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Wednesday June 16, 2010 - WOW it has been a long time since my last post. We have had a lot going on. In the last two months I have had an ER visit, an appointment with my ophthalmologist, Dylan has had surgery and lots more. I have been feeling pretty good. I have had a few days of numbness in my arms but nothing that lasts more than a day.

I ended up in the ER one evening after picking Jerry up from work. We were headed home and I all of the sudden felt like I was going to pass out. My heart was racing and I could hardly breath. I had to pull over and have Jerry drive. I started to feel a little better until we got closer to home so I had him pull into urgent care and they told Jerry because of the symptoms I was having I need to go to the ER. So we get to the ER and they immediately took me back and started hooking me up to stuff and asking me a million questions. My heart rate was about 120 and I felt like I was going to suffocate. After sticking me 6 times trying to get an IV started they finally stuck a small needle into my hand just to get blood to run tests. They tested me for a blood clot and it came back negative. We never really found anything that would have caused the episode so they sent me home. Later that night I started to feel the same way but it finally passed.

I went in for a follow up field test with my ophthalmologist and he was thrilled. We were not expecting any improvement in my vision, but there has been. I don't really notice but my blind spot is much smaller than it was before and my vision is now 20/25 in my right eye. I will go back to see him in November and he will take the pictures of my optic nerve again.

Dylan had surgery about two weeks ago. He had his tonsils and adenoids removed along with a bone spur cut out of his nose and some other sinus stuff. He is breathing much better now. When we went in for his original ENT visit the Dr. said he has never seen a deviated septum as bad as his in a child that young. There was no way for him to breathe. He is not old enough to have his septum fixed, so we did everything else we could for now. After the surgery the Dr. came out to talk to us and he said Dylan's tonsils were HUGE. I felt so bad for him. He has not been able to breathe well for a very long time. He has been sleeping very quietly and I have not heard him sleep like that since he was a baby. It is a little eerie. I have to make sure he is still breathing. I guess when he turns 16 we will talk about fixing his septum but I have a feeling after all of this he may object.

We are still working on the house and still have a lot to do but are moving much slower now. The kids have been spending a lot of time with the kids on our street. We have all made some great new friends and we love all of our neighbors. I am actually working on putting together a block party and I think everyone is very excited to get everyone together at once.

I will go in for my next MRI on the 28th of this month but will not get my results until my appointment with my neurologist on July 8th. I am crossing my fingers and toes that it all goes well.

We still do not have internet hooked up but I think I will start having Jerry post my blogs more regularly until we get internet at home.

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer.

Amanda