Bryan Stow gives his family words of Love

Byran has completed his antibiotics. His temperature is now gone. This was so great to read on Bryan's blog today. I also got a surprise!

Bryan's family has been keeping a secret! Bryan whispered "I love you.!" to his family! I got tears in my eyes and chills when I read this and chills.

Since the infection is gone hopefully in a couple of days he will have a shunt placed. In my opinion I think a shunt will drain better than the lumbar drain. Like I said it is just my opinion. I really don't know what all is going on with Bryan.

I am aware that he has damage to the frontal lobe. He has had 2 skull flaps removed. When one was replaced pressure stared to build up. Doctors had to place the lumbar drain.

Bryan is a Miracle. He is a fighter. I admire his family for coming together and standing with him when he needs them so much right now. In the 11 years I have been in and out of the hospital my mom and dad were the only family that stood by my side.

I know for sure Bryan feels the love of his family. I am so glad he has that support. I know for sure this is the reason he is fighting so hard.

 I feel warm fuzzies for him when I hear his sister talk about giving him kisses. It makes me want to be a part of this family. At least know them. I love the love they have for each other.

It has been a year!!!

I laid in bed this morning thinking of the week I had last week. It seemed like someone was trying to tell me something. I still have the bruises to remember my experience from last week.

Hurricane Irene did not effect our weather here but i could feel the pressure change from the system moving up the coast. So I felt bad. I had a headache. I was dragging around. My balance was off at times. I felt like my whole head was bruised from the pressure system.

Then as my mom has a scare with her heart. She has to have a Catheter done on her heart because part of her stress test showed a possible blockage. She had it done. Results were very good.

But then... My dad has been having trouble with his back ever since. He has a protruding disk. My worry is it has now ruptured. He refuses to go to the doctor for another MRI because the MRI table hurt him so bad before.

I'm Celebrating one year since my last surgery. But look what happen just in the past week.

Oh! I about forgot! I think I was trying to put myself in the hospital Friday! I fell at the pool.

 Oh! Oh! And! one day last week I hit my head too!


 I'm afraid this is starting out to be a bumpy ride. I have have been so happy that I have got back in the gym, Started weight training, Loosing weight. I have also still been doing the protein shakes. I have felt so good about the things I have been doing.

Then to be laid out on the concrete... I now question my balance... Was it my hydrocephalus messing with me?


I started this post as I'm happy it's been a year since my surgery! But this past week has really reminded me what a year it has been.

I keep reminding myself... I rather "this be me than someone else" but sometimes I need to come up for air.

I hate when there is more than one Monday in the week

I'm blue and bruised up! Oh! I still am having my headache from the huricane but that is not causing the most pain.

I took a spill at the pool! The saying "No Good Deed goes Unpunished" is so true!

I was not feeling great so I decided to not go to the gym. I came back to the pool and got a noodle. I was going to float in the water.

Alittle kid made a nose dive as soon as I put it dow for it. My mom stoped him and said it was hers. He ran and told his mom.

I had just taken off my shoes to get in the pool when his mom ask me to get her a noodle. She said she could not get out and leave her kids.

So I walk the # fet to get the noodle which she already had one. But anyway... She has 2 boys ... I don't know why she didn't get 2 to begin with.

So I reached it to her. I turned to walk around to the steps and I guess I hit a slick spot. I went down! It was all like slow motion. My right foot slipped.

The craziest thing I did not catch with my right hand. I always try not to catch cause I cant do anything without my hands.

My mom said it was like I rolled up in the fetal position kinda pottecting my head.

I did catch with my left hand though. That was really odd because mt reflexes are not as good in my left hand and arm.

So now I have a bruised tail bone and all the way up to my shoulder blades. I had pulled something in my left arm but it was getting better. It is hurting again. Plus now my wrist.

I was dazed from falling. But I can remember how concerned all my friends were. My mom was really pleased how everyone rushed to me.

I am so thankful I did not hit my head on the concrete. I have joked so many times that I have learned how to fall...LOL I proved it!!!

