February 15, 2007 Day +1415 Day +1113 off therapy
Hello there. Today was yet another great day. Logan sat in time out for hitting a friend who tried to play with him. I don’t know what I am going to do with him. He is going to be the class bully. Taylor on the other had was thrilled with another green light day, a lunch helper job and he got to take names when the teacher left the room. Wow, what a day! I remember when being chosen to take names when the teacher left was the best job you could ever get.
After school we all came home and started on the laundry. I told Logan that he could stay up if he was nice and he blew that about 5 minutes after we came in the door. Taylor was playing leggos in the living room and Logan walked up and kicked it and tore it up. Boy, he is so mean! I put him to bed where he cried and then got over it and fell asleep.
Taylor is selling coupon books for $15. We will be turning in all money on Friday, Feb. 23rd, so if you are interested get in touch with me quick! I am also getting out of Mary Kay, so if you are looking for something get in touch with me to see if I have what you need.
Well, that is about the end of our day. We have done homework and packed luches, so we are ready to hang out until bath time. Have a great night. Keep all of our friends in your prayers!
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14th
February
2007February 14, 2007 Day +1414 Day +1112 off therapy
Happy Valentine’s Day!!!
Today was aprty day for Taylor and he was so excited. He was so eager to give out those Cars cards with pencils. They partied all day I think. He has talked nonstop about it. He visited with his 5th grade buddy which he loves! He played a trick on Mr. Jackson with cool whip, but I don’t know the details. He gets so tickled when he tries to tell that I can not understand it. He is so funny!
Today is day 60 on green light. Wow, his goal of 100 days is getting nearer. I will be in serious trouble if he gets to it as he has a list of wants a mile long. That will be a long trip to Wal mart. He also made a huge desicion today. He wants to play ball at McAdory. Daddy is going to go sign both boys up this weekend. Wont practice be fun? I am glad he decided to play with his buddies. I just hope the new, bigger field doesn’t upset him.
Jim and I took the boys over to Gam maw and Paw Paw’s for a while so that we could run to Lowe’s and to eat. Jim is trying to make that contraption that was in the paper this weekend to make snow. Somehow you hook up a compressor and pressure washer and if it is 27 or below outside you get snow. He says it is like rocket science, but he is working on it. Watch it snow for real the night he gets it all fixed up!
Well, it is another normal day for us, thank God. We are so blessed. Please be in prayer for all of our friends who are still fighting! We love you all, Happy Valentine’s Day!
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13th
February
2007February 13, 2007 Day +1413 Day +1111 off therapy
Hello all. Today was party day for us at PDO and it was crazy! We had a fairly normal day up unitl noon when we started the party. It was kind of a mad house. I didn’t even get to see my class at the party. I went with Logan. I miss Taylor not being there, but it was so much easier to only have to try and be with one kid instead of two. Logan didn’t really care too much about passing out Valentine’s. He liked the art center where he got to use a glue stick.
Logan also got his first Birthday invitation today. He is so excited that he gets to go to a pals party this time. Taylor is not real thrilled that he doesn’t get to go, but he doesn’t understand that he does that stuff all the time and Logan gets left out.
Taylor had another green light day. Yahoo! He also got his progress report today. Wow, did we worry too soon. He was tested for Initial sounds, Letter naming, phoneme segmentation and nonsense word fluency. They have 1 minute for each test. His scores were Initial sounds 18 his winter goal was 25, so he was a little behind. Letter naming 38 and a goal of 27, wow! Phoneme seg. 43 with a goal of 18, double wow! nonsense words 23 with a goal of 13. I don’t stress over the nonsense words at all since I personally find it kind of stupid for them to learn all year to sound out letters to make a word and now we are slapping words in front of them don’t spell anything. A waiste of time if you ask me. However, no one asked me, so as long as he is benchmarked, I am okay. The letter sounds he knows very well, but gets a little stressed and confused with the timer going, so we are not worried about that either.
The weather was awful this afternoon. We ended up going to the basement and sitting, but it never even rained here at out house. The bad stuff was only a few miles away. The kids sat in the playroom and went through Logan’s Valentine goodies and had a grand time.
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12th
February
2007February 12, 2007 Day +1412 Day +1110 off therapy
Happy Monday. What a beautiful day. It was so nice to see the 60’s again after all this cold we have had. Logan went home with Carson today to play for a while. I went to the car wash and sat peacefully in car pool. I could do that all day. I had a book, a cold drink and nice breeze coming in, it was a nice little break. Once I got Taylor we took advantage of Logan not being there and went to Wal-mart. I just needed a few things, but it is a huge ordeal with both boys. After our trip to Wal mart I went to get Logan. He was not happy about me coming and told me to leave. He was having such a good time. Thanks Sarah for letting him come over.
Once we got home we played outside. Taylor was really ticked off that his 4 wheeler was out of gas, but he didn’t cry or act up, he just got something else. Logan was a bit on the grumpy side since he had no nap, but he did okay. Pippy came over again and they played ball for a while. I cleaned out my car and it looks so much better. You all should have been a fly on the wall of the do it your self car wash. I am not fast enough and it was stressing me out that I would run out of time with soap on my car. I kept knocking myself in the head with the hose or wrapping it around the mirrors and getting jerked back. Crazy! I missed a few spots, but it still is much cleaner that it was.
We had dinner with Gam maw and Paw Paw and Chris and Temp. The boys had a blast playing for a little while. They are all like little stepping stones in age and size, but Logan is soon going to pass them both. He doesn’t eat worth a flip where as the other two eat all the time, but he is the big one.
Oh well, I guess I am just rambling now. I have nothing to report. We had a normal day with no crashes, nose dives etc. Thank goodness! Please be in prayer for Taylor’s continues success as well as all of our friends.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Feb 11, 2007 Day +1411 Day +1109 off therapy
Februaury 11, 2007 Day +1411 Day +1109 off therapy
Hello there. We had another low key day and hung out at home for the most part. We all slept late which was nice, but we missed church. We have not been real good the last few weeks. I guess it is the cold that has kept us dragging, but that is no excuse, we have to get back in routine.
Anyway, we hung out at home. The boys played camping most of the day. Pippy came over for a little while and they had to show him everything in the house and how wild they can be. Speaking of wild, let me tell about last nights drama. There is never a dull moment around here!
I probably say don’t run about 1,000 times a day. However, no one listens. Taylor was eating pizza at about 8:00 last night and he was running in circles around the living room while doing it. He had socks on and slipped and took a nose dive into the hardwood floor. He stood right back up and started to scream. He was doing this very odd, short and high pitched screams, like a signal. It was setting the alarm off. I had to yell at him to stop the screaming to be able to even see what had happened. He had blood coming out of his mouth and nose. My first thought was, how are his platelets. Isn’t it funny that those little cancer mom things never go away. Anyway, we went to the sink where we saw that he had busted his top lip pretty bad but no teeth were knocked out nor any new ones loose. I didn’t think about it at the time that some may have been damaged, but I guess you can’t tell with all the silver and they are about to fall out. We will wait and see if we have any concerns. He didn’t say any teeth hurt and believe me I wiggled them all. He said his nose didn’t hurt, but it is swollen and it bled for a while. He looked awful when he went to bed. He looked like he did after sinus surgery, all puffy. His lip was really fat. He now really looks like he has been in a fight after the eye injury last weekend which is looking great. Today he looks fine. His nose is a little swollen on the inside, but looks okay. I thought it was bleeding this morning, but it was just the snot making the dried up blood come out. We did a saline treatment and got it all out. He must have knocked his sinuses loose because we got out a ton of snot when we did the saline and his nose has not ran all day. Maybe there was some good in that face first fall. He has a nice looking sore on his lip, but he says it doesn’t hurt. He didn’t have any trouble eating or brushing his teeth today. I am very happy to report on normal illness and injury rather than cancer things, but I am a little scared of what the future will hold if his track record keeps up. Oh, and no, he has still not stopped running!
We did meet Gam maw and Paw Paw for some Mexican food. It was yummy! We went to Walmart and Gam maw got Logan a new car seat. He now has a big boy seat like Taylor. I know you are all thinking the same thing I did, he is too little. I think Taylor may have been older when he got one, but Lgoan is bigger. Logan is only a few inches shorter and 2 pounds lighter than Taylor is. He is so excited. I worry about him trying to unbuckle, but he has shocked us with everything else he has done, so I am going to give him some credit on this one. It will be some much easier now to travel and move car seats and stuff. I miss my baby and I know that soon I will not have my little cuddle bug, but it is nice to lose the diaper bag and all that other stuff that you have to tote with a little one.
Well, I guess that was enough excitement for one day. I will be back with more tomorrow. Please pray that Taylor has no more accidents. Pray he has no cancer in his body ever again. Speaking of, Taylor gets CURE magazine and JIm was looking through it yesterday and came across a very beautiful sentence. Now, keep in mind that this was a general statement about cancer and that NB is very aggressive and has a mind of its own and that this may not really apply, but it is a very positive and hopeful thing and I plan to keep it in mind. It said that people that had all of their tumor removed at time of surgery had less chance of relapse. Taylor did indeed have all of his tumor resected on that first surgery as well as the adrenal glad where it originated. Pretty cool huh, let us all pray that this is a true statement for Taylor. Also, pray for Evan who had some excitement while at home and had to go the ER. www.caringbridge.org/visit/evanthomason
Hello there. We had another low key day and hung out at home for the most part. We all slept late which was nice, but we missed church. We have not been real good the last few weeks. I guess it is the cold that has kept us dragging, but that is no excuse, we have to get back in routine.
Anyway, we hung out at home. The boys played camping most of the day. Pippy came over for a little while and they had to show him everything in the house and how wild they can be. Speaking of wild, let me tell about last nights drama. There is never a dull moment around here!
