Wednesday

Well, I sent out an email to my mailing list yesterday saying that Preston was eating now. Well, he did eat for a few days, small portions, but today wouldn't eat hardly a bite. So I am having to feed him through his g-tube, but we will keep trying. Today NO ONE came, to work with him; I loved it. Missie and I got started on his room today. We tore down the old border and took everything off of the walls. We put all the stuffed animals he wants to keep in the dryer on fluff to get all of the dust out of them, and they are in garbage bags until we can put the pet net back up. Next week we hope to get a lot of the painting done! Border will go up last. We won't be doing the ceiling, it is very nice. We are doing the walls in blue like the ocean, to match his sealife border. I think it will be nice if we ever get it done. We were able to sort through most of his toys and talked him into getting rid of a few, and a lady came and got several garbage bags of stuff from my cleaning out! It is a lady that has 6 children and homeschools and she doesn't live too far from me, and I met her through freecycle. Now when I have stuff, I email her and give her the chance to take it. Her children were elated because there was a Barbie doll house of Missie, and Preston had had a pirate ship set and castle set, which he had given Missie, now she is too old for it, so they got it all. So we made a family happy today.

Tomorrow we are back to the busy day. At 9:30, Preston's personal aide II comes and bathes him, changes his bed, etc., until 11:30, but at 11 Sylvia the speech therapist comes, so they overlap by 30 minutes. OT and PT are both coming, not sure what time, and also a lady to do a mental evaluation on Preston from Pickens County Board of Disabilities and Special Needs. She comes at 2. I hope she and PT/OT do not arrive all at same time.

Can't wait for Hannah to be able to start working with us! I think she and her children are coming up Sat. I haven't see JJ since he was tiny, and he is 5 months old now! I can't wait to see him!

I had an order to do 3 metal bandaid tins with scripture tags inside, for Mildred, Preston's personal aide. I got them all done! Missie altered a tin tonight and really had fun! It is fun.

Got an order for 40 Christmas cards, so gotta get busy on those soon. I want to get all the housecleaning and Preston's room done before Missie and I fly out on Aug. 25th. We will be back on Aug. 31. We are going to fly into NY where my brother will pick us at and take us on over into Canada. I think this trip will be good for us both right now. Jr. is going to stay with Preston, so we can go, and he will have help coming in, of course.

Pray for my fibromyalgia. I am aching a lot, and my lower back is really bothering me. It has hurt the worse today than it has in a long time.

Over and out for this time.