Downward Dog Isaiah is a ball of energy, completely normal except for rare moments when he complains of pain or itchiness. It's almost easy to forget he just had major cranial surgery...if it weren't for the nasty scar zigzagging across his head!   ¶ 7:08 PM 11Mana'o

  Home We came home on Tuesday. Isaiah was doing phenomenally well. His last day in the hospital he was already off morphine and did not want meds. So when we got home, I didn't fill out his prescriptions right away. The next day he complained of pain so I went to get it filled, only for them to tell me that he HAS NO COVERAGE. I was so upset, because no amount of telling them that we've had the same insurance for 16 years is gonna get them to believe it. I stood there in disbelief, crying, because I had a son at home complaining of pain that plain Tylenol was not relieving. I ended up having to take him to the emergency room for pain relief. Poor guy. (It turns out that because they are twins they were supposed to have separate insurance cards, for some reason they only recognize the first twin otherwise...I know, I don't get it either...he's gotten meds BEFORE)
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  Update Surgery went perfectly. It lasted 5 hours, and Isaiah was stable throughout. He is still in the ICU, but hopefully he'll get a floor bed tomorrow. He is on a continuous morphine drip that also lets him press a button for more when he has pain. Last night was pretty difficult as he felt extremely thirsty but threw up all night long. The nurse in me said "only let him have a sip" the mother in me said "give the poor kid as much as he wants!" He's keeping everything down now, what a relief.
Right now his main complaint is itchiness and there's nothing he wants more than to take the bandages off, his head is wrapped like a mummy. I have lots of pics and will post them when we get home! It's looking hopeful that he'll be home soon, he's already playing his Nintendo DS : )  ¶ 7:35 PM 8Mana'o

  This is it! Isaiah is in surgery as I type this (The Ronald McDonald House has a Family Room in the hospital with computer access, seriously, God bless them!) We've been here since 8am, and all I can do is wait until it's all over. He was in good spirits all the way until we took him to the OR, where he took one look around at all the scary equipment and people dressed like martians and he burst into tears, making me break my vow to stay strong for him and I cried right along.

Last night, however, he was such a trooper when it came to his blood test. We talked about it and he said "I'm gonna be brave" and boy was he! He told me I didn't need to hold his arm, he was gonna stay still, and not only did he not cry, he laughed when she stuck the needle in, making me worry she might think I abuse him or something, if he thinks needle pokes are fun...
lol

Anyway, I'll be on here updating as I can. Thanks for those of you who are checking in : )
love ya  ¶ 1:05 PM 4Mana'o

  6 Random Things About Me   ¶ 8:56 PM 4Mana'o

  Starting Over Well, I got shy just a little bit and made a stupid mistake. Heath Ledger died and I posted a hot pic of him once a long time ago, so all of a sudden I was getting 2,000 hits a day and I just felt a little embarassed about my little blog so decided to move it to another site, thinking it was temporary. Well, some hack took my original address so I'm stuck here in neverland. If you're here, glad you found me. Let's start over : )

Nothing here but lots of gloomy weather but just wanted to update and let you know Z's surgery is FEB 15th. Please keep him in your hearts and prayers. Thanks  ¶ 9:43 PM 7Mana'o