Allison the Artist

I am having trouble with blogger flipping this pic, but if you tilt your head to the left you can see it. Ali drew this this morning and was so proud of herself. She started yelling, Mommy I drew a smile face. What an artist! The artist with her medium: a mechanical pencil.

After the Leads Came Off

You can't tell from the picture, but she was so excited that the leads were off. Not so excited that her chocolate ice cream was gone.

Fall Outside Fun

We hung out for a couple hours outside this afternoon. It was pretty chilly so we bundled up. This is Ali's "snake". She loves to pretend. He name was sssssssnake. Ali loves her helmet and wears it pretty much all the time if we are outside.
Sawyer's hand-me-down hat is too big...I guess we will spring for one that fits.

Watchin' Football

Where Do Babies Come From?

This is the picture we will use to explain where babies come from. God send you via UPS of course. Why are people so freaked out to talk to there kids about this subject anyway?

Heartbrakingly Adorable

This is Ali in her full EEG gear. She did so great. She is doing well now. A little "high" at times well really I should say "low" from the drugs, but considering she is good. Epilepsy was the diagnosis and we can work with the docs to get the meds perfect for her. She was such a trooper! Dr. Wagner here to check your heart!

Home from Akron Children's

Curt here: We just got home a bit ago from the hospital! The good news is that they were able to document and analyze the one seizure she had while on the EEG system. Consequently, a diagonsis was made and now we have a new cocktail of medicines to try and control the sizures from here on out. We'll post updates on how they are working. Additionally, the neurologist feels as though it is likely that these are the type of seizures that may be grown out of as she gets older! So, all in all, good news. Now the waiting game and see if these meds control the seizures. Thanks!

Update on in-progress EEG

Praise! Allison had one seizure this AM as she was waking up for the morning. It was able to be caught on the video EEG system as far as I'm aware. It wasn't her longest, but hopefully it was enough for the docs to start to figure out what is going on. No word yet on how long they want her to stay on the EEG today or beyond. Come on more seizures! More to come later. curt.

Pray For Seizures - Allison Update

Curt here. Too much details to update completely, but in the past 24 hrs Allison has had 4 seizures of varying severity and they (docs/neurologists) have admitted her today (around noon) to have a 24-48 hr video EEG. Whereas before as we were requesting prayers for no seizures, now bring it on baby! We hope she has one or more so that they can capture her EEG chart and other vitals and video all at the same time to help diagnose what is going on here. More updates to come as info and time permit.

Mayor of Funky Town

This little guy is always gross. I change his clothes at least 3 times a day if not more because of food, barf, snot, leaks, drool or a frothy combination. He is such a little boy. Ali was like a porcelain doll. Rarely was she gross and I didn't have to change her outfits nearly as much. We were cracking up at dinner tonight cause he was just sooo sticky and lovin it. His hair is sticking up due to the combo of food and snot in it.