We are having a rough week here in the Kawa household.  I hate whining but this is my blog and I will do it as much as I see fit.  It's fitting like a glove right about now.  :)

Hannah has hit an all-time level of difficulty.  I have had it so easy with her thus far and I guess it had to come to an end sooner or later.  The kid will not listen.  She acts so sincere when we are explaining expectations and sounds like she is going to be gung-ho to follow rules.  However, reality is a different story and it is getting to be so trying to get her to follow basic house rules.  I know that she understands what we expect (i.e.- no yogurt in the tv room, no stickers on your walls, etc.) but selectively chooses when she follows the rules.  

Today she threw a screaming, onbnoxious fit when it was time to put her bike away to go to my sister's house.  She knew it was coming.  It wasn't an idea we sprung on her.  Nonetheless, she threw a tantrum fit for a 2 year old.  I don't know what to do somedays.  Revoking priveleges doesn't work.   She seems to think she runs the house and I guess in essance for along time she did.  I just want to pull my hair out, although it's not a viable solution it may make me feel better momentarily.

We went to Primary last Friday for J's appointment for her vascular abnormalities/hemangioma.  It looks like we may be at square one in regard to all that.  The MRI she had at Mc-Kay didn't pick up on the masses.  I don't understand why not.  The masses are visible to the naked eye.  The new doctor seems much better than the last doctor we saw at Primary.  He has much better bedside manner and actually talks to us like we are people and not numbers in a case study.  He is going to talk about J at a medical conference later this month and seek input from other specialists and then will get back with us.  Between now and then I try not to dwell on all the "what ifs."