Hurricane Irene

I hit my head Wednesday. So I thought that had been bothering my headache. Then for the past few days I have been feeling like I have had water in my ears. Which will hurt my head too.

I have been dizzy, my balance has been off , and I have been having a lot more head rushes when I get up.

As I am sitting here writing this post my head is about to explode. Movement makes it hurt worse.

I have been getting messages from my friends on facebook asking me how close I was to the coast when it finally clicked. The pressure from the hurricane is what has been effect my headache.

Hurricane Irene is suppose to hit the North Carolina coast around Saturday. Even though I am still 4 hours away from the action of the hurricane. I am apparently feeling the effects.

So as the hurricane gets closer I get to enjoy my lovely headache back for a while.

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Bryan Stow is showing signs of infection

I went to his blog hoping to see plans of surgery to place a shunt. When I see a statement about 3steps forward and 2 steps back. I didn't want to think the worst. So I slowly kept reading.

Bryan has been running a temperature. He has a unitary tract and a staph infection in his spinal tap. He can't have surgery until he is free of infection.

 Bladder issues are very common with patients that have hydrocephalus or just brain injuries in general.

Bryan Showed signs of the infection over the weekend. Hopefully being able to get antibiotics in his system will get it knocked out soon.

http://support4bryanstow.com/News-Updates/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/948/Where-is-The-Love

Coupon Chief is not just another blog

I have been given the opportunity to review CouponChief.com when I first looked at this blog a week ago it didn't look the same as the other coupon blogs I follow. There is a great how it works section. I did not get lost in this blog at all like I have done with many other blog.

I wanted it to be user friendly. What would I want if I was to create a coupon blog? As some of you know I have played with the idea of starting my own coupon blog.

As I have been learning this site I became very interested because this site not only has the usual find your store plus coupon code.CouponChief.com gives credit to their coupon contributors, also linking you to their sites.

The other thing I am very pleased with on this site is Coupon-4-Causes they will contribute up to 20 percent to the Charity,school or Church of your choice. With having hydrocephalus myself this means I am always looking for ways to pay it forward or to give back to my cause. I feel like this blog is doing that through my purchase.

I already used the site last week to make a purchase. I just received my bathing suites in the mail yesterday.

**This is a paid review. The opinions expressed in this review are entirely
mine, Monica Ball.

Gabriel Gilfords know who died in shooting

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is now aware of who was killed during the January shooting rampage in Tucson that left her seriously wounded, her spokesman said.

C.J. Karamargin confirmed Friday that the Democratic politician was told in late July the names of the dead, including her aide Gabe Zimmerman; U.S. District Judge John Roll, a close friend; and 9-year-old Christina-Taylor Green, The Arizona Republic reported.

Gabby was has been aware for some time now that 6 people were killed and 12 injured. Her family and aids made the decision to not tell her who exactly had been killed because of the risk of upsetting her and delaying her progress with her own health.

Gabriel is able to talk with some speech impairment but she is still making progress.
http://home.myhughesnet.com/news/read.php?rip_id=%3CD9P7P1A00%40news.ap.org%3E&ps=1011

Details released in Bryan Stow case

http://www.fox40.com/news/headlines/ktla-bryan-stow-condition-update,0,1698698.story?track=rss

 Graphic new details about the attack on Bryan Stow were released in court documents during a reduction hearing for the Stow beating suspect 29-year-old Louie Sanchez.

He and and co-defendant 30-year old Marvin Norwood are charged in the March 21 attack. They're set to be arraigned Wednesday.

Sanchez and Norwood are charged with one count each of mayhem, assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury and battery with serious bodily injury in the Stow attack.

If convicted, Sanchez faces a maximum nine years in prison and Norwood faces a possible maximum eight-year term, according to the district attorney's office.

20 down

A couple of weeks of go I stepped back into the gym for the first time in years. It had been so long because I had been so sick over the years.

I hit the gym 3 times a week before work. I had friends that I worked out with. I have always been addicted to working out and staying fit.

I had worked out as a teenager making up my own workouts. I had the idea of wanting to stay fit. I remember watching fitness shows like Richard Simmons to learn how to exercise.

