Added note: Just wanted to let everyone know we did see 60 Minutes last night about the minimally conscious people that have taken the Ambien sleeping pill and "woke up". It is ironic because exactly one year ago today I asked our neurologist about it and she said there was no scientific proof it worked so she didn't advise us to try it. We are going to pursue it again!

I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. The holidays are still pretty emotional for us. It just doesn't feel good to sit down to dinner and not have Jess filling his plate a mile high. I did give him some mashed potatoes and gravy and some sweet potatoes but he had a hard time swallowing. Later on I tried pumpkin pie and that was a success. We were glad to have Jamie, Jahara and Jess' Aunt Claudia here. Little "Ja Ja" always keeps us hoppin' and doesn't give us much of a chance to be too sad.

Jess started to have another little seizure the night before Thanksgiving but it stopped on it's own....thank goodness. We have increased his medicine and he is not sleeping very well. He grinds his teeth and acts like his stomach hurts. It would be nice to know if it is the medicine causing it. Chris and I are not getting much sleep either.

This week the Wood River Journal printed my letter to the editor (scroll down to find the letter titled Ford Should Be Held Accountable) this week. I do hope the people that needed to hear it...read it! I won't elaborate on it because if you also read it you will get our point of view on the whole subject. I just wish the government would listen.

Hopefully, things will be calmer now. It has been a rough month. We are trying to get the video created to send off to Cleveland. They want to see what kind of responses Jess can make. They have another person going into surgery for the procedure the first week of December. We are anxious to see if that one will be a success too.

Before we know it, it will be Christmas. It has been down right cold here but no snow yet. Jess sends all of you his love.