What a week!!!

It's been a little while since I've blogged, we've had a rough week!!! Let me explain a little...Last Thursday Mike woke up and had blurred vision in his left eye, we called the optometrist and make an appt to see him that day. He looked at his eye and thought maybe there was some swelling in his eye and referred him Opthamologist. That doctor then checked his eye more thoroughly and said there maybe possibly fluid in the retina and referred him to a retina specialist. Because of the 4th of July holiday Mike wasn't able to get an appt with them until Tuesday. So we went to the retina specialist on Tuesday, he did extensive tests for his eye (they put dye in body to see the nerves in the eye, to look for a leak) and concluded that the fluid he saw was a little concerning and wanted to get him to the ER ASAP for an MRI of the brain. We got to the hospital around 11: 30 and checked him in, he was admitted around 3pm. We talked to a Neurologist and basically he determined that Mike has Optical Neuritis. They ordered an MRI because typically Optical Neuritis is the first sign of MS (Multiple Sclerosis). Which TOTALLY scared us!!! How can that even happen!!! So the MRI was done on Wednesday, took about 2 hours because he had 4 different series of tests done. We got the test results back later that evening and basically the MRI is showing spots on his brain but are inconclusive for MS. Sooooo, the neurologist is ordering him to have a Lumbar Puncture (aka Spinal Tap) to get a better look into his spinal fluid. He was released from the hospital today (thank heavens!) and will be getting the Lumbar Puncture on Monday. It will take about a week to get the test results!! HOPEFULLY by then we'll be able to put this all to rest and see what lies ahead for us! Mike has been in good spirits and really just wants to know what is going on. He'll be on steroids for his eye for the next 5 weeks and should hopefully improve his vision so he can see again! The people at St. Jude are the best!!! Really great staff and super nice! We're also so thankful to have so many amazing people in our lives. We have great family and friends!!! Mike and I want to say thank you to everyone who offered to watch Jude, and a special THANK YOU to my mom, Holly and Dean and my cousin Nicole for watching Jude for us!!! Jude is really lucky to have so many people that love him!!!

So on that note, here is what's been going on lately!!!!!

Last week we took a park day, it was beautiful outside and wanted to just soke up the sun and the awesome weather!!! Jude loved it!!! We had a little picnic and just chilled. The Rush family joined us also and we all had a great time.

Next...the 4th of July!!! We had a great day. We went over to my Aunt and Uncle's house for a little BBQ, pool time and fireworks! This was Jude's first time in the pool and he LOVED it!!! We had such a great day and had a great time!

We're enjoying the summer time and can't wait for more fun activities!!!!