April Recap
Leesburg Bike Fest Derek's note before I took my CEN exam Last day of school! Brysen asleep on couch Orlando soccer game with Brett Derek celebrating his birthday with our neighbors while McKinley was in hospital
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Grant and Brysen Duathlon
We had planned on doing the duathlon as a family, but Derek got injured and didn't train and then McKinley got hospitalized so she couldn't participate. However, we were able to be discharged from the hospital in time for the race and one of my friends came and sat with McKinley so we could go cheer the boys on!
McKinley's Hospitalization
On April 15th, McKinley was at Chad's and had a seizure. We took her to the ED where we sadly had a horrible experience. No one would listen to us and we had to fight to even get a head CT. Ultimately, she was discharged as a panic attack despite the CT showing an abnormality and her having continued right sided weakness and tingling. Thank goodness for an amazing pediatrician who got us an MRI and I called constantly trying to get in asap. After the MRI was done I knew it was bad news based on how the MRI tech was acting. Before I had even pulled into the driveway I was getting a call from the pediatricians office. It ended up that the abnormality on the CT that the ED told us was "fine" was a brain tumor. We were direct admitted into Arnold Palmer hospital neurology unit. McKinley had been having right sided facial tingling for about 2-3 months off and on, but we had chalked it up to electrolyte issues adn the fact that she's a tee...
