Welcome to the Foxhole!

So sorry for the delay in posting. Blogger will only let me post using B's computer. For some reason I get an error code saying "Data Transfer Interrupted" each time we try to do it from our personal computer. Any computer experts out there that can figure it out, we're open to suggestions...

To pick up from where I left off Saturday evening. We went to church Sunday morning. It was so nice to be back with our church fam. One of the ladies in our church offered to take me to the grocery store on Monday. I wasn't feeling quite right all day Sunday. Then, we went to the store on Monday. Still not feeling great. Just one aura after the other.

She picked me up Monday morning and we went to the store. When she was dropping me off at the house, she said, "by the way, I'll be here tonight at 5p with your dinner." What? Anyway, so precious. Sure enough, she came back with quite a feast. I took pictures because I was so amazed. She has such a giving heart and more than spoiled us, as you will see below.


We started increasing the dose of the new med on Monday. The doc wants me to be at a certain dose by the time he sees me on Friday. So, we started increasing and so did the side effects. Every time I take the med, my tongue starts to go numb. However, Monday night was the worst, as far as side effects. I ended up with a massive headache. I don't want to be dramatic and say it was a migraine, but I couldn't see straight, had to put a pillow over my right eye, and felt like I had to hold on to my head anytime I moved. It felt like my head was too heavy and I had to hold it on...with as much as I've forgotten over the last couple of years, you would think it would be much lighter! ; )

Then, B went in to play with the puppies and this is what he found.

Both of them were laying under our bed, playing with their tennis ball. So. B joined in on the fun. Scaredy cat went running, but Hank stayed under the bed for quite a while and just rolled the ball back and forth to B. He would push it with his nose and catch it with his paws.










Finally, we were able to get little-bit (a.k.a. Rudder, Scaredy Cat) to get back under and play to some degree:
















Hank eventually got jealous of all the attention that Rudder was getting from Daddy. So, he put on his poor, pitiful, pouty face and got some more attention:

As you can see, I'm going to be terrible when we have kids...way too many pictures!!

Yesterday and today have been much the same as far as the headache goes. I called the EMU Tuesday and they said I can take Tylenol for the headache. That helped immensely when it hit again yesterday. I am still having quite a few seizures. Less than I was prior to going in to the hospital, but they are still looking for NONE (me, too). B said that I woke him up about 1am this morning rolling back and forth in extreme pain and I apparently had the headache again. So, he got me some Tylenol and an ice pack and I went back to sleep. I have been having a bunch of auras all day. My tongue still goes numb each time I take the med. So, if we're looking for something to smile about, it's kind of a silly feeling. Probably not good for me, but we're diggin' for things here!!

We go back to Houston tomorrow. We will get to see Joey's family Thursday night. He is in surgery right now. So, be praying and check out his site. Then, I have my appt. with the specialist from Cleveland. I have been reading through his publications and he has quite an impressive history. He seems to have Abstracts, book chapters, etc., that address a lot of the things we've mentioned to the docs that they just haven't felt could contribute. So, please, Lord, let this be the man with the answers that can start directing us toward complete healing.