As you know I have done water aerobics for several years now. It is great exercise but it has not effected my weight at all.

Since I have been working out in the gym. I can really tell a difference. I have started loosing weigh and toning up.
I can really tell in my legs and stomach a fast change.

The women at the pool are commenting on the change too.

Since I have started getting back into shape I have lost over 20 pounds. If I get this weight off I never want to put it back on.

I gained because I was sick and fatigued. I was just not able to get around because I felt so bad with headaches. I was depressed and house bound.

This weight is really coming off slowly. I don't want to have to ever go through this ever again.

It is really sad how just an extra 20 or so pounds will make you feel bad. I have been more tired from nothing but this extra weight.

Its time for me to get back on track. It also helps that my mom and dad are on the same plan.

They have both lost 20 also. I can't get them sold on weight training though.

It is what has always worked for my body. Plus I love the toned tight look.

You have to always remember that muscle burns more calories than fat also.

Bryan Stow will probably need a shunt

http://support4bryanstow.com/News-Updates/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/945/All-you-Need-is-Love

I Checked in on Bryan on his Blog to see how he was doing. I was relieved to see he is mouthing words and still giving kisses.

This has brought this family really close together. If it was not before. Its bond is tighter than ever.

Bryan still has the lumbar drain. They think he probably will need a shunt next week.

In my opinion a shunt would work much better than the lumbar drain. It would control the fluid off of Brian's brain much better. He may then become more alert and responsive.

Coupon Chief is not just another blog

I have been given the opportunity to review CouponChief.com when I first looked at this blog a week ago it didn't look the same as the other coupon blogs I follow.  There is a great how it works section. I did not get lost in this blog at all like I have done with many other blog.

I wanted it to be user friendly. What would I want if I was to create a coupon blog? As some of you know I have played with the idea of starting my own coupon blog.

As I have been learning this site I became very interested because this site not only has the usual find your store plus coupon code.CouponChief.com gives credit to their coupon contributors, also linking you to their sites.

The other thing I am very pleased with on this site is Coupon-4-Causes they will contribute up to 20 percent to the Charity,school or Church of your choice. With having hydrocephalus myself this means I am always looking for ways to pay it forward or to give back to my cause. I feel like this blog is doing that through my purchase.

I already used the site last week to make a purchase. I just received my bathing suites in the mail yesterday.

**This is a paid review. The opinions expressed in this review are entirely
 mine, Monica Ball.

Author Shirmen Alexie has hydrocephalus

After following a question on a group of Hope Walker's, I found out that author Shirmen Alexie has hydrocephalus. 

You can find Hope on facebook. She has helped me with many hydrocephalus issues through the years. 

I was interested to find information on Shirmen Alexie.                                                                                                                                                      






  

Sherman Alexie, winner of a National Book Award, has just come out with a new book of short stories called “War Dances” as reported by the New York Times, LA Times, and the Colbert Report. NY Times called his last book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, a “commercial breakthrough.” In this book, Alexie created a character who like himself was born with a condition called Hydrocephalus.

Born hydrocephalic, which means with water on the brain, Alexie underwent a brain operation at the age of 6 months and was not expected to survive. When he did beat the odds, doctors predicted he would live with severe mental retardation. Though he showed no signs of this, he suffered severe side effects, such as seizures, throughout his childhood. In spite of all he had to overcome, Alexie learned to read by age three, and devoured novels, such as John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, by age five. shermanalexie.com

