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| we arrived in la to beautiful beach weather... |
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| it was bright! |
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| still bright;) |
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| eli is learning to body surf, he loves playing in the waves. he can still stay in the cold water all.day.long. everybody else has to rotate out, but not him. it's crazy. |
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we were finishing up our weekly riding lesson. with only five minutes left eli said he felt dizzy and lightheaded. i thought little of it and told him to cool down his horse, he only had 3 more minutes left. he turned to take the horse back out, but almost immediately turned around and came back.
he got off his horse and sat on the fence, hands on his knees. then his face was in the dirt. he passed out and fell cheek first to the ground. the 5 foot fence separated us, which i could have easily hopped had i been processing properly. but i was not. all i could do was yell, "ELI! ELI! OH MY GOD!" i was frozen scared.
his instructor ran to him and lifted him into his lap, he was also panicked, and kept calling eli's name. then it got worse. eli's arms curled up to his chest and his eyes rolled into the back of his head. he convulsed. i lost it.
i started to dial 911 when i hear eli say, "what's wrong? why are you guys crying?" he was awake, face covered in dirt, and confused as to why lyla and i were in tears. he was white in his lips and face, and weak, but his mind was clear and normal. he reassured me, over and over, that he was okay. the whole episode lasted 10-15 seconds, but felt like hours.
we drove to the er, tears falling down the whole way. mine, not his, of course. and after a few hours, tons of tests, lots of needles and a brain scan. he was fine. they don't know exactly what happened. they think it was "the perfect storm" of low protein, dehydration and possibly his sitting position on the horse. i guess, and hope, we'll never know, because that will mean that this was a one time fluke thing that we will only have to experience this one time and never again. this pic was just a few minutes before he went down...
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| lyla has been feeling bad for quite some time now. she has a constant headache, low energy, and just all around feels bad. she is not the bouncy, energetic, fun girl she used to be. it's been hard. heartbreaking. many tears have been lost by both her and i over this last year. it's beyond frustrating. she went gluten free about a year ago, which seemed to help at first, but over time it's been getting progressively worse. so our pediatrician ordered blood work. just happened to be the same day as eli's draw... |
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| eli's thyroid is still swollen. his blood tests all come back normal, but his iodine uptake is slightly high. for now we are just monitoring it to see what happens. |
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| the kids have been wanting to take riding lessons for a while now. we finally got them set up. it's been fun! |
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| we went camping with the such a fun bunch. the kids had a blast building a cabin in the forest. our campsite was the best, right on the lake. so nice to get away from it all... |
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| the campfire was prime real-estate in the morning and at night |
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| room with a view |
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| the kids spend a majority of their time in the woods adjunct to our campsite. they spent hours back there... |
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| this is what they spend most of their time doing. they found and cut down all of these logs and made this hut, complete with grass flooring. i impressed at their teamwork and ingenuity. |
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| home sweet home...for the weekend. |
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| enjoying the fire |
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| the cabin was right on the lake with such a beautiful view |
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| i love spending time with these people.... |
