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This sweet pup was surrendered by her owners on Friday.  

She is staying with us until we find her a permanent home. 

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The Amazing Bitty

Last Monday we met with the school system for them to evaluate Logan for their Pre-K EC (Exceptional Children) Program.  We are not even sure if we want to send him to it and/or any preschool at this time.  We know it would be good for him and at least it gets him another avenue to receive his therapies.  We will find out on the 19th what the results are and at that time weigh in our opinions/desires.  

We originally met with them in November to give them some background on him.  Monday was for them to observe him and to hear how he is now.  

He was our Shining Star.  He did everything that he normally does.  He really liked some of the Evaluation Team.  Most were young cute women so..right up his alley.  

We were given a nice pile of paperwork/questionnaires to fill out and return also.  

They got to see how much improvement he has made since we spoke to them in November also.  

The other week his in home speech therapist told Andrew that of all the kids she has worked with, Logan has made the most improvement of all.  

Yesterday, Bit, Baby D and I had some errands to run while Aidan was in school.  At one store Baby D was in the seat of the cart and Logan walked holding my hand.  It was our best try yet!!  He did very well and then would get a little confused/frustrated on what we were doing and I would hold him until he wanted down and then he would walk some more(holding my hand).  

It was pretty awesome.  

Oh yes...I forgot to mention, I met with my Eye Doctor to.  If this thing grows it will also cause problems with my peripheral vision.  Preliminary tests were fine but they wanted to be sure.  It was fine!  (I did not think I had an issue.)  They are looking for what they call "pie in the sky."  My top right peripheral in both eyes would show a deficit.  

All is well!  What a rainy Saturday!  

Neurosurgeon "Minutes"

We liked the neurosurgeon I was referred to.  The basic tid bits are:

-It appears to be a low grade tumor.

-Either congenital (I was born with it) or it perhaps has recently formed either a glioma or another variaton of a glioma.

-One of the considerations was possible traumatic injury (from the past) however, when I mentioned hitting my head on things and being hit in the head, he said it would have been a loss of consciousness type injury.

-There is mild swelling around it.  Which makes him lean towards the glioma etc.  

-For a "tumor" it is the best kind to have and located in the best possible place. 

-I see a neurologist next week and will get another set of MRI's in May. 

-Immediately following my MRI's I will meet with the Neurosurgeon to find out the "new" plan. 

-If my symptoms worsen or change I will be re-evaluated sooner. 

-The area in which it is located controls my memory and language.  So we will keep an eye out for those signs. 

Thank you for your prayers and kind thoughts.  

We are so incredibly appreciative of them. 

Little Update (but longish...)

What’s an Anniversary without an tedious “health” update.

Tomorrow Logan meets with our local school system to be evaluated for preschool services. We are seeing what he is eligible for and what they feel is the best for him. About 4 weeks from tomorrow we will head back without Logan for an “IEP” meeting to see what they school systems says versus what we want and to modify. Tomorrow morning we will go ahead and voice some concerns and specifics we would like for Logan. Luckily our Coordinator from the our local Infant and Toddler Program is coming with us as support and help address any of our concerns we may forget.

We have notes and folders of our concerns to help us stay on our game.

It will prove most interesting.

Last Tuesday we met with the neurosurgeon to get some information on his thoughts of my MRI results. It went pretty well and we are in a “watchful waiting” mode unless something (ie: my symptoms change for the worse)

Here is some background on the situation.

For 9 years usually in high stress situations I get aura/halo migraines (maybe of 1-3 a year). I see a Chiropractor and he helps a lot. (I can ramble forever on Chiropractic, but I won’t.) Well 5 weeks ago my migraines changed. The halo went from a black spot in my vision to a flashing/electricity like activity (it looks a lot like a sparkler when you “write” with one.) I did not think much of it until I got two in one day and then three one week, then 1-2 a week for the following week. It seemed that light was a trigger for he halo activity. Our bare light bulbs coming out of the garage ceiling, the sunshine reflecting off our white window sills. After two weeks we headed into my Family Practitioner. She gave me a thorough look over, a prescription and wanted an MRI since the migraine activity changed.

I put off the MRI for about a week.

The MRI did not go as I expected, I waited the weekend and saw my FP on Monday. This post  shows what I learned that day.

The Neurosurgeon gave us a little more explanation but not much. We at least now have a “plan.”

Will post more on that soon. 

7 Years

Amazing how fast 7 years and can go by and how fast things can change.

Happy Anniversary Andrew!

These 7 years of marriage have been wonderful and the last few so far from what we expected. I cannot imagine them any other way. I would do it all again. I look forward to the rest of our lives together and know that we can take all that comes our way.  

Learning new things everyday

"Irregularly shaped nonenhancing cystic lesion within the medial temporal lobe with minimal perilesional abnormal T2 signal."  

These are the findings of an MRI I had last week. 

We meet with a neurosurgeon tomorrow to see what it all means. 

We would be eternally grateful for Prayers. 

I do know in my heart that everything will turn out OK. 

Thanks. 

A 4 Year Old's View

We love talking to Aidan about his happenings of the day and hearing his rendition of the day.

Fellow Parents understand that at times the kid version of the story can be cryptic.

Especially when it involves their day when they are not with us.

Eventually we find out the what happened and then their story makes sense.

Wednesday's at Aidan's school they have Chapel. The classes meet in the Sanctuary and they are told a Bible Story and talk about it.

Today, I asked Aidan about Chapel.

He told me they talked about a man named Jesus. Jesus had empty pockets with no pig food and Jesus had no pig food to eat.

Of course this brings curiosity to figure out what Bible Story he learned today. I really love hearing his stories and seeing how incredibly accurate they are once I know what he is talking about.

Perhaps someone will know what story he learned just by the given details however, I am not the most savvy on Bible stories.

I pulled out the list of stories they will learn this month. The story for today was, “The Prodigal Son.”

I have to say he was pretty spot on in his own way. :)

What do you think?