I wanted to post about this after the new year, but with James being in the hospital for the first two weeks of the year, I am just now getting around to this. As some of you may know, we have been primarily living off only my income since James…
This post is going to be a little bit different than most of the others. I started this blog as a way to share James’ story with the world; our struggles with raising a child with medical challenges; and maybe help and inspire others that are on a similar journey.…
Sorry folks. I took a bit of a hiatus these past few weeks. There hasn’t been much going on over here. Not enough to write about anyway. Let’s see. James was supposed to go back to school on January 7th, but because of his illnesses over the past few months,…
VNS We took James to the neurologist on Thursday to further discuss the VNS (vagus nerver stimulator). The neurologist pulled up James’ last VEEG for us to look at. He pointed out all of the spikes and where they were coming from. Because the seizures are coming from many parts…
Hey all. Sorry it has been a couple of weeks since my last James post. (Yesterday’s venting post doesn’t count). I know I said that I was going to try to keep up with the weekly posts, but the last couple of weeks have been pretty quiet around here. We…
If you missed the previous post, James had new ear tubes put in, and his tonsils and adenoids removed on the 12th. The doctor had warned us that day five of recovery would be the worst. I don’t know how he knew, but he was dead on. He seemed to…
It’s been a pretty low-key week around here, but I’m trying to stay in the habit of posting once a week. On Thursday the weather was decent—a little chilly, but not too bad—so Stacy took James out for a walk just to get out of the house for a little…