Just Keep A Goin

Jarom had a great time making this marshmallow catapult at Scouts today. 

You'd never know how often he's lying in his bed with an awful headache.

Love this boy!

So, gratefully we early voted because today was as crazy as ever. I realized at 9pm last night when I finally had a chance to look at the Neurologist info I had written 2 months ago that I never got the MRI copy that they requested at least 24 hours before this appointment. With Dallin's car accident this weekend I just didn't think of it until last night before I needed it. I really didn't know if they would let Jarom be seen. I just said a prayer that it would work out.

This morning at 8am, Jarom, Ben and I went to AZ Tech Radiology and pleaded our cause for a cd of the MRI. They require 24 hour notice for a copy of MRI usually. The staff there was amazing and within 20 minutes we were on our way to the 9am appointment with the neurologist. Dr. Alarcio also was gracious enough to still see us after waiting 2 months. What a blessing!

Dr Alarcio looked at the cd with us and wrote down his history. She showed us exactly where the enlargement is and the shadow they are worried about. She wants to repeat the MRI with contrast this time and do a MRV to check for blockages in his veins that would cause his symptoms.

MRV stands for magnetic resonance venography. It is an MRI studies of the blood vessels. MRVs are used to assess abnormalities in the blood vessels of patients with a history of stroke, aneurysm, heart disease, and atherosclerotic vascular disease.
Why might my doctor recommend an MRV?
If you experience frequent headaches, an MRV of the head may be recommended to detect or rule out blood clots in the brain. An MRV of the chest is used to detect blood clots or blockages in the main arterties leading to the heart, and an MRV of the abdomen checks for blood clots or blockages in the liver.

She also ordered an electrical impulse test, not sure if it's an EEG. She ordered blood work and he did that today. She will follow up with these test results in 6 weeks. so unless he gets much worse he just continues to deal with the headaches for now and has to keep a headache diary until then. Poor kid!

We are so grateful to have the help Jarom needs and did I mention we are grateful Dallin is alive:)
Dallin's car cost $224 to get out of police impound after chasing from Scottsdale where the cop told us to go, to Mesa where the car actually was. Twice the quoted cost Saturday. The car is in pretty bad shape and looks unrepairable to Wes. Just put $800 new clutch in last week. Nice.
The court date for Dallin's other stress is April 11th.
Jarom goes back to Neurologist April 18th.
That's 3 right? Time for things to look up. We do count our blessings every day and keep going in faith.