The 8th Grade

Sorry no recent posts. Busy, busy, busy. Myles went back to school today! The 8th grade, I can't believe it. His finger is doing OK but it seems to want to curl up again. Lots of therapy will be needed on this little booger. I was explaining to bugs last night that four months ago, therapy took over four hours. His hands, arms, shoulders, stomach and back all needed therapy for the graphs to grow right. His little finger should be a snap.
I wasn't to sure of how I was going to do today. I have not had a day to myself in so long I can't even remember. I wasn't sure if I was going to fall on the floor and finally really cry or dance naked on the tables in celebration of normalcy. Well I'm not doing either. Mamma (our other goat) went into labor at four am yesterday. She had a real hard time so after six hours of labor we took her into the vet and they had to perform a c-section on her. One of the babies was still born and the other survived. We brought them both home yesterday (to my surprise) and mamma wouldn't have anything to do with her little girl (we named her Hope). So guess what I'm doing today, bottle feeding every two hours even through the night! It's hard to dance on the tables when you have a little goat watching you who thinks that you are her mom. She is adorable though and worth it all. Will post how Myles' first day back at school was.

Baby Videos

Check out some video of the pygmy goat babies!

TRIPLETS!!!!

We were blessed yesterday with the three most adorable babies on the planet. Kassie, our pygmy goat, had THREE kids which is very rare for her first pregnancy. The two brown ones are girls and the white one is a boy. You would of thought that Myles, Aaron, or myself were the parents. We helped clean them up right after birth as three are a handful for mom. They are all as healthy as can be and were up and walking within ten minutes of being born. By this morning they are already jumping in the air and running (falling) around. They are about six inches high and are doing great. Kassie is a great mom! Mamma, our other goat, is going to have her babies any day now. IT'S GOING TO BE A ROMPER ROOM NURSERY around here (we sure needed this as you can not watch them and not smile in your heart).

Babysitting

Myles and I are babysitting for a friend for a couple of months. Her name is "bubbles" and she is a three month old miniature horse. She stands about 18 inches high and that's pushing it. I could not believe my eyes when they took her out of a dog carrier as she looks surreal. Myles named her bubbles because when she drinks water she puts her head way in the bucket and blows bubbles. Toby, our quarter horse, is totally in awe. We all thought teetzie, our mini, was small but as you can see in the pictures, she looks like a Clydsedale. Ged has about two inches on her.

The Pin is OUT

Myles had the pin and stitches removed from his finger this morning. The wound Dr in Boise spoke with the Dr in Salt Lake and decided that he would remove it and save us the trip. Aaron went with us as Myles' anxiety was running a little high and Aaron is good at keeping him calm. We kept telling him that it was going to be a "piece of cake", I guess we forgot the past for a second. Even the Dr. told buggies that the pin was going to slide right out, well it didn't, at least not easily. Three tries, lots of pulling and holding Myles' hand for resistance, it finally released from the bone. With him growing so much right now we think that the bone kind of grew around the pin. When the Dr. said that he has never seen one so difficult to remove, Aaron and I both smiled. Good ole' buggies keeps everyones life exciting. At least we got to keep the pin. The stitches were a little tough also. The were put in like sewing a hem in a dress, one continuous stitch. Not all of the graft took around the edges (right where the stitches were) so upon removing the stitches the dead graft came off at the same time. Yikes! He has a couple of deep holes but we are hoping over time that they fill in. This procedure was quite painful for him (even with some meds) and Aaron and I had to take back our "piece of cake" statement. I'm not sure about when therapy will start and am still waiting for an answer from SLC. He is sleeping right now..................

The BLOG...Wilson

The blog was first created two days after Myles got hurt. Aaron created it as a way of communicating to our friends and family what was going on. I don't completely remember what happen that first month as it all just seems still like a terrible nightmare. The kind of nightmare that you remember, just not in detail. In Salt Lake City I would reread the posts from the previous weeks to remind me that "things were getting better". It also freed me from the complete loneliness and isolation of the Intensive Care Unit and kept us in contact with our friends and family.

This blog has also been a useful tool in many ways, for when a doctor asked me When something happened (blood clots, blood poisoning, kidney failure) I would run to the blog and be able to tell them within a day or two, something that I would of not had a clue. It was also a tremendous inspiration of faith (thank you Kate and Silly), hope, support, and most of all love. I am still in awe at the magnitude of people from all over that went through those first few months with us. It must of been hard being a part of this tragedy and experiencing it through a blog on the internet. Again thank you all for your compassion to our family.

The first time that the newspaper ran a quote that I had written, I felt violated as my posts were for friends, family, and us to remember it all. I realized that our story was supposed to touch many lives, hopefully save many lives and that made it good. If all of this keeps one person from lighting a lighter where they shouldn't, one child to go on through pain, one parent to see how a split second can take your child away, then it has purpose.

This is a very lonely journey for my family. None of us really know how Myles feels in enduring his daily pain, his physical scars, and thoughts of the future. None of us really know how Aaron feels in enduring his daily pain, his emotional scars, and thoughts of the future. Neither one of my sons can understand my pain and fear as a mother of what has happened, and still is. We are all dealing with our own separate journey through this, the same destination, but separate journeys. Maybe when this is all over we will be able to try and explain in retrospect to each other what we just can't seem to do now. As I said, it is a lonely journey that we are experiencing side by side.

This blog site has become a "Wilson" for me, like in Castaway. A friend that I have been talking to, telling our story to, for almost six months now. It doesn't judge, ask for anything, it is something that is just here for me whenever I asked it to be. Like a good friend that you can call in the middle of the night because you can't sleep with too much on your mind.