I probably say don’t run about 1,000 times a day. However, no one listens. Taylor was eating pizza at about 8:00 last night and he was running in circles around the living room while doing it. He had socks on and slipped and took a nose dive into the hardwood floor. He stood right back up and started to scream. He was doing this very odd, short and high pitched screams, like a signal. It was setting the alarm off. I had to yell at him to stop the screaming to be able to even see what had happened. He had blood coming out of his mouth and nose. My first thought was, how are his platelets. Isn’t it funny that those little cancer mom things never go away. Anyway, we went to the sink where we saw that he had busted his top lip pretty bad but no teeth were knocked out nor any new ones loose. I didn’t think about it at the time that some may have been damaged, but I guess you can’t tell with all the silver and they are about to fall out. We will wait and see if we have any concerns. He didn’t say any teeth hurt and believe me I wiggled them all. He said his nose didn’t hurt, but it is swollen and it bled for a while. He looked awful when he went to bed. He looked like he did after sinus surgery, all puffy. His lip was really fat. He now really looks like he has been in a fight after the eye injury last weekend which is looking great. Today he looks fine. His nose is a little swollen on the inside, but looks okay. I thought it was bleeding this morning, but it was just the snot making the dried up blood come out. We did a saline treatment and got it all out. He must have knocked his sinuses loose because we got out a ton of snot when we did the saline and his nose has not ran all day. Maybe there was some good in that face first fall. He has a nice looking sore on his lip, but he says it doesn’t hurt. He didn’t have any trouble eating or brushing his teeth today. I am very happy to report on normal illness and injury rather than cancer things, but I am a little scared of what the future will hold if his track record keeps up. Oh, and no, he has still not stopped running!
We did meet Gam maw and Paw Paw for some Mexican food. It was yummy! We went to Walmart and Gam maw got Logan a new car seat. He now has a big boy seat like Taylor. I know you are all thinking the same thing I did, he is too little. I think Taylor may have been older when he got one, but Lgoan is bigger. Logan is only a few inches shorter and 2 pounds lighter than Taylor is. He is so excited. I worry about him trying to unbuckle, but he has shocked us with everything else he has done, so I am going to give him some credit on this one. It will be some much easier now to travel and move car seats and stuff. I miss my baby and I know that soon I will not have my little cuddle bug, but it is nice to lose the diaper bag and all that other stuff that you have to tote with a little one.
Well, I guess that was enough excitement for one day. I will be back with more tomorrow. Please pray that Taylor has no more accidents. Pray he has no cancer in his body ever again. Speaking of, Taylor gets CURE magazine and JIm was looking through it yesterday and came across a very beautiful sentence. Now, keep in mind that this was a general statement about cancer and that NB is very aggressive and has a mind of its own and that this may not really apply, but it is a very positive and hopeful thing and I plan to keep it in mind. It said that people that had all of their tumor removed at time of surgery had less chance of relapse. Taylor did indeed have all of his tumor resected on that first surgery as well as the adrenal glad where it originated. Pretty cool huh, let us all pray that this is a true statement for Taylor. Also, pray for Evan who had some excitement while at home and had to go the ER. www.caringbridge.org/visit/evanthomason
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Today.
Februaury 10, 2007 Day +1410 Day +1108 off therapy
We had a very low key day and that is unusual for us. We are always on the go doing something. Taylor was up at 8:30 which I thought was way early considering he was still up at 1:00 this morning. I have no idea what possessed him to stay up that late. He was playing a game on the TV and when he turned it off to get in bed it was dark and he got scared. He ended up in our bed and I swear he was asleep in about 25 seconds. He didn’t root me out of the bed either, I don’t think he moved all night.
I did some laundry and dishes, but for the most part our house is still clean. The boys cleaned their rooms, again. We cleaned the play room too. It wasn’t too bad of a mess really so it didn’t take too long. We have rearranged the furniture in the den portion of the play room so that we have more room. We are now all down here which is rare. Jim is playing his X box and the boys are playing. They are playing separately so it is quiet:) Taylor is taking pictures with his camera and Logan is playing with his baby Elmo. They are so sweet when they want to be.
We met Gam maw and Paw Paw for lunch today and then went to the grocery store. I bet Paw Paw didn’t think the boys could spend that much money on food. They have enough lunch stuff to last 2 months, but they will have it gone in a week. They think they have to sample everything the first day. Logan loves to pack his lunch box, but you have to watch him. I let him help me the other night and I just happened to look in it a while later. Thank goodness I did since he had put an ice cream sandwich in it. I told him you can’t pack an ice cream sandwich in your lunch box because it will melt. He said, “oh, it was a smamich”.
Well, I guess that about does it for us. Not much to tell. Please keep Taylor and his continued success in your prayers. Pray for Evan who is home home www.caringbridge.org/visit/evanthomason Pray for Madison who is feeling kind of yuck right now. www.caringbridge.org/visit/madisonbeck Stop by and visit Colette who just had some great scans!! www.caringbridge.org/al/colette Pray for all our other friends who are battling too.
We had a very low key day and that is unusual for us. We are always on the go doing something. Taylor was up at 8:30 which I thought was way early considering he was still up at 1:00 this morning. I have no idea what possessed him to stay up that late. He was playing a game on the TV and when he turned it off to get in bed it was dark and he got scared. He ended up in our bed and I swear he was asleep in about 25 seconds. He didn’t root me out of the bed either, I don’t think he moved all night.
I did some laundry and dishes, but for the most part our house is still clean. The boys cleaned their rooms, again. We cleaned the play room too. It wasn’t too bad of a mess really so it didn’t take too long. We have rearranged the furniture in the den portion of the play room so that we have more room. We are now all down here which is rare. Jim is playing his X box and the boys are playing. They are playing separately so it is quiet:) Taylor is taking pictures with his camera and Logan is playing with his baby Elmo. They are so sweet when they want to be.
We met Gam maw and Paw Paw for lunch today and then went to the grocery store. I bet Paw Paw didn’t think the boys could spend that much money on food. They have enough lunch stuff to last 2 months, but they will have it gone in a week. They think they have to sample everything the first day. Logan loves to pack his lunch box, but you have to watch him. I let him help me the other night and I just happened to look in it a while later. Thank goodness I did since he had put an ice cream sandwich in it. I told him you can’t pack an ice cream sandwich in your lunch box because it will melt. He said, “oh, it was a smamich”.
Well, I guess that about does it for us. Not much to tell. Please keep Taylor and his continued success in your prayers. Pray for Evan who is home home www.caringbridge.org/visit/evanthomason Pray for Madison who is feeling kind of yuck right now. www.caringbridge.org/visit/madisonbeck Stop by and visit Colette who just had some great scans!! www.caringbridge.org/al/colette Pray for all our other friends who are battling too.
Feb 9th
Februaury 9, 2007 Day +1409 Day +1107 off therapy
TGIF! Well, no such luck in getting to sleep in. Boy, it was cold though. We had a good day. There is really nothing to report. Taylor kept telling me that Ghen Ghen had lunch with him and that he took her to the library to show her around. He even told us what she ate for lunch. We didn’t know what to think since his story was consistent, but we thought she was at work. Jim called her and sure enough she did eat lunch with him. I bet he was so surprised. He won today for having the most “windows” in his mouth. That would be missing teeth.
Guh came over tonight and brought pizza. She stayed to play for a while. After she left Logan asked to go to bed. He never napped today. Taylor stayed up for a while even though he was about to fall asleep.
We will be sure to update again tomorrow on the weekend happenings. Have a good weekend!!!
TGIF! Well, no such luck in getting to sleep in. Boy, it was cold though. We had a good day. There is really nothing to report. Taylor kept telling me that Ghen Ghen had lunch with him and that he took her to the library to show her around. He even told us what she ate for lunch. We didn’t know what to think since his story was consistent, but we thought she was at work. Jim called her and sure enough she did eat lunch with him. I bet he was so surprised. He won today for having the most “windows” in his mouth. That would be missing teeth.
Guh came over tonight and brought pizza. She stayed to play for a while. After she left Logan asked to go to bed. He never napped today. Taylor stayed up for a while even though he was about to fall asleep.
We will be sure to update again tomorrow on the weekend happenings. Have a good weekend!!!
Feb 8th
February 8, 2007 Day +1408 Day +1106 off therapy
Hello all! It has been another good day for us. Praises for that. Taylor’s eye is looking better everyday. We have just been putting Neosporine the last few days rather than all that other goop. It seems to be okay. I am sure he will have a nice scar from it, but that will be okay.
Logan slept all through carpool which was nice. I looked at a magazine while we waited. It was nice not to read the same line 20 times. Of course, there was no nap once we got home, but they played well together.
Taylor cracked me up on the way home. There is a cow pasture that we pass on the way home. There is a baby cow that we look for everyday. Today it was drinking milk from its mommy which probably would have sparked his interest anyway, but the fact that it had its head between its mom’s back legs really made him think. He asked what it was doing and I told him it was drinking milk. He thought a minute and said, “by suckin’ her butt” I thought I was going to have to pull over and laugh. I tried to explain that that was not what was happening, but I was too tickled.
We did homework once we got home and he breezed through all his S words and sentences like he had been reading for years. I don’t know if it is just a mood thing with him or what. Some days he breezes through it and some days he acts like he has never seen it.
I made a quick run to the store for milk and a few lunch items to carry us through. I had no idea that ice had been predicted for tomorrow and the place was cram packed. It was awful! I finally made it back home. We just hung out at home for the evening and hoped we would be out of school tomorrow!
Hello all! It has been another good day for us. Praises for that. Taylor’s eye is looking better everyday. We have just been putting Neosporine the last few days rather than all that other goop. It seems to be okay. I am sure he will have a nice scar from it, but that will be okay.
Logan slept all through carpool which was nice. I looked at a magazine while we waited. It was nice not to read the same line 20 times. Of course, there was no nap once we got home, but they played well together.
Taylor cracked me up on the way home. There is a cow pasture that we pass on the way home. There is a baby cow that we look for everyday. Today it was drinking milk from its mommy which probably would have sparked his interest anyway, but the fact that it had its head between its mom’s back legs really made him think. He asked what it was doing and I told him it was drinking milk. He thought a minute and said, “by suckin’ her butt” I thought I was going to have to pull over and laugh. I tried to explain that that was not what was happening, but I was too tickled.
We did homework once we got home and he breezed through all his S words and sentences like he had been reading for years. I don’t know if it is just a mood thing with him or what. Some days he breezes through it and some days he acts like he has never seen it.
