tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58748743535954392782024-03-05T01:13:16.546-08:00Not Bad Thingmartha millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847828956846494958noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874874353595439278.post-27718772637661513452012-03-15T15:58:00.009-07:002012-03-15T16:22:24.932-07:00Monday Fun<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitXJ8-qcDlumm0fK7WAbilUrLlRcppIJUD3IsF6QwFpfQ1O746574xpU8uWEUSt-IF0hD2s7_Hoimv9GDG97eldZ3rcThPkhdkyxcKAh-ljAYmL5gffj-DTcdeNfHhbSQLpFomOgdBfsU/s1600/ls95.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 344px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720262768057970706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitXJ8-qcDlumm0fK7WAbilUrLlRcppIJUD3IsF6QwFpfQ1O746574xpU8uWEUSt-IF0hD2s7_Hoimv9GDG97eldZ3rcThPkhdkyxcKAh-ljAYmL5gffj-DTcdeNfHhbSQLpFomOgdBfsU/s400/ls95.gif" /></a>Butterfly<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOc0jaiqOAgmn7tpRMaBpxGI-rlLKi11mJlvYYM-jBbuIfcep6TrPiLFfsKBJPuGBPfVUJQZUTWUhhCcB-Tszy0sO1y-8EElBi72AsVQCJOKAxwgJ_RLq_6PKWoiLpgntogcCGjg3bE4Q/s1600/ls96.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 378px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720262709669477154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOc0jaiqOAgmn7tpRMaBpxGI-rlLKi11mJlvYYM-jBbuIfcep6TrPiLFfsKBJPuGBPfVUJQZUTWUhhCcB-Tszy0sO1y-8EElBi72AsVQCJOKAxwgJ_RLq_6PKWoiLpgntogcCGjg3bE4Q/s400/ls96.gif" /></a>Blue Nosed Trolls<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsq6sUNTzw56aZu3vws1wD3eg3NtMYkcXtlrCglAB1CciBZU5GcKi7k1GkQWAiKqxa1bnJ67Vw65jCCv6TUgb0j7GqFB0PIuXCQmBhJQMMbD2o6ltH1md-rXmEb9zx9cNPPCrstMRMToU/s1600/ls97.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 304px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720262646925131458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsq6sUNTzw56aZu3vws1wD3eg3NtMYkcXtlrCglAB1CciBZU5GcKi7k1GkQWAiKqxa1bnJ67Vw65jCCv6TUgb0j7GqFB0PIuXCQmBhJQMMbD2o6ltH1md-rXmEb9zx9cNPPCrstMRMToU/s400/ls97.gif" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqUqasp0LNClEKfsuNMHNBzrbTgVuAJTOf5jL5SNkxyEonNg7qusCbEjpRJlAIgPf98c8ds-tYrO1on4bvgb2dPgdgKsfw-5apnWA2FUqvyQknEuaJvXnMXJ_7RAtg-_hQ1DLaKTBJ04s/s1600/ls98.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 398px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720262581670909586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqUqasp0LNClEKfsuNMHNBzrbTgVuAJTOf5jL5SNkxyEonNg7qusCbEjpRJlAIgPf98c8ds-tYrO1on4bvgb2dPgdgKsfw-5apnWA2FUqvyQknEuaJvXnMXJ_7RAtg-_hQ1DLaKTBJ04s/s400/ls98.gif" /></a>A "Sunrise Cut"<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4cdOkNjcE27rxfnwcnDaFL8-E7lHmJMTdwwT2S0BzWeZW3qrIUDYF8abCAfk76SyoeCQ7v666P9ZxI1gTRDOPyRqaiWVZW5B-GhJUz8ZEfEYCwrEiV-Hf76CXHVpXC4gFu4pf3D3BtY/s1600/ls99.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720262468496843890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4cdOkNjcE27rxfnwcnDaFL8-E7lHmJMTdwwT2S0BzWeZW3qrIUDYF8abCAfk76SyoeCQ7v666P9ZxI1gTRDOPyRqaiWVZW5B-GhJUz8ZEfEYCwrEiV-Hf76CXHVpXC4gFu4pf3D3BtY/s400/ls99.gif" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhIdK1GT1ZLOUiAjLM15J7rLAMM86OshjcHvmwWkg3sbiKeL5B6IOotzN-v91qfZ2zz9Fy7cjd-q07FuRRsH26RRuGO8wcI6_XqyjgaR92eRe-Lu1_qWaQOUaOiub7OGeJKGJjAUt4agE/s1600/ls100.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720262396856125890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhIdK1GT1ZLOUiAjLM15J7rLAMM86OshjcHvmwWkg3sbiKeL5B6IOotzN-v91qfZ2zz9Fy7cjd-q07FuRRsH26RRuGO8wcI6_XqyjgaR92eRe-Lu1_qWaQOUaOiub7OGeJKGJjAUt4agE/s400/ls100.gif" /></a></div><div>Lisbeth clowning in my studio on Monday. Lis missed a couple of <a href="http://marthamillerart.blogspot.com/2012/01/mondays-with-lisbeth.html">Mondays</a> in a row due to seizures, but has been back the past two weeks. Her participation level in an art activity varies depending on her clarity that particular day. She comes to see me straight after her therapy appointment with <a href="http://www.manymoonstherapy.org/">Stephanie Cimmet</a>, and this week she was eager to show me the two paper cuts posted above that she made in her therapy appointment. The week before she was less clear but able to cut some simple heart shapes in my studio, and sat entranced as I dropped colored inks across their surface, folded them in half, then opened them up to reveal butterflies, and blue nosed trolls...</div><div><em>Great fun.</em></div></div></div></div></div></div>martha millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847828956846494958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874874353595439278.post-41422428727759806572012-02-20T05:51:00.001-08:002012-02-20T06:03:39.873-08:00Playing with Color and The Big Cut<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm7lViRPzL86YJQ-Mzi_3V4nWtTsjJ-imu5HWsYneeVEiSOqdAOulIqiBYXsBQiBuUHkYuVp-_SFaGaNlSpP_bn5X8SDuDIpWoJA5ZkHXZqYfhB3h9CBT_fccyxJoW_yAJXo60rSFwyYs/s1600/bc3.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711216675001069794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm7lViRPzL86YJQ-Mzi_3V4nWtTsjJ-imu5HWsYneeVEiSOqdAOulIqiBYXsBQiBuUHkYuVp-_SFaGaNlSpP_bn5X8SDuDIpWoJA5ZkHXZqYfhB3h9CBT_fccyxJoW_yAJXo60rSFwyYs/s400/bc3.gif" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ae_4GkxL3ayZ7R6tee3k0zwd9zsBe1Kf5LjhNVRVv3DeLv4ei1SbZJvGky56VuRySAJYsW80vYgVLoAnKzdOCYD3ovcF6Un4IeB1IdQp6_khkRg_QOvDfEyTlv8Mj8T0J4VA-Wnirw0/s1600/bc4.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711216619513705762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ae_4GkxL3ayZ7R6tee3k0zwd9zsBe1Kf5LjhNVRVv3DeLv4ei1SbZJvGky56VuRySAJYsW80vYgVLoAnKzdOCYD3ovcF6Un4IeB1IdQp6_khkRg_QOvDfEyTlv8Mj8T0J4VA-Wnirw0/s400/bc4.gif" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBKbt9kHmZQViYbD1J_LQxTKhclXW4muKDgNvuwve0t1faee0lFsw2N0nd3il-Dwp8wH08jDhf5Emchplmir3Y8-WY36o1Zms87oliutu3ArKrym4rPRBQhnl-lk1KWR3tdB5Qty1FLQM/s1600/bc5.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711216558059836594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBKbt9kHmZQViYbD1J_LQxTKhclXW4muKDgNvuwve0t1faee0lFsw2N0nd3il-Dwp8wH08jDhf5Emchplmir3Y8-WY36o1Zms87oliutu3ArKrym4rPRBQhnl-lk1KWR3tdB5Qty1FLQM/s400/bc5.gif" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKMak_uiTMXD0TbLXpWcXe64V6Wv89YLyLvMxqZrolLtu8SxUd7pc2krbxx7hLk1OJ-i9-B4V6Aq9nCvPZJLSpd9_qdtkrrlvc7fj8blU_5XmD4ynRflAVZjxoXW6a0K7od0SSh4Qi_Lc/s1600/bc6.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711216490848587442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKMak_uiTMXD0TbLXpWcXe64V6Wv89YLyLvMxqZrolLtu8SxUd7pc2krbxx7hLk1OJ-i9-B4V6Aq9nCvPZJLSpd9_qdtkrrlvc7fj8blU_5XmD4ynRflAVZjxoXW6a0K7od0SSh4Qi_Lc/s400/bc6.gif" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinpkRmDqsYj0BQ5qt6Rl3Lk8h6tzDjV1ltvz3CUMUlQKDyL0ATK9rAnc8vyKOX9A2TNGpSOyLq2A14IVQ3XcQQxL-ke66IONZNaW5vvfbzwi1KXFg5uSuljkMxq3voT1OMfbRF09-JyY4/s1600/bc1.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711216406219395570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinpkRmDqsYj0BQ5qt6Rl3Lk8h6tzDjV1ltvz3CUMUlQKDyL0ATK9rAnc8vyKOX9A2TNGpSOyLq2A14IVQ3XcQQxL-ke66IONZNaW5vvfbzwi1KXFg5uSuljkMxq3voT1OMfbRF09-JyY4/s400/bc1.gif" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX844kFETI-0TXes-KjrSEnbI9FYtoTomGRkqsjnc5BmbX1XN-JnuM2oUaOTjoLP0WG4QSq8QbnbVmn1MzU0MF9zvlUhHSh4Anjyw_Xsd_rPOc-bezsTTFUcHTZrpc_bd-B_LC9ZIU47E/s1600/bc2.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711216284711035682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX844kFETI-0TXes-KjrSEnbI9FYtoTomGRkqsjnc5BmbX1XN-JnuM2oUaOTjoLP0WG4QSq8QbnbVmn1MzU0MF9zvlUhHSh4Anjyw_Xsd_rPOc-bezsTTFUcHTZrpc_bd-B_LC9ZIU47E/s400/bc2.gif" /></a></div><div>Percolating with ideas for Lisbeth's <a href="http://wwwnotbadthing.blogspot.com/2012/02/marked-improvement.html">big new cuts.</a> I'm particularly keen on this design...</div><div>Wouldn't these make great tiles? Or fabric squares...</div><div>I pulled my palette from a couple of photos of bouquets from last summer's flower gardens...</div></div></div></div></div></div>martha millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847828956846494958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874874353595439278.post-79391054962509000732012-02-17T06:49:00.001-08:002012-02-17T07:23:55.299-08:00Brother Alec<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ml_rS7-9jvEaozHRDpxEPs0RmbRp6aA44ipXabv5gB76iNP4upJTeGraFBhD1BTsiokqQKU80qQAu68jDnokGgMXnQeFZ6V057f_BUKveNSPPb9INTN2xrU8Obw3jxxNu9gftSTFsmI/s1600/ls86.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 295px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710117788438596546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ml_rS7-9jvEaozHRDpxEPs0RmbRp6aA44ipXabv5gB76iNP4upJTeGraFBhD1BTsiokqQKU80qQAu68jDnokGgMXnQeFZ6V057f_BUKveNSPPb9INTN2xrU8Obw3jxxNu9gftSTFsmI/s400/ls86.gif" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmqpsnzFTqLeYJVQY4npqpV5rIgj3-67yvtI3bRGmggnK_ajFkPUSXC5xBkrn9vo8dgxXhwv-exWlr5nGMfmVr0Fz7ZGjpBT5TDdC8Y748lAjzRepBhUJX2LmMgS2TKCA22OQV12-IlSg/s1600/ls87.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710117679821414914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmqpsnzFTqLeYJVQY4npqpV5rIgj3-67yvtI3bRGmggnK_ajFkPUSXC5xBkrn9vo8dgxXhwv-exWlr5nGMfmVr0Fz7ZGjpBT5TDdC8Y748lAjzRepBhUJX2LmMgS2TKCA22OQV12-IlSg/s400/ls87.gif" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvLAQ0YZY5ryJSPPdbToZShGIuW4NhLUbVhwWWYi5rmp1oLsJ1LySN4kdXkZpQ4lzeXKB5UT7D-11BsJMxGoZjv10ixCsR5JpE0kj7KVbqYoRUYTkeJ5teoFPWd4kAfsBHhMiIv8p4TS8/s1600/ls88.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710117577021520594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvLAQ0YZY5ryJSPPdbToZShGIuW4NhLUbVhwWWYi5rmp1oLsJ1LySN4kdXkZpQ4lzeXKB5UT7D-11BsJMxGoZjv10ixCsR5JpE0kj7KVbqYoRUYTkeJ5teoFPWd4kAfsBHhMiIv8p4TS8/s400/ls88.gif" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYuypK4VUnkVttTe6cbEkT7CqUNqakzYDgjOj4tajFTmhmiAhhU4p4NllBJ9uGEWyzeFF4QE9gRIMHUJKTF9ZPR1oPK1WNfK03JG7IYkQmLayoi3ishNNqGECErkv9BfZtJwvDYYRyHWo/s1600/ls89.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 284px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710117439535366946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYuypK4VUnkVttTe6cbEkT7CqUNqakzYDgjOj4tajFTmhmiAhhU4p4NllBJ9uGEWyzeFF4QE9gRIMHUJKTF9ZPR1oPK1WNfK03JG7IYkQmLayoi3ishNNqGECErkv9BfZtJwvDYYRyHWo/s400/ls89.gif" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJtL9_XLrpDK0S-w0Fpdb9VTKwNwaz1HH_mUPlE-mnw7zfm4girxjiFv2_a6Z1XsQTAuTvzvUYY39trtH55Zl_8wT6JqLUxHPRtso63S0KH8HCAZRST2UY14yHIj-UdUg96ee26KnRCI/s1600/ls90.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 270px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710117311937474690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJtL9_XLrpDK0S-w0Fpdb9VTKwNwaz1HH_mUPlE-mnw7zfm4girxjiFv2_a6Z1XsQTAuTvzvUYY39trtH55Zl_8wT6JqLUxHPRtso63S0KH8HCAZRST2UY14yHIj-UdUg96ee26KnRCI/s400/ls90.gif" /></a>Lisbeth and Milkweed enjoying a visit from Brother Alec (<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lis</span>-ism) who now lives in Long Beach. Alec has been in Maine for ten days and flies back to California today. Lisbeth will miss her "little" brother. Sometime when I have more skin on (this has been a particularly rough week for Lisbeth) I will write about my experience of the difficulties faced by siblings of children with special needs. I could write volumes. But not today. For today I'll just say that there are indeed extreme challenges for these siblings, and in living with a "special" brother or sister, they become <em>deeply</em> wise.<br /><div align="center"><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKNhh9DbQEZzA64dMZpXzgAVWAK12Rux7mwRqcCUBALp3nZiFKK0A9FprEg8sCF6wlQoJVOFoRxdgvONtOMJUmzS7kqGhLB94Ws9gGTH76CzcZbS0giXFfOBjXZtX1D9txGc8lkfE5JQw/s1600/ll4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 278px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710117092475339682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKNhh9DbQEZzA64dMZpXzgAVWAK12Rux7mwRqcCUBALp3nZiFKK0A9FprEg8sCF6wlQoJVOFoRxdgvONtOMJUmzS7kqGhLB94Ws9gGTH76CzcZbS0giXFfOBjXZtX1D9txGc8lkfE5JQw/s400/ll4.jpg" /></a>Lisbeth and Alec in 1987, before Lisbeth's illness.