Mahogany had BOTOX scheduled for her ankles yesterday. We do this because there’s a bit too much tension in her feet and they don’t stay in neutral position on their own. So the BOTOX an area on the leg and cast her feet for a few days or weeks. She’s had this a half dozen…

So since my last update, which was back when elderly white people weren’t completely insane (read: pre-Obama), a lot has happened here. I’ve moved to Winston-Salem, my wife has a new and better job and the general stress of our life has toned down somewhat, though not completely. Mahogany is still nutty, and this is…

From my point of view, the key to a disabled child’s happiness is simply treating the child the same way you would treat any child. If you treat her like a bother, like a burden, it won’t matter how much YOU think she doesn’t understand, she’ll pick up on that. Any child will feel and…

So this Friday we made plans to visit Winston-Salem with the intention of just looking around for the day, eating and then heading home. We wanted to get started early (for us, anyway) and more or less got started on time around 10 AM. That’s when baby’s brain decides she’s going to have a seizure.…

I’ve noticed that since I started P90X, I haven’t really blogged much. It really took up a significant portion of my time. Not so much the exercise, as the change in mentality. Learning to eat better has made things better for me. Digestion, for one thing, is no longer a painful experience. I guess I…

Busy last couple of weeks for me and baby. We had to do a ton of running around, between going to the chiropractor, therapy and just general business. On top of all that she was agitated with the preliminary effects of an oncoming seizure the entire time. Hopefully she sleeps today. I’m going back to…