Cruzin in Moab

x Natural Rubber Latex Carpet Pad Allergy 12 years of nasal congestion hell

Nasal congestion allergy from a natural rubber latex carpet pad sounds absurd. Of course, I can tell you who had it. Conor, my 12 year old. I've taken him to ENT Specialists (exit the tonsils and adenoids), allergy specialists (2), ER (foreign body experience, don't ask), Pediatricians, Psychologists,Psychiatrists, Insta-care--No human asked me about what kind of carpet pad we had installed in 1992, why would they.

Recently we replaced two hallways and the living room with a hardwood floor. When the carpet guy came to re-stretch the bedroom doorway carpet to the hardwood tack strip I said "That carpet pad looks like rubber?" "Yeah" says the worker, "they used natural latex rubber a lot back in the 90's." Ya think!!!

Sooo, we replaced the bedroom carpets also.

Exit Natural Latex Rubber Carpet Pad and Carpet!!!

Kent and I just looked at each other like "What the ___" I think we knew in the 90"s that it was a rubberish mildew resistant carpet pad from RC Willey when we had the house re-carpeted, we didn't think about the LATEX part of it, or for goodness sake that maybe it would be TOXIC to any of us.

Conor kept having panic attacks. Classic stricture of the throat, rapid heart beating, etc. We thought he was, well--going crazy. Once the old carpet and pad left so did his serious mucous constant nasal congestion. (Before the tonsils and adenoids were removed it was a serious runny nose, think 100 tissues daily). Psychologists at the school and visits to Primary Children's Mental Health Center. ARGH!!!

I tried every internet cure for congestion, every bottle at the drug store, every nasal Rx nasal spray. NO HELP! Poor Conor, a child suffering from congestion using dozens of tissues daily.

All for what. NOTHING JUST A WASTE OF TIME. If you know someone with a latex allergy who is suffering constantly, REMOVE THE CARPET AND PAD.

With Purpose

08 Conference Weekend

I can't believe it's been a full year since I started my blog. If Di and Carol hadn't shown me I would have no written history for my posterity. They would not know or understand my life. So much of it is not printable at least at the present time. However, I believe the pictures express my time spent on this earth well.

Tonight/day, like most days, I wait for Ian to come home only then can I go to bed. I've done laundry most of the day and cleaned the kitchen and vacuumed. Gone to the library and retuned Redbox videos. Picked up shirt laundry. Gone to Girl Missionary Mall & distribution center & the Bank. I did listen to all conference talks and was truly uplifted. I like male speakers better than female speakers, they don't lay as much guilt on. Kent, Ian and Sean went to General Priesthood and then out to dinner at a Mexican restaurant. I took Conor to Village Inn where he consumed a full breakfast and 3 pancakes. Wow.

It rained steadily last night and all today until 9pm. That was nice but my shoulder and hip are acting up. I am looking forward to tomorrow when I will hear more uplifting talks.

Thanks for listening. Good Night.

Cruzin' Heaven

We appreciate all who helped make this dream come true.

Cousins Blast

Trey and Conor logged on some serious bonding time just before the 4th of July. They just about burned up Grandma and Grandpa's neighborhood with the help of Bruce's other kids (and Bruce). Serious Fireworks. Everyone had their own lighter, it was a BLAST !!!

Deer Valley Weekend

My sisters and I spent the weekend in a nice Deer Valley Condo and did the Park City Art's Festival. Conor bonded with sweet Gavin.

History of Suz Book Decade

Starting in 1997 I became more aware of our Library, perhaps because of the boyz. About that time my mother, Afton, gave me a list of the 100 Greatest Books ever written which was how I began my reading & listening list. During the time of Conor’s first diagnosis around 2000, I had read non-fiction only for several years, and I am sketchy about most of those titles since the self-help section of the library didn’t help me much. Duh. So, mostly for my benefit and that of my children, I have listened to the books on CD & read only 1 in 5 books. A large quantity have been recommended to me by friends and others were "found" at the Library. Many I listened to during my night shift at the Hospital-especially during my 12 hr shifts with just one ear pod in. Others while in the car or when walking, others while I tended to the endless errands, gardening, housework and laundry folding. These have been some of the best times for staying sane during some of the ruffer years this past decade. The list is as follows to the best of my recollection.

