Road Trip

Carly’s recovery from her last shunt surgery has been going well, so we hit the road early last week for our road trip along the Gulf of Mexico. Carly did great for the five hour flight to Miami and Kemp did really well too. After a few days at Miami Beach we headed south to the keys and then up the gulf coast to near Sarasota, FL on Longboat Key. We are visiting my parents and overlapped with my brother and his family for one day so Carly and Kemp were able to spend time with their Milwaukee cousins. Carly had her first taste of key lime pie which was a big hit, and she seems really relaxed when she is lounging on a beach chair under an umbrella looking out over the Gulf. Overall she has had many good moments, mixed with some where she is not feeling as great. Over the last day or two she has been more sleepy and not feeling her best. Her seizures have not dissipated and it is hard to know if that is shunt related or if we need to increase her dose of seizure medication. We are hoping that the seizures will stabilize on their own over the next week and that Carly will be feeling better and better as we make our way toward Santa Fe, NM (our final destination before flying home.) It is great getting to spend this much time together as a family, and I’ll be sure to start posting pictures of the day if you’d like to see what Carly is up to. Some more pictures from the trip are posted here: Road Trip Photo Album

Love,

Brad