is Friday and I am so bummed. Since I was in the hospital last weekend I can not goto the homecoming game at CPU this weekend. I did get to goto the parade the other night:) I hope Matt gets to play. My friends the Stormin' Pointer Cheerleaders were nice enough to make me a really cool get well card. I can't wait to see them again and say THANK YOU in person. I will cheering with you from home! Do great and I will see you again next home game.

GO POINTERS!

Have a great weekend.

Lynda Dee :) Rah!

My Brother Matt

Matt had a football game last night. As he headed onto the field of historic Rogers Field located in scenic Center Point, Iowa the Stormin' Pointers were ready for battle. Matt got to play a bunch, he played offensive lineman, some special teams and defensive end what ever that means. Dad went to the game and said he did really good. The while he was on punt coverage he helped on a tackle and over the intercom came (imagine an echo) "And on the tackle number 54 Matt Courter" I guess he was really happy. Daddy took a bunch of pictures of Matt playing, here are a couple. enjoy!

Lynda Dee

PS Go Stormin' Pointers!
"were number 1, not number two and we're gonna kick the whopssie out of you!"

Micro Plasma Pneumonia

Well Friday afternoon we took Lynda to the doctor she had Micro Plasma Pneumonia a.k.a. Walking Pneumonia. Lynda had to be hospitalized for this condition. She was on oxygen to help her breath and and IV so she would not get dehydrated. They gave her breathing treatments every hour for the first six hours then they reduced the treatments to every 2 hours and then every 4 hours. Unfortunatly she had to go back on orapred (oral steriod). We knew that this could happen if she got sick. Matt and I have caught a cold while staying in the hospital with Lynda over the weekend. Lynda was release from the hospital yesterday afternoon.

Laurie

Trick or Treat for Food Allergy Research

Hi All, I hope this day is finding you well. I am doing great and was out shopping today for my weekly supplies and happened to notice all the Halloween stuff out there. There seems to be a ton of candy for sale and it got me thinking of my annual fund raiser. Each year instead of trick or treating for candy, I do it for your loose change. Everything collected is donated to FAAN ( The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network). They have been a great resource for my parents and they are helping schools and companies understand the impact of food allergies on kids like me. I will have a box I will carry as I trick or treat this year that will have the logo above printed on it. Callie is doing it with me! So save your change or donate online at:
http://www.foodallergy.org/Support/Halloween/Donate.html
If you donate online, please use the comment field and add donation for Lynda Dee Taylor- Center Point IA. Based on our fundraising I can win safe prizes for me and Callie. Our goal this year is $200.00 so dig deep and give what you can. Help us all find a cure and make other kids lives better too! There is also more info about the program on the FAAN site at:
http://www.foodallergy.org/Support/Halloween/index.html

If you would like to start a collection at your work or school, let me know and I will help you get started.

Hugs and Kisses-
Lynda Dee

Croup YUK!

Well it's that time of the year. On Monday and Tuesday I had to goto grandma and grandpa Meyer's to "hang out". Something about being really sick and not going to preschool. I feel pretty good now though, I can't wait to goto Matt's next football game and cheer for the pointers with my sister Callie. I am sure we are in training, we do the GO C-P-U cheer really really loud. Callie does not like Stormin Norman the mascot much, but mommy tells us there is just a person inside that dog costume. I gave him a high five last week, so we are on our way of becoming friends fast. We are just about ready to start collecting for the Halloween fund raiser for FAAN. Remember to save your coins when I come trick or treating (not like I can eat candy anyway). We are raising money for research for food allergies and education in schools for tolerance for people with food allergies. Some people don't understand how life threatening it is, so it is our job to educate! As daddy always says "Knowledge is Power".

Have a great day!

Hugs and Kisses
Lynda Dee :)

Done with oral steroids

Lynda's pediatrician called on Friday and has removed Lynda from taking oral steroids. We are extremely excited about this. Evey since coming home from National Jewish we have been going every two weeks for blood work to see if her cortisol level was coming into the normal range. Once it hit the normal range that meant we could stop giving her Orapred. Her zinc level is still low so we are to continue to give her a liquid zinc supplement.

It was a short night last night. Lynda woke with the Croup cough. We went outside for the fresh cool air, gave her one albuterol treatment, went back to bed. 10 minutes later she was back again coughing and wheezing, so we gave her another albuterol treatment. She is sleeping now. We will see what the morning brings when I wake her. It might be a stay home day with grandma and grandpa Meyer.

