Category: family

Danielle will not get up today, moving really slowly and crying.  She feels I’m push ing her to get ready. After fighting with her most of the morning and trying to get her ready for school, I finally give in and let her stay home. She’s very grounded, but still at home “cleaning the house” and no electronics. Not normal for Danielle to be that blah or emotional in the mornings.

Again I ask her if she feels ok, and does anything not feel right? She says she’s just sad and maybe just didn’t get enough sleep…

I know something isn’t right, but I don’t know what to do.

Danielle is happy and playing with Devon, having fun. Then out of the blue she comes down stairs balling her eyes out wanting a hug, of course she gets all the hugs she wants. When I ask what is wrong I get ” I miss my Nintendo DS” but she lost the DS over a year ago. Why is she so sad about it now, then after she pulls herself together and starts to go back to her room she says she may just cry a little longer (just really feels like crying)?

Late in the afternoon I notice little red spots on her legs, she’s always had eczema (dry bumpy skin) but this was different. She didn’t really know how long they had been there (maybe a couple weeks), just a few little red dots. Not all over the body just the front of her lower legs?

Also we’ve noticed some extra bruising in odd spots.

She says she feels fine, no fever, no pains no complaints, eating all the time!!  She’s pale, so moms been pushing the red meat and trying to get her to eat more greens.  She has red spots on her face, we honestly thought it was acne.

This is a blog that Will have a good ending, the beginning and middle may not be.

Danielle is creative, smart, artistic, nerdy, loving, caring just the sweetest little girl. xxooxxooxxoo  She’s been a miracle from the day we knew she was joining our family and has been a sweet kind gentle soul from day one.  We’ve had people describe her as an old soul.  Mom and dad have always felt blessed to be her parents.

This past year, things have slowly changed.  We have been very hard on her as of late thinking she’s getting really lazy, never wanting to leave the house.  No energy, not taking care of herself-  Not wanting to really do much of anything.

In the past, She would come to the park with us and would run and play and swing and love the feel of her body moving and pushing herself, lately we would take her to the park and she was not her normal running like a “wild woman” self (is it just that she’s 10 and a girl, and she’s just going through natural changes?)