A big week. And peaches!

 This has been a momentous week.

~David and I celebrated our 10-year anniversary on Friday!
~My brother, Matthew, successfully defended his dissertation for his PhD!
~We learned that Micah's long-awaited test approval from our insurance company for the MEG (magnetoencephalogram) came through!

We are relieved that our months-long wait is over for that technicality. However, for a variety of reasons (all out of our control) our appointment for this test is still not until September 10. I was very disappointed about this because I had hoped this process would be smooth, swift sailing once the insurance approval took place. Not so. At this point I am just hoping to have the surgery (if that is the final decision) done before the end of the calendar year so it will be on this year's deductible.

Last week we also learned the results of his June EEG, which showed 20 electrographic seizures (the kind we can't see happening outwardly) in the 22 hours he was hooked up. This is a disappointing development, since he had none during his last long EEG in January. This makes me more anxious than ever to hurry this process along. Though we can't see anything happening, they still affect his brain function, development, and learning.

We have passed the two-year mark for this journey with epilepsy--more than half of Micah's life. Two years of some ups and many downs. He will turn four next Thursday. We love our boy so very much and look forward to celebrating four years of knowing him! Last year on his birthday, I ended my post with "Next year, a birthday without seizures!" We hope to get our wish this year. He won't have to wear a helmet. We likely won't see any seizures (though we know he'll have some). So, much better! And he won't have to eat keto-cake! We still haven't decided on a cake theme--so many possibilities now!

We picked peaches and blackberries at Tree-Mendus Orchard in Eau Claire, Michigan this morning. Here are some photos from our fun. The weather was perfect and the peaches and blackberries beautiful!

He had fun in the trees. There were plenty of peaches at his level.

Despite the dire warnings about the lack of a peach crop in Michigan this year because of extreme weather, the trees seemed full of fruit. The blackberries on the other hand, were definitely sparse.

That is blackberry juice on Micah's face. And everywhere else, including his belly button. 

He helped load our buckets.