Hi all! My name is Mindy, and I'm a stay at home Momma to 3 boys!! I have been married to my high school sweetie (Shawn) for 17 yrs! Our oldest son, Shawn Michael is 16, and just about ready to get his license 
He is going to be a junior this yr 
? Man I'm feeling old now! He's also in the Jr Cadet Firefighter program, and is working on being ordained as a minister soon. We are very proud of him! We also have twins, Bradley and Bailey, who are 13 now! The twins were born premature at 32 wks. Bradley weighed in at 3 lbs 13 oz and 16 in long, Bay at 3 lbs 15 oz, and also 16 in long. Bradley had to be ventilated two days after birth, so they were transferred to our local Children's Hospital. He came off the vent the very next day!! Both boys came home after a short two and a half wk stay in the NICU!! They were re admitted for RSV two wks later, and spent 9 days in the hospital. They came home for about two wks, and back in again with more respiratory issues. Since then they have remained relatively healthy. They were behind on there milestones, and dear Dr. kept saying it was due to prematurity. Finally at 3 yrs old they were diagnosed with autism. They are both non verbal, and not potty trained. They are at about a 3 yr old age level.
You may be finding all of this familiar?? Maybe if you ready Bailey's trip report from his wish trip last fall. If not, check it out in my link. Anyways, Bailey started having seizures almost 4 yrs ago. I kept asking, what's the chances of Bradley also having them? They kept saying oh no, the brain gets changed from a variety of things from birth on. Being Momma, I couldn't help but worry that that other shoe was gonna drop. It did! Last Aug we were on a Poker Run given by our local VFW for Bailey's wish trip. Bradley went into a grammal seizure and wasn't coming out of it. We had to call the squad. We were taken to Childrens, and the ER never ran one single solitary test, no seizure work up, nothing! They said it was "PROBABLY" from the heat. They even told us we could go back to the Poker Run. Poor Brad has continued to have seizures about every 3 mos. The seizures he has do not stop without medical intervention. He loses oxygen quickly, and gets very ill afterward. His Dr. filled out the papers, and he qualified for a wish trip. Even though he is non verbal, I knew what he would want. A private meeting with Blake Shelton
Ok, ok, that never works..... He would want to go see Barney again!!! I have NEVER seen either one of those boys as happy as they were when they met Barney during Bailey's wish trip last yr. So we are heading off to GKTW!!!! We have dates!!! Almost exactly one yr from our trip last yr!! We are flying out on Sept. 28!! More to come....stay tuned!!!
He is going to be a junior this yr ? Man I'm feeling old now! He's also in the Jr Cadet Firefighter program, and is working on being ordained as a minister soon. We are very proud of him! We also have twins, Bradley and Bailey, who are 13 now! The twins were born premature at 32 wks. Bradley weighed in at 3 lbs 13 oz and 16 in long, Bay at 3 lbs 15 oz, and also 16 in long. Bradley had to be ventilated two days after birth, so they were transferred to our local Children's Hospital. He came off the vent the very next day!! Both boys came home after a short two and a half wk stay in the NICU!! They were re admitted for RSV two wks later, and spent 9 days in the hospital. They came home for about two wks, and back in again with more respiratory issues. Since then they have remained relatively healthy. They were behind on there milestones, and dear Dr. kept saying it was due to prematurity. Finally at 3 yrs old they were diagnosed with autism. They are both non verbal, and not potty trained. They are at about a 3 yr old age level. You may be finding all of this familiar?? Maybe if you ready Bailey's trip report from his wish trip last fall. If not, check it out in my link. Anyways, Bailey started having seizures almost 4 yrs ago. I kept asking, what's the chances of Bradley also having them? They kept saying oh no, the brain gets changed from a variety of things from birth on. Being Momma, I couldn't help but worry that that other shoe was gonna drop. It did! Last Aug we were on a Poker Run given by our local VFW for Bailey's wish trip. Bradley went into a grammal seizure and wasn't coming out of it. We had to call the squad. We were taken to Childrens, and the ER never ran one single solitary test, no seizure work up, nothing! They said it was "PROBABLY" from the heat. They even told us we could go back to the Poker Run. Poor Brad has continued to have seizures about every 3 mos. The seizures he has do not stop without medical intervention. He loses oxygen quickly, and gets very ill afterward. His Dr. filled out the papers, and he qualified for a wish trip. Even though he is non verbal, I knew what he would want. A private meeting with Blake Shelton
Ok, ok, that never works..... He would want to go see Barney again!!! I have NEVER seen either one of those boys as happy as they were when they met Barney during Bailey's wish trip last yr. So we are heading off to GKTW!!!! We have dates!!! Almost exactly one yr from our trip last yr!! We are flying out on Sept. 28!! More to come....stay tuned!!!
It will be a bit easier knowing we are heading to a beautiful condo on the beach!!
This report is for the other twin! that took me a minute..