I made a quick run to the store for milk and a few lunch items to carry us through. I had no idea that ice had been predicted for tomorrow and the place was cram packed. It was awful! I finally made it back home. We just hung out at home for the evening and hoped we would be out of school tomorrow!
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
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February 7, 2007 Day +1407 Day 1105 off therapy
Hi again. Another perfectly normal day. Today we just did Neosporine and a Clifford bandage on the eye. It is starting to scab and itch now, so we have a whole new set of problems. Taylor was very angry with me this morning. He is so very slow and I had asked him to get dressed several times and he was not doing it. He loves to stand in the door and watch Jim leave, but I didn’t let him today since he was not dressed. He had an all out fit, but he has to learn to get ready faster. If my mom is reading this she is laughing and telling me I earned all this seeing as I was probably slower than he is. However, I do not care if she laughs!
Logan had a melt down this morning too. He loves his “pack pack” and wants to wear it into school, but I make him leave it in the car since there is not much room in his basket. He cried and cried to bring it in today, so I let him. However, once we got in he refused to put it in his basket. I had to talk to him and convince him it would still be there at 1:00. He finally got over it, but it took some doing. I guess we are getting somewhere, he did let me talk rather than just hit the floor in an all out fit.
We picked up Taylor this afternoon and went to the bank before heading home. Taylor was very upset that he forgot his folder today. It has the results from the free vision screening they got today. I would assume all was okay, but he wanted me to have it.
Well, as boring as that was, that is it for us today. I am off to do homework with Taylor so that we can go eat with Gam maw.
Pray for Jacob who had to leave school with fever today. He is a “just off treatment” friend and we know what it is like to leave school for fever.
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6th February 2007
February 6, 2007 Day +1406 Day 1104 off therapy
Hello all! Today was a good day. We all had school as usual. Taylor has liquid bandage on his eye again. He was not happy, but oh well. It really doesn’t look that bad now. It is ugly sitting there on his eye, but it isn’t so bad. Hey, it is a normal little boy boo boo! He went to PE today with his class. He loves PE, but I think he was just as happy to sit with Mrs. Thornton.
Logan did not get into trouble today. (hear the sigh of relief) I just don’t know what to do with him. He is just a different bread!! He is doing good in the 3 yr old class. He goes potty all by himself now, on the big potty. Will he do it at home? No. He is coloring better than he was, but still mosty scribble, but I know that Taylor still scribbled when he started that class and he was older. He talks way more than Taylor, obviously if you read yesterday’s update!
I had a sorority meeting tonight, so I was gone. The boys had been fed and taken all meds before I left. They were in bed, but still awake when I got home, so I went in to talk to them. I asked Taylor if daddy put medicine on his eye and he said, “Uh, yes!” I knew better, but I let him slide!
I did all of Logan’s valentine cards today. Taylor sat down and wrote his out by himself. It took forever, but he did it. I don’t think he can read his own writing now that it is done, but he did it. He was so excited! He has it all packed up and ready to go.
Please be in prayer for all of our friends that are fighting their own battles. Pray that Taylor will be healed of cancer forever. Pray that Evan gets to come home home soon. Pray Joey as he contnues toheal from his car crash. Also, all the other friends!!
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5th February 2007
February 5, 2007 Day +1405 Day 1103 off therapy
Be sure to read yestrday’s update so you know what happened to Taylor’s eye!
I retaped Taylor this morning. It is opened up pretty wide now. I can not get it to close up now. I don’t guess that is good, but it is too late to try and go to the Dr. now. He isn’t bothered by it, so I guess he is okay. I walked him into class today to tell Mrs. Thornton what happened and to keep an eye out for him. He will not go to PE if they are doing something rough. The kids were so funny asking why he had tape on his face. I went by CVS and got some liquid bandage for it. I bought no sting, but I hear it still stings really bad. I dread it!
Logan is a nut! He told Taylor he was having a baby. Taylor asked how and his answer. Brace yourself for this one! “I ate a boy and it will come out at Christmas”. When asked how it comes out he said, “he will break me apart and put me back together.” There are about 6 pregnant moms in Logan’s class so I assume that is what sparked the baby talk, but it was so funny. I also know that I will be staying out of that classroom there is obvioulsy something in the water!
When we picked Taylor up I could tell that he had been retaped, but he said it only came off at nap time. It is not bleeding at all anymore. He did end up staying with Mrs. Thornton at PE. He didn’t care. He was thrilled that he got to help her hang stuff up. Temp. got us Upwards ball info. Taylor will be playing Upwards ball at Flint Hill. I am glad that he has decided to do something. He is thrilled to get a hat and shirt, but concerned about getting a trophy. I told him if he did his very best and they did not give him a trophy we would go buy one. Logan will not get to play since they have a 4 year old age limit, but he didn’t care. He doesn’t know the difference. I think he would like it if he tried, but he assures me he is too little to play. I am not sure what league Taylor will do. The ages are listed as 4-5 and 1st -5th grades. He is in the middle of that. He is 6 but not in first grade. It is so much cheaper too!
Bath time was fun! Taylor did not want me to mess with the boo boo, but I wanted it good and clean. Once we were out I laid him down and put poroxide on it. Oh yeah, it bubbled like crazy. I feel much better now that that is done! I put the liquid bandage on it while I talked to Guh on the phone. I was done and had cleaned up the mess and he had not said a word, so I thought it must not be hurting. It must have had to seep in because after a minute or two he went bonkers! It didn’t last too long. I hope it is working, I would feel better if it was covered. I haven’t decided how to send him to school tomorrow. I put neosporine on it after school, so hopefully that will help too.
Well, I guess that is it. I am happy to be reporting on normal, little boy boo boos rather than hickmans and blodd draws. Please keep all our friends in prayer!
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4th February 2007
February 4, 2007 Day +1404 Day 1102 off therpary
What a day! We spent all morning keeping the house clean. That is a job as hard as getting the house clean. Guh came over around 1:00 and read with them and played cars. Taylor has already completed 170 minutes out of 360 for his Six Flags ticket. He is so exctied!
Around 2:00 the jewelry lady got here and I sent the kids down stairs. We may never know exactly what happened, but I guess that doesn’t matter. Me being the “only kid” just doesn’t get it, but I guess that doesn’t matter either. Anyway, we heard a svream from the playroom. I ignored it at first thinking it was just fighing, but I could soon tell that it was a real cry. I heard Jim say what happened but still wasn’t overly concerend with it. All of a sudden Taylor’s cries got louder and more intense and I heard Jim say, “just calm down” and I knew it was bad. They started up the stairs and he tells me not to freak out at the same time that Taylor is rounding the corner with blood running down his face from his EYE! according to Logan (who stayed down stairs scared to death) he just “touched” him and he fell over. Somehow Taylor fell into the corner of the train table and cut his eye between his eye lid and brow. It probably really needed a stitch or two, but where it was we really didn’t think they would. He got cleaned up and calmed down pretty quick and we taped it up and he went on about his day.
There were not many of us at the party, but we had a good time. Jim left to go get gam maw and Paw Paw from the airport. We met them at their house for dinner. We all got lots of goodies. Thanks Gam maw and Paw Paw! Taylor ate like a pig as usual and Logan barely touched his. Taylor’s eye continued to bleed on and off all night. If he would calm down a little I am sure it would help. he also doesn’t like that tape and pulls at it, so it will not stay pulled together. I am sure he will have a nasty scar, but I guess that is okay.
Once we got home we retaped the eye and tucked everyone in. I have to say I went to bed a little upset about rather or not we should have gone on to the ER, but it was too late then. I guess as long as it stays clean we will be okay!
Please be in prayer for our friends that are fighting their own fights. Pray for Evan who got put inpatient with fever, but he did get to see some snow first! www.caringbridge.org/visit/evanthomason Pray for Morgan who always follows Taylor or vice versa. She had some stragne pains in early January. They seem to be gone,but we know how scary it is. www.caringbridge.org/nc/morganbarnes Pray for Sarah’s mom, Becky, who had her own stay in the hospital. The situation is not funny, but she is so funny that you can’t help but laugh when you read the update. www.caringbridge.org/nc/sarahsmith Pray for Taylor to be cancer free forver! Pray his eye will heal okay.
Hi again. Another perfectly normal day. Today we just did Neosporine and a Clifford bandage on the eye. It is starting to scab and itch now, so we have a whole new set of problems. Taylor was very angry with me this morning. He is so very slow and I had asked him to get dressed several times and he was not doing it. He loves to stand in the door and watch Jim leave, but I didn’t let him today since he was not dressed. He had an all out fit, but he has to learn to get ready faster. If my mom is reading this she is laughing and telling me I earned all this seeing as I was probably slower than he is. However, I do not care if she laughs!
Logan had a melt down this morning too. He loves his “pack pack” and wants to wear it into school, but I make him leave it in the car since there is not much room in his basket. He cried and cried to bring it in today, so I let him. However, once we got in he refused to put it in his basket. I had to talk to him and convince him it would still be there at 1:00. He finally got over it, but it took some doing. I guess we are getting somewhere, he did let me talk rather than just hit the floor in an all out fit.
We picked up Taylor this afternoon and went to the bank before heading home. Taylor was very upset that he forgot his folder today. It has the results from the free vision screening they got today. I would assume all was okay, but he wanted me to have it.
Well, as boring as that was, that is it for us today. I am off to do homework with Taylor so that we can go eat with Gam maw.
Pray for Jacob who had to leave school with fever today. He is a “just off treatment” friend and we know what it is like to leave school for fever.
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6th February 2007
February 6, 2007 Day +1406 Day 1104 off therapy
Hello all! Today was a good day. We all had school as usual. Taylor has liquid bandage on his eye again. He was not happy, but oh well. It really doesn’t look that bad now. It is ugly sitting there on his eye, but it isn’t so bad. Hey, it is a normal little boy boo boo! He went to PE today with his class. He loves PE, but I think he was just as happy to sit with Mrs. Thornton.
