First day of Eleventh grade!

Jessica, Jack, Elizabeth
Jack

Jessica

Elizabeth

Going into WLHS to begin the Junior year!!!!

How did my babies get so old? I can't believe they only have 2 years of school left before they go into the real world of college and work. Wow. They were excited about their new status as 'juniors' and looking forward to seeing friends they haven't been in touch with all summer.

Elizabeth was excited to talk with her teachers and to visit with Ms. Easlick, the teacher that made the long drive to Cincinnati to visit with us. She wanted to thank her for the visit and let her see how well she is doing now.

On the medical news; Elizabeth will go back to Cincinnati on September 15 (the day after her 16th birthday) for her next bronchoscopy/laryngoscopy. Dr. Cotton will decide if anything needs to be done with the scar tissue in her trachea and just make sure the rib graft is still holding strong. Elizabeth is still having chest pains when she exercises. The pain is on her upper right side of the chest. She is now seeing a pulminologist for that. She also has migraines. She had her first migraine at 7 years old. She got them about 2 times a month back then, but in the last 2 years she gets them more and more frequently....about 3 times a week. Her pediatrician has started her on ibuprofen 400mg 3 times a day to prevent the migraines and says to do that for 2 weeks to see if her brain can be re-trained. He also prescribed Maxalt in case she does get a migraine.