I've Been Tagged

Thanks Vicki at http://hollyzzdavis.blogspot.com/ for tagging me with this meme:

The Rules:
1. Link your tagger and list these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog. Some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as linking to their blogs.
4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

I apologize now for the incredibly boring list you're about to read. Sorry, no cool pics.

1. My nick-name from my childhood best friend's dad was Donna Doo-Doo. Don't know why, never figured it out, never wanted to.

2. I love Taco Bell's Frito Burrito and wanted to protest when they quit making them.

3. I've always wanted to climb Mt. Everest. Backpacking in Alaska is the closest I've come.

4. I sucked my thumb until I was in high school.

5. I'm 39 1/2 and I've never made a Thanksgiving or Christmas turkey or ham.

6. I want to move to North Carolina before I die.

7. Bodily function sounds crack me up!

Okay, sorry, that's the best I could do....and it took 2 days to think of. You watch, I think of some great things after I post this.....nah!

Your turn. Here's who's tagged next. If you've already been tagged....hopefully I'll get to catch up on my blog-reading soon.

http://rismoody.blogspot.com/
http://joyfulhomemaker.blogspot.com/
http://landonandrew.blogspot.com/
http://lifewithmyxmen.blogspot.com/
http://mommyluann.blogspot.com/
http://myfivemen.blogspot.com/
http://xdadxdad.wordpress.com/

Dad Update; Argh! on Drugs; Nine Years; And Poop Galore

After a week of being with my dad, I'm back home now. The Lord let me leave with more peace than I thought I could have. During the day before I left, my dad was very coherent and his speech was great. He was very tired and sleepy still, but he didn't have many disoriented moments. They have him on Tylenol now instead of the morphine. His bandages are off to expose the staples (27 of them!). My mom said he had a very good and restful night last night. He was able to eat food (dysphasia diet), and his swallowing test came back clear. So please continue to be praying for a full recovery and for him to get out of ICU, and also for no other issues to arise. And keep praying for him to come to know the Lord as his Savior through all this.

Now the yuck part. We're still working on the medication stuff for Ian. It's been a bit of a contention area. I think we aren't giving it enough time, not to mention it doesn't seem really fair to judge it after only 3 weeks, when one of those weeks has been complete chaos for Ian...mom gone for a week, dad taking care of them, other caregivers taking care of them, and green snotty nose. Hmmmm, sounds like enough to throw ME over! So, we've taken him off the Strattera and have an appointment with the new neurologist on the 24th....hoping for a cancellation before then.

Today is our 9 year wedding anniversary! We both agree that we are even more in love now than when we first married. The Lord can do great and amazing things. He really has shown us a lot during our marriage, especially during these hard 3 years of our 3 childrens' diagnoses. I've decided that for us there are 2 options in our life circumstance....we either work together, or we don't. And our working together has to include the Lord as head of our marriage. He's much better at peace than we are. Anyhoo, I'm very fortunate to have Jim as my husband, best friend, and daddy of my children.

I can't forget to mention my darling Avery. In the last week she has twice disappeared to bathroom with us knowing. Then we hear a sweet little, "Mommy!" or "Daddy!" By the smell on our way to the bathroom, we know what to expect. Our little girl has gone poop completely on her own! I am sooo happy and soooo proud.