Lisa's thoughts about Love, Life, Lyme, and Liver disease

Grover - 1989 - Obviously Homemade.  When Heather was 7, she wanted to dress up as Grover (from Sesame Street) and I made this furry costume out of bathroom carpet type fur.  Sounds awesome, right?  It never dawned on me to paint her face blue, but we did add a  red clown nose, and red lipstick. She even carried around her Grover stuffed animal. Sadly, NOBODY guessed who she was.  Heather was adorable - the costume, not so much.  But,every Halloween it gives us a reason to laugh and smile. When I think about Halloween and spooky things, I reflect on things that terrified me as a child : SNAKES (you can read my previous blog about that http://businessedge-basil.blogspot.com/2015/05/hate-and-fear.html daddy long leg spiders, sleeping alone at night (the foot of my parents bed was the safest and most peaceful place in the house, dark houses,  basements (where trolls may live under the stair case), the monster that lived under my b...

Heather - 1994 - Outer Banks North Carolina When Heather was in  middle school (1994) she was really sick for about a month.  Her symptoms were fever, hives, aches, joint pain, sensitivity to light, and nausea.  When you read about Lyme Disease, there are so many cases where people were sick for years, without a Lyme diagnosis.  It made me think back to 1994 when the doctors were stumped by Heather's illness.   Some extensive blood tests were performed and they were quite concerned with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lupos - based on the elevated count of her antinuclear antibody blood test.  They eventually ruled these out.  However, they determined that she had a compromised immune system.   After about a month, Heather's health returned to normal.  However, since that time, she has had random bouts with hives and when she is really run down or sick, her body takes a bit longer to recover.   After all my int...