Normal EEG!!!!

Dr. Cowley's Nurse called from All Children's and told us that the EEG was normal!

So.... we just have to keep the appointment on August 6th, and wait and watch. With any luck this is the beginning of end of the 'maybe a seizure' story!

EEGs for Grace and Me

Gracie Had Her EEG Today!

The goo they put on the electrodes to stick them to Grace's head made her hair Crazy!

They said that we should hear from our Doctor in 48 hours!

Grace's Favorite part was watching Sponge Bob, while laying in Mommy's lap during the test.

But Mommy liked watching the strobe light!

Dark Knights, Smoky Mountains, and Mad Libs

Gatlinburg July 17-20, 2008

Derema's 8 week picture! A perfect day for it!

We went last Thursday with Don and Derema Bledsoe to Gatlinburg!

The first day we ate at the Pancake House and then saw the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight, which was 3 hours long! Then we ate dinner at the Old Mill in Pigeon Forge.

The second day we spent in the Mountains and visiting the Cherokee Nation in Cherokee, NC.

Then on Sunday before heading home, we ate more pancakes and got an Old Time Photo taken, and then headed out to see the dinosaur museum in Sevierville, Tennessee.

This was Exactly what I was Longing to do with my vacation! Thanks Derema!

A Bear tries to attack me...wants my hamburger and Jasmine Tea....

Sam defending me from the dangerous bear in the Mountain Grill...

Too Bad I spilled the tea anyway....

Standing on the State Line between North Carolina and Tennessee

Up on top of the Memorial at Newfound Gap

Sam and Don heading up the Appalachian Trail...

Here is Don getting ready to pose as a Civil War guy complete with sandals...

This big guy was glad to have us over for lunch on our way out of town,

and he was one of the smaller dinos that I could fit in my lens...

I sent this picture to Billie and told him we should send the Boys.
He's always telling them to go Run-A-Muk

We saw this ad and decided where to go next year....
My favorite is the Bear Wrestling, but Sam wants to go Snipe Hunting.

Appointements and Plans....

Happy Wednesday!

We went to the Pediatrician yesterday and saw Dr. Maurer. They did another blood sugar test and it was 81. Very normal. That was an hour or so after breakfast. So, that is great news.

They have scheduled her an EEG, just as a follow up from Monday's festivities, on July 24th at 8am. We have to be there at 7:30. They said no caffeine or chocolate 12 hrs before. I said, "So, no Mocha Frappachinos then right?" funny except that just Sunday night she had taken a couple of sips of mine...doesn't seem so funny to me now...

Anyway, now we are waiting for the nurse at the Pediatrician to make another appointment for us. They are sending her to a Neurologist just for follow up.

They have given us the go ahead for our Gatlinburg trip though, and she is just as cute as a button today! She's running and dancing, and everything.

Notes on Ian...

We are here at Doo Wop, and Sarah had put Ian down on the floor on a little changing pad so he could kick for awhile.

He has been playing there for about a half and hour now!

He laughed at Troy, who was teasing him that he has big ole Turkey Legs. Then he started using his feet to push himself up further and further and further, until now he has almost shoved himself off the mat at the top!

He's still laughing and talking. Every time they start up the music, his eyes get huge and he starts kicking again!

Bye!

Ps- Jon is in town, and Thomas thinks that is the best thing in the world! :-)

Here we are at dinner. Jon is explaining to Thomas why he should always tell waiters,

"Thank You," whenever they bring his drink with a lid. We got Thomas a milkshake!

Gracie and the Amazing Ambulance Ride

Well, you may or may not have heard yet, but we had an adventure yesterday! All is well now and we are off to the pediatrician....

At 7am yesterday morning, I heard Grace cough and I went to get her out of her crib. She had spit up a little, and I got her up. She seemed fine if not a bit sleepy. I took her in the bathroom and she indicated she was thirsty, but wouldn't take a drink. So I took her back to bed with me.

At 10am we were in the car getting ready to go to school and as I buckled Thomas in, I noticed that Grace, who had never fully woken up again (even as I got her dressed), was starring at me, vacantly, and vomiting clear liquid.

I ran around and unbuckled her, and her face was pale and lips very blue. She had stopped getting sick, this only last a few secondly probably, but you know how fast you move at times like this, and I noticed that she was chewing on her tongue.

Instinctively, I figured she had probably gotten hold of a toy and was choking, so I put my finger in her mouth and tried to get it open. She gave me the oddest look, as if trying to figure something out, and chewed on my finger. It was like, "is this right?"

I pulled her out of her seat and she relaxed and started to fall asleep.

I called Mom and she came right over. We spent a few minutes trying to get her awake and she would come to for short periods, but then go back to sleep.

Finally I took her to the ER at Baptist East in the car. I had to stop and get gas on the way there, because I was below empty! Mom took Thomas to school, and Sam had to stay at the house because we had people on the way to work on our house!

Grace and I went to Baptist East, She slept the whole way there, where I have found they address you much more quickly when you first walk in the door with a little kid. At Kosair, everyone who walks in the front door has a little one in their arms in dire need of help.