Hydrocephalus is referred to as “water on the brain” but it is actually a back up of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), a normal fluid that is made continuously by the brain. CSF provides nutrition and serves as a cushion for the brain and spinal cord. Normal pressure in the skull is regulated by release of CSF to the heart through large veins in the brain. Any number of problems including, a birth defect, a tumor, an infection, or bleeding can cause an interruption in this system and cause fluid, and therefore pressure, to build up. It is most often noticed in infants when this pressure causes the skull to enlarge. Sometimes children with this condition also have developmental delays. If left untreated, hydrocephalus can lead to death or serious brain injury. Surgeons at the Pediatric Neurosurgery Center say, “the prognosis for successful management of hydrocephalus is excellent. It is however the underlying cause that will ultimately determine a child’s outcome.”
The treatment is almost always surgical, to either fix the problem that is causing the back up of fluid or to insert a shunt to drain it off. Shunts come in a variety of types but are basically tubes that can be used to divert fluid from the brain to another part of the body where it can be absorbed.
Dr. Neil Feldstein from the Pediatric Neurosurgery Center said that surgery for this condition has come a long way since Alexie’s time. During the time when Alexie, now in his early forties, would have had his surgery, shunts were just being developed. He goes on to say, “Now, in addition to shunts we can also perform internal diversions call endoscopic third ventriculostomies (ETV) in selected cases. If they succeed the patients hydrocephalus is treated without the need for placing a permanent shunt system. In addition to the evolution of shunts in the past 40 years the practice of ETV has come a very long way due to the improvement of endoscopic instrumentation, MRI imaging and intraoperative navigation.”
“I’m fine now,” Alexie recently told the LA Times “I’m a success story.” Alexie is not only fine, he is exceptional. During his career he has published 18 volumes of fiction and poetry. According to the LA Times, “In 1996, he was named one of Granta magazine’s Best Young American Novelists; his novel ‘Reservation Blues’ was shortlisted for the prestigious international IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 1997; in 1999, the New Yorker selected him as one of its 20 Writers for the 21st Century.”
He has also become a filmmaker. He wrote the movies Smoke Signals and The Business of Fancydancing, which he also directed. Still in production, is a documentary about hydrocephalus that he is making with the Hydrocephalus Association. The film has been tentatively titled “Learning to Drown” after a poem about hydrocephalus Alexie published in 1993. In a recent New York Times interview Alexie said that “he wants mothers to know there is hope. After all, he spent his first seven years of life in and out of hospitals with seizures” and look at him now.

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Cookout at Chell's

It feels so nice to be able to once again do things with my friends. Yesterday I went to Chell's for a back to school cook out.

If you have been following my blog from the beginning you know that Chell is one of my best friends. Plus she is the mentor to my blog. She is in real life Mom, wife, and Michelle.

She is a professional blogger @ The Adventures of Super Mom, SuperMom Reviews and SuperMom Cooks

I was able to go to the cookout without having to take extra headache medicine. I can still notice I have balance issues when walking in their yard.

The uneven levels got me in places as I was walking Sophie the little Yorkie poo around the yard. She is so much smaller than Pepper I feel like she could just crawl in my pocket.

I recently went up on my dose of topamax to 400 mgs. For the past few days I have not woke up with a headache that I had to calm down with medicine just to be able to function.

I really did not want to increase my dose. But I was having to take more pain medicine to relieve the headaches.

I took a chance that the increase in topamax might help my headaches of the mornings. I went for several weeks trying other things.

I thought it was an allergy for a long time. My really big problem with that is, I have.... Never been able to take allergy medicine.

This has been so trying. I have tried to take several different allergy medications. I can take a children's allergy pill without it giving me a headache from taking the allergy pill.

But the allergy pill did not help. I was still waking up in pain. At first for just a second I would think my head would not be hurting too bad. It would just take me moving my head just a little to start feeling the pain.

Its so nie to have a break finally. The side effects of the topamax are not fun. But to not have to take as much pain medicine is really nice.

Kisses from heaven

I was so excited to see the latest update on Bryan Stow. He has made amazing improvements in the last few days.

The lumbar drain seem to be doing its job taking pressure off of Bryan's brain making it possible for him to be able to respond to commands.

I can't put near the excitement his sister did in writing after hearing about Bryan's other sister had got him to pucker for a kiss.

He was also able to turn his head a bit for on of those kisses. Plus lift his arm a bit.

Bryan is responding really well it sounds like from the lumbar drain. For him to be able to respond to their commands is a great sign.

