Not Doing Well At This

Well, I'm not doing very well at this. I don't expect others to read this but I do need a place to keep track of thoughts and make it available for those who care. Anders had his second echo cardiogram on Thursday as there was a concern from his primary care physician that he may have a "hole" in his heart. I had already resigned myself to the fact that he would need the relatively routine surgery. I guess I was wrong, not about the routine nature, but about Anders having the defect. All clear on the heart. We are now waiting to find out why his oxygen levels are not normal and we have tried using oxygen on him the past few evenings but he really doesn't appreciate having tubes jammed up his nose with air blowing into him. We are going to have to come up with another method to ensure that he is getting enough oxygen.

Kara is in Alexandria this weekend, so A2 (that is what I call Anika and Anders) and I went to the mall to pick up my wedding ring that needed to be resized 2 sizes larger; one of Anika's birthday presents and make sure I got my coffee. We also played in the playland and got McD's. Anders was ok, but we did have about a 10 minute meltdown in JcP that I thought would require us to head home, but he seemed to resolve it himself and we continued on.

We are going to participate in the MN Buddy Walk on September 21 in St. Paul at Como Park. I set up his first donation page (www.firstgiving.com/andersjones) to raise money for Friendship, an organization that provides opportunities for the developmentally disabled. Not your normal way of raising money, participating in one event and raise money for another organization. But at the end of the day, it really does all end up in the same place.

So, when is the next time I'm going to post?