Updates

They were able to save Derrick's foot. He is having his fourth surgery today. They say it's the "biggie" but I'm not sure what that means. The surgery is with his ankle, again, and maybe this will determine if he can ever walk on it again, or how much use he will have. I just thank God that he got to keep it.

My husband ran a 1/2 marathon Saturday morning. Well, okay, so 1294 people ran! But there was one guy that had one leg. The other leg was a prosthetic, with one of the curved steel things to walk on. He ran the 1/2 as well, and he did a damn fine job! He ran faster than my husband did. There was also a 5k and the last person in was a girl with Downs. She jogged the whole way and she was SO proud of herself! I was very impressed with her determination. She had slowed way down and we all stood there and clapped and yelled for her and said, "KEEP GOING! YOU'RE ALMOST THERE!" It was awesome!

My youngest son called me Saturday afternoon. He said he is doing fine and it isn't that bad there. He said it doesn't even seem like jail (school! Beth knows what I mean) and he knows a few guys in there. He volunteered to go to the AA classes. He said he only had three drinks that night. They had been at a Halloween party, went somewhere else and were on the way home. He said the next thing he knew the guy in the back, Matt, yelled Kekoa's name and then they hit. Matt wasn't hurt, and I don't know how cause he was on the floor behind Kekoa. He said not to worry about him. Even if the BOC comes back negative, he may have to serve some time because he violated his probation by having three drinks that night, which he admitted to.

My boy's dad went to see Brice Saturday. He'll be out on January 3rd. He is doing really well and excited about getting his life moving in the right direction. He wants to finish college, preferably Network Administration and then move back to San Diego. Beth now understands why Brice loved it there so much! Don't cha Beth??

I guess I'm doing okay. I can breath a sigh of relief now regarding my youngest son. I was physically sick with worry and stressed out. I'm not 100% yet, but hopefully I'll get there. I just ordered a book from Amazon called "Beyond Negative Thinking: Breaking The Cycle Of Depressing And Anxious Thoughts" by Joseph T. Martorano. I'm hoping this will help me deal with things better and get my mind back on track. I'm tired of thinking so many negative thoughts all the time and I want to be happy!!!

Sorry I haven't been around to your blogs, but I'm trying to catch up now. I just figured maybe you were curious about what has been going on so I thought I'd catch ya up.