</div></div></div>martha millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847828956846494958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874874353595439278.post-12831113686018849162012-02-14T17:39:00.001-08:002012-02-14T17:57:52.586-08:00Marked Improvement<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGlhMwcm673Vzf-r7FOIecsyIyv4RSZVehXvsJol7BDz1sSChsGed-GLBXTnvdptaAQN58fi8BI8BFRYu4gklIa-7Q5Lf9ma4W4v-7r93JWEGZyaPL-W8YTu9AGd4TKtAty_mn8XK6FY8/s1600/ls78a.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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width: 400px; height: 393px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709171442030882914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZbShaK1mZuOGYUz-9HTsisl7GZyaUw7JPkO8SvozEoZ9S-RMhWwYNCqYaUgCFDJHuLzpEGGtCZrp3E0ojJwSbbZGRQwbEz_NrsF2VNvPx_wbUVuCa89XhaNpcSil4h68GzXzwofRw24E/s400/ls84.gif" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQIIJ2Nsxu9DBRMu14pdlqkjHKFHadMdWy7ubIYa-tAZldRJQBOw8A5FXjgsrj3Lt7-47L9ojeSwl0Lcxwmz5j2VmmWucCwZQm20_stuoBx_p5sZLC10Ge6DsZupfUvkXLUxXrs4SQY6k/s1600/ls85.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 395px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709171382777720658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQIIJ2Nsxu9DBRMu14pdlqkjHKFHadMdWy7ubIYa-tAZldRJQBOw8A5FXjgsrj3Lt7-47L9ojeSwl0Lcxwmz5j2VmmWucCwZQm20_stuoBx_p5sZLC10Ge6DsZupfUvkXLUxXrs4SQY6k/s400/ls85.gif" /></a>With the Risperdol decrease, Lisbeth's paper cutting is getting more and more fine tuned, more like the way she used to cut. These days she prefers to use a pizza pan to trace the circle for "the giant snowflakes." Even the simplist of these cuts would make beautiful tiles, or striking fabric designs. I'm planning to create some new fabric soon on Spoonflower, using some of these "new cuts." </div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyzShOQP5VS7HHOO-yycM2H7M5rvUPyyfOKdupU6YIOlx-qPV1DvPuodBzael9fN1GX__j1i4DCKSk28KpgnQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>martha millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847828956846494958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874874353595439278.post-80538872789116206852012-02-07T04:11:00.001-08:002012-02-07T04:30:36.343-08:00Crayon Valens<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikHEDDDpdd3Ort_-8IS9az655k4uy9SQuXkPHMd4BUWiKSfm_HBnwn9asPGKGtwSHnRle64hdgkSYIB4uoG-k0prkivb0J_DIv00iUPnx7hlV_TpKHmO2uNPhVkW1cdVR1Xl7WgpEH7jY/s1600/ls74.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706365984323394434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikHEDDDpdd3Ort_-8IS9az655k4uy9SQuXkPHMd4BUWiKSfm_HBnwn9asPGKGtwSHnRle64hdgkSYIB4uoG-k0prkivb0J_DIv00iUPnx7hlV_TpKHmO2uNPhVkW1cdVR1Xl7WgpEH7jY/s400/ls74.gif" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7S5eP_QdFrlfWuBvfHIGEdd2GcAGwL4fq_cD7voC93PMMpCrvniu2yWrGWpyBepM7M0jC7ewAtAODhPDBgN0Q8R53xMmeNqrrgsSNWv9wC08uiLf0DjK2zWD4W6k7nxFkedFYr4DP5uw/s1600/ls73.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 278px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706365918177074722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7S5eP_QdFrlfWuBvfHIGEdd2GcAGwL4fq_cD7voC93PMMpCrvniu2yWrGWpyBepM7M0jC7ewAtAODhPDBgN0Q8R53xMmeNqrrgsSNWv9wC08uiLf0DjK2zWD4W6k7nxFkedFYr4DP5uw/s400/ls73.gif" /></a>Lisbeth and I made some <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/272535/crayon-hearts">crayon "valens"</a> (Lis-ism) in my studio yesterday. Then Lis decided to make "a cut" from the colorful waxed paper, too...<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNRiK04nDa8cJ8B5ZjiJuLOsZkVF3yRt-JJjv0RMV7kEi4DhpLmYwEt7by0KpU2gjqIuuk9vdJ9LOhsk7JRnWnF_HaKRTnIdhP0sMypTDVLpT8uVW4ciWvJ6u4wBBa816XDit9KAYLM7c/s1600/ls75.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706365799516268098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNRiK04nDa8cJ8B5ZjiJuLOsZkVF3yRt-JJjv0RMV7kEi4DhpLmYwEt7by0KpU2gjqIuuk9vdJ9LOhsk7JRnWnF_HaKRTnIdhP0sMypTDVLpT8uVW4ciWvJ6u4wBBa816XDit9KAYLM7c/s400/ls75.gif" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6jP7Zhc_dkXkNVA3K_b3VALMNGPqeKXsIizVJ2YaS6pHfNQ3M70h1Z0Z2hPS7oQ6vT8Wvb4kNNX2Lx8w8v84TcVDAL07w8Tvc2-f5jQ058HB6d6OyJyjIAvhkMfJR4h_njTcIjWhpCMo/s1600/ls76.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 341px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706365700001097826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6jP7Zhc_dkXkNVA3K_b3VALMNGPqeKXsIizVJ2YaS6pHfNQ3M70h1Z0Z2hPS7oQ6vT8Wvb4kNNX2Lx8w8v84TcVDAL07w8Tvc2-f5jQ058HB6d6OyJyjIAvhkMfJR4h_njTcIjWhpCMo/s400/ls76.gif" /></a>She calls this cut "The Wedding One" and, <strong>"The Lips...."</strong> <strong>:^D</strong><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisUovc0uoC5k-Z5btvuvobHUOAKu31N-OU36TCYaq_sbuYAc7wU3Z75ahAA5BlAh_Bmuh1UO84HzuOk2JJj6ZCLXziZ4_SmV2bnF2PzoXo2ins_f4nVDgpITk3eNQOIyWdmyUYgNcZaW4/s1600/ls78.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706365566348500834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisUovc0uoC5k-Z5btvuvobHUOAKu31N-OU36TCYaq_sbuYAc7wU3Z75ahAA5BlAh_Bmuh1UO84HzuOk2JJj6ZCLXziZ4_SmV2bnF2PzoXo2ins_f4nVDgpITk3eNQOIyWdmyUYgNcZaW4/s400/ls78.gif" /></a></div><div align="center"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" >I LOVE LISBETH.</span></div></div></div></div>martha millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847828956846494958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874874353595439278.post-2738514472481731302012-02-03T05:33:00.000-08:002012-02-03T11:46:26.568-08:00Of Potatoes and Flower Angels<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8HwUI04g-mDmD3FVZMnGRH0raTYleWCEwHByEzxZ0ODp2MrMyv9q3bNKk5lCOIhmmTWL1Gx88yPPAwzWLOSNfdXQU6EAKADpZ8NhyupUaO1eTFsWAaCX3Eb6sqDKPg6KYqNDucyWTBxE/s1600/ls68.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704902567809356914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 359px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8HwUI04g-mDmD3FVZMnGRH0raTYleWCEwHByEzxZ0ODp2MrMyv9q3bNKk5lCOIhmmTWL1Gx88yPPAwzWLOSNfdXQU6EAKADpZ8NhyupUaO1eTFsWAaCX3Eb6sqDKPg6KYqNDucyWTBxE/s400/ls68.gif" border="0" /></a><strong><em>Flower Angel</em></strong>, cut February 2, 2012.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirgevpZTI2fAzpMeh52LdvsDZAFgjGPpN6UtP_FiGcQXTKwrDgO9mSN71CVHNmK1iqK20Pad8mfoZ3KJ9lbpemrKT-XhY4wSo8LBQTPUpZ75jER8zXKw8eupsh2_o5lUQjMfBwJ4AtXUk/s1600/ls69.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704902491852121186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 389px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirgevpZTI2fAzpMeh52LdvsDZAFgjGPpN6UtP_FiGcQXTKwrDgO9mSN71CVHNmK1iqK20Pad8mfoZ3KJ9lbpemrKT-XhY4wSo8LBQTPUpZ75jER8zXKw8eupsh2_o5lUQjMfBwJ4AtXUk/s400/ls69.gif" border="0" /></a>One of Lisbeth's exquisitely intricate mandalas from around 2006.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEGsRGXMdlegwF-73_6RSsawRcwefOR4qtHQVy0cE6GkmVc1BkeW21dlTXeTpizc2fYgroE8bCMeTqh-qP2kfTbEbHvcTc5FXIm0AItDqa2TwWE7JeHTfnGByiWzTOPYMBL6uJQa08RbM/s1600/ls70.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704902420205845906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEGsRGXMdlegwF-73_6RSsawRcwefOR4qtHQVy0cE6GkmVc1BkeW21dlTXeTpizc2fYgroE8bCMeTqh-qP2kfTbEbHvcTc5FXIm0AItDqa2TwWE7JeHTfnGByiWzTOPYMBL6uJQa08RbM/s400/ls70.gif" border="0" /></a>Lisbeth working on a "Potato One" for Little Milkweed in my studio yesterday.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>As I mentioned in <a href="http://wwwnotbadthing.blogspot.com/2012/02/how-she-is.html">yesterday's post,</a> Lisbeth's capacity to cut her paper designs has been markedly compromised, and we're not sure why. Did she simply outgrow her interest? We all move on to new pursuits. Is she developing dementia? Her neurologist thinks not, and that her difficulties have more to do with her <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">meds</span>. But which <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">meds</span>? She takes three <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">anticonvulsants.</span> Or is it <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrapyramidal_symptoms">EPS</a></span>, a side effect of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">antipsychotic drug</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Risperdol</span>? Her psychiatrist is not convinced because she's been on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Risperdol</span> since 2001. Why wouldn't the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">EPS</span> have shown up sooner, is his point. But does it take years to develop? So many questions.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>Meanwhile, Lisbeth is on day three of the second <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Risperdol</span> decrease, and is enjoying a really good patch. She's upbeat and clear, and according to her house manager, Rhonda <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Curit</span> (who just this minute phoned me), is sitting in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Rhonda's</span> office contentedly cutting more detailed snowflakes. (Yay!) <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Lis</span> likes to work in Rhonda's office (which is in Lisbeth's house) because Rhonda will often sit and cut snowflakes with her. It's a quiet space with few distractions. Fingers crossed, getting Lisbeth off the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Risperdol</span> is making a difference. Fingers crossed, we don't have to replace it with another drug. Fingers crossed, <strong>and</strong> <strong>a</strong> Flower Angel <strong>wing</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>a</strong> Potato One <strong>prayer</strong>...<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwymgxdiQ2-UWt2K9KbiEOSCKecLcHDNnOWkAoNiC0toXYdFeh3oH3gO-Nt_nC-8htk4iBldWabZyo-KyzMyw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div>martha millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847828956846494958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874874353595439278.post-78397392550805009122012-02-02T12:00:00.001-08:002012-02-02T12:29:08.594-08:00How She Is<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG8FGmqRyLLnon8o5uBePnUUwBMs_dwHINGyNfVWpWJP7ktptqr055qRehY5SOf7nrE2YMfQAuCl4XctqAwBgbZ0qmmD8UZBLML1DI0J7jlAawPv-c6Wus2xtAbxc1mQ2hxx9ox55FT8U/s1600/lm1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704631242636628098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG8FGmqRyLLnon8o5uBePnUUwBMs_dwHINGyNfVWpWJP7ktptqr055qRehY5SOf7nrE2YMfQAuCl4XctqAwBgbZ0qmmD8UZBLML1DI0J7jlAawPv-c6Wus2xtAbxc1mQ2hxx9ox55FT8U/s400/lm1.jpg" border="0" /></a> Lisbeth in my studio, admiring her latest "cut," a butterfly...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2QFz_D-MSaKgnJFZywtbubZXgZkeEdvxIhcvfPJbiDpwSYvFdpHoiWbn42KYRgeIx4GbxJhfyifTtj7jGFO9fztD3i0GzizaVBXzMwGrKmoDfryXbQvH-Tlto5_DgaIwUu-nIv4WEZPs/s1600/lm2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704631156594235234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2QFz_D-MSaKgnJFZywtbubZXgZkeEdvxIhcvfPJbiDpwSYvFdpHoiWbn42KYRgeIx4GbxJhfyifTtj7jGFO9fztD3i0GzizaVBXzMwGrKmoDfryXbQvH-Tlto5_DgaIwUu-nIv4WEZPs/s400/lm2.