The Book of Mormon ***
Hound of the Baskervilles Conan Doyle**
Old Man and the Sea Hemmingway**
Great Expectations Dickenson***
The Holy Bible***
Jane Eyre Bronte, C***
The Jungle Books Kipling**
Gift from the Sea Lindberg**
Of Mice and Men Steinbeck**
Pride and Prejudice Austen***
The Scarlet Letter Hawthorne***
20,000 Leagues under the Sea Verne**
Wuthering Heights Bronte, E***
Life Lessons Kubler-Ross***
The Wheel of Life Kubler-Ross**
Eating and Artichoke Echo Fitch**
Eclipse, New Moon, Twilight, Breaking Dawn S Meyers***
The Historian E Kostavo***
The Circle Trilogy N Roberts**
Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling R King***
Will in the World S Greenbelt**
Kitchen Privileges M Higgins-Clark***
Nanny Diaries E Mclauglin**
The Lovely Bones A Sebold**
On Writing Stephen King***
Sweetwater Creek A River-Siddons**
Pompeii R Harris**
Sins out of School J Dams**
Ines of my Soul I Allende****
Portrait in Sepia I Allende***
The Di Vinci Code D Brown***
Angels and Demons D Brown****
Jackdaws K Follet***
Night over Water K Follet*
White Oleander Janet Finch****
White Teeth Zaidee Smith*

The Apprentice T Gerritsen**
The Surgeon T Gerritsen**
The Bone Garden T Gerritsen*
Body Double T Gerritsen*
Southern Cross P Cornwell**
Blow Fly P Cornwell**
Body of Evidence P Cornwell**
Black Notice P Cornwell***
Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper P Cornwell***
Louder Than Words: Healing Autism Jenny Mccarthy****
The Taking D Koontz***
The Face D Koontz***
Watchers D Koontz**
Girl with a Pearl Earring T Chevalier**
The Pilot’s Wife F Shreve***
Gap Creek R Morgan*
Jewel Bret Lott**
Year of Wonders Geraldine Brooks***
Judge & Jury J Patterson**
The 6th Target J Patterson***
The Book Thief Marcus Zusak****
Shakespeare’s Wife Germaine Greer**
In Mozart’s Shadow: His Sister’s Story C Meyer**
The Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites 1-5 C Heimerdinger****
Stephanie Plum Mystery Series 1-10 J Evanovich**
The River G Paulson**
Hatchet G Paulson**
Brian’s Hunt & Brian’s Winter G Paulson**
Woodsong & Dogsong G Paulson****
Deception of the Emerald Ring L Willig**
Masque of the Black Tulip L Willig**
History of the Pink Carnation L Willig**
I Stand all Amazed Elaine Durham
The Double Helix James Watson
The White Rock: An Exploration of the Inca Heartland*** Hugh Thomson
Where the Red Fern Grows W Rawls***
The Cay T Taylor**
Number the Stars L Lowry***
Innocent Man J Grisham***
The Testament J Grisham***
The Partner J Grisham**
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency 1 + 2 M Smith***
Notes from a Small Island B Bryson**
Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank*****
Enchanted A Hepburn***
23 Minutes in Hell Bill Wise*
The Stargazey M Grimes**
There are a few more which I may add as I remember them from time to time.
New after Sept 1 2008
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant***
French Women Don't Get Fat by Mirielle Guiliano***
The Man Who Made Lists Love, Death, Madness, and the Creation of Rogert's Thesaurus by Joshua Kendall**
Cleopatra Last Queen of Egypt by Joyce Tyldesley**
40 Ways to Look at Brigham Young A New Approach to a Remarkable Man by Chad Orton***
101 Powerful Promises from the Book of Mormon by Wayne E Brickey*****
The Answer is Simple...Lolve Yourself, Live Your Spirit! by Sonia Choquette**
6 Events by Stephen Covey***
Jacques Cousteau: A Life Under the Sea By Kathleen Olmstead***
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne*
The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd***
Love Child by Allegra Huston