Enough time

I'm not sure that there is enough time in the day anymore! To back up a little bit, our lives have definitely been non-stop the past few months. Jordan's dad lived with us temporarily while he had a feeding tube and couldn't eat for a few months. We finally got him eating again by making A LOT of fried eggs throughout the day! We fattened him up about 10 lbs, he was able to start eating a few meats, and then he was ready to go back to work and his home!! My dad, on the other hand, has been through a lot lately. Back in April, when we thought he had a heart attack.....it ended up being a little more complicated than that. To cut to the chase, he stayed in the hospitals for about 10 days. After about the 2nd day, he realized that he had lost all of his feeling from about his belly button down. He was temporarily paralyzed, and they were trying to find out why. After many tests, they diagnosed him with Transverse Myelitis. It is an infection in your spinal cord that is caused by a viral or bacterial infection. It got a little scary for a few days because the paralysis started moving up toward his respiratory system, and they did tell us that it was a very dangerous diagnosis because at that point, they were not sure if he could go into respiratory failure or not. Luckily, that did not happen. However, he is battling with this still, and up until this point, there aren't really any recovery answers. He IS able to walk again, but he still does not have any sensory feeling from his belly button down, except for a few areas in his left leg. He has been on and off of steroids since he first got the diagnosis, but there are a lot of questions still. We did find out last week, that he did get approved for an appointment at John Hopkins in Baltimore! They have a specialist in Transverse Myelitis there so hopefully there will be a few things that he can find out there that he has not been able to find out here. Not many people know a lot about this because it is pretty rare. He goes in about 8 more weeks or so. Other than some medical issues with our dads, we have been doing really good. My area for work is closer to home now, so I am doing A LOT less traveling, and I am able to relax when I get home at nights AND on the weekends a lot more! We have been golfing whenever we get the chance! We have played in a few tournaments, and this weekend, I played in the Club Championship on Saturday and Sunday. I had a really good day Sunday, and made up for my not-so-much day on Saturday.... I am definitely jumping around in my updates, but we are LOVING our house!!!! I am so grateful for everything that we have in life right now. With all of the struggles we have had over the past few years, we are definitely in a good place right now. I guess I will wrap it up now. - I still can't figure out how to post pics on an iPad! - I am SO excited for all of my little cousins! Sarah going to Dental school in Louisiana, Ally being a 2nd grade teacher at Caldwell, Matti starting her JR year at West Lib, Bo being a Razorback, Jen being a Miss St Cheerleader, Gray being a Senior, and Drew kicking butt at baseball and golf! - Bentley (our dog) is growing up, and LOVES our new fenced-in backyard! - Jayme had her baby a few weeks ago! Little Lexi is SO precious!!! - We completed our flowerbed in the front yard, and now have more projects that we know what to do with! - I reupholstered (almost finished) a loveseat when we were on vacation, reupholstered all of our dining room chairs, AND made 9 pies that week! That's all I can think of tonight!