Noble Family of 5: Doctors, Doctors, and more Doctors

In November, Justin tore some cartlidge in his knee. He saw an orthopedic doctor and he told him to wait 2 weeks to see if it would heal on it's own. When he was still having pain, they decided to do surgery to fix it. He was home for about 8 weeks and was going crazy! He did not enjoy sitting in the same chair 24 hours a day but he is finally able to go back to work.

Paycos had an appointment in Dallas with his neurologist on December 18th. (That added to my Christmas stress!!) He had an EEG done and they said everything looked normal! She saw no activity, which is great, but we couldn't wean him off the medication since he had seizures in July. He has to be seizure free for 2 years, then they consider taking him off the meds to see if he has outgrown them. In June, a generic of his meds became available and his doctor said it should be fine for him to switch. Well, he fell in that tiny percentage of people that generics don't work for them and his seizures came back. Once we put him back on the name brand, he was fine! So now, we have to wait another 2 years and try again...*sigh*. We are thankful that he is doing so well though!

It was Harper's first trip and she did great! Poor thing spent most of the day in the carseat or stroller but she was just as happy as she could be! We went to Papadeaux the first night we got there and pigged out! We ordered frog legs and everyone loved them. I couldn't force myself to try them...it grossed me out! After his appointments, we went to a park to play for a while and then to the Dallas Aquarium. We have been several times before but the kids are still amazed by everything!

We stayed at the Hyatt Regency downtown which was a pretty nice hotel. When we pulled up, there were men in suits and women in gowns getting out of these really nice cars and we felt like the Clampetts on vacation! We piled out of the car wearing our sweats with our kids running around like heathens after being in the car all day! It was pretty funny!