J a k e

J a k e
at the beach in Destin

Jake's story

July 21st was a normal day, as were the days of summer before. Everything was in it's place. School days were approaching and the family was enjoying the last days by the pool, ignored bedtimes and high popsicle counts.

Then July 22, 2008 came....

Jake had his first seizure. I did not recognize it as such. It was not until he had several more of these "little jerks" and bloody noses that I thought this could be seizure activity. We were scheduled to see a neurologist on August 4th, after going through our pediatrician, however we didn't make it that far. I was awakened August 1st, by Jake in a full seizure (6 minutes long)...he started to turn blue so I called 911....

Here begins our journey......

...we were taken by ambulance to the hospital. Checked in. Released. 3 more grand mal seizures after being released. Checked back in. Sent home 3 days later. Another grand mal, this one lasting a whopping 11 minutes and taken by ambulance again. Stayed at Childrens Dallas for a week. Upping meds, changing meds and mixing meds.
Diagnosis: Epilepsy
Cause: Unknown
We have now found, through some absolutely amazing family and extended family, whom I will NEVER be able to thank enough, the wonderful doctors and nurses at Cook Childrens Hospital in Fort Worth, who are continuing to help us through this. We have had another grand last thursday, and are averaging anywhere from 5-30 seizures (jerks, drops, stares) a day. I was to begin back teaching at Apollo, but am having to put that on hold until the seizures are controlled. Jake is not able to go back to school until he is 30 days seizure free. We are still waiting for that ONE day. Please pray for our family and for little Jake. Although this is not the end of the world, it is a huge hurdle we WILL overcome. Pray for courage for Jake, understanding as parents, good doctors and for the right medicines.

Jake's mom, Christine


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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Surf's up!



Wowzers! It has been a long time since I have blogged. Although I have many things to share about our awesome trip to Florida, today's post is going to be mostly pictures documenting the wonderful experience. Our life has been crazy busy lately, so I rarely find time to get on the computer for "fun" now days.

Our week in Florida was over way too quickly and we are constantly talking about the good times we had and the thought of our next trip.

The kids and I got up every morning, while Matt fished, and had breakfast and then went for a jog. We would usually stop along the way to search for some sea shells, do a little shopping, or simply walk the beach.


We then headed back to the house and grabbed the rented bike! We then would do the same thing, just with a different mode of transportation.

Days were spent basking in the glorious sun and waves of the amazing ocean. Playing football, riding waves, or simply sitting

The rats learned to boogie board and we could barely get them to come up for air long enough to feed them.




After long mornings at the beach, sometimes the sun and the waves were a bit too much, so a afternoon siesta was needed.


Needless to say we had a blast! I will share more about the greatness of the vacation, the next time I am able to find a couple minutes. I don't want to ruin in all at once!:-)

"We rest here while we can, but we hear the ocean calling in our dreams, And we know by the morning, the wind will fill our sails to test the seams, The calm is on the water and part of us would linger by the shore, For ships are safe in harbor, but t”

God Bless~ Christine

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