Doctors

Well today we spent 5 hours at various doctors. Shelby needed her Kindergarten Check-up an easy one! She passed with flying colors!

Sethy had an appointment with his neurologist today. He has Aspergers Syndrome in case you did not know. We have been major concerned about his lack of growth. He has only grown an inch in 2.5 years. So he is a 6 yr. Old boy in a size 3 yr. Old body. She has referred us to meet with an endocrinologist in October. They will check to see if he has a growth hormone disorder. They will do a bone age test to see if his bones are age six like his chronological age or age 3 like his size. They are also going to do a MRI of his brain to see if that can give any answers. This will also be able to tell if the stopping of growth may of been caused by the car accident. I've read (and believe me I've read a lot in the last year! :) ) that if it is the growth hormone imbalance, that could be what triggers his destructive behavior, which the growth meds will help. This is a step ahead and we are excited to find out some answers. I am very thankful for a great Pediatric Neurologist who understands we do not want to drug him to get him under control. She listens to our concerns and meets are needs! Praise God!!!

Garrett had an MRI on his knee. which you can read about in the following post. The tech said the Doc should get the results by Thursday. Prayerfully we will get answers by then too.
Edited to add: Garrett's MRI results came back and all is well. He has a knee cap that is a little high and loose. He has to do some resistance exercises to strengthen but he is cleared to play sports.

Thanks for your prayers!!

First Scrimmage

As you can see Garrett did not get to play today. The Dr. would not give him clearance to play. He went in for a normal physical and came out heart broken. Last week he was spearheaded right in the chest at practice with a helmet right below the pads. He has been in quite a bit if pain all week. He has been wearing a rib brace. The doc suspects cracked rib cartilage and badly bruised chest muscles.

Garrett also was shoved by another kid (temper issues) in April. His foot touched his hip. Another doc put him on crutches for 2 weeks after X-rays showed no break. He wears a brace to do sports because it just does not give him support any more. Well, our new doc said it is far too loose to be safe, so they are doing an MRI on Tuesday to rule out torn ligaments or cartilage damage.

Since he is Home schooled; 6th grade is the last year they will allow him to play football. He is more than bummed and cried all the way home. Not usual for him!! He loves his sports. If it is surgery, he will be done for the season...

Steve and Kaleb are assistant coaches and Garrett wanted to go support his team. They played very well and the coach said they will do wonderfully once " Lil' Rip" can play again.

School Pictures

Kaleb-16 yrs, 11th grade
Garrett-11 yrs, 6th grade
Levi- 7 yrs, 2nd grade
Seth- 6yrs, Kindergarten
Shelby- 5 yrs, Kindergarten

Storm~ Rochester

Coming home Sunday afternoon was very interesting. We had seen all of the flooding on the news before leaving Dad & Mom's house. Rochester was the first we had seen a glimpse. I remember as a child Rochester being flooded so this brought back memories. Hwy 14 was under water. The skies looked horrible and just as we got on I-90 the rain hit and hit so hard we had problems seeing the front of the truck. I am so thankful for cell phones. Steve's folks were calling from IA and my folks from MN keeping us up to date on what we were going to be driving into. I had my laptop on with Streets and Trips in case we had to take any detours. Right outside of LaCrosse a Sheriff's car went whizzing past. We found out later that the there where a lot of land slides on the bluffs along the interstate and the trees were sliding unto the road. If the police car had not been sitting right in front of the trees they would of been hit. We arrived safely home!! Our gauge said 3 3/4" of rain.

Lego Land~ Mall of America

I remember taking Heath here and how much he loved Legos. His brothers and sister were just as amazed. Thankfully we had a few cameras going. They wanted a picture of everything. We have quite a few legos but not enough to create these monster creations.

Underwater Adventure~ Mall of America

We took a last fling trip before school starts in a couple of weeks. We hit the Mall of America and then stayed at my parent's house to help do some repairs and such.

What a day!!

So yesterday the Chegwiddens hosted the annual church picnic. The Home Educators group met early for a scavenger hunt. We all brought a meat to grill and a dish to pass. Miss Shelby decided to try an apple. Unknown to us she had a loose tooth which "popped" when she bit the apple. It came out within the hour. The one next to it might come out yet this week. She is trying to let her bangs grow out, so we are in a shaggy look mode. We all enjoyed a great fireworks show at dark.

Here are the plates the kids did last November. They drew pictures on special paper. We then sent them in, as a group, to have the plates made.

We got home shortly after 10 and tucked all the kids in. About 30 minutes after I fell asleep I heard a very loud clang. I jumped up and looked outside. The wind was blowing very hard and it was lightning and thundering. The electricity had already gone down. I thought the wind had blown off one of my lanterns (like in the front of the picture). It turned out it had picked up our shed (which Steve keeps his cans in). It hit the tree behind it, buckled and landed on top of the cans that had slipped out. The door ended up on the far left side. We were without electricity for a little over 12 hours. Lots of branches and twigs all over the yard. So how was your weekend?