Buckeye Luck!

From crazy to great! Today was Jay's REAL birthday. This has caused some confusion. He thinks that he turned 4 this past weekend, and is now 5. Oh well, aging is so not fun! Jay has been begging to stay home from school on his birthday, and he surprisingly got his wish. We did not give in to this, but a rare situation in O'fallon, MO caused us to have a great day off! As we were heading down the road this morning, Scott called my cel, or self phone, as Jay would call it, to tell us that the news just mentioned that my school would be closed today. It seems there was a man hunt for a murder suspect, from a late Monday, early Tuesday murder. The suspect was spotted in Wentzville, then right by school. This section of O'fallon was a complete mess. Police, and Major case squads were stopping and checking every car, for the suspect. An all morning search led them to a small tool shed in the backyard of a trailer park nearby, where they found him.
Jay got his birthday wish, only because of a freak incident. Not very often do we get out of school for a man hunt. Jay and I watched his new movie, "Fox and the Hound", from Aunt Jodi, and then went on our walk. Today Jay was extra brave, and wanted to lead the entire way. We went off our path, most of the time, exploring and imagining all kinds of things. We were on a ship, then a ferry boat, there was a bathroom and bedroom, everywhere. After a different trail, we were following the creek back to our normal territory and we spotted a few buckeyes. WOW not only a few, but probably close to a hundred. We quickly started collecting these good luck charms. I have never seen a buckeye on this farm. It was a meant to be moment. A year ago, when I was without a large part of my vision, due to my MS acting up, Karen Wolf gave Jay a buckeye and told him to keep it in his pocket for luck. Last night was my MRI, to see how I had or had not progressed since this time last year. I have been a nervous wreck this past week, wondering what the big machine would tell. I feel good, but have felt fine, many times in the past few years, only to be told, that I had something seriously wrong.
So, after the walk, I was cutting okra, and the phone rang. I let Jay get it, today it had been ringing like crazy. He was talking nicely and telling the person that mommy was working in the garden. I ask him,who it is, expecting it to be Scott or maybe a Grandma, Jay responds with your dr. I freaked, last week she told me, I would only hear from her, if it was bad news, she lets her nurse tell the good news. I hurry in a panic to the phone, and say to her, "it's bad isn't it?" I can hear her smile on the other end, as she tells me, that everything looked great. That yes, I still have MS, no kidding :), but there has been no new activity and my lesions from last year, have shrunk! It was the best possible news, I could have received. I am so thankful for all the meds and new information there is out there. I really try to stay up on the best for me... I can't wait to have another successful and healthy year!

What a day: man hunt, had a thrilled birthday boy and very thankful mom, it was one of the best we have had in a long time!