Logan did not get into trouble today. (hear the sigh of relief) I just don’t know what to do with him. He is just a different bread!! He is doing good in the 3 yr old class. He goes potty all by himself now, on the big potty. Will he do it at home? No. He is coloring better than he was, but still mosty scribble, but I know that Taylor still scribbled when he started that class and he was older. He talks way more than Taylor, obviously if you read yesterday’s update!
I had a sorority meeting tonight, so I was gone. The boys had been fed and taken all meds before I left. They were in bed, but still awake when I got home, so I went in to talk to them. I asked Taylor if daddy put medicine on his eye and he said, “Uh, yes!” I knew better, but I let him slide!
I did all of Logan’s valentine cards today. Taylor sat down and wrote his out by himself. It took forever, but he did it. I don’t think he can read his own writing now that it is done, but he did it. He was so excited! He has it all packed up and ready to go.
Please be in prayer for all of our friends that are fighting their own battles. Pray that Taylor will be healed of cancer forever. Pray that Evan gets to come home home soon. Pray Joey as he contnues toheal from his car crash. Also, all the other friends!!
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5th February 2007
February 5, 2007 Day +1405 Day 1103 off therapy
Be sure to read yestrday’s update so you know what happened to Taylor’s eye!
I retaped Taylor this morning. It is opened up pretty wide now. I can not get it to close up now. I don’t guess that is good, but it is too late to try and go to the Dr. now. He isn’t bothered by it, so I guess he is okay. I walked him into class today to tell Mrs. Thornton what happened and to keep an eye out for him. He will not go to PE if they are doing something rough. The kids were so funny asking why he had tape on his face. I went by CVS and got some liquid bandage for it. I bought no sting, but I hear it still stings really bad. I dread it!
Logan is a nut! He told Taylor he was having a baby. Taylor asked how and his answer. Brace yourself for this one! “I ate a boy and it will come out at Christmas”. When asked how it comes out he said, “he will break me apart and put me back together.” There are about 6 pregnant moms in Logan’s class so I assume that is what sparked the baby talk, but it was so funny. I also know that I will be staying out of that classroom there is obvioulsy something in the water!
When we picked Taylor up I could tell that he had been retaped, but he said it only came off at nap time. It is not bleeding at all anymore. He did end up staying with Mrs. Thornton at PE. He didn’t care. He was thrilled that he got to help her hang stuff up. Temp. got us Upwards ball info. Taylor will be playing Upwards ball at Flint Hill. I am glad that he has decided to do something. He is thrilled to get a hat and shirt, but concerned about getting a trophy. I told him if he did his very best and they did not give him a trophy we would go buy one. Logan will not get to play since they have a 4 year old age limit, but he didn’t care. He doesn’t know the difference. I think he would like it if he tried, but he assures me he is too little to play. I am not sure what league Taylor will do. The ages are listed as 4-5 and 1st -5th grades. He is in the middle of that. He is 6 but not in first grade. It is so much cheaper too!
Bath time was fun! Taylor did not want me to mess with the boo boo, but I wanted it good and clean. Once we were out I laid him down and put poroxide on it. Oh yeah, it bubbled like crazy. I feel much better now that that is done! I put the liquid bandage on it while I talked to Guh on the phone. I was done and had cleaned up the mess and he had not said a word, so I thought it must not be hurting. It must have had to seep in because after a minute or two he went bonkers! It didn’t last too long. I hope it is working, I would feel better if it was covered. I haven’t decided how to send him to school tomorrow. I put neosporine on it after school, so hopefully that will help too.
Well, I guess that is it. I am happy to be reporting on normal, little boy boo boos rather than hickmans and blodd draws. Please keep all our friends in prayer!
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4th February 2007
February 4, 2007 Day +1404 Day 1102 off therpary
What a day! We spent all morning keeping the house clean. That is a job as hard as getting the house clean. Guh came over around 1:00 and read with them and played cars. Taylor has already completed 170 minutes out of 360 for his Six Flags ticket. He is so exctied!
Around 2:00 the jewelry lady got here and I sent the kids down stairs. We may never know exactly what happened, but I guess that doesn’t matter. Me being the “only kid” just doesn’t get it, but I guess that doesn’t matter either. Anyway, we heard a svream from the playroom. I ignored it at first thinking it was just fighing, but I could soon tell that it was a real cry. I heard Jim say what happened but still wasn’t overly concerend with it. All of a sudden Taylor’s cries got louder and more intense and I heard Jim say, “just calm down” and I knew it was bad. They started up the stairs and he tells me not to freak out at the same time that Taylor is rounding the corner with blood running down his face from his EYE! according to Logan (who stayed down stairs scared to death) he just “touched” him and he fell over. Somehow Taylor fell into the corner of the train table and cut his eye between his eye lid and brow. It probably really needed a stitch or two, but where it was we really didn’t think they would. He got cleaned up and calmed down pretty quick and we taped it up and he went on about his day.
There were not many of us at the party, but we had a good time. Jim left to go get gam maw and Paw Paw from the airport. We met them at their house for dinner. We all got lots of goodies. Thanks Gam maw and Paw Paw! Taylor ate like a pig as usual and Logan barely touched his. Taylor’s eye continued to bleed on and off all night. If he would calm down a little I am sure it would help. he also doesn’t like that tape and pulls at it, so it will not stay pulled together. I am sure he will have a nasty scar, but I guess that is okay.
Once we got home we retaped the eye and tucked everyone in. I have to say I went to bed a little upset about rather or not we should have gone on to the ER, but it was too late then. I guess as long as it stays clean we will be okay!
Please be in prayer for our friends that are fighting their own fights. Pray for Evan who got put inpatient with fever, but he did get to see some snow first! www.caringbridge.org/visit/evanthomason Pray for Morgan who always follows Taylor or vice versa. She had some stragne pains in early January. They seem to be gone,but we know how scary it is. www.caringbridge.org/nc/morganbarnes Pray for Sarah’s mom, Becky, who had her own stay in the hospital. The situation is not funny, but she is so funny that you can’t help but laugh when you read the update. www.caringbridge.org/nc/sarahsmith Pray for Taylor to be cancer free forver! Pray his eye will heal okay.
Sunday, February 04, 2007
Feb 3,
February 3, 2007 Day +1403 Day 1101 off therpary
Okay, I am starting to get ill. For the third weekend in a row we have send the kids off and no sleeping late! I even stayed up until after midnight last night, but still was up early. All though I have to say, It was 8:15 when I woke up which is later than usual.
Okay, enough of my moaning about sleeping late. I got a lot done today before the kids got home. Guh brought them home around 11:00. It is amazing to watch Taylor grow literally in front of our eyes. It was just last Friday that I conferenced with his teacher due to concerns with his reading. He came home with a thick Dick and Jane book that he had been reading all by himslef at Guh’s. He has now finished the entire book. I love to read and I had the book I am reading on the table. He opened it up to see if he knew any of the words. It was upside down and he managed to read “in the zoo.” He was so excited that he found words he knew in my “big book”.
Ghen Ghen came to get them and took them to the movies. There was not much playing for kids and they ended up seeing “Night at the Museum.” We thought he might be a little afraid of the dino and he was. He (Taylor) covered his head with his coat. Once he realized what was going on he was no longer afraid. I don’t think Logan cared at all. The wormed their way into Walmart and got more tractors. They also went out to eat. They got home around 5:00 or so and started to play some more. They both got their rooms cleaned and we will see how long that lasts. We are now just hanging out and doing nothing. Tomorrow we are having a jewelry party and daddy is going to go pick up Gam maw and Paw paw from the airport. We are going to go have dinner with them at their house. Ghen Ghen is going to have it ready when they get home. How nice!
I guess that is about it for us. I don’t have much to report. I have not checked in on our friends today, so I don’t have any news to share. Please stop by and check on them. I do know that Mr. Evan got to see some snow. www.caringbridge.org/visit/evanthomason and I know that the Raybirn clan has some awesome news. They are expecting a new baby. I know that Angel Jake is going to he the best guardian angel. www.caringbridge.org/la.jakeowen
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Okay, I am starting to get ill. For the third weekend in a row we have send the kids off and no sleeping late! I even stayed up until after midnight last night, but still was up early. All though I have to say, It was 8:15 when I woke up which is later than usual.
Okay, enough of my moaning about sleeping late. I got a lot done today before the kids got home. Guh brought them home around 11:00. It is amazing to watch Taylor grow literally in front of our eyes. It was just last Friday that I conferenced with his teacher due to concerns with his reading. He came home with a thick Dick and Jane book that he had been reading all by himslef at Guh’s. He has now finished the entire book. I love to read and I had the book I am reading on the table. He opened it up to see if he knew any of the words. It was upside down and he managed to read “in the zoo.” He was so excited that he found words he knew in my “big book”.
Ghen Ghen came to get them and took them to the movies. There was not much playing for kids and they ended up seeing “Night at the Museum.” We thought he might be a little afraid of the dino and he was. He (Taylor) covered his head with his coat. Once he realized what was going on he was no longer afraid. I don’t think Logan cared at all. The wormed their way into Walmart and got more tractors. They also went out to eat. They got home around 5:00 or so and started to play some more. They both got their rooms cleaned and we will see how long that lasts. We are now just hanging out and doing nothing. Tomorrow we are having a jewelry party and daddy is going to go pick up Gam maw and Paw paw from the airport. We are going to go have dinner with them at their house. Ghen Ghen is going to have it ready when they get home. How nice!
I guess that is about it for us. I don’t have much to report. I have not checked in on our friends today, so I don’t have any news to share. Please stop by and check on them. I do know that Mr. Evan got to see some snow. www.caringbridge.org/visit/evanthomason and I know that the Raybirn clan has some awesome news. They are expecting a new baby. I know that Angel Jake is going to he the best guardian angel. www.caringbridge.org/la.jakeowen
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Feb 2,
February 2, 2007 Day +1402 Day 1100 off therpary
Ground Hog Day! Yeah, ole Phil didn’t see his shadow, maybe it will warm up soon. If we can’t get a few inches of snow I would rather it just be warm.
