A new video...and updates...

You would think Joshua never wears pants watching these videos! I guess he doesn't all that much when he's home, hehehe. When I used to watch my nephew Sam a friend down the street always told me Sam either had on no pants and a shirt, or no shirt with pants; one or the other, never both at the same time. I don't know why I do that? One of my many, many oddities I imagine.

Kevin is not able to get into to see the orthopedic surgeon until tomorrow at 1:30, so I'll update again after that. I did an online search for "spinal fluid leak" and it came up with the same symptoms as he has.

When a person is in the upright position, intracranial pressure is negative.[9] Intracranial hypotension is defined as an abnormally low intracranial pressure, and it is characterized by headaches that worsen when standing and improve when lying down.

It even said that it can take a month or more for the symptoms to show themselves, and that would fit the timeline for Kevin. His back surgery was almost 2 months ago.

I took Joshua into the pediatrician and she listened to his lungs and agreed with me that she hears a wheezing. We did a breathing treatment there in the office and then she took another listen to his lungs and there was a marked improvement, so we were given a nebulizer and a prescription for Xopenex and told to do breathing treatments three times day right now. We were then sent us off to have a chest x-ray done, since Joshua doesn't have a history of this. We should hear back about the x-rays tomorrow.

Caylee enjoyed her first day of co-op. She is sitting at the kitchen table watercolor painting right now, so I know that she enjoyed that class. She was a bit overwhelmed, I believe, just being in a big class environment again, but I think she will quickly adjust; but since she was feeling that way she wasn't too forthcoming about her thoughts on the day. Maybe after she has the night to process it all a bit more she will more to say about it.

We heard today that Joshua has been accepted into the MDCP Medicaid waiver program; a huge blessing! It's something I have been praying for. I knew that God had it all under control, and I am so thankful to be getting it. We will be able to hire a young woman named Tiffany to be my "mother's helper" here around the house with Joshua, and to watch him while we are at co-op. Joshua will appreciate that very much! He is quite the little homebody lately, and it was very crowded and hectic there so he was quite overstimulated. He'll love to be able to stay home and hang out with Tiffany. :-) We will be able to take Caylee to do things that we can't normally do with Joshua: see a movie or go shopping (he HATES shopping). Tiffany will be doing a lot of Joshua's therapy with him, so I think of her as a therapist, and that will leave me time to just be mom with him. I am pretty excited about that part!

Well, I really should make myself get to bed now. I have had the worst insomnia lately! I will probably start reading The Endless Steppe, the next book for my book club reading; I have been told that it's an excellent book!

Love one another!~Yvonne

Headaches, coughs, and co-op's

Just wanted to update; Kevin's headache is still hanging on. The good news is it only hurts when he is sitting or standing up, so he does have relief when he is lying down. We will certainly be calling the orthopedic surgeon first thing in the morning.

Joshua is also still coughing and wheezy sounding; I have given him two breathing treatments today. He is such a sweetie. He will cough and cough and gasp for air; all the while smiling and laughing when it's over. I am so thankful for his cheerful disposition, it always lightens the mood; even though I have probably gotten about 1000 new gray hairs this weekend between him and Kevin. :-)

Cay starts her new homeschool co-op classes tomorrow and she is very excited about it. She'll be taking watercolor, American Sign Language, and Biology. I am excited for her to take the watercolor class so that she can teach me the techniques that she learns! I love to watercolor, but I could certainly use some good instruction. Spanish 2 continues on Tuesday also.

So tomorrow I will be calling doctors for Kevin and Joshua, and trying to get them in sometime after taking Caylee to co-op. I think it's going to be a busy week!

Love one another!~
Yvonne

Hubby's down again...

I spent most of yesterday in the ER with Hubby. He had a severe headache start on Wednesday afternoon and it's still hanging on. It's a very strange headache; it's positional. If he is lying flat on his back there is no headache, but as soon as he stands up it starts in his neck and creeps up into his head and is quite severe; the worst headache he's ever had; in fact he says it feels more like a concussion. He has even had nausea and vomiting with it.

I feel better that we went to the ER and they ran a head cat scan and an MRI, and there were no signs of a brain bleed or a tumor; that is something they look for when headaches are more positional.

Please pray for Kevin to feel better soon. He is supposed to call his back surgeon Monday morning and let him know if he has had any relief yet; because the MRI showed a space in his surgical area that spinal fluid could escape, but the images did not show and fluid pockets of build up, so they don't think that is the cause, not yet anyhow. I pray that it's just a virus and that it will soon go away!

He missed work Thursday and Friday, and he had only been back one week; since returning from his back surgery. We pray that he can soon return to work and usual.

Love one another!~Yvonne