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><em>Butterfly Cut</em></strong>, by Lisbeth<br /><br /><br /><div>We have started the second decrease of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Risperdol</span> this week. I am hoping that as we move this drug out of Lisbeth's system, her hand tremors and joint pain will be greatly reduced, and that she will be able to cut <a href="http://marthamillerart.blogspot.com/2009/02/lisbeth-millers-magnificent-mandalas.html">her snowflakes </a>again with the same level of detail as in the past. I have been worried that Lisbeth's brain is deteriorating, and that this is the reason she can't "make the cuts" (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Lis</span>-ism) like she used to. I voiced this <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">concern</span> to her neurologist at her last appointment. Dr. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Henninger</span> admitted that adults like Lisbeth with a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">TBI</span> and uncontrolled seizures will often develop dementia in their 30's and 40's, but she suspected this decrease in hand coordination had more to do with her <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">meds</span>. I believe it's either that or the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrapyramidal_symptoms">EPS</a></span>. Or both. To quote my therapist friend, "You can have ticks <strong><em>and</em></strong> fleas..."</div></div>martha millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847828956846494958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874874353595439278.post-8666806297734275732012-02-01T10:11:00.001-08:002012-02-01T12:12:38.778-08:00How Is She?<div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglK_UjC0k7EY9Zotsw9AWiQlniIlvnlut3sYXT720H6otQZeRpc6WdpPCJhpjRZdcj8S5MtoQLjunH0kS6EHhXYqoEFVWMgCrsUbNHpFB9XLxHdpcsWhyphenhyphenqklOEzWaWrM4UJnl0aax2Qiw/s1600/mom1.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 281px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704251664668932386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglK_UjC0k7EY9Zotsw9AWiQlniIlvnlut3sYXT720H6otQZeRpc6WdpPCJhpjRZdcj8S5MtoQLjunH0kS6EHhXYqoEFVWMgCrsUbNHpFB9XLxHdpcsWhyphenhyphenqklOEzWaWrM4UJnl0aax2Qiw/s400/mom1.gif" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYiDocesB4zJV1SPq0uMcYeLikfrTPQE9f8YV7LnsmIOV_9fJwaIqcgAKYHykcTUd5ZOFFPjewXqYNFwsdbUorlfgFxiYccAqvnugJV4ETalARw6VUvUDRcvBIpFwiek9rjWw_fQDoxdI/s1600/mom2.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 276px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704251596223401602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYiDocesB4zJV1SPq0uMcYeLikfrTPQE9f8YV7LnsmIOV_9fJwaIqcgAKYHykcTUd5ZOFFPjewXqYNFwsdbUorlfgFxiYccAqvnugJV4ETalARw6VUvUDRcvBIpFwiek9rjWw_fQDoxdI/s400/mom2.gif" /></a>My mother, Edna Simmons, with her grandchildren Andrew and Kaitlyn looking on as she holds her newest grandchild, Lisbeth, in November, 1981.<br /><div><div>The first anniversary of <a href="http://wwwnotbadthing.blogspot.com/2011/02/mothers-and-daughters.html">my mother's death</a> was last week. She was 88 years old when she died from complications from Alzheimer's. <a href="http://marthamillerart.blogspot.com/2010/07/ednas-view.html">Mom moved into assisted living shortly after she was diagnosed with the disease in 2006,</a> and my five siblings and I began our grieving process that summer as we worked together to clear out our childhood home. Alzheimer's is often referred to as "the long goodbye," and it is an apt description: we watched helplessly over those last five years as our mother progressively lost large expanses of memory and the capacity to do the things that had given her so much joy in her rich and busy life: knitting, sewing, baking, dancing, tending her house and yard, caring for her beloved cat Arabella, taking photographs, hosting the mammoth family gatherings for her six children and their spouses and her nineteen grandchildren and eventually <em>their</em> growing <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">families</span>. In her last year she still recognized my brothers and sisters and I as family, but she couldn't say our names, and the grandchildren and great grandchildren had become a big indistinguishable blur. I cherish the times she would pat my hand, and tell me in her low and broken voice, <em>"You're a good girl." </em></div><div>Words did not come easily, and attempts to speak were often just garbled phrases, sputtered out with long pauses of frustration and sighs of exasperation. After these attempts to speak, Mom would fall back in her chair, her eyes closed with exhaustion from the effort. So we would sing to Mom, and tell her lots of stories. When we tapped into her long term memory and recounted tales from her girlhood, she'd smile, and nod with recognition, and perhaps even add a word or two. But when we would tell her, "Mom! You were married in the Spring of 1944 to a wonderful man named George, and you had six children together! Their names are Steven, Deborah, Kenneth, Martha, Susan, and Amy, " she'd scrunch her brow in puzzlement, and ask us, <em>"How do you know these things?"</em></div><div>On one of my last visits to see my mother in the nursing home, I was talking to my sister about Lisbeth, and in a rare moment of clarity, Mom looked me straight in the eyes, and asked, <em><strong>"How is she?"</strong></em></div><div> </div><div>I am moved to tears each time I think of this: that my mother could "mother" me one last time with her concern, and that Lisbeth's story was so deeply etched in Mom's ravaged brain (or "left in her brain," to quote Lisbeth...) that she could rise up out of the murky swamp of Alzheimer's and connect with me about Lisbeth, for those precious few seconds...</div><div><em>simply slays me.</em></div></div></div></div></div>martha millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847828956846494958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874874353595439278.post-89708620334212179462012-01-29T05:48:00.001-08:002012-01-29T06:23:58.665-08:00In The News<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjwWtxN73x7VoBTJ-iyTUFqDTxFAeF38jHAnHNHrvBl-53oIFQ9uVHCeDPjWx5K0uxx7C4yuYI0PUnAeefAOaLckGF8yuvqAcA7Dcfe2H9op1gzWKtUzli-3w6hxS31mkKSMtDBPdn7kM/s1600/cs1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 266px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703052809982644946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjwWtxN73x7VoBTJ-iyTUFqDTxFAeF38jHAnHNHrvBl-53oIFQ9uVHCeDPjWx5K0uxx7C4yuYI0PUnAeefAOaLckGF8yuvqAcA7Dcfe2H9op1gzWKtUzli-3w6hxS31mkKSMtDBPdn7kM/s400/cs1.jpg" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Margot</span></strong><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5u-1swevWO2K1Te4c8gvmdhtE6cLJZLO6IUJBPjucYejwshkvLELHT9JrW5k17boJqZKLXJYEmhto-Yk2r7eYvupyphHoC5G0ipqsuf6I3hDez-utTtA4WUgTPGTIcRlIbgL5DuS6-h0/s1600/cs2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 320px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703052734754849762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5u-1swevWO2K1Te4c8gvmdhtE6cLJZLO6IUJBPjucYejwshkvLELHT9JrW5k17boJqZKLXJYEmhto-Yk2r7eYvupyphHoC5G0ipqsuf6I3hDez-utTtA4WUgTPGTIcRlIbgL5DuS6-h0/s400/cs2.jpg" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Lisbeth</span></strong><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggVfWO4ZJFYa0HwzL4siTZK0Rur4PfY-0u1MF4WCexVwcbhfKP_zWVwAF-Fy1A_Cbr7ACzGaSGRFBNnFn4e4u2cIttRvk9Rg7DGr91US8eWurf0JBdOqLsLXbu9gRmMvKk6gOVwaZFkAg/s1600/cs3"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703052677788517394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggVfWO4ZJFYa0HwzL4siTZK0Rur4PfY-0u1MF4WCexVwcbhfKP_zWVwAF-Fy1A_Cbr7ACzGaSGRFBNnFn4e4u2cIttRvk9Rg7DGr91US8eWurf0JBdOqLsLXbu9gRmMvKk6gOVwaZFkAg/s400/cs3" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Calvin</span></strong><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div>Excerpt from the article<strong> <a href="http://www.timesrecord.com/news/2012-01-27/Commentary/We_all_can_work_together_to_cure_the_scourge_of_ep.html">The Scourge of Epilepsy</a></strong></div><div><strong>Brunswick Times Record, </strong>Friday, January 27, 2012</div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><strong>Margot<br /></strong>By Madeline Curtis, age 14, Margot’s sister</div><div> </div><div>I wish there was a cure. The pills are supposed to<br />work, and maybe they do—on other people. But they don’t work on Margot. The diet<br />didn’t work, either. The fancy diet, the one that led to so much stress in our<br />house, didn’t work. The seizures just keep coming back, and my little sister,<br />eight years old, has to endure them. I wish there was a cure so that Margot, who<br />can’t even speak or walk, wouldn’t have to struggle so much. I wish there was a<br />cure, because I’m tired of all the new medicines that show up in the cabinet<br />above the sink. I wish there was a cure, because I hate the helplessness I feel,<br />watching her limbs freeze and her eyes roll up into her head. I wish there was a<br />cure, because I want all of the people who carry the burden of epilepsy to feel<br />relief.</div><div> * * * * * * * * * * </div><div><strong>Lisbeth</strong><br />By Martha Miller, Lisbeth’s mom</div><div><br />Write about lost love, my professor says. </div><div>All I can think of is Lisbeth, and how I lost the little girl she was that day in<br />sparkling summer. She'd been ill and was feeling better, then awoke that morning<br />saying, “Mommy I don't feel good.” I laid her on the couch and gave her some<br />Tylenol. Twenty minutes later it happened: she was grey, her eyes rolled back,<br />the whites of them now yellow, moist, a faint clicking in her throat. Her body<br />was stiff, jittery. I yelled to my husband Garry to come. “Call 911,” he said,<br />and somehow I did. Waiting on the front steps for the ambulance the word<br />EPILEPSY kept playing in my head. The ambulance arrived and the men carried her<br />out. Garry rode with her. I followed in our car praying, “Oh God, please, this<br />is not how I want her to grow up." In the emergency room Lisbeth laid on the<br />stretcher. They'd cut her pink summer shorts in half, shoved tubes down her<br />throat. Garry leaned over her tiny body, her perfect pink six year old body, her<br />blue eyes, now shut. What (the Hell) was happening? I wanted to turn and run<br />away. Garry saw it in my face and said gently, “C'mon Mart.” I walked to the cot<br />where she lay, and I began to sing to her. I sang all the lullabies I'd sung to<br />her when she was a baby. I knew what my job was now.</div><div> * * * * * * * * * * </div><div><strong>Calvin</strong></div><div>By Christy Shake, Calvin’s mom</div><div> </div><div>Our nightmare started when Calvin was eighteen months old. He had<br />spiked a fever, so we gave him some acetaminophen and called our local hospital.<br />The doctor assured us that we had nothing to worry about even though I’d told<br />him Calvin had serious neurological deficits. Within mere minutes of hanging up<br />the phone Calvin suddenly cracked like a whip into an arch stiff as a steel rod.<br />His eyes bulged and his lips pursed as if drawn up with thread. My husband<br />Michael gathered him up, instinctively—worriedly—rocking him back and forth as<br />if to jostle the seizure out while I white-knuckle-called for an ambulance. “My<br />son is having a seizure,” I blurted, “he’s not breathing—he’s turning blue!” The<br />walls began closing in on me. Sounds morphed and muffled. Everything around me<br />looked hazy—blurred—as if in a cloud, except for my boy who remained in sharp<br />focus. Cradled in Michael’s arms, now jerking rhythmically—violently—Calvin<br />turned ashen like a corpse and his eyes rolled back into his head. Time stood<br />still as in a dream. I wasn’t sure if Calvin was alive even though his<br />convulsions persisted—I couldn’t find a pulse.My next memory is of the<br />cold hard edges in the ambulance, the sterile, sickeningly gray vinyl benches.