Read Erin's post here: http://support4bryanstow.com/

Congressional Letter to Congress

                                                               Congressman Lenard Lance

Congressman Tim Walz

January 11th, 2011 Congressman Leonard Lance and Congressman Tim Walz Announce Congressional Hydrocephalus Caucus with ‘Dear Colleague‘ Letter to All Members of Congress

http://www.hydrocephaluskids.org/wordpress

A congressional caucus is a group of members of the United States Congress that meets to pursue common legislative objectives. Formally, caucuses are formed as congressional member organizations (CMOs) through the United States House of Representatives and governed under the rules of that chamber.
Please join our Congressional Pediatric & Adult Hydrocephalus Caucus Facebook Fan page for updates and action alerts!:


Thank you Michael Illions for sharing the information from your blog.

I thought it was odd I was a bit more dizzy and my ears were kinda stopped up. I hopped it would pass in a few minutes though.

I had my whole day planned to clean to clean my house. But every time I started to bend over my head felt like I had a rolling river sloshing from side to side bouncing off of rocks. But it was rolling around in a fish bowl 2 sizes too small.

So apparently... Either in aerobic swimming, swimming or taking a shower I got water in my ears.

I know something so little sounds like it should not effect me. But it has something to do with where I have been damaged in my brain from my hydrocephalus.

400 mgs. of Topamax

Once again I have had to increase my dose of topamax to 400 mgs. My headaches have increases in the past few weeks. So I called my neurologist to increase my medicine again.

I have been having to take more pain medicine. To try to cut down on the pain medicine I have increased the topamax to 400 mgs.

I was thinking for a few days that my headache had increased because of taking an allergy pill but the headache has continued. It is not as sever as it was when I was taking the allergy pill.

My pain its mostly when I bend over. I feel pressure like a head rush towards the top of my head and fore head. I like to describe my headache as pressure headaches.

My head feels like its going to explode. It feels bruised from the inside out.

The increase in topamax will help lower my spinal fluid some. Hopefully will help my headaches and will take some pressure off to give some relief to my headaches a bit.

Another Lumbar Drain to be done on Stow

Today Bryan went in for a CT scan and an MRI. It was decided to stop the blood thinner for his blood clots and to put in an IVC filter. He has had this before to stop blood clots from shooting to his lungs. They stopped the blood thinner because he will also be getting another lumbar drain tonight or tomorrow. He just isn’t absorbing the fluid completely on his own. The drain will work slower this time around, since before it drained too much, too fast. They decided to do this tonight because the past week he has been extremely sleepy and has had very minimal response to commands. The EEG is also back on him to monitor for any seizure activity. We will keep you all posted.

I got this post from Bryan's blog. I am trying my best to keep up with his story and his progress.

The basic lumbar drain surgery takes a very short period of time. A doctor inserts a tube in between two of the vertebrae and then secures it in place with a stitch. Tape may be used too to keep the drain secure. The tube is then attached to a collecting “bag,” so that fluid drained can be assessed for volume. Placing a tube into the spine does sound painful, but this is greatly reduced by the use of local anesthetic to numb the area before tube insertion begins.

Engagement!

Guest post by:Emerson Moses

I just got engaged over the weekend and I couldn’t be more excited. I can’t wait to plan a wedding but more than that I’m just pumped to be able to finally move in with my fiancé (it’s so weird to call him that!) My parents are really conservative and there was no way we were moving in together before we got married so it’s just going to be a relief to finally join our houses together and stop the back and forth we’ve got going on now. I want to get married soon, like, within the next four months since there’s no need to prolong the process and I’ve already got some things on the list for when we finally combine households. I want to go to http://www.TVBYdirect.com to get satellite since I watch a lot of TV and I want to get a security system as well since Ben’s often out of town on business. I plan on making some major decorating improvements to his house, too, since it’s a bachelor pad!