Well I better finish getting ready for work. Have a great week everyone!

My first Bus Ride

Thursday was a big day for me. At preschool we had a field trip to the apple orchard. This was my first ride on a real school bus like Matt used to ride. We had to sit real still and not mess around. Cheeks on the seat! Did you know there are no seat belts on those buses?? I decided that when I got there I was going to get my daddy an apple. My teacher said I could only bring one home. Most the other kids ate theirs. I did not like at the little kitty cats running around, but did like to see where the bees used to live. We got back on the bus and I showed my teacher my apple. Daddy and Mommy picked us up from daycare and daddy and I ate the apple together. He said it was the best apple he had every tasted. I must of picked the right one. Friday night has a football game so we are looking forward to seeing Stormin' Norman again. Have a great weekend.

Lynda Dee

What a great weekend!

Well we had a blast this weekend. We did not see much of daddy. It was his birthday and on Friday he went golfing with his friends ( Thanks Jake) in some kind of tournament. Then he went to watch Matt's football game. I was totally asleep when he came home. I heard it was after midnight! So then on Sat. morning we got to hang out with dad because mom had to work. Something called a "release" they were working on. When she got home we played outside and grandma and grandpa came up. We played some more then daddy left again. He went to the hawkeye game (Thanks Bryan) and cheered on the hawks to victory. We could not see him on TV? Not from a lack of trying. Sunday we had a great picnic at church. They had a bouncy house and dunk tank. I dunked Paul from across the street. Served him right he was wearing an Iowa State sweatshirt. My skin is a bit broken out, but seems to be getting better slowly. Mom and dad keep wrapping me and putting on lotions. School is going well, I like my teacher. Just wanted to say "hi" to everyone.

Have a greay week!

Lynda Dee

It's Labor Day weekend

I don't know much about it other than it is another stay home day from daycare. Callie and I helped Mom & Dad around the house today. We painted our shutters and re-hung them, we power sprayed the house to get all the dirt off of it for the winter. Friday night we went to Matt's game and we screamed and screamed when he ran out. We had CPU pom poms to practice our cheers. Stormin Norman scared Callie so we headed home, but sounds like they lost (totally bummer). Matt has had a real hard time this week with his allergies, it is the height of rag weed season and he has a rough time. Hope you all enjoy your extra "stay home day". Also a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to grandpa John who turns 60 something on Labor day this year....


Love Lynda Dee

Old McDonalds Farm

We took the kids to Old McDonalds Farm this weekend. That was fun to walk around and see the animals. Spent most of the weekend outside. We know that the summer is coming to an end and the time outside is going fast, so we are going to stay outside and enjoy it as much as we can before we have to head inside. This coming Friday is Matt's first football game of the season. We are looking forward to walking over to the football field and watching him play. Lynda's skin got patches of red yesterday after pulling out toys from the neighbors shed. I am sure it was from the dust.

Have a great week!

What a good day to wake up and read the paper!

Hello everyone, I hope you are all enjoying your cup of coffee and the paper this morning. I don't know if you noticed, but there are a ton of pictures of me in there today! Me, Callie and Nicole next door. If you don't get the paper you can get it online here. Callie and I have had a good week at our new daycare. Our new friends are getting used to working with me and all my extra rules. Yesterday we spent most of the day doing chores, daddy mowed the lawn, was cleaning up the front of the house where we took out some old bushes that were prickly and did some laundry. Late afternoon I got to goto my friend Allie's 3rd birthday party. Daddy got me cotton candy to have when everyone else had cake. It was fun, Callie and I were tired when we got home. Matt went to something called a bonfire for church after we got home and he was back after we went to bed. Those high school kids sure do stay up late. He comes home after football practice each night and is very sweaty. Things are good at my house, keep in touch.

Lynda Dee

First week at my new daycare and Keep an eye out...

This is almost the end to my first week at daycare in Center Point. We are having a ton of fun at Little People. We are helping mommy and daddy teach them what is safe for me. Callie and I get to play at recess together ( I love that). There is a rumor going around that I need to tell you all to watch your paper on Sunday. I am not sure what that is all about, but watch I guess.

I am so glad it is going to be cooling down so my skin will be less likely to break out. I start preschool on Monday. I have my Dora backpack and my supplies ready to go. Wish me luck as I try to get smarter. I seem to have way more energy now and I have been keeping everyone up late, I'm young and pretty and don't understand why I need a bed time.

Oh well, maybe I will learn at preschool

Hugs & kisses

Lynda Dee