My first thought was, "how can she function?" Of course my next thought was, "how did I not notice?" There were lots of little signs that all make sense now... Last school year she was less than thrilled with school. She really did not eat well and I started her on carnation instant breakfast to get something in her before school. It was the only thing the kid would eat in the morning. She would say she was hungry and then eat 3 bites. I felt sure AJ ate more than her! She was tired a fair amount, but we are really busy as a family.... It didn't seem excessively tired. She tended to be less confident and much more timid than she once was. She was easy to cry at times. I figured all a part of growing up. We would randomly hear of headache or stomach ache, but not a lot. There were days she was, well, less than spry on the soccer field.
In contrast. We are one week into medication and what strikes me most is that Mckenna is happy! She has great color. I had no idea how poor her color was before! She comes home from school and no longer zones out on the sofa to mindless TV before whatever the evening holds. She is smiley and bouncy and you can tell she just feels better. She tore up the soccer field today! She is quicker and has better endurance already. She is excited to see what she can do when she adjusts to the new her.
She is still adjusting, but she is loving the new her. Or is that the return of the old her? We really thought that a lot of the change was a bit of a delayed reaction to AJ's birth, struggles and diagnosis. I do think those things affected her, but I wonder where along the 2nd to 3rd grade stretch where she changed so much this started.
Yes, we are keeping an eye on AJ as well for the same thing. So far her values are within normal limits, but hypothyroid runs in our family so...
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