<br />My tiny child lay in the center of a sheeted white gurney—his eyes now vacant<br />and still—staring up in a catatonic gaze at the bluish light in the ceiling. I<br />feared he might remain that way forever because of the seizure, or worse—die.<br />Little did I know then that some kids do.</div><div> * * * * * * * * * * </div><div>Margot, Lisbeth and Calvin are just three of as<br />many as three million Americans, and their families, who suffer from epilepsy,<br />and who likely will not be released from their misery until a cure is<br />discovered.During this brief campaign please, show your compassion and<br />donate to CURE epilepsy research at: </div><div><a href="http://calvinscure.com">http://calvinscure.com</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>martha millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847828956846494958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874874353595439278.post-28905406335972986452012-01-27T16:18:00.000-08:002012-01-29T06:36:26.320-08:00A Lisbeth Series<div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjptGeNe4Qf__JUF9Cjyb0fkv1w8oMK6Q3eqv9UysuNJmFwZwylKLflbcLdQMl6TD7RZwcl8lcE_YwmMhYFzUBvzREft9A1ElWStgtLbLHIEGhKq60ocBZeV11VZSJqMW8-hZKQTOIWn7Q/s1600/ls62.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703056163428827282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhijk_hDx73ivffTMz_8pHHLbmWATK51zJNmp2oZCGtxVeyTObOWSEVwD84vMa-O_wrrkv28MU3AwQKq8dfxLzEuDGcpFeQ-M-t6mIL6x0pcEbV255yyyK8TWeSEGqwBHqan3CA0-ZYj28/s400/ls66.gif" /></a>I've started <a href="http://marthamillerart.blogspot.com/2012/01/guardians.html">a new series of paintings</a> about Lisbeth. Trauma and healing, suffering and hope, joy and sorrow.......the whole ball of wax.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>martha millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847828956846494958noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874874353595439278.post-82137564549931349062012-01-24T04:23:00.001-08:002012-01-24T04:41:21.096-08:00The Ambleeance DanceAnother word for the <a href="http://wwwnotbadthing.blogspot.com/2010/04/lis-ictionary.html">Lis-ictionary:<br /><br /></a><em><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Ambleeance.<br /><br /></span></strong></em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiguWYHP3qpUDWsNefBW328R9GeYXKvfrAiNRf6pMdIJxAxFoaWgh3ckv6PMGPAyEVHBo_01bqku1eoAVhq8upmZrOhCnkrXEeEciI9mWwn5TRHwHnw914GgX8h8A6TFIOW3s-eRvD61XM/s1600/ambulance.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701174543880632658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiguWYHP3qpUDWsNefBW328R9GeYXKvfrAiNRf6pMdIJxAxFoaWgh3ckv6PMGPAyEVHBo_01bqku1eoAVhq8upmZrOhCnkrXEeEciI9mWwn5TRHwHnw914GgX8h8A6TFIOW3s-eRvD61XM/s400/ambulance.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy-CR6oy4t6SCPp9zfKw9tbQODszRBluxRtDpgTqVYTb2jN8tMeA9zdDgjlOaY1NYuuGzOugcnYnidUVr1pkA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>martha millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847828956846494958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874874353595439278.post-67309022554684395992012-01-22T17:19:00.000-08:002012-01-22T19:16:20.530-08:00Resilient and Remarkable<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDSbGREscm596w0LsqTWGoIKFVBj4VIwUohUW6_hs55kL0IsinNrScIyDzBWArp_VWJVx9bW1DslVUTbko_SiHAgWxYRuNz9k3fP-0gwLaGdCjofCvmWEAXOIxqhqY8n-UpnPsIHayjwY/s1600/ls23.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700631521926232402" style="DISPLAY: block; 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width: 400px; height: 305px; text-align: center; display: block;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699776773953217090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjXVe5Ss6BEuGru2TkhNogDCNuHmxQ3mbigrrnhLPmQ-OWW3DOWTZ7QD3HsDznRCymhUkpQSc0eFL7Bb-ZEDR_QjrvyKppPcQY2xcfvaRiCDzLeelcBT5kP7JAI_xEBoEpJfWh56r7Vvo/s400/sale9.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjRnmoQ-9IWmSfPiMHoqA_IrdH79hrHVfm0fgM_68C7OaEswvDHNm1PByl3IE3lnIBaPzrzoVZCn8xxwdp2cR-TsaueDLvYx3v23c-XuvfGbOU3wJwKZILOnPChnEQu_62pzVo6DvhOQA/s1600/sale10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 290px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699776696508178370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjRnmoQ-9IWmSfPiMHoqA_IrdH79hrHVfm0fgM_68C7OaEswvDHNm1PByl3IE3lnIBaPzrzoVZCn8xxwdp2cR-TsaueDLvYx3v23c-XuvfGbOU3wJwKZILOnPChnEQu_62pzVo6DvhOQA/s400/sale10.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">Everything is on sale in Lisbeth's Etsy shop!</span><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/brainstormstudio">Check it out! </a>Great Valentine's Day gift ideas, or maybe a special midwinter treat for yourself to lift your spirits! Tell us you came by way of <strong><em>Not Bad Thing</em></strong> in the comments section when you make your purchase, and we'll include a free gift!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>martha millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847828956846494958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874874353595439278.post-82928160116442917762012-01-18T08:50:00.001-08:002012-01-18T09:45:29.782-08:00Back to the ER<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKc64wp1iBNC3U1VM8MkAuSSQKiBmRCPsNX47fxbMNoN4IjCvEyIXLNrDAXvAOsjdx1PdoizTbMw9dnwZjsVxIgg9YvFKqZZiv4FvhCgpy7j-JNojnF-M5sisyxdjZE6NJQEqxUBDUUvY/s1600/ls42.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699017427399105090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKc64wp1iBNC3U1VM8MkAuSSQKiBmRCPsNX47fxbMNoN4IjCvEyIXLNrDAXvAOsjdx1PdoizTbMw9dnwZjsVxIgg9YvFKqZZiv4FvhCgpy7j-JNojnF-M5sisyxdjZE6NJQEqxUBDUUvY/s400/ls42.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimjS4g_OzEpu2_IHv-a__DlW6TTWZSouQRvRZFtL5kkjBDSjHM2oqQkVN8IxBe46PJJmIPtYRlehdCBZdhc-Qdq3MjIvQjzMFihyphenhyphenkJmuyEbOzvEFp0636z3t_CUpa1PCyr9iHOjobluuI/s1600/ls43.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699017174411849346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimjS4g_OzEpu2_IHv-a__DlW6TTWZSouQRvRZFtL5kkjBDSjHM2oqQkVN8IxBe46PJJmIPtYRlehdCBZdhc-Qdq3MjIvQjzMFihyphenhyphenkJmuyEbOzvEFp0636z3t_CUpa1PCyr9iHOjobluuI/s400/ls43.gif" border="0" /></a> Bandage with a numbing agent applied to the head wound.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirVy6YBmuvxiHIWTA3NyfPcEqSkRcNs0YRkC93couEQ-TLp9j3DzJ9KccrIT5wskQUjF3-l4Lm0dHTt_1YdT4xmrS4m2Xv8xBUA7msrSLkEDQvUAq1f9ftYFoM90tmgjOcLzYwc6Go218/s1600/ls44.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699017003880847858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirVy6YBmuvxiHIWTA3NyfPcEqSkRcNs0YRkC93couEQ-TLp9j3DzJ9KccrIT5wskQUjF3-l4Lm0dHTt_1YdT4xmrS4m2Xv8xBUA7msrSLkEDQvUAq1f9ftYFoM90tmgjOcLzYwc6Go218/s400/ls44.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV6CjK_54_zWuRy9g-s1jyxTWew6S89_TvDYnEGSp8vZC2fU6bObBBd_9P4TwWZrR8iN_aI527DPbD2t2Y17DLEswaQsskFng-vg-mkZ0Z94kR3LsL3aJ_R1WgGiGRqRlW7iD_qV55Hus/s1600/ls45.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699016749231063394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV6CjK_54_zWuRy9g-s1jyxTWew6S89_TvDYnEGSp8vZC2fU6bObBBd_9P4TwWZrR8iN_aI527DPbD2t2Y17DLEswaQsskFng-vg-mkZ0Z94kR3LsL3aJ_R1WgGiGRqRlW7iD_qV55Hus/s400/ls45.gif" border="0" /></a> Super glue in lieu of sutures. Works for me!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuumABUrVdXoWxcXjA-dtHtBoHXco5eyYTv9Gac1zzFZdc4tBCOZMey7e__F9byy0vUw_Gf-qs8F796bclchyphenhyphenfdxfw0rkcn59zaCFNGeVSwnKHV1fz-2DpIIVwlo8awk51j08e7S_61hk/s1600/ls46.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699016669341489490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuumABUrVdXoWxcXjA-dtHtBoHXco5eyYTv9Gac1zzFZdc4tBCOZMey7e__F9byy0vUw_Gf-qs8F796bclchyphenhyphenfdxfw0rkcn59zaCFNGeVSwnKHV1fz-2DpIIVwlo8awk51j08e7S_61hk/s400/ls46.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxZyhAHF-_w-IXAVAm_6zGN_K3IUyVztWJcbgc4P_m11hWPn5rihc7ndNhXu7pSxfTzNMxzpCd0vlD8v8LM8myjNbOzfJnx6WPRIqAjBXITaO-JhkOgtIbL_hJZIQkzTVC4ObQPsnbrJo/s1600/ls47.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699016579180779618" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 286px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeFCW5sq_JpWNP7v4z4OakEmyUoT8-OEYVdIH1uUMURRgY-ba0PzRM00NSnvTu84V0cyYLPPgZ5v9tVVyJI8AYNwLopr-X89v9Sc3sbmfBHm7Us-MeITk8Ud4s-m3o5kzQgJqxTQkGi7E/s400/ls49.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitbX8IxUlATMqohWIAkDV1g43li7omH64ERiPbu-IrwAY2eTFLyOzybp5Y9qn56UXS4nZMDZUE07IfKGERoOFLwURRoN9aaKcSy8Yma9q9MvN-HfkFnhUd_l6MyzIrh3Fk9SpHvlEbCAM/s1600/ls50.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699016383294149250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitbX8IxUlATMqohWIAkDV1g43li7omH64ERiPbu-IrwAY2eTFLyOzybp5Y9qn56UXS4nZMDZUE07IfKGERoOFLwURRoN9aaKcSy8Yma9q9MvN-HfkFnhUd_l6MyzIrh3Fk9SpHvlEbCAM/s400/ls50.gif" border="0" /></a> Lisbeth's helper Karen keeping watch, waiting for the wheelchair to take Lisbeth out to the car.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNW-5EKLM1A8oxSglVB_2Onl_n19sF3P_51s6kinmAkvavnIehDm7MsWgZLhmrC4-oAq9EEy3V6nmPBFldaTS6qZsWtYqET7GTwv2qckhJRCVsg1oGh-fwYp9RalfkRn9GnxQUdBtzmKE/s1600/ls51.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699016319467942802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNW-5EKLM1A8oxSglVB_2Onl_n19sF3P_51s6kinmAkvavnIehDm7MsWgZLhmrC4-oAq9EEy3V6nmPBFldaTS6qZsWtYqET7GTwv2qckhJRCVsg1oGh-fwYp9RalfkRn9GnxQUdBtzmKE/s400/ls51.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHtFtzQ_HUlVoNFcZoZz-U5p0iwb-0LbakXkD1QKrEpvf3w1rjdysz8AF2cKOQVmkOBs8-xsVxyRPNUKb1_4V6uib1OaHYGBhXrAlheJmDgkOHuEOJpiBN295M3g8byiy3IEmkOKoV4yA/s1600/ls52.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699016239214090674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHtFtzQ_HUlVoNFcZoZz-U5p0iwb-0LbakXkD1QKrEpvf3w1rjdysz8AF2cKOQVmkOBs8-xsVxyRPNUKb1_4V6uib1OaHYGBhXrAlheJmDgkOHuEOJpiBN295M3g8byiy3IEmkOKoV4yA/s400/ls52.gif" border="0" /></a> Brave and beautiful Lisbeth.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMsE7lh1XE5cTyguDI8s8dcXcbI9ziMTB8Gq1lZ1rhp6LOePNzii9nqj6d0Xp4vK65uXjo9ZRn6RHXwSNPKxOpY2LgwkRwl2Z_i3Ugj0Cq2h7YNXbX-aSAjU6NwtmdTR0D897iiaJKXXk/s1600/ls53.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699016170160550706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMsE7lh1XE5cTyguDI8s8dcXcbI9ziMTB8Gq1lZ1rhp6LOePNzii9nqj6d0Xp4vK65uXjo9ZRn6RHXwSNPKxOpY2LgwkRwl2Z_i3Ugj0Cq2h7YNXbX-aSAjU6NwtmdTR0D897iiaJKXXk/s400/ls53.gif" border="0" /></a> "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Chadder</span>" cheese soothes all ills...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir50GIMHMd83tvAe7HC7FjfnhbaL2KfRoKLR0MpaTpcdkZvIdtCU4IOFKNSOUPbguA2VGESbdhZAsD99hC9IIcDxDPO2x5gKPuByic1tlGFZTP29uFlbfVYXsRnV3yZB9gFCeRhryo_5E/s1600/ls54.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699016100210620162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir50GIMHMd83tvAe7HC7FjfnhbaL2KfRoKLR0MpaTpcdkZvIdtCU4IOFKNSOUPbguA2VGESbdhZAsD99hC9IIcDxDPO2x5gKPuByic1tlGFZTP29uFlbfVYXsRnV3yZB9gFCeRhryo_5E/s400/ls54.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG16PyER6odg1odBlbySxVcijPkAnqAipQsyjkrWzb_OLOubhpZINt-5lW5DrKAHQ5mM6c8Fx9ZrTcW3CAaX9exIqCdVlmNbCu0ETvi-i2SavoBttJzoYeWdwLMvpKXsU6RJogBfsJWmo/s1600/ls55.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699016037254427458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG16PyER6odg1odBlbySxVcijPkAnqAipQsyjkrWzb_OLOubhpZINt-5lW5DrKAHQ5mM6c8Fx9ZrTcW3CAaX9exIqCdVlmNbCu0ETvi-i2SavoBttJzoYeWdwLMvpKXsU6RJogBfsJWmo/s400/ls55.gif" border="0" /></a> Milkweed agrees.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrdxUwabu0WpW26shx0d8_vCeEmFyYIRbxSc4qHrNDlbsevi6uFMBnW-DMxPXTyEyif224xoO7CEyq4tv6MEyu-B4nPFHK4Un9WmcXTya9CTJOMLl2V-moM14a-qUt0GQ1MwDGSXjCHVg/s1600/ls56.