October 8, 2009
I'm sure everyone out there is used to hearing this, but I am sorry for the time lapse between updates, things have just been really hectic around here lately.
 
Logan's birthday went really well and my family had a huge party for him.  There were lots of gifts, food, and two huge cakes with jungle animals on them.  We all sat out until late in the day just spending time with each other.  We left around 8 so that we could get Logan home and get Logan into bed at a decent time.  He stayed up for a few more hours, running around like a madman until he finally crashed. 
 
He spent most of the next day sleeping and we thought that it was perfectly normal, he was just tired, but then he slept most of the next day too, and we just couldn't wake him up, he would just go back to sleep.  On Monday I called the hospital and they told me to come in and that they were admitting him.  I brought him in and they immediately took us to PICU where he first had a CT scan.  Then they did an EEG on him, which is where they stick about 27 different electrodes on his head and monitor his brain waves.  Both of those tests came back just fine.  After that, around the time that Dave got out of work and came to the hospital, they did a spinal tap on him.
 
After a little while he woke up, and, later in the evening we were transferred to another room off of the PICU floor.  He didn't sleep well that night and we were up most of the night, sleeping for only about four hours.  I hated not sleeping, but at least it was good that he was awake for a little while.  In the morning they sedated him and did an MRI on him, it took almost two hours for them to do it.  When Dr. Mageed came in he said that Logan was tired because he had pressure on his brain from fluid being on his brain.  When they did the spinal tap it relieved that pressure.  He said that if it kept happening than they will have to put a shunt in.  So home we went again.
 
The next week, Logan started school at a local school for the oral/deaf.  He goes for three hours a day and he even gets to ride a bus there and back since the school is about 20 minutes away.  The class has two other little boys in there who are younger than Logan.  One of them has just learned to walk just like Logan.  Their names are Evin and Kaleb and they are both adorable.  His teacher's name is Jenny and she has been working at the school for 9 years now, so she is used to working with children his age.  There is also a helper in the room named Pat.  The first day of school was really hard.  There was a mixup with the school bus and so we ended up taking him to school ourselves. 
 
While I wanted him to be there with other children, learning to use his hearing aids, I was terrified to let him leave.  What if something happened to him if I wasn't there?  What would they do?  They didn't know him, they wouldn't be able to understand him like I did.  I think most of all I was scared for me, not for him.  I didn't know how to be alone without him.  So, leaving that classroom was some of the hardest steps I had to take.  I had to hurry before I changed my mind, and I cried going out the door.  Thankfully Dave had taken a few hours off so that he could be there with me.
 
That was a couple of weeks ago now and I am a little more used to it.  But, I've been sick lately and Logan has had a very aggressive ear infection that we're on antibiotic #4 now to try and clear up.  There is one other thing though, please today pray for Alyssa's family.  Today is the one year anniversary of her death and I'm sure that they could use everyone's love and support.