Sick again

We should have figured Brayden would get sick before the Benefit Ride. He has cough and congestion....Imagine that...once again! Poor baby seems to be constantly sick with coughing and congestion. It is just so aggrevating to almost never have him well. He gets better sometimes but, he is hardly ever well. We have also been battling him staying up all night. We have tried everything and nothing seems to work to get him on a schedule. He is still staying up until 3 or 4am. Even if he gets up early he is so worn out he takes more naps and still stays up. I am so tired from staying up all hours of the night and not getting any sleep. Got to figure out something! Looks like there is a chance of rain on the day of the ride. Praying it doesn't rain that day! There was a change in the bands coming. The only band we are sure that is coming is Joint Effort. Maybe another band will be coming but, not sure of that yet. We can't wait for the ride and we hope Brayden is feeling better by Saturday. Hope to see everyone at the ride!

Update

Brayden has been doing good,and is feeling much better now. We have been working on Braydens Benefit Ride. We now have 2 bands that are coming, Joint Effort and Mountain Cove. We have almost everything ready and have given out tons of flyers. We hope to see everyone at the ride. Even if you don't ride a motorcycle, come out and have lunch with us. Listen to some music. We have more tables, chairs and some tents this year so there will be some shade. Brayden had OT and PT today and did very well. He got to ride on a tricycle with lots of help from his PT. He was all tuckered out after doing both OT and PT today and took him a good little nap. Brayden got his quilt made from www.lovequilts.org it is so cute done all in Cars. It goes perfect with his room. Thanks to all of the stitchers at love quilts for making Brayden such a nice quilt.

Happy 4th of July

Brayden has been sick with coughing and congestion. He seems to not be able to get well here lately. He will get a little better then really sick again. We went to the Dr. today and lungs are clear but started him on an antibiotic. He is really congested and wheezy. We are continuing to work on the benefit ride. We have given out a ton of flyers. Hopefully we will have a good turn-out. Hope everyone has a great 4th of July weekend.

Braydens 2nd annual Benefit Bike Ride

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2nd Annual Benefit Ride for Brayden

We are working on Braydens 2nd annual benefit ride and we have set a date and place. August 1st, registration starting at 10 am, at Walgreens in Ringgold, GA. (same place as last year). They have a pretty big area and things turned out well last year. We are still working on alot of things.

We would love to have a live band this year if anyone knows of any bands that would be willing to help us out, just let me know. We are in need of donations of things to giveaway and things to raffle off. So if you know anyone or have anything you want to donate just let me know. Anything is appreciated no matter how small.

We will have a 50/50 drawing, raffle, and lunch is provided for the riders. We hope to have a bigger and better ride this year. 43 riders last year and we hope to have more this year. The cost is $25 for riders and $5 for passengers.

Brayden will need ongoing therapies and treatments for the rest of his life due to his brain injury. All money raised will be used for Braydens treatments and therapies. We have come a long way in little over a year. Brayden went from being a vegetable to being able to smile and laugh now and is even starting to try and talk. He was able to get rid of his tracheostomy and he is even beginning to be able to try and eat small amounts of food by mouth. He is so much better now thanks to everyone helping to get him the treatments and therapies he needs. None of this would have been possible without everyone's help. We hope everyone continues to pray for Brayden and we thank everyone for their continued support.

No sleep for Brayden

The sleep study went about the same as the other one. Brayden did not go to sleep until about 2am. and the study is over at 5am so they really didn't get an accurate test done again. But, we are not trying that again. He just can't tolerate being hooked up to all of those wires. We had a great Memorial Day . Curtis got the addition to the deck finished and we got a new swing to go outside. We had a cookout with family and the kids had a blast swimming. We did have some excitement when a big snake was found crawling across the road into our yard. Brayden has been doing good. He has been tasting some foods. He doesn't really like anything in his mouth though. He has been babbling and trying to talk more now. He really isn't saying any words yet but making lots more sounds now. We are hoping all this rain will go away and it will warm up so Brayden can try out the pool.

Feeling Better Now

Well we have finished up all the antibiotics and Brayden is feeling much better now. We have been dealing with diarrhea and an awful diaper rash from the antibiotics this week. Brayden went to the pediatric ophthalmologist to have his eyes checked this week. They said that he can see but they couldn't tell us how much he can see. They said that his eyes looked good and he did not need glasses. That all of his eye control problems are from his brain injury and nothing wrong with his eyes. He still has alot of the upward gaze but his eye control is getting much better and he seems to be focusing on things more. He definantly understands some of what you are saying to him too because if you say something funny to him he will laugh. We are going for another sleep study Saturday night since he didn't sleep on our first try. We hope he goes to sleep! Not much else going on with Brayden right now. He has been enjoying the warm weather because his nurse Debra spoils him rotten and takes him to the park everyday. He loves to be outside. Finally the last day of school is here. The kids are excited and Brayden loves them being here to aggravate him. We are finally getting the pool fixed after the liner got a hole in it. We may try and see what Brayden thinks about getting in the pool. I think he would enjoy some water therapy because he really loves taking a bath and playing in the water kicking and splashing. I will try and to post some pics up when I update on the sleep study. Hope everyone has a great Memorial Day Weekend.