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699015965665350674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrdxUwabu0WpW26shx0d8_vCeEmFyYIRbxSc4qHrNDlbsevi6uFMBnW-DMxPXTyEyif224xoO7CEyq4tv6MEyu-B4nPFHK4Un9WmcXTya9CTJOMLl2V-moM14a-qUt0GQ1MwDGSXjCHVg/s400/ls56.gif" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><br /><p>I was working in my studio on <a href="http://marthamillerart.blogspot.com/2012/01/guardians.html">some paintings </a>about <a href="http://wwwnotbadthing.blogspot.com/2011/12/update.html">Lisbeth's last trip to the ER </a>when her one-on-one helper called to tell me that Lisbeth had just had another bad fall during a seizure. I quickly yanked off my painting apron and told them I'd meet them at the ER. Evidently <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Lis</span> had one of her "no warning" grand <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">mal</span> seizures where she goes down like a felled tree. These are the worst - no bending at the knees, no initial crying out, just BOOM. Straight down. She and her helper were in the kitchen about to make some banana bread, when <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Lis</span> crashed into the refrigerator door, face first.<br />She's banged up but OK. Breaks my heart what she endures. </p>martha millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847828956846494958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874874353595439278.post-38091301325240091832012-01-17T07:14:00.000-08:002012-01-17T07:27:38.679-08:00Lisbeth's Story on Calvin's Story<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLF8FxoD80m7-jDwwTiGYUeoavAtI2rMoXbxTB6C4C2mHc_WpTBCSRoG12BordxLZ1gW3IH5PsL7cTXTLqga5UXSK3V66XCgeMNEFyr2i79hgpTkeqxfAdtTE2OPEmfH1iGlmeC36cCDg/s1600/calvinstory2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698620005562489986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 319px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLF8FxoD80m7-jDwwTiGYUeoavAtI2rMoXbxTB6C4C2mHc_WpTBCSRoG12BordxLZ1gW3IH5PsL7cTXTLqga5UXSK3V66XCgeMNEFyr2i79hgpTkeqxfAdtTE2OPEmfH1iGlmeC36cCDg/s400/calvinstory2.jpg" border="0" /></a>Brunswick, Maine writer Christy Shake and her son, Calvin.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsWS5sqe9-GykzkxcFc4z6D6ihcus_HZZqo_J9Vxlzjw3JtzY098V6Pj1FyswKgwNSjaJ9fRvDxAfHENIM3vyRV4dYOHf7kopvuh05QQk9SzaVdmCpTNsJWeiXuofWRKkNx0CuG-KRY2s/s1600/calvinstory1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698619932497087506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsWS5sqe9-GykzkxcFc4z6D6ihcus_HZZqo_J9Vxlzjw3JtzY098V6Pj1FyswKgwNSjaJ9fRvDxAfHENIM3vyRV4dYOHf7kopvuh05QQk9SzaVdmCpTNsJWeiXuofWRKkNx0CuG-KRY2s/s400/calvinstory1.jpg" border="0" /></a> I have the great honor of being <a href="http://www.calvinsstory.com/2012/01/lost-love.html">featured today </a>on Christy Shake's noble blog, <a href="http://www.calvinsstory.com/">Calvin's Story</a>. Christy writes:<br /><br /><br /><div><em>My son Calvin was born six weeks early with significant neurological problems of unknown origin. When he turned two he was diagnosed with epilepsy, which eclipsed all other adversity we had yet encountered. No drug or dietary treatment has completely controlled his seizures and they continue to pummel our little boy. The seizures and drugs have stifled his development and there seems to be no end in sight to this nightmare. The only hope is a cure. On behalf of Calvin and the three million Americans who suffer from epilepsy <a href="http://www.calvinscure.com/">please help bring us one step closer to that dream. </a></em></div></div>martha millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847828956846494958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874874353595439278.post-26514963506867649572012-01-15T15:42:00.000-08:002012-01-15T15:55:50.163-08:00Auntie Lis<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnj7PUnoPqpDGEJoeSTADbkWYmAl4kR_hJZpsIsAe9W41hYUB_Oa3w1PIBACVGTxE-QKGYfQThkq8Fsh5jyypU-CnYEREOuEtyKp-xhlOalTCPfukva0oRuL1IE6qeLlzhfNKkp392dwU/s1600/ls29.gif"><span style="color:#000000;"></span><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698009263378782354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnj7PUnoPqpDGEJoeSTADbkWYmAl4kR_hJZpsIsAe9W41hYUB_Oa3w1PIBACVGTxE-QKGYfQThkq8Fsh5jyypU-CnYEREOuEtyKp-xhlOalTCPfukva0oRuL1IE6qeLlzhfNKkp392dwU/s400/ls29.gif" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLnoS9p0Q8A4AH3WDVa6JJCQVPceyqhXiQ3FRQ2OlJ-rBVwsop4F-0r-yx4bycI8eM44XG5jPFhMvdhDsGrj_ZUKzKIhGS29UysyT8EBVNn0-vPNgx2SFA8GfLEJV1LL9FYldzoZy7m5w/s1600/ls28.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698008602264348690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Bl9vwMRvM3JId7Ftw9t_GumJKbu6Sy0dutb7di_uINgp3xjBjPtsDzgDF1gHaeNWyLIN9fgNfyHwTpPhovRN4_j0rBd2T7z5NRb9MwWzGHDcJKyyYFdPEFck_FVaLl_MyT71ncmGFx4/s400/ls34.gif" /></a></div><div>Lisbeth enjoyed lunch out with her niece Cecilia and nephew Calvin yesterday ("Brother Eben's little kids" in Lis speak... :^) And Ceci and Calvin enjoyed spending time with Lisbeth and Milkweed at Lis's place after lunch. Lisbeth is feeling better since the Risperdol reduction. She's been sleeping good - no more Benadryl - and her mood has been great! It's been two weeks since the first reduction - we go down another notch tomorrow. Fingers crossed, we may be onto something that's actually improving things!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>martha millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847828956846494958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874874353595439278.post-80067892816751604112012-01-08T03:29:00.001-08:002012-01-08T03:32:58.043-08:00Lisbeth & Milkweed<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS7H2x5t3V_hn7jQD_o95ekTi8Lfu9cPKyqK_9C5bTBSELd1PpYs6_XsXgZ9ZWmOGsV94I8HP3S3e4DsBMXl1WhT8RXl5cD5sto2kk6L3fv-cEInMEs6TFDUkY82VpKEwy5vSw3i41cIs/s1600/ls9.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695222220674798194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS7H2x5t3V_hn7jQD_o95ekTi8Lfu9cPKyqK_9C5bTBSELd1PpYs6_XsXgZ9ZWmOGsV94I8HP3S3e4DsBMXl1WhT8RXl5cD5sto2kk6L3fv-cEInMEs6TFDUkY82VpKEwy5vSw3i41cIs/s400/ls9.gif" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGJrfT1kZe7SgkHOZ25duCuIDraP8KStc3Y_nqK3Eceez9YFfCsGV9_84igoL8D4S1TMQRwJ-PLH3hi_ueUaGwh7xZdUI4_i2zrNRxs2TpbOuECMZPLJ2-xiDwvz8PgEoQhbLfJCXBbpY/s1600/ls10.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695222149680159458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGJrfT1kZe7SgkHOZ25duCuIDraP8KStc3Y_nqK3Eceez9YFfCsGV9_84igoL8D4S1TMQRwJ-PLH3hi_ueUaGwh7xZdUI4_i2zrNRxs2TpbOuECMZPLJ2-xiDwvz8PgEoQhbLfJCXBbpY/s400/ls10.gif" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivfIrvFE8URAS7rDXBSoPR9OPr8NFrWnUR5u8rH0QkW6jTaZGwU5awPGFw04O8sjiQzoC_ai0geQtOGzremx9DAAoXaf7WUu3pWldChd42OS-DnjJ3B92eYVJOEevEAYJARLLgMvrySdo/s1600/ls11.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695222089682871842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivfIrvFE8URAS7rDXBSoPR9OPr8NFrWnUR5u8rH0QkW6jTaZGwU5awPGFw04O8sjiQzoC_ai0geQtOGzremx9DAAoXaf7WUu3pWldChd42OS-DnjJ3B92eYVJOEevEAYJARLLgMvrySdo/s400/ls11.gif" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmqd1JyCn6nlAvHLWtJNi13yg_52uW7l6337V5DmrDktKctb2iPf0MBNyldleFk4TonWjA-uQ2-oC7I09JY0UsRuAanvvWh9K7dRGLBTlF0lv7B9bCEphXCHns8GbKtP3etGgiFuJ6SU/s1600/ls12.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695222020822287890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmqd1JyCn6nlAvHLWtJNi13yg_52uW7l6337V5DmrDktKctb2iPf0MBNyldleFk4TonWjA-uQ2-oC7I09JY0UsRuAanvvWh9K7dRGLBTlF0lv7B9bCEphXCHns8GbKtP3etGgiFuJ6SU/s400/ls12.gif" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGn7rgQBF_G9A3wiKmRn4hiU7lObWngUDYS_o1SQLlWtaEGw1Il5SS99CHy1RvncwgyXneJaQCG0cFVBiVOSiQKe1soR-h0hipqfHB6MirKrn5pIXPwhDrbogx5MxPbuF6nkGsVKGs2Nw/s1600/ls13.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695221930745981234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGn7rgQBF_G9A3wiKmRn4hiU7lObWngUDYS_o1SQLlWtaEGw1Il5SS99CHy1RvncwgyXneJaQCG0cFVBiVOSiQKe1soR-h0hipqfHB6MirKrn5pIXPwhDrbogx5MxPbuF6nkGsVKGs2Nw/s400/ls13.gif" /></a></div></div></div></div>martha millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847828956846494958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874874353595439278.post-88113233389924709772012-01-05T08:56:00.000-08:002012-01-05T09:13:45.199-08:00Letting Go<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaHNEVAIECBjiRXRwebecD3Oq89w4lmDtDfTjJ1yZhq8j_4K2Y_SdyXJcZQIlZz9aGd69LGo3t3DrRifdLO6SXe6u8sRqKLOeMP4lm9oDypckVJ_kTighTeCKLaKtYpSmwWuTw0sAmJVc/s1600/kkol.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694193458947980786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 394px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaHNEVAIECBjiRXRwebecD3Oq89w4lmDtDfTjJ1yZhq8j_4K2Y_SdyXJcZQIlZz9aGd69LGo3t3DrRifdLO6SXe6u8sRqKLOeMP4lm9oDypckVJ_kTighTeCKLaKtYpSmwWuTw0sAmJVc/s400/kkol.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A4the_Kollwitz">Kathe Kollwitz</a><br /><br />Lisbeth is emotionally so very young <strong><em>and</em></strong> she is an adult. She has her own support system, her own higher power, <em>her own life. </em>I have to be careful to take care of myself, to have a large part of my life be separate from Lisbeth's, the same as it is with my four other adult children. I must constantly determine where and when I am needed and step back and let go when I'm not. Easy? <em>Noooooo..............</em>martha millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847828956846494958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874874353595439278.post-2106584032346543542012-01-04T03:27:00.000-08:002012-01-04T05:07:15.102-08:00Now We Wait<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1m6IKx_wNlTWzkzy4cE-4DrWbgzrszkXixbSaF1DpRKc4OMMyZSgsk2dK-uc61AiTH1GS4r4MZGZHZ1LQ7fmd6177CtD6n2TuqUcF0L7TaFSdYA-aVT7odEyKUvF2xGACNmkVn7evsdI/s1600/wn66lis.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693737818063647378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 295px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1m6IKx_wNlTWzkzy4cE-4DrWbgzrszkXixbSaF1DpRKc4OMMyZSgsk2dK-uc61AiTH1GS4r4MZGZHZ1LQ7fmd6177CtD6n2TuqUcF0L7TaFSdYA-aVT7odEyKUvF2xGACNmkVn7evsdI/s400/wn66lis.jpg" border="0" /></a>Lisbeth in a staring seizure...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35eVuezAnD_KLTnVVL5qSM0HUksQeoT1LpstUnQW3AtiDaS46gajp5nzbTQSVL3bZlNfscB_hHLbBTrC-VzBNDYZUm65Pu_E8K_GR6VrWTdRjaNXKi7HvMAlGOVPs3DMQAC0DVeK6eNY/s1600/wn67lis.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693737751598075634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35eVuezAnD_KLTnVVL5qSM0HUksQeoT1LpstUnQW3AtiDaS46gajp5nzbTQSVL3bZlNfscB_hHLbBTrC-VzBNDYZUm65Pu_E8K_GR6VrWTdRjaNXKi7HvMAlGOVPs3DMQAC0DVeK6eNY/s400/wn67lis.jpg" border="0" /></a>Dad waiting for the window of opportunity to administer 1 mg Ativan...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhth01VlkF24CdADewdCVHm0YndAjEb3sEm9Lgm-7iG7Q9EMUGfKgLRZmfn19rm1Trf7439GqOQgIWcAnqPvJc3zH4tKrV8s9t3z6FPqyCOx0dfH9SjZnaHz3kyqyFcs-IUo_MJtMgjqpg/s1600/wn68lis.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693737667979558754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhth01VlkF24CdADewdCVHm0YndAjEb3sEm9Lgm-7iG7Q9EMUGfKgLRZmfn19rm1Trf7439GqOQgIWcAnqPvJc3zH4tKrV8s9t3z6FPqyCOx0dfH9SjZnaHz3kyqyFcs-IUo_MJtMgjqpg/s400/wn68lis.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7PWKI0_66E9NhQ09N-MVN3dNzf6m72sIoF7SVYkq_uTKTg-EZTFOhVUjQem6bRRWLQhPxOfCOpPuNDoMYpJuntLUszJ9344WVZafDs7tTaKuKniUnOh7Ay_F4OZ6FWgX3YgK5ohvatEE/s1600/wn69lis.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693737597048634658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7PWKI0_66E9NhQ09N-MVN3dNzf6m72sIoF7SVYkq_uTKTg-EZTFOhVUjQem6bRRWLQhPxOfCOpPuNDoMYpJuntLUszJ9344WVZafDs7tTaKuKniUnOh7Ay_F4OZ6FWgX3YgK5ohvatEE/s400/wn69lis.jpg" border="0" /></a> Kneeling at the Altar of Patience...