Three Little Engines: Damon's 4th

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Damon's 4th

The darling Pufferty cake my friend made for Damon's 4th birthday.

He was quite happy with it and ate his nose and feet first.

I didn't manage as many shots this time. I'm slower and my phone is slower.

Damon's obsession with trains rivals Aidan's. He still loves stripes, gives the best little man kisses, has the cutest slightly droopy cheeks, is goofy to the max, and runs us ragged.

My baby is 4!

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Okay, here's the thing:

For those who don't know already...

My oldest, Aidan, was diagnosed with a severe form of Epilepsy called Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome that is not treatable by the time he was 5yrs old. Then Jacen, with mild Cerebral Palsy w/seizure disorder, and Damon with Epilepsy. Later, after extensive testing, specialists said we are dealing with an untreatable neuro-degenerative genetic disorder that all three boys have. Genome sequencing results are still pending for mitochondrial forms that all testing and history points directly to. Heartbreakingly, Aidan passed away September 14, 2014.

All 3 have had varying degrees of developmental delays and regressions, but the same symptoms and in the same cycle. They are just at different stages of the disorder. The genome testing will hopefully provide an answer to the specific genetic markers causing all this so we can maybe, just maybe, make them a little more comfortable as they pass away. Jacen and Damon have now been diagnosed with LGS as well. And Jace is on Hospice. This is my journal.