Coby's School Adventures

Coby's class has been learning about history and how we all have a past. As part of learning about our past his teacher took them on a field trip to the cemetery down the road from the school. The kids got to look for names of families that have lived in the Sunnyslope area for years and look at the dates for how old some of the...headstones are.

Of course Coby and a few other boys were very excited to see any head stone that had any military mentioned on it.

Coby really like this one because it reminded him of the George Washington Monument.

This one had many of us puzzled, kids and parents. Now of us could figure out the star and what it meant. It's hard to see but each piece has a symbol but it's random things, we decided it may have been hobbies she had in her life. My mom always like to visits cemeteries. I guess this would be one reason why, interesting puzzle.

I got to help at Coby's Halloween Party. Coby's teacher had them all in groups of 3-4 kids and there were about 6 centers of activities. I had a really fun one of helping the kids wrap each other in TP as mummies. We were out in the hall so I didn't get to many pictures of the other centers, but here's a few of the groups....

Coby is the one with his arms out and you can almost make out the black nail polish... Daddy loved that lol. Darn I forgot to have them take my picture, I had fun decorating myself in TP. It was actually a lot of fun:)

Cora's School Adventures

Cora's 1st bus ride. The class went on a field trip to the Community College where they learned about trees.

Here she is building a habitat for a bear. She was wearing her favorite Halloween pants from last year and by the time she got home that day they had holes all the way up & down her legs:)
She also learned how to paint trees.

A few weeks later, they went to the Sunnyslope Fire department for tour.
The kids really liked learning about the trucks and seeing all the gear the firefighters wear. They had lots of fun passing the gear around and feeling how heavy it was.

Halloween Party! They had so much fun singing songs for the parents, doing fun centers for getting ready for the party and then finally eating the goodies.

Cora was a very beautiful kitty that kept sliding her make to her fore head, so when the mask came off the hair was crazy fun! And we can't have crazy hair without crazy eyes!





A few weeks ago she got her 1st massage. Just like her momma she has some nice sized knots in her neck. Kate is a good friend of mine who is a massage therapist and graciously showed me how to work the knots out.

PKD Walk in Seattle

On September 12th, we joined many others in "Walk For a Cure for PKD". It was a little chilly and damp but no actual rain while we were down there.

Before the walk they had snacks & displays for us to check out while visiting during check in. The kids had fun challenging the 'balloon artist' in making them fun things. Coby got a sword and Cora got a dog. Sandy had him make a motorcycle. It was pretty cool!

Getting geared up to walk.

Once we started to walk we all stayed pretty close together... for awhile. Scott was having a good time talking fishing with Brant and so they ended up a bit behind the rest of us. We all ended together though.

After the walk they had a Penny Dash 4 Kids (PKD). Coby and Cora ended up in different races because of age. Coby ran hard against some bigger kids, and Cora being the oldest & biggest in her race was so proud to win.

It was lots of fun! I'm sure we'll continue with this walk each year in support of finding a cure for PKD. It was bittersweet that Scott was able to walk in it at all this year. My My how far he has come in these few months.

Posting way late is better than never right.... I can't believe I'm just now getting the pictures on the computer so I can do this!

Follow Up w/ Dr. Newell

Today was the follow up appointment with Dr. Newell to make sure the shunt setting was still good and Scott is on track with recovery.

Most important thing we learned: We don't have to go back for 6 MONTHS!!!!

All went well! His shunt setting is to stay the same. The bubble is almost gone, with just a small amount by his left eye. The doctor said that it's fluid and muscle from the bone flap replacement surgery, which is why it's taking longer. He said that in a few months he expects it to be gone. It go faster, if Scott keeps pressure over the fluid. Back to the athletic cap in the evenings pulled down nice and low, for the authentic thug look :)

Scott got a Full Medical Release today! He now gets to work with Hillary at the Y to get on a stricter work out plan. YAY progression! They were very impressed to hear he does a 4 mile jog twice a week along with lifting and cardio at the Y.

Next Monday he has an appointment with the neurologist here in town. We were actually given some good question to direct to this doctor, so I'm looking forward to that... I wonder if when the doctors see Scott's name they think, 'Oh crap he has that wife who always comes with a list of questions!' Today Scott was making fun of me for having so many and I said, "Hey they are the ones who trained me to be like this!"

Before we left for Speech Therapy yesterday morning Scott was saying how much he'd rather not go...but go we did. He had a great therapy. As Scott was working, we were asked if we would like to meet a patient that is currently at the rehab center. She said he was in a similar situation and that they would like to meet us. Of course she knows Scott & I really well, and knew we would love it or she would have never asked either of us.
Once his appointment was over we met with this couple. It was exciting to see that it was someone we already knew about. He actually preformed the knee replacement surgery on Scott's left knee 14 years ago.
It was an amazing experience for us all.

It seems like every time I start to get weighted down by life, something brings me back and that's what this was for me. I'm sure it was something different for each of the 4 of us. But in the end it is hope for us all. Hope that we can continue to move forward, whatever forward brings.

Jogging

Scott went jogging for the 1st time since April yesterday!

He's feeling it today but it sure was worth it to say he's jogging again. Yay for once he'll enjoy going to yoga in the morning :)

Other than that life is pretty much the same. Moving from one task to the next each day, which translates into, Scott being stuck running around with me all the time. He says he doesn't mind, which is good... I'm kind of enjoying him having a taste of what life is like for me when the kids are in school :)

Randomness

Last week Scott and I went to a stroke support group. He wasn't very excited about going but it was very helpful for me. They had speaker come in and talk about health insurance and medicare. Although Scott has great insurance, I do not. So I will share some info I got.
If you live in Washington and have to get health insurance outside of work you can there's a group that will help you for FREE! SHIBA (Statewide Health Insurance Benefits Advisers) they will look at all plans in Washington and help you get what's best for your needs. they also help with prescription drug programs if your on a bunch of meds. ALSO if you know anyone who has Medicare, give them this info and have them look at their plan between Nov 15th -Dec 31st. Come Jan 1 they will be locked into whatever they have for the year.... I learned so much about the system it was amazing. I'm going to make sure my grandma gets with an advisor to make sure she knows what she has.... Sorry for the rant...here's the info:
SHIBA: 1-800-562-6900 OR http://www.insurance.wa.gov/

Scott's doing so well with the shunt setting being changed. The extra fluid on the outside of the bone flap is finally going and staying down! He's finally back in the pool and lifting weights. With the kids in school now were pretty much running from morning til night too. So life on the road to recovery is GOOD :)