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXaccK0-J1E79AXjehyrvuKH6dwnQns9k89P8Z_dpUM2JjE5x1mZ0ZfyRAY0G5-ZGaNq_G-w5IVMV7jLgMz79ztTpEXPYRjOSRcLM8wrVHfGN27HlGbrjgb1WE150zYaV17tSHoj3T-Vk/s1600/wn70lis.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693737533611372610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXaccK0-J1E79AXjehyrvuKH6dwnQns9k89P8Z_dpUM2JjE5x1mZ0ZfyRAY0G5-ZGaNq_G-w5IVMV7jLgMz79ztTpEXPYRjOSRcLM8wrVHfGN27HlGbrjgb1WE150zYaV17tSHoj3T-Vk/s400/wn70lis.jpg" border="0" /></a>We finally did get it into her, so now she will rest and hopefully clear up...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXhnc_v3p5cX34BnQzfxn7Jjg6Msbkz1zE8cUiY9cUpWQF1RovULqJyhYAuJGKjXe9pohbze-_FjmSnQMqYemWjDDQBMfvPLg1LK_lsX_R_eBuIl0cnIKEoqu66-QuYTQMriS4_B9mrXA/s1600/wn71lis.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693737455453879906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 298px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXhnc_v3p5cX34BnQzfxn7Jjg6Msbkz1zE8cUiY9cUpWQF1RovULqJyhYAuJGKjXe9pohbze-_FjmSnQMqYemWjDDQBMfvPLg1LK_lsX_R_eBuIl0cnIKEoqu66-QuYTQMriS4_B9mrXA/s400/wn71lis.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div><a href="http://wwwnotbadthing.blogspot.com/2010/02/shrine.html">Lisbeth's Milkweed Shrine table...</a><br /></div><br /><div>Garry and I saw Lisbeth's psychiatrist last night, then brought the orders over to Lisbeth's staff at her house. While there, we helped to give Lisbeth an Ativan for staring seizures. We are stopping the Benadryl, and starting a slow decrease of the Risperdol. We will wait and see what happens. If her rage attacks recur, we spoke about the possibility of trying another anti-psychotic once Lisbeth is off Risperdol, one that does not cause EPS: Seroquel. </div><br /><br /><div>Sigh.</div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://wwwnotbadthing.blogspot.com/2010/04/lis-ictionary.html">To quote Lis, <em><strong>Hard to know...</strong></em></a></div></div></div></div></div>martha millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847828956846494958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874874353595439278.post-79890100592049372362012-01-03T10:11:00.000-08:002012-01-03T10:46:07.360-08:00Off Track, and Betting...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdHr5jI22rmT1RE-doDaUolfj3yMeKWR26G9FP3i9y6IZX31mqsaUQZKJ8LNzT6KKd3Mptzr3kMEEWEIzJGR-wO-ljuE1d40uBXIxomcdYzac8mZMil_0NfU_jyGtt0yX9HYvter_Thd4/s1600/wn65lisbeth.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693470210302908546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdHr5jI22rmT1RE-doDaUolfj3yMeKWR26G9FP3i9y6IZX31mqsaUQZKJ8LNzT6KKd3Mptzr3kMEEWEIzJGR-wO-ljuE1d40uBXIxomcdYzac8mZMil_0NfU_jyGtt0yX9HYvter_Thd4/s400/wn65lisbeth.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Lisbeth, telling her Dad about "the eyeballs hurting" on Christmas morning. Benadryl can cause dry eyes, and Lisbeth's staff has been administering eyedrops several times a day since the Benadryl increase.<br /><br />Well, Lisbeth went home after her workout at the Y yesterday and had a seizure, and her aide phoned this afternoon to say she's just had another, making a total of 5 this week. Not good. We think the Benadryl is the culprit, so I paged her psychiatrist who has faxed a stop order to Lisbeth's staff. My husband and I will meet with him this evening to talk about next steps. Do we start Cogentin for <a href="http://wwwnotbadthing.blogspot.com/2011/12/update.html">the EPS?</a> Her doctor is not even convinced that she has EPS, or at least that all the symptoms we are observing <em>are</em> EPS. But as a nurse friend of mine says, "You can have ticks <strong><em>and </em></strong>fleas." As usual, there are most likely several things happening at once with Miss Lis. It's never black and white. Do we decrease the Risperdol? Will this help with the insomnia? What if she has full blown rage like we used to see BR? (Before Risperdol: I'll write more about <em>that</em> rough chapter, <em>soon</em>...)<br /><br /><em>Always a gamble...</em>martha millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847828956846494958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874874353595439278.post-59900522149499683662012-01-02T11:53:00.001-08:002012-01-02T13:00:08.938-08:00Back on Track<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSIeIGjvCwHhM1xoltXOyHmAU6tXOB5EN3fI-4cVX0NLRNUC8rMoLMF77AleIXoZDoJd-1VL2wV8giZJ9yZi2g_CX9MsnV9bPL_eLbW1ouZuJWAbFq-cF8_DY2E1juTvsLEkLixo1Dhsk/s1600/lm5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693125304639803362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 294px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSIeIGjvCwHhM1xoltXOyHmAU6tXOB5EN3fI-4cVX0NLRNUC8rMoLMF77AleIXoZDoJd-1VL2wV8giZJ9yZi2g_CX9MsnV9bPL_eLbW1ouZuJWAbFq-cF8_DY2E1juTvsLEkLixo1Dhsk/s400/lm5.jpg" border="0" /></a>My husband and I attempted to get Lisbeth to swim with us in the therapy pool at the YMCA today. It was a no go. Lis used to love to swim and participated in the Special Olympics, winning several medals when she was in high school. In recent years, though, the pool has become a source of anxiety. We keep hoping that we can gently ease her back into a swim routine, but there is no forcing this, of course. Just showing up at the Y and being willing to consider a swim is a positive thing. Lisbeth <em>did<strong> </strong></em>agree to walk the track today, and completed five laps! And she noticed aloud that this made her legs feel good: "all healed up" was her description.<br /><em>Way to go Lisbeth! </em><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy7A47jULCf4EfMrlJRG1Nlz8q5fXr27hBdpbM5AUZTe15-5CanUGXECCiHdrMLmbbchy50hAbGa1OLQ_A1YA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>martha millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847828956846494958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874874353595439278.post-42453338458629379862011-12-31T15:01:00.000-08:002011-12-31T15:43:29.064-08:00New Year's Eve Report<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmZRedESPstUNIYWrWU2f0hImGmfUqVJWckKz25KOH2iePrVr0crEWRVcHy_FSf2fPW7I-N8ac2Iuk5uVIz-yx28TXqZ2ZAU5BQ7UbQazns-c66MkAMU-VGhBWtxf8LhAQmO0SPYgpHyw/s1600/ls1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692432454435771378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmZRedESPstUNIYWrWU2f0hImGmfUqVJWckKz25KOH2iePrVr0crEWRVcHy_FSf2fPW7I-N8ac2Iuk5uVIz-yx28TXqZ2ZAU5BQ7UbQazns-c66MkAMU-VGhBWtxf8LhAQmO0SPYgpHyw/s400/ls1.jpg" border="0" /></a>Lisbeth, postical sleep. Milkweed and "The Hurt Feeling Bear" keeping watch. Three grand mals this week. A neurologist once compared the energy expended in one grand mal seizure to playing an entire football game.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKV_DnjaV13MUDvp9vQiEFQZVdnqASGpSMiHFvJLsPVuA4Ml7Gf1B6xMRLjahf6B-f4E_MpADPv8qpO2Aow97fTLSrQLhHGjuMvdWEBxvWhJgYCbGqw3i-2qGssbxkGxpyrPJNgOagTuM/s1600/ls2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692432403535060290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKV_DnjaV13MUDvp9vQiEFQZVdnqASGpSMiHFvJLsPVuA4Ml7Gf1B6xMRLjahf6B-f4E_MpADPv8qpO2Aow97fTLSrQLhHGjuMvdWEBxvWhJgYCbGqw3i-2qGssbxkGxpyrPJNgOagTuM/s400/ls2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2t6TEBnRI8Yn-MhTESbSoO916DjDHlWD3wrev-LbgBiN_CUeFjaB0M5kDKrNm-6EfkOeYp-vl9PUgzSqzi7A26htXRbVa3SoAt-q-idfyHXceubgwx-QpvujE4t_7QMORC1xIKDkh1F8/s1600/ls3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692432357819267138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2t6TEBnRI8Yn-MhTESbSoO916DjDHlWD3wrev-LbgBiN_CUeFjaB0M5kDKrNm-6EfkOeYp-vl9PUgzSqzi7A26htXRbVa3SoAt-q-idfyHXceubgwx-QpvujE4t_7QMORC1xIKDkh1F8/s400/ls3.jpg" border="0" /></a>Lisbeth craves "chadder cheese" after a seizure.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkvVOGybMScykOebk04ZwuW1aLfcGhA2CqyAMzck4YzYS56A9C9oW4_5rbGAwfcYM3g1HoKq5q-9NjjXXI6mdl6bFEe4maBYmw8hbVyxJvoMvDsfXmiJlxD0TSA8aywxBWBVtQ5YlgiQ/s1600/ls4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692432279286938034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkvVOGybMScykOebk04ZwuW1aLfcGhA2CqyAMzck4YzYS56A9C9oW4_5rbGAwfcYM3g1HoKq5q-9NjjXXI6mdl6bFEe4maBYmw8hbVyxJvoMvDsfXmiJlxD0TSA8aywxBWBVtQ5YlgiQ/s400/ls4.jpg" border="0" /></a>Milkweed likes "chadder cheese," too...<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0bK9RcbYDgc22T6KaSuqKUdPSDDWnd9dIdFofB95yoc45sBuTkHDQI6ksqkTmHfd5yGhsiV2JWkOYvY8-XSSUPw8Jd3YG2c7x3EnNxDavFdBVWCXJZnVbMpWSfhYGNwZyIhIXX0YUs6s/s1600/ls5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692432227116389186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0bK9RcbYDgc22T6KaSuqKUdPSDDWnd9dIdFofB95yoc45sBuTkHDQI6ksqkTmHfd5yGhsiV2JWkOYvY8-XSSUPw8Jd3YG2c7x3EnNxDavFdBVWCXJZnVbMpWSfhYGNwZyIhIXX0YUs6s/s400/ls5.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmioxKon8XtHQPfUG_tz7RIBszXk3xHqx3YpWP0k8vsl0CVX6sOAQ4-W21d62glrTiBtLFGT-Gj-slVBuCd6zGfqV9uJ3nW0z7VpqGj0xHqAR40qYjRrUrl89p4kqwT_XZU3Mji9Pn1zA/s1600/ls6.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692432180526213186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmioxKon8XtHQPfUG_tz7RIBszXk3xHqx3YpWP0k8vsl0CVX6sOAQ4-W21d62glrTiBtLFGT-Gj-slVBuCd6zGfqV9uJ3nW0z7VpqGj0xHqAR40qYjRrUrl89p4kqwT_XZU3Mji9Pn1zA/s400/ls6.jpg" border="0" /></a>Those eyes. All knowing Milkweed. Bless her little kitty heart.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEhKuIBiouKPJpQTq9ECz6DH7uo5_LljnwhwFhghpKjjQs_2vuvFqr-amPy_CDjRL5vmNXDdCMM9iO7DcMgijedT7QGYVkPoFZW1PAl0YF9evHlBzmhJvGFg8-Nf_9QTYbWkIvjG2yjek/s1600/ls8.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692432055476493746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEhKuIBiouKPJpQTq9ECz6DH7uo5_LljnwhwFhghpKjjQs_2vuvFqr-amPy_CDjRL5vmNXDdCMM9iO7DcMgijedT7QGYVkPoFZW1PAl0YF9evHlBzmhJvGFg8-Nf_9QTYbWkIvjG2yjek/s400/ls8.jpg" border="0" /></a>Lisbeth is chronologically thirty years old, and emotionally six, the age she was when she suffered the brain injury.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoYrHlZoq7xlV1dHiCqJEVyE_F37NIe53471VdFD5pRGx7MRiPBY6uKf2YNu41D0Ju34A4OVYqfqSq0zZMgJBTulCCxO3_t9984Xgr27gIG9TBvu2ueT-DIgtVIVUgA6Cw1m25GFfjV_I/s1600/ls7.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692431847408941506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoYrHlZoq7xlV1dHiCqJEVyE_F37NIe53471VdFD5pRGx7MRiPBY6uKf2YNu41D0Ju34A4OVYqfqSq0zZMgJBTulCCxO3_t9984Xgr27gIG9TBvu2ueT-DIgtVIVUgA6Cw1m25GFfjV_I/s400/ls7.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Lisbeth has had a rough week. We had to increase the Benadryl because she was having more insomnia, and even with the increase she hasn't been sleeping again. The Benadryl is drying out her eyes and might be causing more seizure activity to boot. We will be talking with her psychiatrist next week about an alternative sleep aid. And the psych nurse has recommended Cogentin for the EPS, to replace the Benadryl. Always this juggling act of trial and error.</div><br /><div>I am grateful to all the good folks and critters who help to care for Lisbeth. She's such a trooper!</div><br /><div>Here's to a Happy & Healthy 2012, All!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>martha millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847828956846494958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874874353595439278.post-44245050583883874872011-12-29T04:53:00.001-08:002011-12-29T05:35:05.679-08:00Christmas Gifts<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaHdtxjNQAynYixTWijjbVIyIUS4OjXZNE8WCWRRCTDHzQkOf4MnmOysABEgdyDrwHAVv4XEEXnQGE4WVI9uhRTh8RrXD2aQVogR_X0GrxKvMmL_rN8RftnAtiwqCyN-hdYokd2FuAeqs/s1600/wn20.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 293px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691534911493564130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaHdtxjNQAynYixTWijjbVIyIUS4OjXZNE8WCWRRCTDHzQkOf4MnmOysABEgdyDrwHAVv4XEEXnQGE4WVI9uhRTh8RrXD2aQVogR_X0GrxKvMmL_rN8RftnAtiwqCyN-hdYokd2FuAeqs/s400/wn20.jpg" /></a>Lisbeth and her Christmas stocking...