Trigeminal neuralgia

Thats what the doctor thinks I have right now. I've had a headache going on day 10 (today) and it's just not letting up. I finally went to Urgent Care on Friday to get some relief and was given a shot and a few meds to try, and thank GOODNESS for my darling friend over at Northridge Hospital who managed to get me in to see a doctor that she knows yesterday! Getting a dr appointment when you don't have a steady doctor is INSANE! He did a few tests and that's what he came up with. There's a nerve that is responsible for facial sensation, and when it gets inflamed you get crazy lightening pain that shoots from one side of the head to another. His opinion is that I had a headache that caused the inflammation and since the headache isn't going away, neither is the inflammation...so cure the headache and hopefully the inflammation will go down. He has me on this med that makes me LOOPY for a few hours. I'm in a fog and things just don't work right, but so far that med has killed the headache. I can handle loopy for a few hours as long as I can function without pain. We'll see how this goes. Hopefully I can find someone that will fix that nerve so I don't get these nasty circles of pain.

Been a while for me...a lot's going on here

So it's been a while since I've blogged...a lot is going on around here.

Alex turned six! I can't believe it! I remember when he was a little thing walking around asking for more "Mook"...milk for those that don't speak baby talk. Michaela was my translator because for a few years I couldn't understand a single word he said. I can't believe that my baby is older now. Wow...Here are some pics. We took him to Raging Waters and had a BLAST!

Then there was the 4th of July. Our tradition so far is to go to our friend Vanessa's grandfather's house since they are one of the few areas still allowed to do fireworks...and as usual Alex fell asleep at 8:30 pm amongst all the fireworks banging and screetching! I must admit that we did give in and get the HUGE box of fireworks, what can I say, we all have an inner pyro and the 4th is a great reason to let that part of us out!

TO make the children comfortable we made the HUGE box into a "couch" of sorts to let them lay down and watch the action!

And as usual amongst all the fun and laughter I have to study 

Its been a heck of a summer and it's only gonna get crazier before it smooths it way out! Bring on the confusion and chaos...this momma can handle it!