2008

First, let me state that I'm not sharing this story with you so you feel sorry for me. I'm sharing because I think it's actually kinda funny. 2008 is a year that I wish I had a "do over". Not so much because that's the year I had my first seizure and was diagnosed with epilepsy, but because everything that could happen DID happen.

My dad started it off in the spring when he had to have surgery to remove his gallbladder. He then decided that one surgery wasn't enough for him and in July had to have surgery on his arm because he tore his tendon in his arm when he was lifting weights. My mom told me I get my "moxy" from him, because he was back out coaching my tournament team ONE day after his surgery. Keep in mind he had a full arm cast on, was in a ton of pain, and it was 90 degrees outside.

I guess my mom was feeling left out because in October she also had to have her gallbladder removed. She was back out watching my game two days later. :)

We also had to have our 12 year old border collie put to sleep in October. :(

Then there's me- had my first tonic clonic seizure in December and was diagnosed with E a few days later.

You have to admit, it IS kind of funny with everything we went through that year. We try to keep a sense of humor about things like this, otherwise it would be way to easy to feel sorry for ourselves.