Please pray for Daniel!!!!

Meet our nephew Danny. As most of you know Danny's brother and his wife adopted him back in August. He has been in their care since he was 3 days old. Danny has suffered severe epilepsy for about 8 months now without any relief. They have tried all sorts of medicine etc... Everyone has been baffled. He is behind developmentally due to the siezures he is 26 months old and has not been able to do what a boy his age does because he is missing out on half of his life due the hundreds of siezures a day.

This is what Steve told my husband Danny on the phone today and Danny asked him to email it so I took it upon myself to post it so prayer could be made on his behalf. We know the Lord can take this away but if this is his lot pray that he can endure this and never remember it.... Thanks

Hi All,

Danny and Cyndie O here is a brief summary of the prep work for the procedure Danny had done this week end.

1. He was completely wrapped in a large bed sheet, like a burrito. Every thing except his head was wrapped.

2. He was then strapped down to the bed with 28 strips of tape. Each starting on one side of the bed, crossing his body and attaching to the opposite side. He was now completely unable to move his body.


3. He had 36 electrodes attached to his head. One on each Temple and four on his upper back. The area for each electrode had to be rubbed with a solution for good contact and a special adhesive gel applied to attach the electrode. Then a piece of tape put over each electrode. This was repeated 42 times. During all of two adults held his head to keep it from moving while a third adult applied the electrodes.

4. When this was done his head was completely wrapped in gauze to cover the electrodes. The gauze also wrapped under his chin to keep it secured onto his head. The gauze was then tapped down to make it secure. Finally, a rubber mesh netting was pulled over all of this and tapped down tho prevent him from pulling any thing off. All the electrodes were passed through this netting in back is his head like a giant pony tail. All the wires were tapped every ten inches to keep them together. He would have about 4 ft to move for 48 hours. Steps 1-4 took about 45 minutes

5. When this was completed, the nurse freed up his left arm and five vials of blood were taken while he was still strapped down. This took about 10 minutes.

6. All together he was strapped down for about an hour. He cried for help the whole time saying "All Done".

7. For the next 48 hours he was confined to a 4 ft space. He had to sleep with all this on his head and needed to be watched all night to make sure he did not strangle himself while he slept.

He did such a great job! He played, ate, slept with little frustration. We could not have wished for him to have done any better. We will now be waiting for the doctor's to review the EEG and Video. Please keep him in your prayers. He is such a gentle and joyful child.

Sausage Soup!!!!!

Have you ever been to Bertucci's? Well they have this great sausage soup. Of course it is loaded with fat (that is probably why it tastes so good) anyway i recreated it in my kitchen and I think it tasted better.

1lb good italian sausage you can buy it bulk or you could use turkey sausage
1 medium onion
3-4 garlic cloves chopped
1/2 can tomato paste
beef stock- I use my own but you could use 3-4 cans i recommend low sodium
1 can of water
1 package of frozen spinach
1 small zucchini chopped
fresh basil leaves i use lots use to your preference
brown rice
salt and pepper
red pepper flakes

1. saute the onion and the sausage meat til the meat is browned, if you don't buy bulk make sure to take it out of the casing. be sure that you break the meat up well

2. add the zucchini,garlic and then add the paste then the stock,water and spinach. Simmer on low for a couple of hours

3. This is the part when you step in and make it your own. I always make the rice on the side then add it at the end as well as the basil.

This is so yummy on a cold new england day. Ask ??? if you have any...

I got tagged.....

Beth tagged me…


For those of you who don’t know….
In the context of web logs / ‘blogs / blogging and other kinds of personal web sites it’s some kind of list of questions that you saw somewhere else and you decided to answer the questions. Then someone else sees them and does them and so on and so on. I generally consider these to be actual questions and not some multiple choice quizzes that determine some result at the end (what color you are most like, what cartoon character are you, what 80s movie are you).
- Thedailymeme.com

Sometimes these show up in the form of “tag”.
Here’s how this tag goes:

1) Grab the book closest to you
2) Open to page 123, go down to the fourth sentence
3) Post the text of the following 3 sentences
4) Name the author and book title
5) Tag three people to do the same

Now, to love thy neighbor so heartily, that thouw art ready to bestow they money, thy goods, thine eyes, and all that thou hast for his salvation, and moreover to suffer patiently all adversities and afflicitions, these no doubt, are effects and fruits of the Spirit, and these saith he, ye received and enjoyed before these false teachers came among you.

Martin Luther/ Commentary on Galatians

I posted one sentence cuz that is one mighty long and powerful sentence.

I tag Danny O, Sacha and hmmmmm not so sure..... Lisa Noble?

Took a small hiatus......

Sorry I have gone for so long but it took me this long to post as I didn't want to push Eileen down. I realize that even though my post of her may be pushed down she will always always be special to us. Life has been hard adjusting without her but once again the Lord has been faithful to us.

I have realized these past few months that even though people disappoint you and death creeps into our lives without warning and old friendship disintegrate and new friendships appear. The Lord is ever faithful never changing, never disappointing, never ending and of course never dying.


1Deu 31:614 Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you."