Carver's Good News

A few weeks ago Carver had a suspected seizure which frightened Laura and I pretty good. We took him to see his Pediatrician and he wanted to investigate it further. So we scheduled an appointment with a Pediatric Neurologist and had an EEG done yesterday. Carver was so good. As you can see they strapped over 30 electrodes to his head and he stared at the strobe light and stayed awake when he needed to and slept when he was supposed to as well. The Neurologist reviewed the EEG and there are no abnormalities. Everything looks great. We are very excited to have this news. We really couldn't ask for anything more on Christmas than this. Thank you to all of you who were praying for us.

Carver's First Presents

Last night we celebrated Christmas with Uncle Dale and Grandma and Grandpa Corns. Carver got to open a few presents with a little help from Mom and Dad. He now has a dinosaur that walks and a guitar that speaks in both English and Spanish. My favorite part - the volume control. That's kind of lame that I don't want my son cranking out on the guitar, but you can only listen to Old Macdonald so many times in Spanish. The dogs loved the dinosaur as well - although they think the remote control car is a little more fun.

A lot a snow and maybe some testosterone

Some have called what is happening in Seattle Snopacolypse 2008. That might be a little bit of an exaggeration, but we did get more than a foot of snow. It is most snow that I have ever seen fall in either Washington or Tennessee (not counting the mountain area). It's beautiful and I am pretty sure its going to last through Christmas - which is what most people hope for. So that is the good part - beautiful snow, families playing, lighting a fire and watching a movie. It's all good - well except for the driving part. Everybody says they love watching the snow, but hate driving in it. People also always refer to the other drivers and that is what makes it so bad. Just so you know - you are the other driver. Regardless of how good I think I am at driving in the snow, I am the other driver. I happen to really enjoy driving in the snow - I don't have a 4 wheel drive vehicle, heck I don't even have chains - just a full size truck that handles pretty good. There is a certain part of me that believes that being able to navigate in the snow makes me feel a bit manly. It's kind of like hunting, building or fixing something. I just feel like grunting like Tim the Tool Man when I am driving in the snow. Well I feel that testosterone flowing right up until the moment when I am kind of stuck and feeling like I am going to have to get some help. It is at that moment that I pray like I have never prayed before. It's like praying to get an A on a test you didn't study for. You know - I really should not have been driving or playing or I should have bought the chains. So you drive back and forth and spin your tires as much as possible with the hopes that somehow you can get unstuck. If you happen to get out, then you thank God and then start to feel that testosterone flow again. Yep, I got out - I was never worried. I am a Man.

6 Month Checkup

Today we visited the Pediatrician again - this time it was scheduled. He had his 6 month Well baby Checkup. Here are his stats:
Height: 27.25 inches -75%
Weight: 18lbs 10.5 oz - 75%
HC: 45.5 cm - 90%

Gone are the days of him being the small baby. I am happy about that. He is really starting to find his voice and eating lots of baby food. I still can't believe I'm a dad. This is crazy.

In need of some prayer

Last night Carver was having his goodnight bottle and had just fallen asleep in his Momma's arms. After dozing for a few minutes his whole upper body jerked up and was rigid with his arms going strait out. He wimpered and then went back down. This proceeded to happen another two times and scared his mom and dad pretty good. These are all the symptoms of a seizure. We went and saw our doctor today and he wants to investigate it. We are going to see a Pediatric Neurologist this week to have EKG to find out if it was a seizure and to see what we can do. As you can imagine, we are a bit uneasy and are in need of your prayers. If you have a moment, please pray for Carver and us.

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