This is what it looks like when we stay home because the short one has strep…
Also, the tall one recently worked on drawing and labeling each of our family members. I was looking through the pictures and noticed he drew his favorite stuffed dog as well. I love his labeling skills!
This summer with the heat has been tough.
The biggest and best consumers of my spoons would be these two- who have been very busy all summer long…
When I think back… by now I always thought I’d know more, have done more, and have more.
Now, when I look at the man I married 9 years ago, the life we’ve created together, and the family we have I realize I don’t need any more… I already have it all
Although I’m aware every day and you get to be more than not on this site… it’s MS awareness week so we’re all going to learn some fun facts
So I’ve gone to the new brain doctor twice now. First we just chatted and we both realized how “special” the old one was. The old one did nothing for me, didn’t stay on top of anything, and left me hanging.
I was happy I reached out after the first few minutes of being with the new doctor. He has an awesome demeanor, knows what he’s talking about, and is actually looking out for my well being. He also just happens to be a neuro ophthalmologist… which is good since I have special eyeballs to go with all of my special.
This second round of visits included lots of fun in the MRI tube and then a bunch of eye tests. I know some people have trouble in the MRI but it’s not a big deal for me. It’s actually kind of a nice break from the normal day. I get to listen to music and they have you so strapped in that you can’t move or go anywhere even if you wanted to. I just close my eyes and take a little siesta.
Then I had to do eye tests. This is the actual hard part. I had to look at a light while a red line zoomed around. I kept getting reminded to keep my eye still. Do you know how hard it is to keep your eye still when a line is zooming around in front of it? It’s HARD! I also had to do the test where you keep looking at the middle light. Then all around there are lights or squiggles. You have to click whenever you see something. I get super stressed out about doing this one just at the regular eye doctor. This time it was for 5 minutes for each eye. I still hate that test!
My optic nerves are still fuzzy but overall, the myelin coating is still thick. I get the privilege of doing eye tests every time I go but I guess I can get used to that. I rather like seeing so I’ll put up with it.
My brain holes are either the same as my original scans, or looking better. He seems encouraged by my holes. The big one on the side is still there but way less big. I guess it’s at least going in the right direction.
My neck has no visible holes. It had never been actually looked at so that’s good that it’s in the clear. I had never thought about my neck when thinking about my holey brain.
I never thought about my spinal cord either. Unfortunately, that result wasn’t as great. I am the lucky winner of quite a few holes in my spine. We can’t know if they’ve always been there or if they are new and upcoming. The doc thinks that they probably have been around but that we now get to watch closely. I get to have MRI’s of the whole she-bang more often and that may have to alter my drugs next time around.
I am having a hard time not having a pity part right now. Technically nothing has changed so I don’t know why I’m having a hard time. But I also know that spine holes gone wrong mean mobility issues down the road. We’ve always joked that Dustin signed up “for better or worse” but I never thought it would really come true. I don’t want to have a pity party but I don’t want to be broken either.
I guess I’ll sit at my table for one for a little while well everything sinks in and then we’ll figure out how to move forward. Holey brains are kind of sucky. Holey spines are even more sucky!
I take lots and lots of pictures every day at work. I have WAY more photos of my class than my family right now. They are just so fun and love to see themselves and their friends on the screen.
I end up with a bunch of cute pictures that I share with parents. I also have a lot of fuzzy versions of those cute pictures that eventually get deleted.
And then somehow I end up with even more pictures like these. Somehow the kids like these just as much as seeing pictures of their friends. According to my one year olds… I am the best photographer ever!
The box house was set in the garage… complete with a door, window, and dvd player
We all voted as a family
We loved seeing Big Hero 6.
Snow is here and I don’t think it’s going away any time soon.
I got to have a helper during my last conference at work