It was a normal day for us today. Taylor had a great day at school as did Logan. Logan and I ran a few errands so that we didn’t have to do it after school. We came home where the boys attempted to clean their rooms. We got packed up and I took them to Wal mart then to Guh’s. I owed Taylor and prize for being on green all month. He picked a yellow digger of some sort. Some how Logan landed himself a gator with huge wheels. I left them at Guh’s for the night and headed to meet Jim at dinner. In the middle of dinner Guh called with a mad Taylor on her hands. Taylor’s meds have been upped to 10mg which is an adult dose, so it was not the yummy cherry pill he expected. He wouldn’t chew it since it was nasty and wouldn’t swallow it either. He ended up puking in his bowl of oatmeal. I am going to try and get 60 5mg per month rather than the 10’s, but either way we have a months worth of the 10’s to get through. I have threatened him about it. I know he can swallow this tiny pill, he can swallow an Accutane pill. I will let you know how tonight goes. Logan is doing much better with his medicine. As long as I give him small amounts of meds and milk after each drop he is fine. We have 4 days down and 6 to go.
Jim and I went to Formosa for dinner and to do a little shopping. We headed home to clean house with no kids around. Jim had to get “Tweety” off the grill of my car. I hit a bird while I was driving the other day and it was all wraped up in my grill. Yuck! The boys thought it was hilarious, but not me!
Please be in prayer for all of our friends. Pray that Taylor never again faces cancer.
Ground Hog Day! Yeah, ole Phil didn’t see his shadow, maybe it will warm up soon. If we can’t get a few inches of snow I would rather it just be warm.
It was a normal day for us today. Taylor had a great day at school as did Logan. Logan and I ran a few errands so that we didn’t have to do it after school. We came home where the boys attempted to clean their rooms. We got packed up and I took them to Wal mart then to Guh’s. I owed Taylor and prize for being on green all month. He picked a yellow digger of some sort. Some how Logan landed himself a gator with huge wheels. I left them at Guh’s for the night and headed to meet Jim at dinner. In the middle of dinner Guh called with a mad Taylor on her hands. Taylor’s meds have been upped to 10mg which is an adult dose, so it was not the yummy cherry pill he expected. He wouldn’t chew it since it was nasty and wouldn’t swallow it either. He ended up puking in his bowl of oatmeal. I am going to try and get 60 5mg per month rather than the 10’s, but either way we have a months worth of the 10’s to get through. I have threatened him about it. I know he can swallow this tiny pill, he can swallow an Accutane pill. I will let you know how tonight goes. Logan is doing much better with his medicine. As long as I give him small amounts of meds and milk after each drop he is fine. We have 4 days down and 6 to go.
Jim and I went to Formosa for dinner and to do a little shopping. We headed home to clean house with no kids around. Jim had to get “Tweety” off the grill of my car. I hit a bird while I was driving the other day and it was all wraped up in my grill. Yuck! The boys thought it was hilarious, but not me!
Please be in prayer for all of our friends. Pray that Taylor never again faces cancer.
Feb 1,
February 1, 2007 Day +1401 Day 1099 off therpary
Wow, here we go again, flying through the months. It will be time for Christmas again before we know it. Time sure does fly the older you get.
I failed to mention yesterday that it was Taylor’s 50th day on green light in a row. Wow! Remember he set a goal long ago to get to 100 and he seems to be doing good so far. Now there are only 83 days left according to Taylor, so he doesn’t have room for error:) He has done very well which I do believe is prrof that he is maturing as we go along. He was getting in trouble for petty things in the beginning of the year that he has learned to control.
I also spoke too soon on Logan taking his medicine good. This morning was pure torure for us both. Taylor watched the whole thing with his mouth wide open and then had the nerve to say, “I take my mediine good.” I very quickly told him that he acted just like that. He just grinned. I shot about half a teaspoon in Logan’s mouth and he started gagging. I gave him a drink and he gagged about half of it down. We did the other half of the syringe very, very slowly with a drink after every little drip of medicine. He got it down and kept it down, but it is going to be a long 10 days. I did learn that I need to give meds before he gets dressed! The problem is that he does not like to eat breakfast and he needs food with it. I took yogurt with us and he ate it at school, so hopefully that will help. Augmenton does not bother Taylor’s tummy at all. Logan has never had it, but isn’t bothered by the other meds he gets. I have my fingers crossed that the freshly potty trained man doesn’t have any issues that cause troubles.
Taylor made it to day 51 on green light today. He is so very excited. He sang I’m a little snowman all the way home. He is eating now, go figure! He has some homework that we will get to after his snack. Logan is napping. He complained of his ear hurting while he was running today, but he seems to be feeling better. Taylor actually seems to be getting worse with his meds. I am sure it is the weather and just a cold that hit at this time, but I was hoping he would clear up with all the new stuff he is on. Oh well! We will just keep in trying.
Please be in prayer for Taylor’s continued success. Pray for Evan, www.caringbridge.org/visit/evanthomason Pray for Madison, www.caringbridge.org/madisonbeck Pray for Bradley who had surgery on his mouth today. I hear he has been a trooper, way to go Bradley!!! Pray for all of our friends who are battling!
Wow, here we go again, flying through the months. It will be time for Christmas again before we know it. Time sure does fly the older you get.
I failed to mention yesterday that it was Taylor’s 50th day on green light in a row. Wow! Remember he set a goal long ago to get to 100 and he seems to be doing good so far. Now there are only 83 days left according to Taylor, so he doesn’t have room for error:) He has done very well which I do believe is prrof that he is maturing as we go along. He was getting in trouble for petty things in the beginning of the year that he has learned to control.
I also spoke too soon on Logan taking his medicine good. This morning was pure torure for us both. Taylor watched the whole thing with his mouth wide open and then had the nerve to say, “I take my mediine good.” I very quickly told him that he acted just like that. He just grinned. I shot about half a teaspoon in Logan’s mouth and he started gagging. I gave him a drink and he gagged about half of it down. We did the other half of the syringe very, very slowly with a drink after every little drip of medicine. He got it down and kept it down, but it is going to be a long 10 days. I did learn that I need to give meds before he gets dressed! The problem is that he does not like to eat breakfast and he needs food with it. I took yogurt with us and he ate it at school, so hopefully that will help. Augmenton does not bother Taylor’s tummy at all. Logan has never had it, but isn’t bothered by the other meds he gets. I have my fingers crossed that the freshly potty trained man doesn’t have any issues that cause troubles.
Taylor made it to day 51 on green light today. He is so very excited. He sang I’m a little snowman all the way home. He is eating now, go figure! He has some homework that we will get to after his snack. Logan is napping. He complained of his ear hurting while he was running today, but he seems to be feeling better. Taylor actually seems to be getting worse with his meds. I am sure it is the weather and just a cold that hit at this time, but I was hoping he would clear up with all the new stuff he is on. Oh well! We will just keep in trying.
Please be in prayer for Taylor’s continued success. Pray for Evan, www.caringbridge.org/visit/evanthomason Pray for Madison, www.caringbridge.org/madisonbeck Pray for Bradley who had surgery on his mouth today. I hear he has been a trooper, way to go Bradley!!! Pray for all of our friends who are battling!
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Today, January 31st, Two Thousand and Seven...
January 31, 2007 Day +1400 Day 1098 off therapy
Logan and I went to the Dr. this morning. Sure enough, it was an ear infection. He has some numbing drops and Augmenton for it. Hopefully, he will be feeling better soon. He weighed 35 pounds and Taylor is 37. He will pass him before long. Oh, Taylor will be mad!
We went on in to school after the Dr. We were only about an hour late. After school we picked up his meds and I went ahead and gave him a dase right then. He did not like it, but he took it. That is one thing he does better than Taylor. He will make a face, but I don’t get the drama that I get with Taylor. Taylor has to gag and snarl and jump around like he is having convulsions. He is the drama king!
Once we got Taylor we headed for home. Taylor is convinced it will snow tonight. It is supposed to snow up north and have ice issues, but not here in the ham. However, I have made an appointment for March 30th which is supposed to be a weather day for the schools. It is going to snow or ice so that we miss school and I have to take off work to take him to the Dr. rather than get to use a weather day for it. You wait and see!
That is about it for now. Please pray for our little buddy Bradley. He fell at school today and his tooh broke off in his gum. He was in a lot of pain when he left. We hope you are feeling better buddy! Pray for all of our friends who are battling their own illness or injury. Pray for Taylor’s continued success.
Logan and I went to the Dr. this morning. Sure enough, it was an ear infection. He has some numbing drops and Augmenton for it. Hopefully, he will be feeling better soon. He weighed 35 pounds and Taylor is 37. He will pass him before long. Oh, Taylor will be mad!
We went on in to school after the Dr. We were only about an hour late. After school we picked up his meds and I went ahead and gave him a dase right then. He did not like it, but he took it. That is one thing he does better than Taylor. He will make a face, but I don’t get the drama that I get with Taylor. Taylor has to gag and snarl and jump around like he is having convulsions. He is the drama king!
Once we got Taylor we headed for home. Taylor is convinced it will snow tonight. It is supposed to snow up north and have ice issues, but not here in the ham. However, I have made an appointment for March 30th which is supposed to be a weather day for the schools. It is going to snow or ice so that we miss school and I have to take off work to take him to the Dr. rather than get to use a weather day for it. You wait and see!
That is about it for now. Please pray for our little buddy Bradley. He fell at school today and his tooh broke off in his gum. He was in a lot of pain when he left. We hope you are feeling better buddy! Pray for all of our friends who are battling their own illness or injury. Pray for Taylor’s continued success.
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January 30, 2007 Day +1399 Day 1097 off therapy
This morning Logan has really been hurting. His ear is not draining, but he will not let me touch it to even look at it. I have called the Dr. but they could only call drops in and I already had that and it wasn’t working. We have an appointment for tomorrow morning. He cries if you pull his shirt on or off or touch his cheeks. He either has something in it or it is real infected. He slept through car pool today and again at home. You can tell he doesn’t feel good. He got in trouble with his teacher today. He is talking very ugly. He sat in time out at school and got in trouble from daddy too. It is so embarassing!
Taylor had anoother super day! He did all of his homework like a champ and cleaned up his room. We didn’t do baths tonight since Logan didn’t need water in his ears. He loves a bath so I couldn’t put Taylor in and not Logan. They didn’t do anything to get dirty, right?
