Today I am thankful for the other side of my family; all of the Jaskolski’s. I am thankful for my mother and father-in-law, Tom and Lee, my other sisters, Jill, Audrey,and Steph, and my other brothers, Chris, Daric, and Jay.  I am thankful for everything they do for us.

Today I am thankful for my diagnoses.  After many, many months I finally have my answers: POTS and Ehlers Danlos Syndrome.  I am thankful that the phase of figuring out what is wrong with me is finally over.  I am thankful that it only took me 11 months to get a POTS and EDS diagnosis since it often takes others years to be diagnosed with POTS and EDS because there is not much known about these disorders. 

Today I am thankful for the nurses and doctors I have seen in the last year who have gone above and beyond to help me.  I am thankful for honest doctors who are straight with me.  I am thankful for doctors who let me know in their own way that they will do what is in their power to help me.  I am thankful for doctors who are not afraid to admit that my symptoms are beyond their expertise so they help find me someone who can fit my needs.

Today I am thankful for my Dad and the special relationship I have always shared with him. I guess you could say I have always been a Daddy’s girl.  I am thankful that I inherited his sense of humor, his love for traditions, his love for giving everyone nicknames, his love for Jimmy Buffett, and most of all his belief that family comes first.  I am thankful that we have a relationship where we can tell each other like it is. 

Today I am thankful for Brad’s foot rubs he gives me each night to help me fall asleep.