Quote of the Night

Spencer:
"Owen, you should be punished for your own sins."

Bless His Heart

Spencer has something called Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome. Basically he has an extra conduction pathway which can mess up the electrical signals in his heart. We have know this since he was just a baby but he has been so healthy it's easy to forget that his little heart isn't working as perfectly as we would hope. At his 4 year check up the pediatrician referred us to a cardiologist at the children's hospital here. It was a long appointment with many tests but Spence was a champ. Even when he had to wear this for 24 hours.

The doctor says that he will need an ablation procedure done in a couple years and hopefully that will fix the problem for good. He is fine and this post is more for my memory and for family than anything and not to complain. As I sat next to his bed in the hospital with all those chords attached to him I couldn't help but feel a little scared but mostly I am grateful. Grateful that his doctor found it when he was young and that modern medicine can do something to fix it and that it's not anything more serious. I love my little Spencer... bless his heart.

Pilgrim Pacer Half Marathon

After Scott ran his first half marathon I was totally jealous and really wanted to be able to do one too. The day after his first race we registered to run this one together. He was ready but I had a lot of work to do. When race day came I was a little discouraged because it was really cold and with the wind chill it felt like 25° but it ended up being a really great race. I looked terrible but I was warm and most importantly I kicked Scott's trash Ü. Now I can't wait to do another!