Yes I am learning to quilt! The Texas Grammas are a great group of women that quilt blankets for babies and toddlers and cancer patients in the local hospitals and surrounding towns. They are a very talented group and make some really beautiful designs and color combinations. They are always looking for donations of sheets, drapes, or fabric to make squares.
I am just beginning to help put the quilts together with a tie in the center of the squares.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Monday, February 27, 2012
WOW!
WOW! "Miss Q" has gone 10 days without a seizure!! That's the longest she has gone without at least a little seizure in years!! Keep your fingers crossed.
In the mean time my cousin in is a hospital in Florida with heart, kidney and liver problems. Spoke with him breifly this morning and he is feeling pretty awful but he did talk to me.
GUESS WHAT?? No rain and it's going up to 80 degrees today!!! YEAH! Maybe we will have a chance to see some sites and visit the wildlife reserve, Rio Grande and South Padre Island. It is cloudy today but we plan on golfing tomorrow and maybe see some sites on Thurs.
They have some interesting shopping opportunities here. How about a drive in that is really a drive thru building? You shop from your car!! I hope to get a picture to share with you soon.
In the mean time my cousin in is a hospital in Florida with heart, kidney and liver problems. Spoke with him breifly this morning and he is feeling pretty awful but he did talk to me.
GUESS WHAT?? No rain and it's going up to 80 degrees today!!! YEAH! Maybe we will have a chance to see some sites and visit the wildlife reserve, Rio Grande and South Padre Island. It is cloudy today but we plan on golfing tomorrow and maybe see some sites on Thurs.
They have some interesting shopping opportunities here. How about a drive in that is really a drive thru building? You shop from your car!! I hope to get a picture to share with you soon.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Lennox-Gasteau Syndrome help??!
Apparently, Miss Q's neurologist thinks that her new "loss of balance" is seizure related afterall. But, alas, there is a new drug for Lennox-Gasteau Sydrome for the very first time that may help control her seizure activity. I am trying not to be too hopeful but am so happy that someone is finally (after 44 years) looking at a drug to help her. She has been on every drug know to help her, but nothing, not even the VNS has eliminated her seizure activity. This new drug is Onfi and the discription of the drug and effects can be found on the internet.
We just hope it helps!!!!
We just hope it helps!!!!
Thursday, February 9, 2012
GOOD NEWS! And elephant ears!
Great news(I think)! Miss "Q"s tests came back normal!! The doc says he will continue to monitor and see what happens next. I have a call in to the nurse to see what other tests can be used to determine the cause of this "loss of balance"!
In the meantime we are enjoying the tastes of Texas!!! I stumbled into a grocery store in Alamo, TX and lo and behold they make their own tortillas, tostata shells and what I call ELEPHANT EARS!! Yeah! I bought a six pack of yummy sugarery, and cinnamon sweet chrispy delights!! I can have one with breakfast coffee, afternoon pick-me-up, dinner desert!!! They cost $2.00 for all six!!! They also have fresh dough to fry my own tortillas!! I see why it is so difficult for people from Mexico to diet when all this food is so good! Ahhh lifes little pleasures!
In the meantime we are enjoying the tastes of Texas!!! I stumbled into a grocery store in Alamo, TX and lo and behold they make their own tortillas, tostata shells and what I call ELEPHANT EARS!! Yeah! I bought a six pack of yummy sugarery, and cinnamon sweet chrispy delights!! I can have one with breakfast coffee, afternoon pick-me-up, dinner desert!!! They cost $2.00 for all six!!! They also have fresh dough to fry my own tortillas!! I see why it is so difficult for people from Mexico to diet when all this food is so good! Ahhh lifes little pleasures!
Monday, February 6, 2012
Loss of Balance
My oldest child"Q" has been suffering from a strange "loss of balance"! She has been having seizures since she was 3 years old but this is different! We are waiting for the results of an MRI and a "dopler" exam of her artery that was done last Monday. It seems like a week should be long enough!
After looking up on the internet "TIA"! She may be experiencing those symptoms and if so it could lead to a stroke. She could be a perfect candidate for a blocked artery as her father has had a heart by-pass and her mother has 3 stents in her arteries.
We just have to wait and see!
After looking up on the internet "TIA"! She may be experiencing those symptoms and if so it could lead to a stroke. She could be a perfect candidate for a blocked artery as her father has had a heart by-pass and her mother has 3 stents in her arteries.
We just have to wait and see!
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Alamo, AGAIN!!!!
I thought that if you went to The Alamo once that would be enough!!! OH!! But what about Alamo, TX?
My travel companion discovered on Feb. 1st that the RV resort in Riviera only accepted two dogs and lo and behold we have three. So a quick phone call to the site and the manager would not be in until 3 and we needed an answer before that!! So here we were stuck without a home for a month. So we get out the Texas campground book and start looking for places. The TC(travel companion) found a place in the valley near Pharr, TX where we will be staying for the month of March. We called and they had two places available for the month so we took one!
It is very nice here with permanent homes as well as motor homes, and 5th wheels. They even have a dog park!!
It's not only close to Pharr but next door to Pharr as all the little towns here run into the other without you even realizing you left one town for another.
So so much for the Gulf and watching the waves come in and go out and listening to the sea gulls!! I guess TC doesn't like the ocean as well as I thought she would.... So much for Corpus Cristy, and Riviera, maybe next time!!
At least we finally found sunshine and warm temperatures!! We went golfing with a group from here yesterday and then took a dip in the pool!! I LOVE the sun and warm!!!!! TC found a bridge game for tomorrow so all is right with the World!!!
My travel companion discovered on Feb. 1st that the RV resort in Riviera only accepted two dogs and lo and behold we have three. So a quick phone call to the site and the manager would not be in until 3 and we needed an answer before that!! So here we were stuck without a home for a month. So we get out the Texas campground book and start looking for places. The TC(travel companion) found a place in the valley near Pharr, TX where we will be staying for the month of March. We called and they had two places available for the month so we took one!
It is very nice here with permanent homes as well as motor homes, and 5th wheels. They even have a dog park!!
It's not only close to Pharr but next door to Pharr as all the little towns here run into the other without you even realizing you left one town for another.
So so much for the Gulf and watching the waves come in and go out and listening to the sea gulls!! I guess TC doesn't like the ocean as well as I thought she would.... So much for Corpus Cristy, and Riviera, maybe next time!!
At least we finally found sunshine and warm temperatures!! We went golfing with a group from here yesterday and then took a dip in the pool!! I LOVE the sun and warm!!!!! TC found a bridge game for tomorrow so all is right with the World!!!
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