Summer in review

We did a very bad job of keeping our blog up to date this summer. Here's some pix to share the fun we had.

Ammon's first day of kindergarten 9/1/09

Our boy is off to kindergarten and the beginning of the next 15 years of his life (should we be so blessed). Since Ammie has intellectual delays he will get to go to public school until he is 21.

He was so very excited that he has been wearing his backpack since Friday! He did great and can't wait to go back tomorrow. I'll post some pictures.

Ammon's near drowning on August 5, 2009

I will never get used to these seizures of Ammon's. He has a major one at least once a week and still, my heart races with worry and anxiety.

This afternoon I dropped Taisha off at Chinese class and took K, Caden and Lan to the canyon park. Its a lovely oasis and my kids love to go here. It has a tiny stream that is rocked and cemented over that runs through the middle of it so kids can get in and cool off. I watched Ammon get in and squeal with glee as this is his favorite thing in the world. The water only comes to just about his shins but it does move with some force. I had my Blackberry and was checking email. It hadn't been more than 5 seconds since I watched Ammie and I heard Lan scream, "Ammon's down!"

I had been sitting on the bank and it took me about three big steps to get in the water and to him. He was having a seizure and had gone down face first. His face was completely submerged and the water was pushing him down stream. I frantically pulled him out and he gasped for air. By the time I had him laid down on the grass a male nurse was by my side assisting me. I could hear people in the background shouting, "I know CPR. Do you need my help?" Obviously they figured the seizure they were witnessing was due to a near drowning. K ran to the car and got Ammie's diastat and we administered 10 mgs. Ammie's eyelid, cheek and ankle were rubbed raw by the push of the water into the rocks and cement of the ditch.

Thank heavens the seizure ended and Ammon hadn't swallowed water. That is one advantage to not breathing when a seizure starts. I thanked the male nurse and told him he was an angel. He laughed and replied that he was actually from Pergatory.... That made me laugh too. He works at the local jail which is called Pergatory and he deals with alot of seizures but those are drug or alchohal induced.

I strapped Ammie into the car and was so rattled still that I backed into a car parked behind me and scraped up her hood and put a big dent in it. She was very kind as she had just witnessed the whole scene in the stream. PHEW. I got home and Ammie dressed in jammies and asleep and decided to calm my nerves and eat...and broke my tooth! At this rate I'll fry my computer before I finish this email. I think I will just put myself in bed where nothing much else can go wrong.