We just hung out tonight. It is once again, so cold out. We all got tucked in a little early and watched TV.
This morning Logan has really been hurting. His ear is not draining, but he will not let me touch it to even look at it. I have called the Dr. but they could only call drops in and I already had that and it wasn’t working. We have an appointment for tomorrow morning. He cries if you pull his shirt on or off or touch his cheeks. He either has something in it or it is real infected. He slept through car pool today and again at home. You can tell he doesn’t feel good. He got in trouble with his teacher today. He is talking very ugly. He sat in time out at school and got in trouble from daddy too. It is so embarassing!
Taylor had anoother super day! He did all of his homework like a champ and cleaned up his room. We didn’t do baths tonight since Logan didn’t need water in his ears. He loves a bath so I couldn’t put Taylor in and not Logan. They didn’t do anything to get dirty, right?
We just hung out tonight. It is once again, so cold out. We all got tucked in a little early and watched TV.
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January 29, 2007 Day +1398 Day 1096 off therapy
Monday again! It has been so cold here lately that we did not want to get out of our snuggly beds. It was real hard to get up when we knew that Gam maw and Paw Paw were in tropical Aruba basking in the sun while we were in the froaen tundra. Okay, all you northerners don’t need to know that it is like 45 degrees and that is nothing to ya’ll. Anyway, we did get up and get moving on this cold morning.
Taylor was excited to get to school and show off his mouth and missing tooth. He is all excited now that it is over! I was by myself today, but it was okay. We didn’t have a big class anyway. After school Logan and I ran a few errands and then headed to get Taylor. We met Jim at the mall this evening. We went to the Belk sale and got some good deals. We ate Chick fil a where Taylor ate about 10 nuggets.
On the way home Jim hit a traffic jam, but he was kind enough to call me and tell me to get off the interstate. It was a good thing since Logan almost didn’t make it home to the potty in time as it was. Lets just say, he is not constipated anymore! Poor fellow! He told me tonight that his ear hurt and that is why he cried at Gam maw’s house. I knew he had been up a lot that night, but just thought it was a new stage. He has not mentioned his ear until now. He seems fine otherwise, so I will watch it and see.
We got baths and got ready for bed once we finally got back home. Taylor was asleep in no time flat, but Logan was up for a while. He just played in his bed. I don’t really know what time he finally went to sleep.
I had to call the pharmacy today. I got to talking to a girl at work and found out her husband took 10mg of Singulair and that is what Dr. Ansari told us to give Taylor. I was sure that couldn’t be right, but it is. There is nothing between 5 and 10 and since 5 wasn’t enough for him 10 was the only option since I will not take him off Singulair.
Please be in prayer for all of our firends that are battling cancer or other illnesses. Pray for Taylor and his success against cancer.
Monday again! It has been so cold here lately that we did not want to get out of our snuggly beds. It was real hard to get up when we knew that Gam maw and Paw Paw were in tropical Aruba basking in the sun while we were in the froaen tundra. Okay, all you northerners don’t need to know that it is like 45 degrees and that is nothing to ya’ll. Anyway, we did get up and get moving on this cold morning.
Taylor was excited to get to school and show off his mouth and missing tooth. He is all excited now that it is over! I was by myself today, but it was okay. We didn’t have a big class anyway. After school Logan and I ran a few errands and then headed to get Taylor. We met Jim at the mall this evening. We went to the Belk sale and got some good deals. We ate Chick fil a where Taylor ate about 10 nuggets.
On the way home Jim hit a traffic jam, but he was kind enough to call me and tell me to get off the interstate. It was a good thing since Logan almost didn’t make it home to the potty in time as it was. Lets just say, he is not constipated anymore! Poor fellow! He told me tonight that his ear hurt and that is why he cried at Gam maw’s house. I knew he had been up a lot that night, but just thought it was a new stage. He has not mentioned his ear until now. He seems fine otherwise, so I will watch it and see.
We got baths and got ready for bed once we finally got back home. Taylor was asleep in no time flat, but Logan was up for a while. He just played in his bed. I don’t really know what time he finally went to sleep.
I had to call the pharmacy today. I got to talking to a girl at work and found out her husband took 10mg of Singulair and that is what Dr. Ansari told us to give Taylor. I was sure that couldn’t be right, but it is. There is nothing between 5 and 10 and since 5 wasn’t enough for him 10 was the only option since I will not take him off Singulair.
Please be in prayer for all of our firends that are battling cancer or other illnesses. Pray for Taylor and his success against cancer.
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January 28, 2007 Day +1397 Day 1095 off therapy
Hello all. We kept our promise and stayed home and cleaned house. It is kind of hard to get it all done when the kids drag stuff out faster than we put it away, but it looks much better.
Taylor woke up to find the tooth fairy had taken his tooth and left money in its place. He had actually left her a dollar, but she left it for him. He liked the idea of trading teeth for money, so maybe the next loose tooth wont be so dramatic.
Logan hasn’t acted like he feels real good. He has complained of his ear hurting, but it is not draining. I am putting drops in it just in case and hope that he is okay until his check up next week.
There is not much to tell today. We just hung out in our pj’s all day. Logan is the only one who got dressed and that is only because he begged too. He likes to be dressed and have shoes on all the time.
Be in prayer for Taylor and his success against NB. Pray for all the kids out there who are fighting this or some other battle.
Hello all. We kept our promise and stayed home and cleaned house. It is kind of hard to get it all done when the kids drag stuff out faster than we put it away, but it looks much better.
Taylor woke up to find the tooth fairy had taken his tooth and left money in its place. He had actually left her a dollar, but she left it for him. He liked the idea of trading teeth for money, so maybe the next loose tooth wont be so dramatic.
Logan hasn’t acted like he feels real good. He has complained of his ear hurting, but it is not draining. I am putting drops in it just in case and hope that he is okay until his check up next week.
There is not much to tell today. We just hung out in our pj’s all day. Logan is the only one who got dressed and that is only because he begged too. He likes to be dressed and have shoes on all the time.
Be in prayer for Taylor and his success against NB. Pray for all the kids out there who are fighting this or some other battle.
Saturday, January 27, 2007
27th
January 27, 2007 Day +1396 Day 1094 off therapy
Be sure to read Friday’s update to learn about my conference with Taylor’s teacher and his Puminlogy appt. with Dr. Ansari.
Today was the second Saturday in a row that we didn’t have kids and I couldn’t sleep late. I was wide awake at 7:44. UURGH! I got up and got ready and we left to get the kids who had stayed with Gam maw and Paw Paw. We headed to the circus which was great for the first half. Logan was up all night wanting me. I guess we have hit a new stage as he has never had a problem spending the night away from home before. He was tired and begging to go home before it even got started good. Taylor was eating cotton candy and watching with his mouth wide open until he realized that his tooth was literaly flopping out of his mouth. If you pulled his lip down it would just dangle out of his mouth. He got so upset over it that he thought he was going to throw up and ended up crying himself to sleep. When intermission started he was out like a light and Logan asked if it was over we just made out exit. I hated to leave, heck, I was enjoying it, but why stay when bone is asleep and one is begging to go. Taylor woke up when we got to the mall to meet Gam maw and Paw Paw. We went to Build a Bear where he used his birthday gift certificate to buy a tent for Lightning, his new bear. We then went to Brookstone where we played with the most magnificent massaging recliner you have ever seen. It was only $4300. maybe Jim will get me one for Valentine’s Day. Ha! We all loaded up to go grab lunch and the boys went with the grandparents. When we were about 5 minutes down the road Taylor called me to say that his tooth fell out!!!! It got caught on his lip and pulled out. How funny! He ended up dropping it and Paw Paw had to take the seats apart to find it, but we got it. It is kind of yucky since you can see the white under the cap. He is excited now that it is out, but it was a touchy situation for a while. As soon as the stress from that tooth was gone his sudden illness and need to throw up was gone. He gets that from his mommy!
Us girls all went for a pedicure after dinner and the buys went to play. I swung by to get the boys and found Logan asleep in Gammaw’s floor covered up with her pink house coat. You couldn’t see his devil horns the way he was laying:) It was so sweet. He slept there while we went to Christian’s birthday party and Paw Paw brought him home later.
It is now 10:45. Both boys are all tucekd in and Taylor has his tooth under his pillow eagerly awaiting the tooth fairy. I wonder what she will bring? I guess I better go tuck in too! Tomorrow is clean the house day so I need all the rest I can get, it will be a big job!
Be sure to read Friday’s update to learn about my conference with Taylor’s teacher and his Puminlogy appt. with Dr. Ansari.
Today was the second Saturday in a row that we didn’t have kids and I couldn’t sleep late. I was wide awake at 7:44. UURGH! I got up and got ready and we left to get the kids who had stayed with Gam maw and Paw Paw. We headed to the circus which was great for the first half. Logan was up all night wanting me. I guess we have hit a new stage as he has never had a problem spending the night away from home before. He was tired and begging to go home before it even got started good. Taylor was eating cotton candy and watching with his mouth wide open until he realized that his tooth was literaly flopping out of his mouth. If you pulled his lip down it would just dangle out of his mouth. He got so upset over it that he thought he was going to throw up and ended up crying himself to sleep. When intermission started he was out like a light and Logan asked if it was over we just made out exit. I hated to leave, heck, I was enjoying it, but why stay when bone is asleep and one is begging to go. Taylor woke up when we got to the mall to meet Gam maw and Paw Paw. We went to Build a Bear where he used his birthday gift certificate to buy a tent for Lightning, his new bear. We then went to Brookstone where we played with the most magnificent massaging recliner you have ever seen. It was only $4300. maybe Jim will get me one for Valentine’s Day. Ha! We all loaded up to go grab lunch and the boys went with the grandparents. When we were about 5 minutes down the road Taylor called me to say that his tooth fell out!!!! It got caught on his lip and pulled out. How funny! He ended up dropping it and Paw Paw had to take the seats apart to find it, but we got it. It is kind of yucky since you can see the white under the cap. He is excited now that it is out, but it was a touchy situation for a while. As soon as the stress from that tooth was gone his sudden illness and need to throw up was gone. He gets that from his mommy!