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBEVZ7czewW6CRF1Nz-83XgdCkRghGK61-_FiUic7IgXsjmvgIl0S4tbz05erUt3SCF5KtLTtv0l16Z2jF37IQtB_4AHWSjH-Ec7UI-xcvaoawppAUakoVYsusdkBxJggjW8d8hFYRcBs/s1600/wn8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691534830878570802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBEVZ7czewW6CRF1Nz-83XgdCkRghGK61-_FiUic7IgXsjmvgIl0S4tbz05erUt3SCF5KtLTtv0l16Z2jF37IQtB_4AHWSjH-Ec7UI-xcvaoawppAUakoVYsusdkBxJggjW8d8hFYRcBs/s400/wn8.jpg" /></a>...getting some help from our cat, Sal.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyktb7stgzWhgTIr08IyGnkJ2bFfXcdsKbouHPkIfiGQ-zZnjB9VoFASEsk5InfC9tJ_4foG7h1Qjsv9NpfOljntbFiH-Pl4lEkXNx02q5vHGZx0a3VFlwwaSyU5X6h-pfvtxvCrnXJ7I/s1600/wn9.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691534763701217858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyktb7stgzWhgTIr08IyGnkJ2bFfXcdsKbouHPkIfiGQ-zZnjB9VoFASEsk5InfC9tJ_4foG7h1Qjsv9NpfOljntbFiH-Pl4lEkXNx02q5vHGZx0a3VFlwwaSyU5X6h-pfvtxvCrnXJ7I/s400/wn9.jpg" /></a>Hummingbird socks!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbvWgEgKfFIFMVk5wDXPP481jZ6cZfUOUVt4jf7Bjf8sbnU2mM2Hr-QQcU_yoseKqbXHzRNgz96RnjQTxa4eeAnpqNK0655MfOylvu1VWYIEESzEw_lasPT9apT-hRwVmFDCpQz-2s9sY/s1600/wn21.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691534629288302226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbvWgEgKfFIFMVk5wDXPP481jZ6cZfUOUVt4jf7Bjf8sbnU2mM2Hr-QQcU_yoseKqbXHzRNgz96RnjQTxa4eeAnpqNK0655MfOylvu1VWYIEESzEw_lasPT9apT-hRwVmFDCpQz-2s9sY/s400/wn21.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiejpaCetIcFHTWUiyNF8CkQpmbSOqTUhwtK1gXlblVW9EV_8MwGWF7-yHz3D1mrcUHmTGaiG4xr18u3mvxpnowm_3eo9Ib49sx4sHS-kUNERQmWarRTdOX4yFGb-G3UHIK7QMmGG9VDiE/s1600/wn11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691534476894761186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiejpaCetIcFHTWUiyNF8CkQpmbSOqTUhwtK1gXlblVW9EV_8MwGWF7-yHz3D1mrcUHmTGaiG4xr18u3mvxpnowm_3eo9Ib49sx4sHS-kUNERQmWarRTdOX4yFGb-G3UHIK7QMmGG9VDiE/s400/wn11.jpg" /></a>Cairn takes a nibble of Lisbeth's new little unicorn...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQqtoi890LLtWALSKzJX3le0j_qqBVPruJ4HKdnPRkU3G7_czlysjNEosis0QrWrJiJJk7biSJlePAzBC98WIa_iiBTxG3eb-irx5_TGFzhsyWNb4rm-Dwes6y9j0iKLR4kh6KAyri4aU/s1600/wn16.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691534291922694882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQqtoi890LLtWALSKzJX3le0j_qqBVPruJ4HKdnPRkU3G7_czlysjNEosis0QrWrJiJJk7biSJlePAzBC98WIa_iiBTxG3eb-irx5_TGFzhsyWNb4rm-Dwes6y9j0iKLR4kh6KAyri4aU/s400/wn16.jpg" /></a>Lisbeth and "Big Sister Kaitlyn."<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn_NyIq34YHbSMiCnDFWmiGuURs2dpbLJzwk1xfC_SOq_xdu1W32voxsNoMg5roFTa_nRiV0F57ThdBAa3RfVrsgdQo4o6wuNI2gVcCHilatOTRt0VSja2MGya8De7Cr-H_ERRDdPyHII/s1600/wn38.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691534055020843474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn_NyIq34YHbSMiCnDFWmiGuURs2dpbLJzwk1xfC_SOq_xdu1W32voxsNoMg5roFTa_nRiV0F57ThdBAa3RfVrsgdQo4o6wuNI2gVcCHilatOTRt0VSja2MGya8De7Cr-H_ERRDdPyHII/s400/wn38.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhf3VWoJ-tzdWU1n4uwwk3ySyaFA4i-OC1Lg-lLikzNtFRle3Vyz2rKRv5ddWEa9PSsxaFcocWCVY5-RBiEswiqbD3MWR0F_2AhPf2iOi3QuJehPjZpnl5yzo-Yru8lZ_LqnKadtX1OLY/s1600/wn39.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691533869662622258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhf3VWoJ-tzdWU1n4uwwk3ySyaFA4i-OC1Lg-lLikzNtFRle3Vyz2rKRv5ddWEa9PSsxaFcocWCVY5-RBiEswiqbD3MWR0F_2AhPf2iOi3QuJehPjZpnl5yzo-Yru8lZ_LqnKadtX1OLY/s400/wn39.jpg" /></a>Lisbeth's spot at the table, waiting for her till later...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCI3KI3zJjdSXUEJ4cPBXf6A1PzBI8iaYS-lho_P3i9WWx7qF-LRWTI-6rDGySOphA-jTSaBob4oLoXINdZxueU5Tw4MGfVd4Pa1UGFRnNdVVjnJ_4Ft0FfOOAn1f1vxS6pdYA5LwLITY/s1600/wn24.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691533614790303922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCI3KI3zJjdSXUEJ4cPBXf6A1PzBI8iaYS-lho_P3i9WWx7qF-LRWTI-6rDGySOphA-jTSaBob4oLoXINdZxueU5Tw4MGfVd4Pa1UGFRnNdVVjnJ_4Ft0FfOOAn1f1vxS6pdYA5LwLITY/s400/wn24.jpg" /></a>After a nap. Lisbeth with her sister-in-law, Tracey.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi8o9J9dqfOyTipqLkJoMjzD3z7fnVUJM4F5cSCU2ZbkKY7yOvpVeCjEQ88YKGbVmzWMmsbqBmYwjVSJipUJjChNY-iUL1NRDqngKEDk0zaOytieNkrMQER8BjXIYG_TwWq8UQZZyjjZU/s1600/wn49.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691533339299695250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi8o9J9dqfOyTipqLkJoMjzD3z7fnVUJM4F5cSCU2ZbkKY7yOvpVeCjEQ88YKGbVmzWMmsbqBmYwjVSJipUJjChNY-iUL1NRDqngKEDk0zaOytieNkrMQER8BjXIYG_TwWq8UQZZyjjZU/s400/wn49.jpg" /></a>Day after Christmas breakfast.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUxMY_vWhLOt3CKvreOAqvV8L3OuGbPvQDc4Qmcu_Z8bWNQCSptkYML2qdfme1-jhpIwtJdn_-4ygYpA8kddcXAv34gGRZ5wHvr8Zi9JaU7VWLIY9_dPIOAkTRWyuaadpe7PZ_QJe754/s1600/wn50.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691533278896750194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUxMY_vWhLOt3CKvreOAqvV8L3OuGbPvQDc4Qmcu_Z8bWNQCSptkYML2qdfme1-jhpIwtJdn_-4ygYpA8kddcXAv34gGRZ5wHvr8Zi9JaU7VWLIY9_dPIOAkTRWyuaadpe7PZ_QJe754/s400/wn50.jpg" /></a>Silly Lis trying on Momma's glasses...<br /><div>Lisbeth spent the whole day with us on Christmas by herself (her one-on-one helper called in sick), and slept overnight. She was clear and able to enjoy opening her gifts and being with her family. This is my best Christmas gift, for there are many holidays and birthdays in which Lisbeth cannot partake or even remember because she is in the throws of a seizure cluster. I am grateful that her seizures held off until afterwards (she is down with a seizure cluster now as I type this post). Lis had some anxiety Christmas afternoon; we laid her down on the couch in a quiet room and did massage and tried to redirect her thoughts without success and finally had to administer her PRN Ativan. Being with groups of people, even those she loves, can trigger great anxiety for Lisbeth. So she napped during our dinner and was able to thoroughly enjoy a quiet turkey supper later in the evening. And then she slept through the night, which is a small miracle in itself!!</div><div>Happy Holidays, All!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>martha millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847828956846494958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874874353595439278.post-13528575719897032602011-12-18T05:50:00.000-08:002012-01-02T13:03:52.605-08:00Just Hanging...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh70ybaqyMklaibGl5R509qXN_LZ3M1exrMoRDfK5HaEGaPgSCfRWxCcna73DobQ_G1nzE6jdn2Bfpfhox6DT3kYFF0WUioiV00Od12dqSJ-SxqpeLgwj4fClyZKo5-4sVGENFrVhrATJY/s1600/lm0.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687466028137968754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 295px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh70ybaqyMklaibGl5R509qXN_LZ3M1exrMoRDfK5HaEGaPgSCfRWxCcna73DobQ_G1nzE6jdn2Bfpfhox6DT3kYFF0WUioiV00Od12dqSJ-SxqpeLgwj4fClyZKo5-4sVGENFrVhrATJY/s400/lm0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBo4XRaIbgQJ2jLIW6j2M3QqCufb6x9cqDpQbARiQjYREr91AthfZY7RNun7lUWYVOL3RejGozNaTBSGydE0JTu3ywJhjvIn7C6kn5BrwFV3BTrUUb0gaN5XJyuKainPGPbDx8fLflu0Y/s1600/lm1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687465891294753586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBo4XRaIbgQJ2jLIW6j2M3QqCufb6x9cqDpQbARiQjYREr91AthfZY7RNun7lUWYVOL3RejGozNaTBSGydE0JTu3ywJhjvIn7C6kn5BrwFV3BTrUUb0gaN5XJyuKainPGPbDx8fLflu0Y/s400/lm1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-dpRMBkGCxNGYnO-789Fowhqj8t45Cb_cBYlQ59ps2eFiFW8OCxCclRtV3RCqot7cJ_10CIVjq56XgP5tEHwQXbCzgcpNwQay_SPNH_DfhyphenhyphenjohsmE4UuygsYAJIEFYB2P5pWCJBoQCg/s1600/lm2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687465836303358706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-dpRMBkGCxNGYnO-789Fowhqj8t45Cb_cBYlQ59ps2eFiFW8OCxCclRtV3RCqot7cJ_10CIVjq56XgP5tEHwQXbCzgcpNwQay_SPNH_DfhyphenhyphenjohsmE4UuygsYAJIEFYB2P5pWCJBoQCg/s400/lm2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZUJa8Wo4pH-sq6plitiir5ZyqFB4d45oGo551lZVwuI-SwK20p5LmhWnWt0O4WFPXAk2-xziiWPf1fku5cOwt5Y2cq0Oc5UQ34zwXjtCggsyzx97GewbI9rRhdhrn__cFMGCrxSdRJQ/s1600/lm3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687465786336296994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZUJa8Wo4pH-sq6plitiir5ZyqFB4d45oGo551lZVwuI-SwK20p5LmhWnWt0O4WFPXAk2-xziiWPf1fku5cOwt5Y2cq0Oc5UQ34zwXjtCggsyzx97GewbI9rRhdhrn__cFMGCrxSdRJQ/s400/lm3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8m3N8BbLJGdYRKfGLvd2vTdLWiSg96sAsTGsamdYVQXc6IEHgf9klZK8GYzK9-CO8RgWgOIlWUmiXnTARntN2t51yhtUNVzowvy70ne8lDWp_8uHhWn20beAS7lUMBO_QqJtknQfWC-I/s1600/lm4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687465724938692306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8m3N8BbLJGdYRKfGLvd2vTdLWiSg96sAsTGsamdYVQXc6IEHgf9klZK8GYzK9-CO8RgWgOIlWUmiXnTARntN2t51yhtUNVzowvy70ne8lDWp_8uHhWn20beAS7lUMBO_QqJtknQfWC-I/s400/lm4.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><span style="font-size:85%;">photo of Mom and Milkweed by Lisbeth<br /></span><br /><br /><div>Lisbeth and I made her <a href="http://wwwnotbadthing.blogspot.com/2011/02/mothers-and-daughters.html"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Gramma</span> Simmons' </a>party mix together at her house on Friday afternoon, then hung out downstairs with Milkweed. Lisbeth has been sleeping better since starting the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Benadryl</span>, and her mood and appetite have improved, but on Friday she was having some anxiety and talking about "feeling dead" again. We work to gently redirect her thoughts if possible, and use massage to relax her. If she cannot be redirected and the anxiety escalates, we give her <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">PRN</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Ativan</span>. Lisbeth had a seizure later that night - this increased anxiety is often the precursor to seizure activity. Milkweed is the best antidote to anxiety...<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzfMbCJj0nvefcmlzjaDjQ1aHN6nRM-u9L7ly7OftS9n-sVcdype0So-O_4hlSgEp04KH5CPkpxvqpr4tmZdQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div></div></div><br /><br /><p><strong>Gramma Simmons' Party Mix</strong><br /></p><br /><p>1 small box Cheerios</p><br /><p>1 box Wheat Chex </p><br /><p>1 box Rice Chex<br /><br />1 T garlic powder</p><br /><p>1 T onion powder</p><br /><p>1 T celery salt</p><br /><p>1 t salt</p><br /><p>3 T Worcester Sauce </p><br /><p>1 lb butter</p><br /><p>3 lbs mixed nuts<br /><br />Mix cereal and nuts in <strong>large</strong> roasting pan (Lis didn't have one so we improvised, but you really want to use the one large roasting pan!). Melt butter in saucepan and add seasonings and salt to that. Pour over cereal mixture in roasting pan and stir. Bake at 250 degrees for 3 hours, stirring every half hour. Drain on brown paper, cool, then store in airtight containers. Give as gifts, and enjoy some yourself!</p><br /><p>p.s. I can't control the spacing on Blogger lately - don't know what's up with that! Oh, well - here's to imperfection and radical acceptance! :^)</p>martha millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847828956846494958noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874874353595439278.post-63344124325791016032011-12-16T05:03:00.001-08:002012-01-02T13:07:22.145-08:00An Update<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcAfWA-7fChuGxbfansqd1szjb4AejFMUjGTI9RlspFv4WY2OBvz4wruxOst1ghYK5MAN7S8zDpvOopClasSPRqAG_GAkFeOGpaZFxtG6EQy5ypkuG_lZVL_XR6lOhZfR8-ewUevBSvo4/s1600/au33.