Birthday Party and Spring Sing

This will probably be one of my shorter posts because not much happened these past couple of weeks. We’re still dealing with James’ crankiness. I hate to think that this is his new ‘norm’. There’s got to be something causing this. Maybe the VEEG on the 8th will reveal something.…

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Medical Stuff, School, and Mother’s Day

Medical Stuff We’re still dealing with this “new James” that we don’t like. The high heart rate, congestion, seizures, and just all around unhappy. What we wouldn’t do to have our old James back. The one that was calm and mellow. We could even deal with the occasional curve ball…

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Read more about the article Stressed Out and Miscellaneous Happenings
Our little puzzle

Stressed Out and Miscellaneous Happenings

“Dear James, I do not want to be an adult anymore… Love your roommate, Mom” I worry that Stacy is reaching her breaking point. For the past month or so James has been struggling with a high heart rate (sometimes with low oxygen saturations and sometimes not), an increase in…

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What is James Fighting?

What is James Fighting? We think that James is still fighting something, we just don’t know what. He seemed to be doing fine last week on Monday and Tuesday, but on Wednesday afternoon Stacy got a call from the school that James wasn’t doing well, and she went to pick…

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A Loss That Hit Close to Home

It’s been a rather emotional week for us. If you’ve followed James’ story for any length of time, you know we’ve had our ups and downs. The past six and a half years have not been easy on Stacy and me, but we’ve learned to just take one day at…

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Read more about the article A “Gift” from Tennessee and Easter 2016
Our temporary bathtub

A “Gift” from Tennessee and Easter 2016

A “Gift” From Tennessee? We had returned home from our Spring Break trip on Friday morning, the 25th. That Saturday Stacy started noticing bumps appearing on her hands and elbows. Sunday morning the bumps were showing up on other parts of her body and starting to turn red, almost like…

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Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month: Days 16 – 31

This is part 2 of the Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month posts that Stacy has been posting daily on James’ Facebook page. If you missed Part 1, you can view it here. Thanks again Firefly for putting these facts together to help raise awareness about CP.   Day 16 *This is…

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