Today is Kaitlyn's 9th birthday! She's been celebrating it since Wed when we went to the zoo and then she went out to dinner with Grandma and Grandpa John for dinner and gifts. Then last night we all went out with her Papa T dinner and gifts!!!
The first order of business this morning was to measure her height on the door frame as we do each year. She grew a little over 3 inches since last year!
Then two of her favorite friends came over and we were off to the Jungle Zone!
Kate, Ena, Steven, and Savannah had a blast playing at Jungle Zone. They played hard!!!
Even Daddy and Owen got in on the action!!!
Then we took a break for lunch!
After lunch it was back to the jumping!! Eventually it had to come to an end, so we took one last picture at the top of the biggest slide...I am not sure who that extra little boy is - but they were having fun!
Back at our house, we ate cake and then Kate got to open her gifts.
Of course, she made out!! She got books from Mike and I, a Happy Birthday Molly American Girl book from Uncle Jack and Aunt Carrie and tons of stickers and crafts and stuff from Steven!
And as an additional birthday gift we got a phone call from Kaitlyn's endocrinologist late yesterday evening. It turns out that Kate's glucose tolerance test was normal and her other blood work to identify Type 1 diabetes were all negative. So this means that she does not have Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes! Yay! Unfortunately there is definitely something going on with her blood sugar. Her doctor seems to think that she might have MODY (maturity onset diabetes of youth) which is a different form of diabetes that is more mild and doesn't always require insulin. We are going to continue to monitor her blood sugar and restrict the amount of sugars she consumes until we determine the next step.
No comments:
Post a Comment