A milestone!

So over the last 2 months we have been apealing with our insurance company to get Skyler another 1 million dollars in medical coverage...ya I said ANOTHER. The kiddo has blown through in 7 years $980 THOUSAND dollars. We were really on either side of the fence with feelings on which way the "board of trustees" would go. We really couldnt tell you how it would turn out. It took a whole month for them to make the decison that YES they would allow an increase from 1 mill to 2 million in coverage. Not just for Skyler but EVERYONE in the entire Iron Workers Union! GO SKYLER GO!!

We are so blessed they found it in their heart. It was a hard day to go down and talk to them about our daily life of how it would be WITHOUT insurance. Even to the typical healthy family it could be catostrauphic, but really a kid with a trach simply cannot go with out insurance. So to say the least we are relieved. And in 10 years as we come accross skyler reaching his max we hope we will have other options forhim, but we will no longer have to worry :)

13.1!!

Gosh oh golly! Time has passed, from Birthdays to first days of school, Halloween and Christmas!! SO sorry!

The boys are well and growing like weeds!! Skyler is in the middle of Kindergarten at Little Mountain Elementary School and we LOVE his teachers!! Seth is at Dana's still and learning to play like a little boy :) He makes us so proud. Well they BOTH do!

Mike was off work for about 2 months around Christmas time but is now working in Everett at a paper plant Yah for money!!

I am still counting pills daily at Hilltop :) I love my job!

Our biggest news so far this year has actually been more my news but with 3 of my biggest fans to follow me through this journey! (whether they want to or not!) My cousin has convinced me to join a really awesome organization called TEAM IN TRAINING benefiting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. I will be running in the Rock n' Roll Seattle Half Marathon on June 26 2010 and my cousin will be doing the ENTIRE marathon!! (she rocks)

If you get a chance...please take a look at my fundraising page. I am actually running in honor of a little guy named Christopher Hastings who is in the middle of a battle with cancer right now. Hes only 2 years old. http://pages.teamintraining.org/wa/rnrseatl10/caughcasie is my page. Please pass along the URL as anyone can look at this and contribute! Your generosity is greatly appreciated!

So I will keep you updated on this latest event! Its kinda nice to NOT be posting about hospital stays :P tho....this sort of falls into that category, but not for us.

Take care
Casie and Family