Meet Cody

Meet the new addition to our family, we adopted cody today from the humane society!! Cody is a Pomeranian dog and very very small. Cody is very very playful, He loves squeky toys and wants to play all the time! We will really have our hands full with this little guy,but aleast I will have someone to keep me company while Russ works late alot..

I Love the SunShine!!

A few days ago I went shopping and those of you who know me well know that I hate shopping alone well i went shopping and bought some sandles! I am so excited for summer and the weather to be Warm. I also bought a new bed set finally after two and half years we have our very own set and I love them!! Russell's hand-me-down comforter I was really beginning to not like it..it was getting so old... I am so ready for the Sunshine and I am just waiting for the pool to open up my swimming suit arrived today from Khol's..I'm excited..

An Amazing Trip to the Temple and Russell's 25th Birthday

Russell's Birthday was Friday April 10th He works alot so he decided to take the weekkend off and relax. The day started with the alarm system at pizza hut so he had to go in on his day off! It turns out that it was just his truck driver being stupid!
We had planned on going to the Draper temple since we were not able to see the dedication since that was the sunday I had my seizure! I really wanted to do sealing but russ said we needed a reservation for that! Well when he finally got home and we were getting our temple clothes ready we found a stain on his pants so we decided well we can just rent some pants at the temple.
We were getting ready to leave when his lead driver called in and would not be able to go into work because he had to go to the hospital and have surgery so russ had to find someone to cover for him!
When we finally got to the temple it was 2pm the temple works asked if we had a reservation well no.. we didn't think we need one to do endowments. well they said we could wait they had two spots for the 3pm session so we stayed, but then we found out that Draper Temple is considered a smaller temple so they have no where to rent anything but they said we could run to the Jordan River Temple and borrow some pants but we needed to hurry. When we got back and changed we barely missed the session! The lady that showed we where the chapel was then came back and said that the need another couple to do sealing! I was shocked and super excited so we hurried and changed and then when we turned to corner there was Bro. Fairborne who sealed us in the Jordan River temle!! I was so fun to see him again! I could feel the spirit and the love that Heavenly Father and Christ for me and each of us
it was amazing!!
Oh so I need to back up to thursday we were going to go to the bee's baseball game with his dad and well I dont know her name.., but it was canceled so we went to dinner I hate fish even the smell makes me sick but it was three to one so I lost and we went to Joes Crab Shack i even ate crab for russ since it was his b-day the below picture is while the servers sang Happy Birthday when ever they pointed to him he had to yell "I'm a pretty pretty princess" it was pretty funny!
Saturday we went to see Richard in his last ballroom concert at B.Y.U. I love going to the concert I'm a little sad it was his last one. I am also excited for him and to see what the future holds for them
Easter was a great day the resurection means so much more for me this year with grampa Haws dieing recently and I am greatful for the gospel and the knowledge that I have that I will be able so see him again some day!

New Chairs!

We Finally bought chairs for our table. This table really belongs to Richard (Russell's older brother) we have had the table for along time now and have only had one broken chair!
We finally went to the D.I again the same place we bought our dresser from a couple of weeks ago, it was so nice to finally eat dinner at table tonight instead of on our bed where we usually eat. hopefully soon we will be able to buy a few more chairs so we can have company over to eat!

The Doctor Said

We made it to the doctor yesterday. We returned to Dr. Skuster, who I had gone to when I first had seizures. Back then, I thought she was nice, but she was totally against me dating my boyfriend at the time. Being young and foolish, I decided I wanted to switch doctors. We found Dr. James and started going there.

Looking back, I really shouldn't have ever gone to Dr. James. Her office staff has always been amazingly unhelpful. With this last go around and worrying about seizures, they could barely be troubled to call in a prescription, let alone get Dr. James to call me.

With my seizure on Sunday, Russ called around on Monday to find me a doctor's appointment. I had found Dr. Skuster's number on the Blue Cross Blue Shield website and we lucked out with being able to get in for Wednesday - there was a cancellation.

Our office visit was so nice. The nurses took my weight and my blood pressure and actually cared about how I was doing. Dr. Skuster was very attentive when
she met with me. She was asking a lot of questions to find out how I was feeling and what I needed from her. We talked a lot about the medication and how I will have to take Lamictal for the rest of my life. I hate being on medicine, but the good news is that a very low dose has been able to control my seziures. With such a low dose and Lamitcal being a safe medicine for pregnancy anyway, it means that I shouldn't have anything to worry about when I do get pregnant.

