always exciting in this house.

this morning as we were getting ready for the day i noticed that a bruise on karens arm had swollen over night very unexpectedly. she bumped her arm about 2 weeks ago and i have been watching it everyday to make sure it was OK. i thought for sure that this was a bad infection the way it looked to me...right away i knew we needed to see a doctor as soon as possible about the elbow.

after karen was dressed we started to walk to the kitchen for breakfast. (karen has been complaining the last few days about being light headed). about 6 steps in karen said she didn't feel well and her leg was spasming. next thing i know she is slumping into my arms mumbling something. we slowly made it to the floor karen was totally out of it. her bad leg and arm (left) were both spasming and her face also seemed to have something was going on, but what i do know is that she was not responding to anything i said even though she seemed to be looking me right in the eye. jenna got me the phone to call 911 and as i talked to the lady karen came around and was her own self. we called her local neurologist, and duke u for advice. both said to go ahead and go to the ER have her elbow checked and get the neurologist on call to look at her.

so, from 9am until 7pm we spent the day at the ER. the first x rayed her elbow and just think it is a bad bruise that will take a long time to heal because of the blood thinner she is on. they put her on an IV to get fluids on her because she either fainted because she was dehydrated or it was a seizure from her tumor. her neurologist upped her seizure meds to take care of the seizure end. we left the ER with a CAT scan CD to take to Duke and our local neurologist so they can make sure nothing new (bad) has happened.

we will work hard to keep her hydrated and hopefully the tumor is stable like it was at duke monday.

last it is always amazing to me how many people are out there ready to help us a at drop of a pin. sure some people have plans that they cannot get out of and that is understandable, but it never takes me long to find what i need to make sure my kids are taken care of and karen is taken care of. we can never thank all of them enough...we have been blessed, and i know that God is working in this situation some how.