We got seen reasonably quickly, about 10 min. And then she fell asleep fairly soon again thereafter.

Here I had asked Grace, "Where is Grace's Nose? Where is Grace's Eyes?"

And She correctly found them, this is long before she had come out of her "state" she was in.

They did blood work, and her blood sugar only came up 47! So, they gave her some Glucose, and it shot up so high it read, "Critically High" so they waited 10 minutes and re-read it. It then read, 563! (That's really high, if you aren't familiar with blood sugar issues...)

When they first gave her the Glucose she woke up and came to completely. She stood up and looked at Mom and I, and said, "I Down!" "I Go!" and fussed at the male nurse for messing with her IV. This was especially amazing since she didn't even wake when they put the IV in!

But shortly after they gave her the Glucose, maybe 5 minutes, she got very nauseated and passed out again. After about 10 minutes, the main Physician came in and used an ammonia capsule to wake her up. She came right out of it fighting but fell asleep again.

Between the time they had first taken the blood (so before we knew how low it was) and when they gave her the Glucose, they took us back for a CT Scan of her head, which she totally slept through. And then a chest X-ray, which she woke up enough to sit up and look around very confused, while I held her still. I think she thought this was all a dream.

Finally, around 1pm they took a urine sample, just to be sure, as everything else had come back perfectly normal, including the CT Scan, the Chest X-ray, etc. Everything except for the blood sugar and her white blood cells being elevated, which all supported the idea she had possibly had an early morning seizure. This last test brought her up out of her deep sleep though, and she was ready to play!

By 1:15, she woke up and started playing with toys, as if nothing had ever happened. "Bubbles" she would say. And pretend to blow bubbles to her dolls. She would wave to all the nurses and lean way over sideways around her curtain to yell, "Hieeee!" at doctors and nurses who were trying to work at the station outside.

Her primary male nurse, Mom told me later, came in after one of these, 'greetings' and said to her, "I don't think we've met." which he had been working on her all day, but never had seen her conscious like this before, "It's nice to meet you." and she offered him a baby doll!

Everyone could instantly tell the difference.

Dr. Maurer asked us to go on down to Kosair for observation.

Here is Grace getting ready for take off! When we were in the Ambulance, she would yell, "Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!" Whenever it would hit a bump! The man on the right here thought that was hilarious!

The Kosair Ambulance team showed up at 2:45 and strapped her into her car seat on the stretcher. We sat in a little ER room, an hour and a half of which Grace took her regular afternoon nap (Mommy wishes she could have at that point) while I ran down to McDonald's for breakfast at 4pm! Then at 6pm we were released to go home. By 6:30pm we were headed home to Mimi's house, where I did crash for a very long nap!

These were taken of Grace at Kosair where Mimi played with her for 3 or 4 hours in our room where they left us with no toys, no food, no drinks, a tv that was not on, literally nothing to do, but Mimi saved the day. Here Grace and Mimi sing into the "Microphone", which is the un-used oxygen meter they still had attached on her toe!

Everything turned out ok, they said she had probably had a seizure at the 7am time and that's what I had heard. Everything else I observed was probably follow up behavior to that seizure. Some people will sleep for 3 to 4 hours after a seizure!

If all else goes according to our hopes and prayers, we'll never hear another thing from any of this. If not, and she would happen to have another, we are supposed to take her back to the ER, and we'll run more tests. God can handle it. I figured that out, yet again, yesterday.

Gracie is totally recovered and herself again today! Here she is this evening with Mimi and Gannie in the backyard watching the boys playing!

MJ

I give Up and Embrace The Blog

Welcome to the

Mary and Sam Conver Family Page

I cannot avoid this thing any longer. Plus, the idea really is great, I love the concept of staying connected and all that... It's just that...well...

Ok, fine, I'll say it, I really have a MAJOR PET PEEVE about the term

'BLOG.' Sounds like "Barf!" combined with "Frog." If you eat a bad frog, you end up with a bad "Blog". {Sam says that only works if the word was "Blarf!" But It's my narrative so Bpllafff! -How do you spell a nasty sound?}

And, just for those who are interested, I also have a big pet peeve with the term, 'Pet Peeve' as well as placing quotes around a word in a section of prose.

All that out of my system, Here is the Official....

Mary and Sam Conver Family Page (Again)

Grace and Thomas last summer in the Ocean at St. Simon's Island. 2007

So, as usual, the only real contribution I have to offer, is a bunch of pictures of us, so here you go. To start off, my favorites..... And then I have to go work! Mary

Our Lots of Pictures Section!

Left: Easter 2008

Below: Thomas Meets Grace the 1st Time!

Finally a Family of Four! Elizabeth Grace Conver Arrived 2/1/2007

Above: Four Generations (Including Me Behind the Camera!) Here, you see Mrs. Rutherford Meeting Grace for the 1st Time!

Happy Halloween 2007!
Tinker Bell & Peter Pan at Forest Park Church!

Last but Not Least....

Bye till Next Time!