Us girls all went for a pedicure after dinner and the buys went to play. I swung by to get the boys and found Logan asleep in Gammaw’s floor covered up with her pink house coat. You couldn’t see his devil horns the way he was laying:) It was so sweet. He slept there while we went to Christian’s birthday party and Paw Paw brought him home later.
It is now 10:45. Both boys are all tucekd in and Taylor has his tooth under his pillow eagerly awaiting the tooth fairy. I wonder what she will bring? I guess I better go tuck in too! Tomorrow is clean the house day so I need all the rest I can get, it will be a big job!
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January 26, 2007 Day +1395 Day 1093 off therapy
What a busy day. We started the day as usual. However, it got a little busy as the day went on. I left work at 11:15 and went to meet with Mrs. Thornton (k5 teacher) and Miss Howard (speach teacher). I feel much better after talking with them. The homework that was such an issue is really just something to do periodically to keep him from forgetting what he has learned all year. We do not have to battle through it every night. Mrs. Thornton showed me some work he has done and I was very impressed. This may not be exaclty right, but when it comes home we will post it here for you to see. Anyway, he wrote I can ride 100 motorcycles and he drote it like this, I can rid 100 motrsykls. That is pretty close, but I know it isn’t exactly what he wrote. Point being, he is doing very well at this point in the year. We discussed having him repeat kindergarten due to his social immaturity not academic skills. It was kind of hard to hear the teacher say he may need to stay back, but it was also kind of known. He is small and did miss a lot of years to gain social skills like other kids. He has been through a lot and a lot of cancer kids do repeat grades. He is also a boy and boys often need to repeat. We do not have to decide until the end of the year, so we will be monitoring progress and discussing it more. My one concern is that he is such an emotional child that I am afraid he will label himself dumb which he is not or that he will feel so “blue” about his friends moving up and him not that he will lose confidence. However, I would rather hold him back now than in an older age where kids will be cruel about it. UURGH, parenting is hard! We have a lot of friends cancer and non cancer that have been through this and we will talk to them. We also have the utmose respect for Mrs. Thornton who I know only wants what is best for Taylor, so we will certainly be taking her advice to heart. I wish she could just go to first grade!!!
After the meeting at school in which the fabulous Mrs. Thornton arranged to do while Taylor was in technology and then could be checked out without me having to make several trips (thank you), I checked him out and we headed towards Children’s hospital for his pulminolgy appt. We ran into Meredith which is always good. We got registered in the clinic and then went up to get a chest x ray. It kind of sucked since he just got one in December, but what do you do? As soon as we walked back into the clinic they called us back. He was 106.78 cm tall but I never saw how many kilos he was. I don’t imagine he weighs much more than his usual 37 pounds. We were sent to a room and did some of the standard things. He blew into the dolily for lack of a better word. That took a few tries because he wanted to suck in a second breath and you can’t do that. He finally got it though. The nurse came in to ask all the questions. We got to chit chatting and found out she lives on out street. How cool is that! Now we know one of our neighbors. She was a very nice lady. Soon Dr. Ansari came in. I LOVE him. You all know I love or ONC. team, but I have known them forever and have been through a lot with them. However, I don’t usually instantly love our docs, but this guy is great. He was not an arrogant turkey like Dr. Hill (yeah, I said it for the world to see) and he takes the time to sit down and talk rather than run in and out in 5 minutes unlike our regular asthma Dr. He took the time to explain that sinusitis has two kinds allergic and bacterial and Taylor has both. Go figure! Allergic is just what is says, an allergy to something causing clear drainage, but due to his narrow passages he gets clogged up and has sinus problems. When it is green drainage it is bacterial, obviously. He gave us good news in that we did everything right in getting the ionic breeze and all the hypoallerginic bedding stuff. However, bunk beds are the worst thing for him. He sleeps on the bottom and therefore all the dust from the top hits him. He will need to move to the top or take them apart. He wants to sleep up top, so I think for now we will just do that and maybe later take them apart and move one to Logan’s room. He has upped all his meds. If you remember the interesting study about Singulair then you will excited to know he upped that med from 5mg to 10mg. I was very happy to do that. He will not take a .63 dose of zopenex rather than .31. He can not figurte out why they left him at that low dose since there are studies to show that it doesn’t work. We will try these new doses for a few weeks and then go back for an upper GI. This will not be a pleasant test, but IF he has reflux it could be the cause of it all. Wouldn’t it be great if this Dr. found and fixed the problem that easily!!!! I promise you all right now I will kiss him if he does! We go back on Feb. 28 for the GI test and again on March 30 to get results. I do not look forward to him having to miss school again nor getting him to drink the flavored barium, but I am eager to see if we are closer to an answer.
After the clinic visit we headed out but made a detour to the blood drive and saw our good Red Cross buddy John. We also saw Dr’s Berkow, Bryant, and Barnhart. It is always good to see them outside of clinic. We ran up to 4 tower, but didn’t see any familiar faces. After all that is was time to get Lolo. Temperance made the mistake of telling me she was off today, so I conned her into picking up Logan so that I didn’t have to take him with me. Thank you Tempy!!! She and Chris were even brave enough to go out to eat with him! I picked him up and ran home to get my party stuff together and head to the purse party. I I got the cutest purse, I can’t wait for you all to see it!
What a busy day. We started the day as usual. However, it got a little busy as the day went on. I left work at 11:15 and went to meet with Mrs. Thornton (k5 teacher) and Miss Howard (speach teacher). I feel much better after talking with them. The homework that was such an issue is really just something to do periodically to keep him from forgetting what he has learned all year. We do not have to battle through it every night. Mrs. Thornton showed me some work he has done and I was very impressed. This may not be exaclty right, but when it comes home we will post it here for you to see. Anyway, he wrote I can ride 100 motorcycles and he drote it like this, I can rid 100 motrsykls. That is pretty close, but I know it isn’t exactly what he wrote. Point being, he is doing very well at this point in the year. We discussed having him repeat kindergarten due to his social immaturity not academic skills. It was kind of hard to hear the teacher say he may need to stay back, but it was also kind of known. He is small and did miss a lot of years to gain social skills like other kids. He has been through a lot and a lot of cancer kids do repeat grades. He is also a boy and boys often need to repeat. We do not have to decide until the end of the year, so we will be monitoring progress and discussing it more. My one concern is that he is such an emotional child that I am afraid he will label himself dumb which he is not or that he will feel so “blue” about his friends moving up and him not that he will lose confidence. However, I would rather hold him back now than in an older age where kids will be cruel about it. UURGH, parenting is hard! We have a lot of friends cancer and non cancer that have been through this and we will talk to them. We also have the utmose respect for Mrs. Thornton who I know only wants what is best for Taylor, so we will certainly be taking her advice to heart. I wish she could just go to first grade!!!
After the meeting at school in which the fabulous Mrs. Thornton arranged to do while Taylor was in technology and then could be checked out without me having to make several trips (thank you), I checked him out and we headed towards Children’s hospital for his pulminolgy appt. We ran into Meredith which is always good. We got registered in the clinic and then went up to get a chest x ray. It kind of sucked since he just got one in December, but what do you do? As soon as we walked back into the clinic they called us back. He was 106.78 cm tall but I never saw how many kilos he was. I don’t imagine he weighs much more than his usual 37 pounds. We were sent to a room and did some of the standard things. He blew into the dolily for lack of a better word. That took a few tries because he wanted to suck in a second breath and you can’t do that. He finally got it though. The nurse came in to ask all the questions. We got to chit chatting and found out she lives on out street. How cool is that! Now we know one of our neighbors. She was a very nice lady. Soon Dr. Ansari came in. I LOVE him. You all know I love or ONC. team, but I have known them forever and have been through a lot with them. However, I don’t usually instantly love our docs, but this guy is great. He was not an arrogant turkey like Dr. Hill (yeah, I said it for the world to see) and he takes the time to sit down and talk rather than run in and out in 5 minutes unlike our regular asthma Dr. He took the time to explain that sinusitis has two kinds allergic and bacterial and Taylor has both. Go figure! Allergic is just what is says, an allergy to something causing clear drainage, but due to his narrow passages he gets clogged up and has sinus problems. When it is green drainage it is bacterial, obviously. He gave us good news in that we did everything right in getting the ionic breeze and all the hypoallerginic bedding stuff. However, bunk beds are the worst thing for him. He sleeps on the bottom and therefore all the dust from the top hits him. He will need to move to the top or take them apart. He wants to sleep up top, so I think for now we will just do that and maybe later take them apart and move one to Logan’s room. He has upped all his meds. If you remember the interesting study about Singulair then you will excited to know he upped that med from 5mg to 10mg. I was very happy to do that. He will not take a .63 dose of zopenex rather than .31. He can not figurte out why they left him at that low dose since there are studies to show that it doesn’t work. We will try these new doses for a few weeks and then go back for an upper GI. This will not be a pleasant test, but IF he has reflux it could be the cause of it all. Wouldn’t it be great if this Dr. found and fixed the problem that easily!!!! I promise you all right now I will kiss him if he does! We go back on Feb. 28 for the GI test and again on March 30 to get results. I do not look forward to him having to miss school again nor getting him to drink the flavored barium, but I am eager to see if we are closer to an answer.
After the clinic visit we headed out but made a detour to the blood drive and saw our good Red Cross buddy John. We also saw Dr’s Berkow, Bryant, and Barnhart. It is always good to see them outside of clinic. We ran up to 4 tower, but didn’t see any familiar faces. After all that is was time to get Lolo. Temperance made the mistake of telling me she was off today, so I conned her into picking up Logan so that I didn’t have to take him with me. Thank you Tempy!!! She and Chris were even brave enough to go out to eat with him! I picked him up and ran home to get my party stuff together and head to the purse party. I I got the cutest purse, I can’t wait for you all to see it!
