Thursday, October 9, 2003
WOW. It has been almost a year since I last wrote. Much has happened and I have been meaning to update it, but it was always "I will tomorrow" and you know how that goes! The school let me do home hospital school, and I did that for the rest of the school year. I didn't enjoy it much... I really longed for the social interaction of school and to be taught in a classroom. But it worked to get the credits and such. I went to band a few days a week or as my health permitted. In December I celebrated my 15th birthday. Later in the month I started having pains in my lower abdomen and discovered that I had ovarian multicystic disease. In January I had surgery to have them removed and have been on medication to help it. About a week after my surgery I went to Phoenix, Arizona to visit my grandparents and cousins down there. My grandparents actually live here in Utah, but they have a condo in Phoenix and my cousins live there. They were staying there for the summer. I flew by myself, I was very proud. ;) I had a really relaxing time and after 1 week my mother and sister also flew down and we spent another week there, just the girls. In February my mom was having a lot of trouble with her depression and was hospitalized. That was really hard for my family to handle and she still struggles with it a lot. Eventually, the school year from heck came to an end. I was able to go to 9th grade promotion and yearbook day. I had a really fun summer. A lot of the teens in the neighborhood came to our house and played games almost every night. We had a lot of good times. I took a musical theater class every day for 2 weeks during the summer and I had a great time with that. We also went as a family to visit my cousins in Denver. That was a lot of fun, too. I also broke my tailbone, in kind of a funny way. I had fallen on it earlier and it hurt but not too bad, but then I sneezed and it popped! It's hurt like crazy ever since, although it's beginning to get better. I managed to catch pink eye in BOTH EYES and ever since then my right eye has been blurry. I went to the eye doctor and he told my mom that he supstected that I saw fine. How stupid does he think I am? Like I'm going to have my mom take time out of her busy day to take me to the eye doctor so they can put some drops in my eyes, I can wear those "attractive" paper sunglasses, and maybe get glasses. Needless to say, I'm sick of doctors telling me that I'm fine. I still struggle with seeing out of my right eye but I'm not sure what to do about it right now. August rolled around and I really wanted to be back in school. We met with the high school counselor and were able to work out a schedule in which I go for period 4-7. It has worked really well for me. I have only missed 2 days and am getting good grades. I'm not doing the horseback riding right now because of my tailbone, but I tried out for A Christmas Carol at a local theater. I made call-backs but not the show. However, it was good to get some auditioning experience. It sort of threw me for a loop, though. I've been on a bit of a depression downfall ever since. I believe it's starting to even out, but slowly. I have been having trouble meeting new people in high school, and I've kind of had to start over with meeting people and such because I wasn't in school last year. It's been tough, but I am just glad to be back in school again. I am going to try adding another period to the day. My mother is also having a hard time again and my dad is having to travel a lot for his job. Life never calms down, does it? I am still on the same medication and it still seems to help. I turn 16 in exactly 2 months from today and I have been in drivers education. My younger brother turned 5 in September and my older brother turns 19 on the 18th of this month. I have gotten a few emails from people thanking me for the help this site was to them, and I would just like to say that I am grateful that I could help them in some way. I will try to update a little sooner next time!!! :)
luv,
katie |
