The Toughest Decision I've "EVER" Had To Make

Blake has wanted to go into the military since the seventh grade. He has changed his mind between the different military branches but, has never changed his mind about the military. For four years I have pushed College and shed alot of tears over his decision. I had hope through the years he would change his mind. Scott and I took him to ground zero last January. The trip kinda back fired on me and Blake wanted to serve his country more than he did before. He wants to help prevent terrorism from happening on our soil again. Blake is 17 and will turn 18 in May. He approached me with a program the Army has it allows him (with parental consent) to attend bootcamp this summer and return home to finish his Senior year in High School while being in the Army. The recruiters came to the house to talk about the program on Monday. As I sat next to him on the couch and listen to him ask all these intelligent questions, I realized that "my baby" has grown up and has to live his dream not mine. The little boy I brought into this world had grown up in what seems to be a blink of an eye. Blake is sensitive to my feelings and over the years has done well with not making a big deal about it. I'm the type of person that needs alittle time to take everything in and time to think about the decision that I'm making and how it will affect not only my life but the live's of the people around me.Everything happened so fast. No time to think he will leave Thursday for testing and a physical on Friday. I respect Blakes decision and will support him.

Legally Drunk

We saw Dr. El-siad on Friday. Scott couldn't even stand without falling into things for a couple of weeks. He felt horriable, he couldn't get his left leg or left hand to operate etc...Seems the Lyrica he was on was posioning him and leaving him feeling drunk. Dr. El-siad felt really bad because he was trying to help a situation and ended up making Scott worse : ( Good news is that by Sunday he had started to feel and walk better. He sees Dr. El-Siad again on Friday at that time he will either up Scott's Topomax or try something new. Scott and I are tired of the Dr.'s wanting to experiment on him like a labortory rat. So we will push to up his Topomax. After seeing Dr. El-siad in Orlando we drove to Apopka to celebrate our niece Kailyn's 9th Birthday. I was telling her that it seems like yesterday that Uncle Scott and I were putting together her crib. It's amazing how everyone's lives have changed in those 9 years.
We also have a new addition to our family a brand new 2007 4 door Jeep and it is loaded. Skylar graduated from her car seat to a booster seat. I don't know which she liked more the new jeep or her new seat.

Busy Week

We saw Dr. El-siad on Friday. He stated that the study went well and he had gotten the information he needed from Scott's third seizure. Dr. El-siad says it was very painful for him to watch ( which made me sad ) He added a new mix called Lyrica in addition to Scott's other seizure meds. We will see how this works and eventually maybe he will omit one and add a higher dosage of the Lyrica. The side affects are the same as all the other seizure meds. sleepiness, dizziness, dry mouth, trouble concentrating, blurry vision, weight gain etc....Dr. El-siad will see him again in 2 weeks.
Scott finished his fourth cycle of the Temedor on Friday. He did well but seem to have a few more green days. We went to see "The Lion King" on Saturday - he was not feeling well and wasn't sure if he was going to be able to go. I know he wasn't feeling well because he allowed me to drive us there and back (my driving scares him) I am the only one that has not had an accident in the history of our insurance company. The show was amazing, if you ever get a chance to see it - see it. This week is crunch week for mine and Michelle's first paid party on Saturday. We have created a Strawberry Shortcake Party along with dress-up. We couldn't find a tea-set that went with our party so we painted one. It turned out very cute.

Thank God for Grandchildren

Scott and I are beginning to get our heads spun back around from our last appt. with Dr. Nick. Skylar seems to always do that for us. We see Dr. El-Siad on Friday for the results from Scott's seizure study.

Deep Breath

 We saw Dr. Nick yesterday. The MRI report the radiologist had written and sent with Scott's December 29 MRI stated the lesion looks to be slightly larger. Dr. Nick measured using Scott's MRI from October and says he doesn't see it.  Instead of doing the regular scheduled MRI in 2 months, we will do one the end of this month and see him February 5 for a new reading.  This is all very stressful but, Scott and I both have the upmost confidence in Dr. Nick. 

Happy New Year

With no signs of our lives slowing down anytime soon, we decided to bring in the New Year quitely. We took Skylar to see the Doodlebops on New Years Day. We had perfect seats 10
rows back from the stage. Skylar was approached to go on stage with Dee Dee
Doodlebop and she said yes but, when they came to get her she said NO : ( .
She met a little friend there and they took turns turning on each others Doodlebop
flag , all the kids enjoyed dancing in the asile. Tom was starting to show slight
signs of stress toward the end of the show. His Eagles were in the playoffs and the
"BIG" game started at 4:15. He was on time for his game - matter of fact an hour early.
I didn't do any of the New Years Day tradition's this year. I am working on a personalized
Strawberry Shortcake Birthday Party and it seems to be keeping me pretty busy.
It is turning out to be adorable. I can't wait to see the kids faces. Scott surprised me with
tickets to see The Lion King in Orlando January 13, I am so excited. We have 5 birthdays to celebrate this month. Scott returns to see Dr. Nick today for his 2 month MRI check and we
see Dr. Elsiad on January 12 for the results from his Seizure study. I am sorry I have not
loaded any pictures for a few months hopefully I will have time to do this soon. We wish
all our friends and families a HAPPY NEW YEAR