You did what you knew how to do, and when you knew better, you did better. ~ Maya Angelou

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Eli update... Here kitty, kitty, kitty...

Hey everybody!
I wanted to give you all an update on Eli :) We just got back from the Valley... Eli had a couple of doctors appointments.
Let me first tell you that he had a bad week last week. It culminated on Friday, he had a terrible blood pressure headache. We checked his blood pressure and it was very high.(161/128) He was in bed all day. Saturday came and he said he felt better, he was still pretty shaky and weak. He finally got into the shower so that we could go out to eat. I heard the shower go off and a minute later I heard him yelling "Mom"... I answered "Do you need a towel"... I heard a louder "MOM" again. I said "I am getting one!" BOOM! I heard the worst crashing noise. I ran to the bathroom and tried to shove the door open. I couldn't. Gregg heard me yelling for Eli, he ran in and got the door open. I could see his legs shaking. I was so scared that he was having another seizure.
He slowly came to... He had fainted. Whew!
His blood pressure has plummeted since then...
At his doctors appt. yesterday it was 106/70.
His doctor has taken him off of one of his high blood pressure prescriptions... He needs to get stabilized.
He has not had an appetite. I try and shove food in front of him and he just doesn't want to eat. He took Grayson to lunch today and did eat some dinner, hopefully he is getting his appetite back :)
Rebecca wanted me to let you all know that she is a Grandma! Her kitty had her babies on Sunday! We haven't found them though :( We have this big field behind our house that we think she has them stashed... She is such a sweet kitty, we hope we can find her babies soon. :) We will look again tomorrow!

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Grayson Spring School Picture 2009

Becca Spring School Picture 2009

Becca is ready to go... what is taking so long?


Hi hO hI Ho... a camping we will go... SOON :) Wanna come?

Hey everyone! I don't know what I am doing wrong on this site, all of a sudden, but I can't put words with my pictures???

We took the kids to see the new camper we bought today... We are all a little excited (haha A LOT excited)... The kids can't wait to have slumber parties in it!

A quick update on Eli...
Gregg was ruled out as a donor due to some potential health issues in the future. Our sweet niece Brianna was tested and she can't do it at this time :) Thanks so much for trying Bri! We love you! Our fabulous nephew Nick is being tested right now... we are holding our breath!
We know that this is all going to work out... We need to have patience and faith. We appreciate your support... it means the world to our family. Eli looks good and feels great, he is having questions about why he is feeling so good? This is such a hard disease... One day he feels great and the next he feels exhausted and sick. This week he has sure enjoyed having old friends over and hanging out with them! Thanks guys!