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686724918589532002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcAfWA-7fChuGxbfansqd1szjb4AejFMUjGTI9RlspFv4WY2OBvz4wruxOst1ghYK5MAN7S8zDpvOopClasSPRqAG_GAkFeOGpaZFxtG6EQy5ypkuG_lZVL_XR6lOhZfR8-ewUevBSvo4/s400/au33.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWei447lIA3ytOwtgPq_czbr9vP7El8Yuq-mj0hDwb7EBHOXGxmBl20ITFGWfyAVI-18KsWFzHHXykUah1zfueK0XaIKL8UFOD_5LnTk-sx3-ZPFOHdhuJkASc5LXJqxXlmHyWb80hu2I/s1600/au35.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686714900537651282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWei447lIA3ytOwtgPq_czbr9vP7El8Yuq-mj0hDwb7EBHOXGxmBl20ITFGWfyAVI-18KsWFzHHXykUah1zfueK0XaIKL8UFOD_5LnTk-sx3-ZPFOHdhuJkASc5LXJqxXlmHyWb80hu2I/s400/au35.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFtc9kRyKAJtI04xCjyJHVRzhDyQq0DJcRmkH2jRukKCytTWNNePMp2JISquDrFcE9LxR0lKub27AYQDiAhqbHlXXjmsoN_ba0cw9Sk8utKQtgkl91vGEZ0E75rsayfp0aiqwFaM8sK38/s1600/au36.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686714827993740370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFtc9kRyKAJtI04xCjyJHVRzhDyQq0DJcRmkH2jRukKCytTWNNePMp2JISquDrFcE9LxR0lKub27AYQDiAhqbHlXXjmsoN_ba0cw9Sk8utKQtgkl91vGEZ0E75rsayfp0aiqwFaM8sK38/s400/au36.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAbibxJ8FNjXLYVZ2gxsDpGwLMpo7Z1HrVpLT-h0Upn8MjUJkOq5k-I9PKHmxoh5tm2LwtLx39sjxix7JAanhNY58fbdAqNqOdY9JtbIfaQwtRt6CjoEho9FWtCu2e5lbyMGYum8UmNHo/s1600/au37.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686714626757077170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAbibxJ8FNjXLYVZ2gxsDpGwLMpo7Z1HrVpLT-h0Upn8MjUJkOq5k-I9PKHmxoh5tm2LwtLx39sjxix7JAanhNY58fbdAqNqOdY9JtbIfaQwtRt6CjoEho9FWtCu2e5lbyMGYum8UmNHo/s400/au37.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_SD4VsIAo7gk72ASKxrgCVa60rOf6Y_o2o-gwA_8hcMAKKbHBa67qlFg67GzTS8uBLQ3JHsvfjlkyNiSlIYqHh8AegCS0B7oZMAYojZI1p-9mVTy4WT1UYyT-VeieAhBbq0SVZviQfw/s1600/au38.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686714477858158578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_SD4VsIAo7gk72ASKxrgCVa60rOf6Y_o2o-gwA_8hcMAKKbHBa67qlFg67GzTS8uBLQ3JHsvfjlkyNiSlIYqHh8AegCS0B7oZMAYojZI1p-9mVTy4WT1UYyT-VeieAhBbq0SVZviQfw/s400/au38.jpg" border="0" /></a>Lisbeth turned thirty on October 27<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span>.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXD2njOUkbn8hjWp-Jw1wK6f6zewMd7CaRLqhsF80vFIFF3Mt_zA5n1b4k5jydYfjo3mGDYGKAnGI7wfdGXQqW4f62nmBOd84FO7hhkL3_h2yjLvWPqA-2FAJHmOsmLa2k1X-fOy3ft70/s1600/sum74.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686714247872041282" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNP9qzZUH4vg8wV-N1_rq31EmhQApLk0-kr5s7m90NXZrfFAawPquV8bTtfypZXeTIh9FbM8_Fa_liVBBTNmcEQZtogCdtp3PH8Fg5HV0p7ZIYIu9nL0w4H_3psryTVsv0V8sVX0pJSyw/s400/sum76.gif" border="0" /></a>After a swim in July.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisO90BoJ7O-NfxMceGPskiN30zw3zb2zpI17TCFkaDsLGmesdxGz_j0rXzU2xAX9thGUjQAGsy9YagWV7TLuaomWbhYgkdrIVNy4WgkIdZ-qFwmZ0mwwZqtjkj5kAdamRRsKh1LoyixyI/s1600/au2.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686713400593597538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisO90BoJ7O-NfxMceGPskiN30zw3zb2zpI17TCFkaDsLGmesdxGz_j0rXzU2xAX9thGUjQAGsy9YagWV7TLuaomWbhYgkdrIVNy4WgkIdZ-qFwmZ0mwwZqtjkj5kAdamRRsKh1LoyixyI/s400/au2.gif" border="0" /></a>A trip to the ER in mid-October. A gashed forehead due to a fall during a seizure.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEluzgElB24yTi8aktHYMJH-eAjR0Mrqai8fjonYZ2MFzF7NvwI_RdXFDsEUuq2qupA8ua_n3tFwfhrey0RCVP4FjjUNjy80SVs5vzjt8zjGyiyHN5AZSY8Oc4AGD0FHDb-k7nTXERPMM/s1600/au3.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686713341163148834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEluzgElB24yTi8aktHYMJH-eAjR0Mrqai8fjonYZ2MFzF7NvwI_RdXFDsEUuq2qupA8ua_n3tFwfhrey0RCVP4FjjUNjy80SVs5vzjt8zjGyiyHN5AZSY8Oc4AGD0FHDb-k7nTXERPMM/s400/au3.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYkWN0M7GhiyiWeNmUiT5qd3vQhyyno57clKnT1wWu80mVVc4sK-5Sbza7O5YuZw5imnRtHUiI5p93gZK9pQbhmFw0147jZNA7BrREyWL9wPjKMRCQ8PdQ6K1E1KPMspKpHuBitQQOnh4/s1600/au4.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686713252140337714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYkWN0M7GhiyiWeNmUiT5qd3vQhyyno57clKnT1wWu80mVVc4sK-5Sbza7O5YuZw5imnRtHUiI5p93gZK9pQbhmFw0147jZNA7BrREyWL9wPjKMRCQ8PdQ6K1E1KPMspKpHuBitQQOnh4/s400/au4.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieG-6qU445cR3HTaxsk6PEDTMkUnsZfgt6OsBcGheECGmZ_EDXOII2Gu1NuPTxY8evdyDD3Xk1oc4ocHktGCSA6Nz3rUAMVdE9XOR5J9-WHa4j4qGFFiECHKYuWqlqzLNsLAbtCPaACxQ/s1600/au5.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686713185637638690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieG-6qU445cR3HTaxsk6PEDTMkUnsZfgt6OsBcGheECGmZ_EDXOII2Gu1NuPTxY8evdyDD3Xk1oc4ocHktGCSA6Nz3rUAMVdE9XOR5J9-WHa4j4qGFFiECHKYuWqlqzLNsLAbtCPaACxQ/s400/au5.gif" border="0" /></a>A drowsy ride back home.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimzFFukl14h4dMa0oa2ipFb9G5D_TVfIHYr65jA6jVmT5_maDnp3aVBoh20XBmut46U4L0wES-qyfYUA-ztKShlRfBwryCgSNObYR_remL6dNBmn9NfSTnpzEEtTsyNJc1GWJk4jioqiM/s1600/au6.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686713036460340418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 276px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimzFFukl14h4dMa0oa2ipFb9G5D_TVfIHYr65jA6jVmT5_maDnp3aVBoh20XBmut46U4L0wES-qyfYUA-ztKShlRfBwryCgSNObYR_remL6dNBmn9NfSTnpzEEtTsyNJc1GWJk4jioqiM/s400/au6.gif" border="0" /></a>Milkweed looking out the window for Lisbeth.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_LzuGQ58PJoaqZn27QjE8Cms3CTFZK2EDgfRlQoQWePF4wvQbShuhXTBt-2rKpw9EFpR4nYByNfG4hnKfmlt0sjIMk9L4BA37xrRypHpGJw65_HUs_B0Rwh63n714YNWvNIT0RrOB_qM/s1600/au1.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686712194392841394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 291px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_LzuGQ58PJoaqZn27QjE8Cms3CTFZK2EDgfRlQoQWePF4wvQbShuhXTBt-2rKpw9EFpR4nYByNfG4hnKfmlt0sjIMk9L4BA37xrRypHpGJw65_HUs_B0Rwh63n714YNWvNIT0RrOB_qM/s400/au1.gif" border="0" /></a><br />I haven't posted for several months for many reasons, one being that I needed a break from all things computer. But I think the main reason for not posting here about Lisbeth is that I've been so discouraged and overwhelmed. After my mother's death I went through a period of deep grieving. I had to work on accepting that she had Alzheimer's and how that changed her. It triggered my old anger and sadness about how Lisbeth's illness changed her, and I have had to work on accepting Lisbeth's situation, again. And I'm learning that I have to keep accepting it, over, and over, and over. I am currently taking a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectical_behavior_therapy">DBT</a></span> class for my own anxiety issues (I have Panic Disorder) and one of the most important things that I have learned is that acceptance does not mean approval. I'll type that again. <strong>Acceptance does not mean approval</strong>. We can accept with all our pain attached. Acceptance does not mean we do not have pain. It means we can feel peace even with the pain. It means <em>we do not have to suffer</em>.</div><br /><br /><div>Deep sigh.</div><br /><br /><div>Lisbeth has been having multiple on-going and worsening problems which have caused me to feel powerless and sometimes hopeless. These problems include extreme insomnia, rapid weight loss (which we were happy about at first, then alarmed) loss of appetite, refusal to bathe, incontinence, decrease in enjoyable activities, depression, anxiety, drooling, increased tremor, body pain, suicidal <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">ideation</span>. We decreased her <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Depakote</span> - her neurologist thought perhaps that was the culprit. No change.<br /></div><br /><div>Fast forward to this week. On Monday her psychiatrist prescribed <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0000704/">B<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">enadryl</span></a> for her insomnia. Lisbeth called me the next morning to tell me, "Mom! I'm back alive! Not dead anymore! All the bones healed up!" We thought, Wow! Perhaps just <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">getting</span> a full night's sleep is helping more than we know. But on Wednesday we had a psychiatric nurse from DHHS come in and do an evaluation. She has uncovered a big problem: <strong>Lisbeth has <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">EPS</span></strong>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrapyramidal_symptoms">Extra Pyramidal Symptoms</a>. This is a side effect of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Risperdol</span>, the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">antipsychotic</span> Lisbeth takes for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">behaviorial</span> disturbances, particularly rage attacks. These symptoms include: decreased appetite, insomnia, agitation, change in hygiene care, restlessness, decreased attention span, increased confusion/<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">dosorientation</span>, tremors in hands, feet lips and tongue, stiffness in arms, back and neck, drooling, rolling of eyes upward, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">irritabilty</span>, isolates self, and the list goes on. Sometimes these symptoms remain even after stopping the drug.</div><br /><br /><div>It was a relief to learn this and at the same time I felt like I was going to be sick. Lisbeth has been taking <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Risperdol</span> since 2002. It has stopped her extreme rage attacks, but at what cost?? It turns out that B<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">enadryl</span> works to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">alleviate</span> the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">EPS</span> - this is why Lisbeth responded so <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">positively</span> to her first dose. It wasn't just that she'd gotten a good night's sleep - the Benadryl masked the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">EPS</span>. </div><br /><br /><div>So what do we do now? We're continuing with the B<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">enadryl</span> for the time being, and we're waiting to hear back from her psychiatrist about how to get Lisbeth off of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Risperdol</span>. It will have to be done very very slowly. Lisbeth started seeing a nurse practitioner at <a href="http://www.womentowomen.com/programs/default.aspx?id=1&campaignno=womentowomen&adgroup=adgroup1&keywords=women+to+women&gclid=CJm_otLlhq0CFYWo4AodlQysCQ"><strong>Women to Women</strong> </a>last month and she has <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">alot</span> of ideas for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Lis</span> including supplements, energy work, and counseling around her sexuality. The psych nurse gave us a whole list of activities that will help Lisbeth with the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">EPS</span> - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">alot</span> of OT exercises, and we have scheduled Lisbeth to start a regime of regular massage with her sister-in-law, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24"><a href="http://oceannamassage.blogspot.com/">Oceanna</a></span>. So, there is hope and room for healing. I am so very grateful that the psych nurse came in with her expertise - she has solved a mystery that slipped by all Lisbeth's doctors. </div><br /><br /><div><em>She is our Christmas Angel.</em></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>martha millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847828956846494958noreply@blogger.com6