Soccer in the Rain!

We had a great time watching Andrew play soccer this weekend in the rain! It poured! The kids loved it. We have a great bunch of parents and they were well prepared. We had two Rain Tents and our little blue tent kept us dry! They won 5-0. Love Soccer in Washington! Sorry Allison- probably looks great after sitting in 100 degree weather for soccer in LasVegas.

Still no Diagnosis!

Here is a moment when Gary was pretending to be feeling better so that we could have a nice night out on our vacation.

The update on Gary is that he is still not feeling well, and the doctors have not been able to figure out what is going on! He has lost 27 pounds. That is the only good part of this ordeal.

Friday he had a MRI on his spine, and we found out today that it all looked good. They could not find anything wrong. Today he had a Colonoscopy and Endoscopy. Both ends looked great.
The nurse said that it everything looked pink and healthy. They could not see any abnormalities. They took some biopsy's just in case. But they do not expect to find anything.

Next Thursday they are going to do an x-ray on his Small Bowell. Earlier today when Gary was still on his drugs from his colonoscopy he told me it was an x-ray on his small colon. I was really confused. Nothing new here. I guess they can not reach the small bowel's with the scopes.

So all in all it was a disappointing day. I was really hoping that they would find a problem so we could fix it. The nurse today was happy to tell me that they did not find anything. I told him I was not happy. That I wanted him to find something! He looked at me strange and said Oh-sorry.

We appreciate all your prayers and well wishes. I really feel like we are getting closer to finding the problem. It is just around the corner. Gary is getting anxious to be back at work. But I do not want him going back till he is able to have a week without major pain. He has a few good days and then crashes.

We will continue to explore all different types of treatments and doctors. We will not give up!

Love to All! Julie

Grown up Vincent!

Vincent had payback today. He got to watch Andrew play soccer, for two days. Luckily one of the big sisters on the team know Vincent from school. They have been in the Spanish program since kindergarten. They had a good time catching up and playing with her new ipod. The little kids had fun kicking around with Vincent also. I was glad he came and hung out with us. What a nice boy he is when he wants.

Jedi Booters! Go Andrew

Andrew had two busy days for Soccer! The played 3 games each day. We had sun shine and clouds and rain and wind everyday. Bot they won all their games. At this age they do not get trophy's or medals. Nobody is suppose to be keeping track. But how can you not. They now every score, and last years also.

This is a new team for Andrew. He does know most of the kids from school, Puesta del Sol and Lake Hills. They are all great boys and they get along great. His new coach is awesome. He is so excited about soccer and how each of the boys are progressing! We feel very lucky to have gotten on to such a fun team. All the parents are great also. We got to know them more last night at pizza.

Andrew is busy learning new skills and getting better ball control everyday. I am excited to see him have so much fun. Go Andrew!