October 27, 2008

Wow! God is so good! Kenzie has officially been seizure free for ONE MONTH!!! How amazing! She is doing really well! So well, she has new words! She said Corey for the first time yesterday, of course it was because she wanted something. She is amazing! When ever I am on the phone she runs up to me and says "hi" telling me she wants to talk. She will get on the phone and say hi really softly. She will say hi louder than start laughing. It's so great to see her so happy!

She had gotten a pretty bad cold about a week after her last seizure. It had me on pins and needles thinking for sure she would have a seizure, but she didn't. She is feeling so much better in more ways than one.

Our family went to Cox's Farm last Sunday as we always do every fall. We get our pumpkin and the kids play on the slides and whatever else they have there. They have goat farm. You can feed the goats and pet them. Kenzie as well as the boys really enjoyed that. They also had pony rides. Kenzie loves horses. So we got her ready to get on the pony and she freaked out! I couldn't believe it! She wouldn't go near that horse. She was scared out of her mind! I guess there goes her doing the therapeutic horse back riding. She is on a waiting list, it's suppose to be about a year waiting list. Well, next month is a year. We will see how that pans out.

Ryan's team is in the playoffs! I am so excited for him! They are 4-3, but I have faith that they can win the whole thing! Not sure if there first playoff game will be on Saturday or Sunday, we will see! I have signed him up for wrestling again and we start that next Tuesday! Can't wait!

Corey is signed up for basketball. He has never played regular season basketball, just summer league. What a crazy winter it's going to be!

November is Epilepsy Awareness Month!!!!! Now I hope all of you will get your purple ribbons (I have some email me for one!) out and wear them all month long and your wrist bands too! We need to erase the stigma and get the word out!

• Epilepsy effects 3 million people in the United States and over 40,000 of them are children under the age of 15!
• About 200,000 new cases each year!
• 70% of new cases no cause is apparent!
• More people are diagnosed with epilepsy or seizure disorders than with Parkinson's disease, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis and muscular dystrophy combined!