Sadie is 7 months old

Wow, how times flies! It feels like just yesterday I was trying potty train her and now she roams the house like she's a part of the family. Enjoy the pictures of our baby girl!

My Nephew is a hoot

Josh cracks me up. All the little things he says, like pbskids.org, to the faces he makes, he always manages to make me chuckle. And can this boy dance and he's only 2 years old.

Oh my, Sadie's 6 months old!

My baby is now 6 months old. My how time passes. She's lost all her baby teeth and now weighs a whooping 35+ lbs. Every morning, I take her to a nearby dog park to socialize and exert her puppy energy. She's gotten so much bigger then when we first picked her up, but she's still a cutie. She recently graduated from puppy training class. It wasn't as easy as I would've liked, but she did well. Hopefully, what we've taught her will stick. Above are some pictures of our precious!

Health Update

Since my last post of my health, I'm glad to inform all who are following that the new treatment is working well. I've already had 4 infusions since my first one and always look forward to the 3 hour nap. All of the blood work seems to indicate that all is going well. There are days that my knee feels a bit tweaked, but with a little rest and exercise, I feel like myself again. I think I made the right decision to move forward with Remicade. Thanks for everyone's thoughts and prayers.

Sadie's 4 months old

Wow, has it been a month already since my last update on Sadie. Well, she's four months old and able to understand "sit", "stay", "wait", "leave it" and "come". Still working on "release" and "off". This past weekend we learned the command for "down", so that's the new task for the week. She's been a doll and getting bigger by the day. The week before last, however, my poor baby was sick. She had hookworms and then very bad diarrhea. After a week of meds she did not like, she's doing much better. We think she's mixed with weimaraner but you tell me, what do you guys think?

Sadie's 3 months old

How time flies? It feels like just yesterday when we took our little darling home. She's grown so much in the month that we've had her. I'm going to miss her puppy age, when I'm not able to carry her anymore. Happy Birthday Sadie!

New treatment

After 18 years with the same Rheumatologist, I've decided to change. I was not feeling any better even though I was told I was fine and in remission. I wanted a fresh new set of eyes on me, after all, it's my body and future that is at stake.

After a few visits with the new doc, she noticed a lot of things my old doctor was not doing, including TB tests. Because of the medication I've been on, Enbrel, I'm supposed to be getting these tests every year, however, after 11 years on this medication, I have never been given this test. Boy, was she shocked to hear that. Also, even after my knee surgery, my knee has never been back to 100%. She was able to remove some fluid from the knee and inject it with steroids twice. It was a good relief but still, only a temporary relief. After x-rays, MRI's and blood tests, my doctor realized I was not in remission, I actually have active disease causing flare ups. Not only that, the disease was not under control and eating away at my joints. I was not happy at all to hear this. My doctor recommended for me to go on Remicade.

After a lot of thought and research, the hubby and I decided it would be the best treatment for me. Today was the first treatment, though very nervous, everything went on without a hitch. The only thing that hurt was the needle to insert the IV, after that, it was lights out for me for three hours. Hopefully, this new treatment will help me with the progression of my disease.