Random Thoughts

I received a phone call last night from a friend of mine with tragic news of the death of her boyfriend/fiance. He was involved in a single car crash that claimed his life instantly. I don't know all the details, but they believe he swerved to miss a deer and hit a light post, was ejected and died at the scene.

I was so heart-broken for her as they have been working on their relationship and unfortunately, they did speak on Friday, but the conversation was not nice between them. I have always been told not to go to bed mad, which I do on occasions, and not to leave a loved one on bad terms - this is a prime example of why. This seems much easier said than done though, as during the heat of the moment it isn't always easy to end the conversation on good terms until a little time has passed and you can cool off and call back. Unfortunately for them, this will never happen.

My prayers are with Jennifer and the family of Brandon - he lost his mother just weeks ago to breast cancer and his father must be devastated to the lost of his only son and his wife just weeks apart. Brandon leaves behind his father and a daughter who he had custody of - I pray that they will find the comfort needed to go on.


This was just the beginning of this type of news - as I arrived to work this morning my manager pulled our team together to let us know of the information above, but also to inform us that our previous director lost her father Saturday morning due to a car wreck. My prayers are with Amy and her family as they grieve the loss of her father - a family that was very close.

I have been very blessed in my life with my wonderful family and friends. I am very fortunate that I have such a great network of people in my life. I hope that I don't take for granted what I have and those who have been a part of my life. I love you all!

I took off a couple hours this afternoon to take Peyton to a pulmonary doctor. I wanted for Peyton to get his tonsils removed and therefore, we had to go through a sleep study earlier this year. They determined that Peyton did have a mild sleep apnea and that helped my cause of getting his tonsils removed. We got that done this summer and he seems to be doing much better with his snoring. Our doctor still wanted us to follow up with the pulmonary doctor.I learned today that there are two types of apnea - central and obstructive.

• Central sleep apnea (CSA) occurs when the brain does not send the signal to the muscles to take a breath, and there is no muscular effort to take a breath.
• Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) occurs when the brain sends the signal to the muscles and the muscles make an effort to take a breath, but they are unsuccessful because the airway becomes obstructed and prevents the flow of air.

I was under the impression that Peyton had obstructive apnea, but she said the reports came back as central. She did agree that since the tonsils and adnoids were removed and he doesn't appear to be having any more problems with the sleep apnea and snoring, that we don't have to do anything futher.

I have been trying to figure out our benefits information for next year. Luckily, we have been blessed with healthy children. We have had our share of appointments with Peyton, but I think we've about got him all sorted out - at least for now. He got his tonsils and adnoids removed, his tubes are still in and functioning and he doesn't have to go back for a CT Scan or to see his plastic surgeon until he is six - that gives us a year off from that. Now, as long as we can keep them all healthy, we will be in luck!

This is taking a whole different turn, but can I just say Thank God for crockpots! I put a roast on this morning before I left for work and I came home to the wonderful aroma of dinner already done! It was especially nice since I worked a little later and I went to workout after work. I love coming home from a long day and not having to worry about dinner! Looks like the crockpot and I are becoming quite the good friends.

Life is short - life is precious. Hold your loved one close - you never know when they will be taken from us.

Until next time...

Dawn