12.26.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 2:32 am by LadyHawk
The first thing I want to say is that so many people has lost the sight of real Christmas. Christmas isn’t about all the gifts that you can give or receive. Sponge and I both thank God for a wonderful family. That is what Christmas is about… We can hold onto that not just during the holiday season but all year long.
We had a great friend and family member come ”Home” for Christmas. It was great to have him home for Christmas. We waited until he came home to cut down our ”Charlie Brown” Christmas tree. Then he helped us decorate it. Just his company was a pure blessing. Thank you Crash (John Miller) for being such a wonderful friend and person. We love you and appreciate your friendship.
Sponge and I had a wonderful Christmas together. We didn’t have alot of money and could not get our children alot of gifts. But Ally and Alex were both happy with the gift that we did get them. It wasn’t about the gift it was the thought we put into it. Not only did we specially pick the gifts out for our kids, we also hand made cookies for them as a stocking stuffer. We enjoyed taking the time to do these things for them. It was all about them because that is the way it should be. You should always put your children first, it is more rewarding then you can ever imagine. We love our kids and that is just the way it should be. Kids should always be first in your life. Then everything else just works itself out. Children are God’s wonderful gift to this world and I could not ask for more.
Not only that I was really looking forward to going to see my family for Christmas. I wasn’t able to see them last year because they did not allow my children to come with. My children will always come first and I would never be without them. Expecially not on Christmas day and no other time. Well we were actually invited as a family this year. I didnt think that I was going to be able to go home for Christmas because of my car being broke down. Well my mother and soon to be sister-in-law drove down to pick us up and bring us home so that we could come home for Christmas. They dont know how much that meant to me. I cried when I thought that I would not be able to come home for Christmas. They gave me a wonderful Christmas present. Thank you to a great sister-in-law and a wonderful mother and father. Love you guys…. It was good to see you on Christmas day…
Now we are back home and happier then ever. Thank you God for the best Christmas ever…
LadyHawk
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12.24.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 5:26 pm by Sponge_Daddy
This is our first Christmas as a family. I am so looking forward to the “peace” part. On Friday the four of us plus Crash Miller went and picked out a tree, cut it down ourselves and set it up in the living room. It kind of looks like a Charlie Brown tree, but I wanted to show the kids the joy of having a live tree that you pick out of the wilderness yourselves.
Tonight the kids are at their Mom’s and Jamie and I plan on wrapping the kids gifts and sipping hot chocolate.
Tomorrow the kids open their presents then we head to Louisville for the day to visit family. It has been 6 months since we left. I do not miss much up there, but some of our friends I miss dearly.
Merry Christmas to all.
Sponge, Jamie, Ally & Alex.
(by the way, Ally got a 51, 52, and 53 on her PSAT test.)
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12.14.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 11:11 am by Sponge_Daddy
Three weeks ago I finally got to give myself my first injection of methotrexate. For more info on the drug, click here.
This is the only strong drug for Crohn’s that I can afford with government health care. While there are better drugs available, I simply cannot afford them with Medicare. (Rest assured, I will be spewing about that later.) But beggars cannot really be choosers, right?
The side effects from this medicine can be awful and at times fatal, so I had to endure a battery of tests (including a rather painful liver biopsy) before being allowed to start the drug.
I now have to go for blood tests every week to make sure that the methotrexate is not destroying my liver, but that is not that big of a deal.
What is much more troubling is the way I feel the day after the injection. The first week I was just a bit tired the next day. Last week it started out the same, but got worse as the day progressed. I felt as if I had been hit by a truck 20 times in a row. Every part of my body hurt and the fatigue was as bad as it has ever been. I laid down on the couch and did not get back up until Ally got home from school. Finding the energy to go get a drink or to the toilet was as futile as finding a totally honest politician.
Today I drove Ally to school, but as of 9 am I feel that deep fatigue starting to creep back in. I keep being told by Ally & Jamie to take it easy. Today I really do not have a choice, I do not have much energy to put out. What I do have I will save for family time tonight.
I do not like feeling like this, but hopefully it will close the fistula and help me get off of prednisone.
Swords almost always have two edges, do they not?
Be well,
Sponge
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12.12.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 3:02 pm by Sponge_Daddy
Hello all. The internet was just connected yesterday. There are many many things going on, which I will blog about soon. For now I invite you all to read the latest essay, “Home” and comment below.
We missed you all as well!
Be well,
Sponge
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