Today we took the littlest angel to the Doctor to get her shots so she can start Kindergarten. Those of you who know me already know how I feel about these shots. I have always had the stance that I do not hate vaccinations, I hate they way they are injected so recklessly and so abundantly in a two month babies. Madison has never had any kind of adverse reaction to any shot so I put my money where my mouth is and we sat her on the table so they could inject her with numerous live viruses all in the name of kindergarten.. Never even a mention of possible adverse side effects, never even offered any information as to what they were injecting.. just poke and push, poke and push, poke and push... UGGGG
ANYWAY.. thats a whole nother tirade... She was SO brave and teared up a bit, but never cried.. A stark contrast to the last time she had a shot and had to be held down by three adults. You would have thought somebody was cutting off her legs with a hacksaw last time.. Not this time though. and the reward??? All you can eat ice cream all day long today.
Our little buddy Dawson has had a pretty good summer so far. Seizure are still running rampant and some days are good with only 4 or5, and some days are not so good with seizures getting up into the twenty somethings. Almost every evening we get outside and pick the garden, pick blueberries, and catch lightening bugs and He LOVES it.. He gets out there and follows Lucy ( black lab) wherever she goes. He is definitely an outdoor kid!!
His mood continues to be pretty good as a whole. As long as nothing bad happens, he does pretty good. The only problem is that it just doesn't take very much to set him off.. Running around in the yard having a blast..... trips and falls... Party is OVER!! He has a complete come apart and the good times are over. It happens just that fast.
Dawson's sleeping is incredible and has been for quite some time. He generally goes to sleep around 9:00 and is sleeping all night long.. I remember ( and i still feel for those who suffer from this...) those spells where the kid would not sleep. Probably the most miserable we've been is during those times. Its hard enough to deal with the seizures, meds, developmental delays, and behavioral problems on a full nights sleep... Take away the ability to get a good nights sleep, and you have misery!!
God bless those of you who deal with what you deal with on no sleep.. So very thankful Dawson at least sleeps through the night. ( knocking on wood)
Thank you for checking in. Thanks for those who pray for Dawson. Please continue to pray that God will intervene and remove these seizures from him..
Jeff and Allison
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Sending love from California to you all.Praying for a low key remainder of the summer and praying,praying,praying for these nasty seizures to make themselves scarce!Like forever.Like yesterday.Mr.Dawson deserves no less.
They should've at least given you something to read before they gae her the shots :( On another note I have a kiddo Dawson's age, and to tell you the truth he's easy to set off. One thing doesn't go his way and boom - now add in all the seizures and meds and crazy brain activity Dawson is dealing with and it seems understandable that he would be short tempered. Not only is he dealing with normal toddler emotions of not understanding, but his are amplified and aggravated by all that his poor little body has to go through. Hang in there.
There are a lot of people praying.
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