Thursday, August 18, 2011

State Fair Pictures






I have always liked to have old fashioned pictures taken and we have the opportunity to do it at the Iowa State Fair this year. We had a great time and the girls loved the animals. We couldn't stay very long because RJ got pretty tired fast. The weather takes it out of him really easy. We did enjoy our time there. Gracie and I petted the horses and Lucie loved the sheep! Best of all I got my CHEESE ON A STICK! It was delicious!









Sunday, August 7, 2011

A little Farkle fun!

We spent this past Saturday evening playing Farkle with Cory and Katie! With RJ not really being able to be outside in the extreme heat and sun right now it really helped pass the time and we were able to have some fun! We grilled out and then played games all night! Our girls Brogan, Gracie and Lucie played their own game of run around the house and scream at the top of their lungs! It was pretty cute, even though their Dads' didn't think so!









By the end of the night the girls were exhausted and we all had a great time!

P.S.

We also got a text saying that our good friends Nick and Kara sold their house in one day after putting it on the market! Congrats to them and we can't wait to visit them at their new and CLOSER house!!!






Happy 8th Anniversary to my hubby!

We made it to year number 8, and still going strong!

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

RJ update.....

So we went back to the doctor last Thursday morning to find out about changing RJ's medication. He had been experiencing the side effects of Keppra that made him act differently than he normally would. He was cussing like a sailor and was becoming extremely argumentative about everything. He was also becoming very confrontational and was speaking without a "filter" so to speak. After his behavior was increasing dramatically I got ahold of his neurologist and he said that we definetly needed to switch his medication. We have to watch for these signs with every seizure medication since they deal with the brain. Most of them have highly suicidal tendencies so we need to be careful and make sure he is acting ok.
So we started with Dilantin that gave him the severe reaction, to Keppra which made his behavior change negativly, to Trileptal which we are hoping will work out. The bad thing about all of this is that while switching all of these medications he is prone to having more seizures until the medicine gets built up in his bloodstream.
The worst thing is that since his reaction to the dilantin his skin has become highly sensitive to sunlight and heat. He has been ordered by the neurologist to only be outside for 30 minutes at a time and then he needs to be back in the house to cool off completely before he can go back out.
Slowly we are working on things, it's all going to take time......