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Pics for all

pollard8080@yahoo.com — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:42:50 +0100

Lance and his Spiderman bike

Jordan and her new laptop

Trey and his ne [...]

x-mas 2008

pollard8080@yahoo.com — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:09:29 +0100

Before you get started on the blog part I want to share a website with all you moms it is called

http://www.5minutesformom.com/

you will love it. It is a great site hope you enjoy!

This is my crew. I love my kids and they love thier brother.

So I got a new camera for christmas and a hope I get new pics up [...]

Amazing results

pollard8080@yahoo.com — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:44:28 +0100

Hello world!!! Guess what Brandon done the other day?????? He held his head for over 30 secs on more than one occasion. I was so proud of him.He has been doing some real amazing things some of what Marcela calls inch stones. Let me tell you a little about it. Well we have been out of school for a month almost because of his surgery so he has been getting 3 times a week therapy from his coordinator Lisa and my gosh have we been amazed. Frist we will talk about the head control. We put him on a ba [...]

Got a Wish List Ready

pollard8080@yahoo.com — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:32:10 +0100

For everyone that has been saying what do you get someone with special needs I have found a few sites and things Brandon will want or need sometime soon. I will update it as either we get the stuff or as we find more all you have to do is click on the link to his Wish List on the main menu hope you enjoy.

Amber and Brandon

Update on Brandon

pollard8080@yahoo.com — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:30:37 +0100

So here we are into week two of the feeding tube and so far so great!!!! We have been doing wonderful on it and he seems to really be enjoying life better. Yes I know to all of you who said I told you so here is you one chance.........ok enough you are right lol.

So let me tell you a little about how his schedule is and then I am adding pics lol

6:00 am he gets 6oz of pedisure through the tube
8:00am he gets some breakfest it varies to what we ha [...]

Brandon is home

pollard8080@yahoo.com — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:57:51 +0100

Well we are home from the hosptial! Brandon is doing so well. He has been taking to the feedings very well and he is doing very well by mouth. He still has sorness I am sure because he cringes sometimes when he coughs or sneezes. We are very proud of him he went into surgery well and did not have a catract it was the contacts wont stay clean. We are working on that and will be doing things diffrent for that. So no eye surgery which is good I did not want to have to worry about his eye healing [...]

Why do things have to be so hard

pollard8080@yahoo.com — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:06:13 +0100

Good Afternoon everyone,

Have you ever had one of those months, days, years whatever you want to call it that you think MY GOSH CAN IT GET ANY WORSE!!!! Well I have been having one of those months for sure. Of course you all have read about Brandon and his feeding tube surgery that is coming on Monday the 1st @ 12:05pm. That is the least of my worries and that sound so small of me but I know this is going to have a good ending regardless. This surgery is going to be the best thing f [...]

Feeding Tube time

pollard8080@yahoo.com — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:31:49 +0100

Ok so we are getting a feeding tube on Dec 1st we will be in ACH ( arkansas Childrens Hosptial). We went to get tested for the reflux and they said that he was not reflluxing maybe 2xs but not bad but because his stomach was going to be growing because of the tube they wanted to go ahead and do the nissen thing where they take his stomach and wrap it around his espoughus ( however you spell it) just so they dont have to open him up later and do it again. I was fine with that because I dont want [...]

Halloween and Misc

pollard8080@yahoo.com — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:10:40 +0100

Well Halloween was fun we went trick and treating in the downtown area with a couple of my friends and then went home and went around town. Brandon seemed to like it but the coustume he had was very hot and he got mad a couple of times until I took it off of him. The kids made out like bandits and we had to hide the candy so they would stay out of it. So they only get a little at a time. Besides we dont eat that much candy so they arent use to it. Sorry there is not more pics we ju [...]

Wheelchair and Communication

pollard8080@yahoo.com — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:06:49 +0100

Well we have had a busy last few days we have found that we are going to get a wheelchair and we know that he will be able to communicate in some form or fashion.

This is the wheelchair style Brandon will be getting

It has tilt and space movement as you can see

This is the wheelchair he will be getting candy blue with his name engraved in the back.

I know that it looks rather plain but he will be getting all the eff [...]

Insight on life

pollard8080@yahoo.com — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:39:27 +0100

I walked into my moms the other day and she told me about a show she had watched on Strokes and thought it would be something I would like to read or hear about being that Brandon had a stroke in the utreus that caused his brain damage. So today I looked up some information on this and found teh 40 steps to helping recover form a storke very intresting.

No they are not all for Brandon but alot of them are for him in so many ways.

On the oprah show this DR talked about how she fel [...]

Feeding Tube Blues

pollard8080@yahoo.com — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:45:23 +0100

Feedin Tube Blues

Good Morning all,

Well it has come down to the fact that we have no choice but to get a feedin tube for Brandon. As you can see from the growth chart inclosed he has been straightlined for awhile and they say it is not good. You only have a certain amount of a window that you can have that will allow you to grow right. Well his window is almost closed so here we go.

Yester day I went to his school to see him for vision therpay and we had our times mixed up so I was a hr early.

So I just thought I would spend the hr with Brandon instead of coming back. When I got there he was by himself in his� quite area ( he was fussy and it clams him to be by himself) I went over to him did not say anything but he knew I was there becaus [...]

Brandons 1st horse ride and Friends

pollard8080@yahoo.com — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:00:00 +0100

Good times with family and friends

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Brandon and Family

pollard8080@yahoo.com — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:00:00 +0100

Brandon growing up

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Just understanding life

pollard8080@yahoo.com — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:00:00 +0100

Just understanding life

Just understanding life is hard for anyone but for someone who has a problem is even harder. Today I was sitting on my computer and came to relize I have been slacking on alot of things with Brandon that I usually do. I guess I got settled with what he was doing and just figured it would come to him. No I was wrong if you want something you h [...]

Birthday and Misc

pollard8080@yahoo.com — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:19:57 +0100

Update on Brandon

Well it was another year and another wonderful time in my life to spend my sons 2nd b-day with him and my family. As of August the 8th he was 2 and he is so acting like a 2 year old. He had a wonderful cake and family around, we got a blanket this year for him since he is so big and clothes from grandma Jackie, Cups and Socks from grandma Beth and from Aunt Patty he got a sound machine it is awesome will have to take viedo later of that for sure. From oth [...]

Meeting new family

pollard8080@yahoo.com — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:59:58 +0100

We had a good suprise for Haskel this weekend. He has a sister he has not seen in 7yrs and this weekend he got to see her and her family. Her hubby calls someone in his family and was like I am trying to do something for my wifes anniversary and I want to find her brother. Well the family gets in touch of me and I tell Haskel and he calls the Justin her husband and then he surprises her by going to see her. She was so happy, I told him to bring her to stay the night and I g [...]

Pics and Update

pollard8080@yahoo.com — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:02:20 +0100

Pics and Update

Good Evening everyone,
Well we had good news about Jordan, all her test results came back nothing wrong with her and she is going to be ok. I am so happy of that for sure. We have all been a little under the weather a few days but now we are better. I have a few photos to share with you and a reminder that Brandon will be 2 on the 8th and me and my hubby are celebrating our 5th wedding anniversary.We have no big plans for right now but I am sure we will be celebrating th [...]