Well the first half of her junior year of high school for Kinley is almost complete! Time to catch up my tens of readers on the last few months of life back in Kansas. We arrived in Wichita on July 13th and we were reunited with our belongings on July 19th so that was a hoot. Over Labor Day weekend we headed to the Branson, MO area in search of the closest thing to mountains we could find......the Ozark hills. It was very scenic country and we enjoyed our time there including a trip to Silver Dollar City and the Branson Landing shopping area. After two days of fun we headed back to Wichita and the school routine was revved back up. Kinley is really liking her experience at Maize High as there is a tremendous culture there of respect and inclusion for the special needs students. She is involved with Friendship Club, Tri-County Sports, Pep Club, and even got to cheer on the sidelines at a couple of football games!
The big health scare of the fall was a pretty violent tonic-clonic seizure that happened around midnight in early September. We called 911 and got her to the hospital where she was evaluated overnight and examined by a neurologist. She had been having some small absence seizures (staring / out of it for a few seconds) so we were starting to get concerned. The doc put her on a new medication and she has been seizure free since late September so we are very grateful for that. Overall she has been very healthy and is enjoying school so that is all any parent of a teenager can ask for.......except for maybe a constant angelic attitude. I can dream right? Stay tuned for the next post about a curveball that we just were thrown by our school district in the last few weeks!