Thursday, January 25, 2007
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January 25, 2007 Day +1394 Day 1092 off therapy
Yeah, it is Thursday only one more day of school and work. We all slept way late today, but somehow managed to get to school and work earlier than usual. Taylor went crazy when I brushed his teeth today. He said there was a hole in his tooth. That would be because it is sooooo loose that it is barely hanging by a thread on the front side. He can stick his tongue between his tooth and gums. He will not wiggle it at all. It would fall out if you blew on it, but he wont even open his mouth when you get near him.
He turned his shirt around backwards at school today. I have no idea why, he said he was just being silly. He made up for not eating his lunch the other day. I had already packed ham and cheese and he wanted a cheese sandwich so I just threw that in there too. He ate it all!
Logan had a good day too. He was so sleepy after school. He stayed awake all through carpool, but he fell asleep as soon as I put him back in his carseat and turned the tv on. He took a good nap at home too. He is still poking at his right eye.
Taylor has his Dr. visit tomorrow. I am sure I will not learn much since Logan will be going and I wont be able to hear the Dr. I also have a conference with Mrs. Thornton about his reading. He actually did great with his homework tonight, but usually it is a struggle. She was nice enough to let me meet with her 30 minutes before he had to check out. I hope he is just pulling our legs at home and not wanting to do it.
I guess that is about all there is to tell you from our neck of the woods. Please pray for Taylor’s continued success. Pray for Evan who is starting the etoposide that clogged his line last time. www.caringbridge.org/visit/evanthomason Stop by and visit Joey Ard’s page. He woke up from his coma yesterday and is doing very well. www.caringbridge.org/visit/joeyard
Yeah, it is Thursday only one more day of school and work. We all slept way late today, but somehow managed to get to school and work earlier than usual. Taylor went crazy when I brushed his teeth today. He said there was a hole in his tooth. That would be because it is sooooo loose that it is barely hanging by a thread on the front side. He can stick his tongue between his tooth and gums. He will not wiggle it at all. It would fall out if you blew on it, but he wont even open his mouth when you get near him.
He turned his shirt around backwards at school today. I have no idea why, he said he was just being silly. He made up for not eating his lunch the other day. I had already packed ham and cheese and he wanted a cheese sandwich so I just threw that in there too. He ate it all!
Logan had a good day too. He was so sleepy after school. He stayed awake all through carpool, but he fell asleep as soon as I put him back in his carseat and turned the tv on. He took a good nap at home too. He is still poking at his right eye.
Taylor has his Dr. visit tomorrow. I am sure I will not learn much since Logan will be going and I wont be able to hear the Dr. I also have a conference with Mrs. Thornton about his reading. He actually did great with his homework tonight, but usually it is a struggle. She was nice enough to let me meet with her 30 minutes before he had to check out. I hope he is just pulling our legs at home and not wanting to do it.
I guess that is about all there is to tell you from our neck of the woods. Please pray for Taylor’s continued success. Pray for Evan who is starting the etoposide that clogged his line last time. www.caringbridge.org/visit/evanthomason Stop by and visit Joey Ard’s page. He woke up from his coma yesterday and is doing very well. www.caringbridge.org/visit/joeyard
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January 24, 2007 Day +1393 Day 1091 off therapy
Today was the 100th day of school. Only 88 more to go! Taylor had a lot of fun doing fun activities. He had to bring in 100 of something to count and we sent marshmellows. He was mad since he wanted to birng toothpicks, but I didn’t think Mrs. Thronton would like that. He got in the car and wanted to show me that he could count to 100, but he wanted to start at 11 since I knew he knew how to count to 10. He is a nut!
The morning started crazy when a transformer blew and the neighborhoond went dark. It was a big ole hassle to get the garage door open and since it was already 7:35 we were pressed for time. It was a mess!
Logan had a good day as well. We took a friend to car pool with us to meet his mom. It was great since Logan was occupied. We had a good time playing games and counting cars and buses.
We came home to find that the power was back on, thank goodness. We did homework and got that out of the way. Both boys cleaned up their rooms though you wouldn’t know it now! We went to eat at San Antonio where Logan did good, but Taylor didn’t. It wasn’t that he didn’t feel good or anything rather he was using his chicken as a fort for his power ranger men. He brought it home and ate it later.
It is now bed time and nothing really to report other than our normal happenings. We have plans to go to the circus this weekend thanks to Camp SAM and we are going to a birthday party, so the kids are excited. Sunday is here by reserved to clean this nasty house. Yeah right! We shall see how that goes.
Please be in prayer for all of our friends and for Taylor’s continued good health!!! Pray for Evan who is back at the Jude for chemo that was started late due to creatinine clearance issues. Been there done that! www.caringbridge.org/visit/evanthomason
Today was the 100th day of school. Only 88 more to go! Taylor had a lot of fun doing fun activities. He had to bring in 100 of something to count and we sent marshmellows. He was mad since he wanted to birng toothpicks, but I didn’t think Mrs. Thronton would like that. He got in the car and wanted to show me that he could count to 100, but he wanted to start at 11 since I knew he knew how to count to 10. He is a nut!
The morning started crazy when a transformer blew and the neighborhoond went dark. It was a big ole hassle to get the garage door open and since it was already 7:35 we were pressed for time. It was a mess!
Logan had a good day as well. We took a friend to car pool with us to meet his mom. It was great since Logan was occupied. We had a good time playing games and counting cars and buses.
We came home to find that the power was back on, thank goodness. We did homework and got that out of the way. Both boys cleaned up their rooms though you wouldn’t know it now! We went to eat at San Antonio where Logan did good, but Taylor didn’t. It wasn’t that he didn’t feel good or anything rather he was using his chicken as a fort for his power ranger men. He brought it home and ate it later.
It is now bed time and nothing really to report other than our normal happenings. We have plans to go to the circus this weekend thanks to Camp SAM and we are going to a birthday party, so the kids are excited. Sunday is here by reserved to clean this nasty house. Yeah right! We shall see how that goes.
Please be in prayer for all of our friends and for Taylor’s continued good health!!! Pray for Evan who is back at the Jude for chemo that was started late due to creatinine clearance issues. Been there done that! www.caringbridge.org/visit/evanthomason
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
And the 23rd...
January 23, 2007 Day +1392 Day 1090 off therapy
Today was another good day. It is so cold out and I hear from ole James Span that the next few weeks will bring record setting cold into the area. Could it snow? Wouldn’t that be fun. Taylor is ready to buy that sled he wanted for Christmas. I can not convince him that it will not snow that much or not again for years. I do wish it would snow a good snow that they could play in. Logan has never seen snow and Taylor has only seen NYC snow.
It was a good day despite none of us wanting to get up. I ended up getting dressed at the very last second seeing as we were running behind this morning. I just grabbed the first thing hanging in the laundry room. I didn’t realize until I tool Logan’s coat off at school that we matched. How embarassing. I make the kids match all the time, but I don’t want to match too. We all had a good laugh about it.
Taylor did not eat any lunch today. He said he didn’t feel good at lunch. He had a headache. He is stuffed up and I am sure that it is his sinuses and he has a sinus headache. However, it is very hard not to let your brain start going elsewhere. He came home and played and ate a few snacks just like normal and he ate a good dinner. He said later that his head felt much better. Let us all be in prayer that this is indeed just sinuses and it will end soon. He has done his saline solution several times today and hopefully that will help. He has an appointment this Friday with the pulmonologist. I hope we can get to the bottom of some of his problems.
Logan is stuffed up as well and has been coughing just a little. He doesn’t really seem to feel bad. He is still blinking really bad and is actually letting me put the drops in his eyes. Jim went to the eye Dr. Monday and though she did not look at Logan she did listen to Jim’s conderns and she feels pretty sure it is allergies. He did do this in the spring and my logic is telling me that it is just allergies and all this cold weather. Again, it is just hard to not let your brain go elsewhere even with your healthy child.
It is getting late and I need to go to bed. I am going party crazy this month. If you are interested in coming to any of them let me know, the more the merrier! Friday, Jan. 26th we are having a purse party. Put your favorite pictures on a purse. Feb. 4th, Premier Jewelry party and Feb. 24th Partylite candle party.
Please be in prayer for Taylor’s sinuses and Logan’s eyes. Be in prayer for all of our friends who are fighting thier own battles.
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Today was another good day. It is so cold out and I hear from ole James Span that the next few weeks will bring record setting cold into the area. Could it snow? Wouldn’t that be fun. Taylor is ready to buy that sled he wanted for Christmas. I can not convince him that it will not snow that much or not again for years. I do wish it would snow a good snow that they could play in. Logan has never seen snow and Taylor has only seen NYC snow.
It was a good day despite none of us wanting to get up. I ended up getting dressed at the very last second seeing as we were running behind this morning. I just grabbed the first thing hanging in the laundry room. I didn’t realize until I tool Logan’s coat off at school that we matched. How embarassing. I make the kids match all the time, but I don’t want to match too. We all had a good laugh about it.
Taylor did not eat any lunch today. He said he didn’t feel good at lunch. He had a headache. He is stuffed up and I am sure that it is his sinuses and he has a sinus headache. However, it is very hard not to let your brain start going elsewhere. He came home and played and ate a few snacks just like normal and he ate a good dinner. He said later that his head felt much better. Let us all be in prayer that this is indeed just sinuses and it will end soon. He has done his saline solution several times today and hopefully that will help. He has an appointment this Friday with the pulmonologist. I hope we can get to the bottom of some of his problems.
Logan is stuffed up as well and has been coughing just a little. He doesn’t really seem to feel bad. He is still blinking really bad and is actually letting me put the drops in his eyes. Jim went to the eye Dr. Monday and though she did not look at Logan she did listen to Jim’s conderns and she feels pretty sure it is allergies. He did do this in the spring and my logic is telling me that it is just allergies and all this cold weather. Again, it is just hard to not let your brain go elsewhere even with your healthy child.
It is getting late and I need to go to bed. I am going party crazy this month. If you are interested in coming to any of them let me know, the more the merrier! Friday, Jan. 26th we are having a purse party. Put your favorite pictures on a purse. Feb. 4th, Premier Jewelry party and Feb. 24th Partylite candle party.
Please be in prayer for Taylor’s sinuses and Logan’s eyes. Be in prayer for all of our friends who are fighting thier own battles.
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