Suspects kicked Stow after he was unconscious

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The brawling began soon after the Dodgers beat the rival San Francisco Giants on opening day, and ended with a paramedic on the ground with a brain injury.
Newly released details in the attack that outraged baseball fans across the nation indicate that suspects Louie Sanchez and Marvin Norwood initially went after a group of young Giants fans in the stadium parking lot, with Sanchez taking a swing at one of them.
Detectives think he may have hit other fans in the same group, though no one else has come forward.
Then, Bryan Stow and a group of friends walked past as Sanchez stood by his sister's car. Sanchez hit two of them before chasing down Stow and punching him from behind in the side of his head, prosecutors said in a court document filed Monday.
"Stow's friends, who are paramedics, describe that Stow immediately lost consciousness and fell sideways to the ground without breaking his fall," the document states. "When Stow's head hit the ground witnesses heard his head impact the concrete and saw it bounce."
Sanchez then kicked the unconscious Stow several times in the head while Stow's friends tried to shield him with their bodies, prosecutors said.
Norwood is also accused of kicking Stow then standing over his prone body and saying, "Who else wants to fight?"
http://home.myhughesnet.com/news/read.php?rip_id=%3CD9ORJQN02%40news.ap.org%3E&ps=1013

I was out raged when I read this article. One of these guys actually is making excuses for what he did. If you look in the article at their wrap sheet of the violent attacks.

Domestic abuse on these guys record. I'm sure they have kids too. This is a great way to teach your kids to get along with other.

What if there had been kids around seeing this? What would have kept these 2 from jumping Bryan if he had taking his children to this game?

Where are people safe anymore? If Bryan's friends had not shield his body with theirs these 2 thugs would have kept kicking him!

Tragedy also hit recently. One of the friends that shielded Brian died from a peanut allergy. He was suppose to be a witness to the beating.

I am sure there had to be others that witnessed this terrible act. I'm praying for Bryan and his family. I know this is not easy for them.

Gabby Gilford returns to the house floor

I was so excited to turn on the news last night to see Gabby standing on the house floor, She has recovered much faster than I thought she would.

Of course she is not well yet but she is able to walk onto the house floor with assistance and vote.

She had made a statement that she wanted to come back and be here when she thought it was important for her to step forward.

She put her recovery aside and found the strength to come vote for a cause she was feeling strongly about.

I admire her for pushing forward and finding the strength and energy to be there for the people that support her.

Gabriel Gilford was shot in  the head when she was at a speaking event in January of 2011. The Arizona congress woman was shot in the head which required part of her skull to be removed because of swelling.

Months later when the neurosurgeons replaced Gabby's skull flap with a stronger more durable synthetic type piece. Just the same shape as her head. The surgeons then placed a shunt at the same time.

Bryan Stow flipped off Opening Day

Bryan Stow flipped off on Opening Day, picture shows

By:Mike Aldax | Examiner Staff Writer | 06/29/11 8:28 AM

Gossip website TMZ obtained this picture from a Facebook page of a friend to Bryan Stow that shows Stow and his friends. (www.tmz.com/)

While Giants fan Bryan Stow faced taunting and middle fingers in Los Angeles, he reportedly commented that he’d rather eat his own feces than a Dodger Dog.

Newly released video, images and witness accounts of the day Stow was brutally beaten at Dodger Stadium — mostly appearing on the gossip news website TMZ— are snagging headlines and highlighting a vicious baseball rivalry that had tragic results Opening Day.

The latest uncovered image shows Dodger fans giving the bird to the camera as Stow and fellow Giants fans posed for a photograph during the game.

A video released earlier this week showed a Dodger fan scolding Stow, who was seated in the stands. That fan later claimed Stow had insulted the famous Dodger hot dog, according to TMZ.

The video grilling preceded Stow’s alarming message about the ongoing beef — his family said he had texted a relative 45 minutes before the end of the game about the “intimidating scene” at the ballpark.

After the game, two thugs in Dodger garb attacked Stow, a 42-year-old Santa Cruz paramedic and father of two, in the stadium parking lot. He was left in critical condition with head injuries.

Doctors at San Francisco General Hospital said last week that Stow’s condition had been upgraded to serious, but his recovery was too soon to tell.

maldax@sfexaminer.com

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I can't believe their would be a real video released before these 2 guys have been convicted. I have not watched the videos because I know there is a man laying in a hospital bed because of their actions.

Plus I figure it is someones video that was just standing by and was more intent on taking pictures that helping.

Maybe if someone had said "Stop! The game is over!" this would not have gone to the parking lot.