Seizure Control

In following Dr. Nick's orders - Scott contacted Dr. Elsiad (seizure specialist) they will hospitalize Scott on December the 18th for a 72 hour study @ Florida Hospital in Orlando. He will be under 24 hr surveillance Dr. Elsiad will try to provoke a seizure with test and excercise. This shouldn't be to hard since recently anyting seems to bring them on. Scott has mixed emotions, he wants his seizures under control but, it is also very scary to go through one.
Scott's Chemo is ordered and he will start his 3rd dose on Monday the 4th.

Who Says Honesty Doesn't Pay or In My Case Cost

Scott had a follow up appointment with Dr. Nick today in Orlando. He wants him to see the seizure specialist. His number one priority is to get the seizures under control since they are more frequent and more violent. We were returning home and I was chatting on the phone to my mom while going through the toll booth - not paying attention to the toll money Scott was giving me. When the toll lady handed me back my change I pulled away handing it to Scott. Scott said she gave me to much back - $5.00 to much. I had to return it she could have been a single mom and just making ends meet. So I went down 3 or 4 miles to the next exit and got back on the ramp and headed 3 or 4 miles to the toll. I explained to the toll guy that I had just been through and the girl had given me to much change. He told me to give it to him and he would return it to him. I then explained that I have to go back East, so I just want to turn around, return the extra money and be on my way. He said OK it will be $1.25. I said are you serious, he explained if he let me through without paying then he will be short in his drawer. I paid the $1.25 , then he told me I had to go 3 miles to the next exit, get back on the ramp to head back East. When I got back to the toll booth to return the $5.00 it cost me another $1.25 to go back through. So I drove a total of 12+ miles, 30 minutes and it cost me an extra $2.50 in tolls to return $5.00.

Happy Thanksgiving

We spent our Thanksgiving in Apopka with my family. There was so much food. Skylar had fun playing with her cousins and loved Kylee's tire swing. It wasn't the plastic ones that you can buy today, it was a good old real tire swing. My mom has a horse ranch behind her house. After swinging, I pulled grass so the kids could feed the horse. The horse loved the green grass. But, Skylar was unsure about feeding him, she said he has big teeth. We headed back to the Coast around 3:00 and we were all exhausted. Our family is still growing. We are expecting another niece in March (Blake says our family is cursed with girls). I did forget to take a 4 generation picture, forgot to draw names for Christmas & forgot to open the cranberry sauce (no one noticed)But, I did not forget to think of all the things I'm "thankful" for and I did not forget clothes for the homeless. Last year we made hot lunches and went to various woods where we knew homeless people lived. They were really grateful that someone remembered them. This year we had Skylar and I didn't want to take her in the woods, so I asked Tina (my sister) to make sure the clothes and shoes got to the homeless. She is as passionate about the homeless as I am. People think I'm nuts, that they should get a job. I try to explain to them a lot of them work at the daily labor. But, also that they don't think the way we do. Maybe their down on their luck or a tragedy has changed their lives and there are some that just choose to live that way. Whatever has happened it is the way they live and I do think it's sad that there are so many homeless people on our streets.

Another Treatment Down

Scott has finished his second chemo treatment. He took Saturday as a needed day of rest. On Sunday Scott said he felt better. The hunting trip to Tennessee was called off so he and Aaron will be Duck hunting in the swamps of West Palm this weekend. Again, for those of you who don't like to see animals hunted. They are safe with Scott hunting them : )

Treatment #2

Scott begins his 2nd treatment of Chemo today and will take it through Friday. He and Aaron are planning to go on a hunting trip next Thursday to Tennesse. Hopefully, he will feel OK.

Ahh...Florida Living

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We decided to take advantage of Florida living and take Skylar to Downtown Disney. 
We met up with my sister, Tina her girls and her boyfriend, Keith and his son.
 Tina never had been to Downtown Disney. Why would she - she is a Florida resident.
Seriously, she didn't even know it was there. To waste time waiting on everyone to get there we took Skylar to a shop there, and she picked out a princess cowboy hat with a tiara stuck to the front (cute).  I asked her if she was sure that was the hat she wanted and she said "Wee Hah." I think she meant yeehaw : )
 The kids had fun playing and discovering all the thins Downtown Disney has to offer. They had a huge Stitch,(The character from Lilo and Stitch) on the roof of the pirate store that spit water on the kids. They had fun in Lego Land. The highlight of Lego Land was
 to get them all on a dog and looking at the camera all at one time.  We took them to the 
Rain Forest Cafe for lunch. Even the adults were fascinated by the rain and animals.  
They had a store called Once Upon A Toy where they had tall clear cylinder's filled with 
Mr. Potatoe headpieces and his body was in bins. The kids created all different disney characters. The hardest part of the day was making sure we had all four kids and they were our four.
I posted the pictures on Photoshow Website
Ahh... Florida Living
For those still on modem or using a slower speed computer, I have also posted a slide show of the party here
Disney Village

Four Week Appointment

We saw Dr. Nick yesterday. It wasn't suppose to be an MRI appt. Scott was a little nervous about the seizures he's been having, so Dr. Nick agreed for Scott to have an MRI. MRI x-ray showed stability. Scott seems to be very concerned about his seizures. Dr. Nick atribute's his seizures to stress and anxiety. So he is going to treat him for the stress and anxiety - we need to get those two things under control so we can focus again on the tumor. Scott felt comfortable with that diagnois so there was a little stress off the top. His test results for his white blood count will be in today and we will know then to go with the round 2 chemo or to hold off for a couple days.
Growing up my mom taught me that things happen for a reason , there is a purpose for our time here on earth and God never gives you more than you can handle. In my heart - I know it's true but, during this difficult time it makes me question my faith and honestly "the man above" must think we can handle more than what we think we can. For those of you praying - pray that we are given the strength to get through want God has planned.

Beauty and the Beast

Skylar was a beautiful Princess for Halloween. A couple months ago I sat down with a costume book and let her pick anything she wanted and she picked Dora the Explorer. I went to dress her in her Dora costume and she said she didn't want to be that so when I asked her what she wanted to be she said a "Princess" lucky for her I had this dress on hand. So now we were waiting on her trick or treat buddy "The Beast" Turner (Michelle's Puppy) he was dressed as a vampire. While waiting for Tom to show up we decided to Trick or Treat our neighbors. Skylar thought it was magical to say "Trick or Treat" and get candy - this sent her off and running to the next house.
At one of the house's a witch told her "her dress so so pretty," and she replied "it's a costume." Some houses she would leave saying "oh gosh, that's so funny." At one point during our Trick or Treating I asked her who was the "Queen" and usually she'll say she's the queen but this time she said "You the Queen." "I said who is the princess." She replied "I the Princess." Then she looked over at her dad and said "What do you do?." It was priceless! Skylar had so much candy in her little pumpkin she would make a noise showing how heavy it was each time we handed it back to her for the next house. Turner, being the cute little puppy he is got as much attention as Skylar.
Beauty and the Beast
For those still on modem or using a slower speed computer, I have also posted a slide show of the party here
Beauty and the Beast