Suburban Woes/Long Days in Memphis

You'll never believe, I'm sure, that we had car trouble Tuesday night. I mean, who woulda thought?? After her testing on Tuesday, we went out to Habitat for Hope for the evening to chill and be refreshed. The girls got to ride horses and the boys got to 4-wheel it for a while and we had a fun evening away from "sick" stuff. We got back into town after dark and pulled into the Grizzlies House parking lot. Strangely enough, the suburban wouldn't shut off. David worked and worked on pulling and pushing in every direction, putting it in gear and out, etc. It just would not turn off. We just looked at each other and sighed. I called my Dad for ideas on what to do. David unplugged the battery - we thought that might kill it. It didn't. Then he pulled the wire out of the distributor and that finally did the trick. Then the key turned off and he was able to start it up and then turn it off again without problems.

I think that I'm starting to get the idea that our suburban just likes Memphis and wants to stay. I mean, it's done everything possible to make us leave it here - flat tire, broken belts, getting stolen, sticking ignition switch. It obviously wants to stay here and I think we're about ready to let it.

Anyway, the days have been kind of long as far as testing goes. Not because Brenna's had a lot of tests, but just the opposite. She only had one thing Monday, two on Tuesday and yesterday. So it kind of seems to be dragging on forever. We met with Dr. Clarke yesterday and had a good visit. He definitely recommends the surgery. He said after all the meds we've tried, our chances of ever getting the seizures under control with medication only are like 5%. Whereas, with surgery, the percentage goes up to more than 70%. Apparently it's a surgery they do several times a week so it's not a new thing.

Brenna had her MRI this morning and at 11:30 we'll go to meet with her neurosurgeon that did her last surgery. He's a great guy and will explain in detail what the surgery would entail. Then, we'll make our decision. We will also get the results of her scans and then the last thing of the day will be endocrine. We might not finish up with appointments until after 3:00, but we're still going to hit the road afterwards. There's no place like home and we would like to get there today.

I'll post our decision and scan results also, later on. Thanks for all the prayers!