Snow in Knoxville

We came up to Knoxville last night for a Church dinner and are staying the weekend.We got up Saturday to 4 inches of Snow at Nana & Papaw's so we went out early and played and made a snowman. Then we came over to Maw and Paws to play some more. They wanted to make a snowman family, so we have Paw snowman, Maw snowman and J & J snowman. We had lots of fun ! This is a Beautiful snow. Enjoy the pics and stay safe and warm.

Piggy Tails

Gracie finally has enough hair to get 2 piggy tails, I love it.. But she does not. She had them out in less then 2 minutes.

Great Thought !!!

Be kinder than necessary- Everyone you meet is fighting Some kind of battle.

Live simply,
Love generously,
Care deeply,
Speak kindly......

Leave the rest to God

Finally Christmas Pics

We did have a great Chirstmas. The kiddos really enjoyed it this year. They got lots of new fun things, Thank you to all the people who spoiled the kids and us. We appreciate your kindness toward us. And we enjoyed all the family time. Cant wait to be back to spend more time with everyone.

Prayers Please......

We had Jonathan's blood work done Monday and his Liver Enzymes are already elevated, after only 2 weeks of meds. This is not a good thing if it continues to increase it can damage his liver. So we will have a recheck in a few weeks and if it is high then we will take him off the medication, and try something else. Please Pray that this will level out and no serious damage will be done. This is one of the main concerns they have about this medication is Liver Damage. So our Prayer is that we will go back and all levels will be normal. Thank you to all our friends and loved ones praying for Jonathan's strength. We love you all .

Dr. Visit for Jonathan

We went to the pediatraican this morning to have a recheck with Joanthan.. He is doing really good.. All his reflex's are back to 100 %, he seems to be doing good on his meds they just make him a little sleepy. But hopefully with time he will adjust to them and level out. On this particular med we will have to do blood work every 2 months to check his sodium level and his liver enzymes to make sure it is functioning properaly. These are two of the side effects they need to moniter closely. The doctor was welll pleased with his prgress since the lase time we saw him. THANK YOU to all those that have been praying. LOve to you all !!!

No Fun & Update

NO fun in the Tindell house.. Monday Gracie started throwing up for hours on end.. She was such a trooper not even crying the whole time. An even better she threw up in a trash can the whole time. Then Tuesday, Wednesday went by and we were all well. Then Thursday at supper I got sick and threw up all night and Matt started at 2 am. So our Friday was spent on the couch while the kiddos went nuts. Thankfully we are feeling better just sleepy. Just praying it stops with us and skips the boys. And that we will be well for Church Sunday.
****Update**** bags are all packed food already, clothes out.. 3am Sunday morning I hear " Mom I gonna throw up and sure enough Jeremiah is throwing up. So we are home from church today. Please pray this does not hit Jonathan. I think it will be to hard on him.

Hopefully I will get our Christmas pics on here in the next day or so. Started tonight but it was going too slow. We had a wonderful Christmas ! ***update*** we got a new camera for Christmas from Matt's Parents.. THANKS !! But our Internet is too slow to upload pics from here. So I have to wait till we go to Knox to upload Christmas pic.

New Trials for us....

We are facing a new trial in our home, that we hoped we would never face but GOD is good and will bring us through.. Tuesday we walked in the boys room and Jonathan was crying , Matt picked him up his back went stiff and his eyes rolled back in his head he was unconscious for a couple of mins.. He came to and just cried for 10 minutes and then he kept saying his right arm was hurting. We called the Doc and they said it sounded like a partial seizure and we could come in in the morning to see him. We went in Wednesday morning and he had some weakness in his right arm and leg so they sent us straight to Children's for a CT scan of his brain. Just to make sure it was not a small stroke. Everything was perfect.. So we head on to Matt's parents to let him take a nap. But by the afternoon he was not using his leg too much. So our pediatrician called the Neurologist on call wanted us to come back b/c she said it sounded like a stroke and she wanted to do more test. So after much worrying, praying and crying. We take him back to the ER, they run all kinds of labs and IV him to run fluids. Admit us and the Neuro ordered a EEG (to monitor the activity in the brain) and MRI for Thursday morning. After a long night of not much sleep they did the test. The EEG showed LOTS of abnormal brain activity. Which means he was having a seizure the entire test.. My jaw hit the floor when she told me that. He looked so normal I was laying in the bed with him during the test. So what does this mean for us now, my baby is seizuring all the time ???? She recommend us to place him on anti seizure med 2X a day and re-evaluate in 2 years. The MRI came back normal so no permanent damage has been done and no stroke took place. Which we are so grateful for. The seizures are taking place on the left side of his brain which is where the majority of learning , speaking etc is at. We have been concerned about his speech for some time and had plans to get him evaluated for speech therapy. But she seems to think this is a result of the seizures. So praise GOD we have answers and nothing so major that can not be helped with medication. And God is bigger than any problem that we will face today. Please continue to pray for Jonathan as we try to find the right medication that will control the seizures and that the side effects will not be to great. He is doing good, back to normal and only one small seizure since we have been home.. I will post some of the hospital pics soon, he was too cute in his little gown which he decorated with CARS stickers. When we walked around with the IVs hooked up and I was pulling the pole he kept saying he was a puppy on a leash. I love the humor of children ..