Believe it or not...

Believe it or not, Juvenile Diabetes is on hold at the moment -- no, we can't ever forget about it, but we just found out something else...

Jimmy stopped an aluminum bat in motion with his head today. Blood, ambulance, the whole 9 yards. He never passed out or got sick, but since he has JD, they whisked us away in the ambulance to our home away from home - Hackensack University Medical Center.

After the wound was cleaned up, and stiches were not out of the question, the ER doctor felt that a CAT scan was necessary because of a "divot" where the laceration was. "Dr. Alex" wanted to rule out a skull fracture - can we say, take a deep breath??????

So, after 5 hours in the ER, they were able to rule out any obvious neurological signs, the CAT scan determined no fracture, and stitches were not needed. Good news, right?

Well, maybe the blow to the head happened for a reason - They found an "arachnoid cyst" on Jimmy's brain that is about 6 cm by 2cm long. Usually, these cysts go undetected until symptoms occur (dizziness, loss of balance, headaches, and possibly seizures). Now we know.

Are you kidding me ? This beautiful little boy did not need this. Hasn't he got enough to deal with?

So, it's off to the Pediatric Neuro-surgeon as soon as we can get an appointment.

It's not life threatening. Hopefully something that simply has to be monitored and treated when and if symptoms arise.

On the JD front... Jimmy had his lowest low on Father's day - He came out of my sister's pool and was hungry. So, as usual, he tested himself while I was getting his snack ready. "Hey Mom! I'm a 40." I think the pool makes him low and he can't feel it - I have to check that out, too.

It's after midnight on Tuesday, but actually this all happened on Monday. Because of the blow to the head, they want me to wake him up every few hours. I'm going to go kiss both of my precious children good night.

Thanks to those of you who helped me out today!
Peace,
June