Dr. James has said that I was going to be fine off the drugs. We stepped down my dosage under her supervision. She never took any tests; then again, she never seemed to care either. Just six months after I was off the medicine, I had a seizure.

Dr. Skuster was very helpful. She felt that if/when I do become pregnant that I should come to see her more often. I will probably have to be on medicine forever. She didn't see the need to run more tests since the brain does not redevelop, and that the lamitcal was able to control any seizures, she determined the best was just to go back on the lamitcal.

When the time comes that I am pregnant, Dr. Skuster wanted me to register on some website with Harvard to help track any effects that could be connected. Again, Lamitcal is the safest medicine they know of, but there is always some risk I suppose.

I am glad my sweet husband was there with me at the doctor. I am thankful that we were able to get in so quickly and that even though I don't particularily enjoy the outcome, I am glad that we have some answers.

Thank you for your support lately. I appreciate all the responses to the last post. I love you all!

Blessings of a Hard Day

Hello everybody. Today, we have a bit of a change of sorts. I am Russell, Mikelle's husband. She asked me to write this note and post it about our day.

For those who have not heard, Mikelle has had seizures throughout her life. The two big ones were back in March of 2004. These two big seizures were what brought her home from Snow College. Mikelle has been on medication since that has controlled them.

Recently, Mikelle was able to slowly step down her dosage and eventually stop taking the pills, all according to doctors' guidelines. We were told she would probably never have a seizure again.

My day began with a fright today as I heard Mikelle scream. I thought she was having a nightmare and got scared enough to yell. I shot awake and threw off my covers as I turned to face her. I was now realizing what was happening and quickly grabbed hold of her. She brought her arms down and began to shake, though not with much force. I also reached up my hand to her head and gave her a quick priesthood blessing. Her body went back to sleeping after about a minute and then she quickly awoke to my speech.

She was responding to me, but refused to use any words. She kept to simple Uh Huh and Nut Uh responses. She was being quite affectionate, but when I asked her what my name was, she gave me a very puzzled look. She did not know what had just occured. I called her parents house (it took me six calls to reach somebody) and finally got in touch with Maura. I was very persistent in asking Mikelle to use her words to talk to me, but she was very stubborn. Finally, she rolled over and fell asleep for about ten seconds.

When she turned back over, she was much more coherrent and immediately began talking to me again. She had completely forgot the previous ten minutes. She knew all normal information and told me that I was Russell. I told her a few times that she had gone through a seizure, but she did not seem to mind. I thought this was strange because back in February when we thought she had a seizure, she was quite upset with the whole thing and cried for a solid thirty minutes. She was talking well with me and had no complaints about her feeling sore or tired.

Mikelle and I kept talking for about thirty minutes, both very sleepy and Mikelle dosing in and out. Eventually, Myrlynn called up and talked to Mikelle. Mikelle was very concerned when Myrlynn told her that I had called them and told them about her seizure. She had dismissed the last forty minutes as part of her dream.

Mikelle seemed much more able to handle the news this time of actually having a seizure than last times possible seizure - which we now believe did not happen. While she did have a bit of a crying session and felt a little depressed about the situation, I feel that she is handling it well. Her neck and head hurt and she feels like she has a bit of a fever, but I think she will recover just fine. We have her back on her medicine and it has been able to control them in the past.

We are very thankful that it happened on a Sunday. I work every other day of the week and finding somebody to cover shifts is not always the easiest. We are glad that I was there and that we know rather than simply guessing and worrying. We can address the problem and get past it. Special thanks go out to my mother who went to the grocery store for us today to pick up Boysenberry Syrup for Mikelle's pancakes.

We are thankful for our knowledge of the Gospel and the peace and strength it brings in hard times. We do not know why Mikelle has seizures exactly. We do not understand why God chose Mikelle for this trial. We do know that God loves us and He has a plan for us. Bumps in the road help us to remember to trust Him. We are not worried about what is to come. "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." (Philippians 4:13) We will be okay. Most importantly, Mikelle is okay. She will be just fine and we will get back to enjoying life.

Photo Tag

My friend Lizzy photo tagged me... open the 6th folder take the 6th picture and post it!! Russell and I went bowling for a pizza hut party... I tag anyone that feels like doing this tag...