Monthly Archives: April 2009

One Week Old

Posted on April 28, 2009 by skye

Last Wednesday afternoon, Fiona was acting awfully strange. We knew when she was due to deliver. Kind of. We were off by about two weeks, turns out. She would not stop meowing, and literally jumped in my lap & got … Continue reading →

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Is this thing on?

Posted on April 27, 2009 by admin@lanf0rd

Welcome to yet another blog for the Lanford Family. This time is it. No more changes. No more moving. Enjoy!

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I certainly hope this is not a new trend

Posted on April 26, 2009 by skye

I awoke this morning, like yesterday, to seizure activity. He was in bed, thankfully, so I wasn’t as concerned about him hurting himself. It lasted about two minutes, and he was post-dictal* for about 45 minutes. *Post-ditcal is the altered … Continue reading →

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Back on steroids. Again.

Posted on April 25, 2009 by skye

Chad came off the second steroid taper on Tuesday. He was feeling decent, and was not complaining of the severe headache like last time. He felt well enough to join the girls and I for Carys’ field trip Thursday, and … Continue reading →

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One month later

Posted on April 20, 2009 by skye

I seriously cannot believe we were anxiously awaiting news of Chad’s surgery progress this time last month. Sometimes, it feels like it was just yesterday. And, at other times, it feels like it was a lifetime ago. Chad is doing … Continue reading →

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What day is it?

Posted on April 17, 2009 by skye

Excuse the confusion on my part. It’s been a strange week. It was Spring Break around these parts, so Carys had the week off from preschool as well. I peppered some much-needed appointments into the week’s schedule, and called in … Continue reading →

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What we’ve been up to…

Posted on April 13, 2009 by skye

We’ve had a busy couple of weeks. Last weekend, we celebrated our little buddy Faith’s fifth birthday. It was great fun, complete with a bouncy house and thickly-frosted purple cupcakes that stained CaiCai’s face for a few days. Those same … Continue reading →

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Guess who is going back on steroids?

Posted on April 9, 2009 by skye

Chad is going back on steriods. Apparently he stopped them too soon and is having severe headaches. Luckily his doctors have the same opinion and agreed to put him back on them for at least another couple weeks.

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It IS the steroids, after all!

Posted on April 5, 2009 by skye

This morning, Chad took his last dose of his Decadron (a glucocorticosteroid to counteract the swelling in his brain) taper. He started out taking quite a high dosage, 16mg, about two weeks ago. He took 2mg this morning, and he’s … Continue reading →

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No.Way.

Posted on April 5, 2009 by skye

Miraculous things are happening around the Lanford House. Chad has been talking so much more since yesterday. He responded to some emails. The Tarheels beat Nova last night – the miraculous thing about that is we were both awake to … Continue reading →

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