October

What a great month October has been turning out to be. Other than the awesome seasonal things like Halloween, carving pumpkins, playing in leaves, etc, Sabe's packet was approved! We'll be finding out where we're going in about a week. I'll be sure to let you know where we're going once we know. I'm excited to move into our own place.

I've gotten onto a home cooked meal kick and that's been fun. The boys are eating a ton so I guess they're loving the variety I've been giving them. I forgot how good I cook because I've not done it in forever, lol!

Anyways, enough with the rambling. I know you want to see pics. Here's
pretty much a month's worth on my facebook

thanks for looking.

Back from the MRI/MRA.

I think I mentioned earlier that Jamesen was having an MRI/MRA done on the bump on his head. If you don't know what I'm talking about...

Here he is in December of '09 when it really start to show.


Here he is almost a year later in September of '10. Noticeably larger.


It's called Sinus Pericranii and it's pretty rare. A normal person has the big vein running a long the top of their head that splits into two along the back and runs along the bottom of the ears and under the chin, turning into the jugular and on down to your heart. Jamesen has an extra vein that breaks off from the large one on the top of the head, bypasses the jugular and goes straight to the heart.

It's really not that big of a deal. It could potentially be, but for now it's not. For now it's a waiting game. We'll see if it starts getting smaller rather than keeping with it's current trend of getting bigger. If it's not getting smaller then it'll need to be removed.

Thing is, is this thing has the potential to bleed a lot. Head injuries always bleed a lot more than anything else but this one would be even more than that. If it ever ruptured (for whatever reason) it would take a bit to stop the bleeding. His Dr. said the surgery is really not that big of a deal usually. He also said that it's either the easiest surgery or a nightmare, there's no in between. There's a potential for him to bleed a lot while they're operating so if we do surgery, it won't be until he's at least two and can handle to lose more blood.

All in all I'm glad we know what it is, we know what the risks are and we're on watch. I guess it's a good thing I take a ton of pictures so I can document the thing huh!