As my family prepares for Gavin's trip to Florida, granted by Wishes Can Happen, we quite a few things to work out before hand.  One of the biggest things involves making arrangements for the pets.  The boys are very nervous about leaving the animals behind when we head off in our first ever family vacation. I've been looking at ways to help calm their concerns and help them to feel better about leaving.  We're going to board Maggie, while my parents will likely visit each day to take care of the cats and ferrets.  The boys are very concerned about the ferrets and need to feel like they will be well cared for, which they will be.  I figured I would use one of our Ping Cameras from Vivint, and…

There's already a great deal in my plate and it's like the shit keeps piling on. I understand that I snore on occasion, especially when I'm stuffy.  While at my doctor's appointment, my doctor asked me about sleep apnea. She asked if I snore at all and I said on occasion. As far as I know, that's the truth. It's never been a concern before.  With my weight, there is some concern that it may be a problem already or in the future.  This morning, Lizze told me that she was noticing that I would stop breathing during the night. My instinctive reaction is that I'm not having any issues related to sleep apnea. At the same time however, I don't want to simply dismiss this either.  I'm feeling stressed…

The boys and I are going to possibly walk the track this morning. We have to take Lizze to an appointment this morning and we may be heading to the park whole we wait.  School begins tomorrow morning and I'd love to make today as pleasant as possible.  We have school clothes as ready as possible and we're hoping to get things off on the right foot. 

On Thursday, we will be heading to Akron Children's Hospital for Gavin. He will be going for another, more detailed eye exam. His last appointment was simply to get his new glasses. This particular appointment is going to try and identify why he's experiencing blackouts in his vision.  Gavin's been experiencing periods of time where his vision goes black and he can't see anything.  He rarely tells us in the moment, but rather later on in the day or even days later. We don't know if this seizure related or something else.  We're hoping to either identify or rule out something physically being wrong with his eyes. If everything checks out, we're probably going to need neurology again and have another EEG done.