Through this site this year will be remembered for all that it is, pain, sorrow, fear, hope, love, faith, friendship and family.
Love to you all and thank you for helping us through this path that is ours.

Best Friend Dave

Dave and Myles met at school and have been friends for over a year. He is the kind of friend to Myles that I hoped and prayed for when we moved to Idaho. They are so much alike in their fun activities, but what boys aren't at that age. The amazing thing about these two are there compassion for others. They both nurture babies, the underdogs, the physically handicapped, the old. That is not very typical for boys there age. Dave is actually taking a class this year to counsel at the Special Olympics. When Myles was in Salt Lake City in intensive care, he stood in line for over eight hours to get a baseball cap signed by the Bronco football team for Myles. He comes over and stays with buggies even though Myles can't do much of anything right now. He spent the night on Tuesday night to hang out with Myles on Wed. His day consisted of watching Myles painfully getting his dressings changed on his finger (I think that the pin kinda freaked him out, like us), him getting his shots of factor (which didn't go well as his veins kept rolling and there was numerous sticks), him getting three teeth extracted at the dentist, and an evening of buckets of blood from his mouth (teeth extraction and hemophilia don't mix well). His presence helps buggies cope with all that he has to endure. Dave and I had so much fun (at Myles expense) watching him on laughing gas at the dentist, the whole time that the dentist was drilling Myles was laughing his butt off. Dave won't be going to the same school as Myles this year but there is no fear of their bond breaking. I hope that Dave and his family will be in our lives forever. We love you guys for just being who you are and all of the love that you give us.

Tuesday 8/1/07

Myles' finger is doing better. It continued to get worse for quite a while and our fear of the graft taking was increasing. Yesterday during wound care and bandage change it miraculously looked better, Hoorah! We will probably go back to Salt Lake next week. There seems to be a solemness in our family this past week. I think that the length of time and stress is really starting to show. It has been 7 months now since my sister's suicide and we have not had any reprieve since that time. I'm sure that the court issue, Myles recovery, and me being unable to work right now, has a dark cloud hanging over us. Things will get better (I seem to keep saying that a lot) but we are all tired. Come on 2008, it has to be better than 2007!

The Detour

Myles and I decided to take a detour on the way home after Monday's wound care at Salt Lake. His finger wasn't looking any better than on Saturday and the thought of going through all that for nothing was pretty tough. We left SLC on Monday and drove to Montana for some wide open skies. We stayed in a cabin lodge that was right on the Snake River. Watching the fly fisherman from our room was completely awe inspiring and just what the doctor ordered for our soul. We got up at the crack of dawn on Tuesday and spent 12 hours driving around in Yellowstone park in Wyoming. So majestic, so beautiful. We drove home yesterday and were welcomed with open arms by Aaron and Tuyet last night. Twenty four hours of driving in forty eight hours but it was so nice to have something good in our memory to bring home. We met some great new friends from Portland Oregon and are going to keep in touch with them. We changed Myles' bandages last night on his finger and it is looking a little better than Monday. Wound care appointment today in Boise (I am not looking forward to getting back in the car!) and if all continues to heal we will be FLYING back to SLC next week to get the stitches and pin removed.

Wound Care went WELL!!!!

Just got back from the hospital and everything went well. A little painful but tolerable. Buggies finger didn't look as well as the Doctor had hoped but he thinks it will look better by Monday's appointment. The large pin sticking out of his finger is pretty intimidating and gave both Myles and I the creeps. The doctor says that the pin and the thirty plus stitches on his finger should probably be able to come out in a week and a half or so. If that is the case, after Mondays visit I think that we will drive back home on Tuesday and fly back here for the day for the removal. Myles has to keep his hand elevated so we really can't do much but hang out in the hotel. I AM GOING CRAZY........ I was so busy getting ready for the trip, packing all the factors, syringes, wound care stuff, etc., the drive, the surgery, to all of a sudden just sit in a hotel room is like running into a brick wall for me. Anyone who knows me knows that I never ever sit down. At least at home, Myles can be comfortable and I can do SOMETHING. Type A personality you think! All for now and will update after Monday's visit.
Claustraphobic Mom

Surgery is over!

Surgery went well, kinda. It was postponed for a few hours and anyone who has laid on a gurney waiting for surgery and it gets delayed knows the anxiety that that can bring. The surgery itself lasted almost two hours and went well as far as we know. Myles had some kind of reaction to the meds they gave him and when he woke up in recovery was itching from head to toe. It wasn't simple itching but blood curdling screaming itching. They gave him an IV of Benedryl but it was taking to long to help so they kept knocking him out until it kicked in, about three hours. We couldn't leave until last night because his blood pressure was 240 over 180 for quite a few hours. Myles promised me before we left to come here that he wouldn't allow his body to do all of those things that happen in February but I think that he "needs to be special". Last night went well and all the itching stopped. His hand is painful today but not that bad. They put 9 stitches in his groin area where they took the donor skin but that doesn't seem to bad for him. He is in great spirits today and is eating like crazy since he didn't eat anything yesterday. I have to feed him, again, as you can see in the picture (sorry it's small, phone pix) his left hand is useless and we have IV's in the other so I can give him his factor which is often. Tommorow is the day we are dreading more than the surgery as it will consist of his first "wound care" on his newly grafted skin. Myles and I (and Aaron and Tuyet, for that matter) all dread wound care but it is part of the healing and recovery process. Well I need to get back to Myles as I am using the hotel computer. We are staying at the Little America hotel in Salt Lake City and it is beautiful. Please send a prayer of strength for tommorow.
Much love
Sherry

Bowl-a-thon

We had such a great time yesterday bowling, especially Myles who bowled great (he actually got quite a few strikes). I think that is was the most fun that Myles has had in a long time. My love and gratitude goes out to all that came to make the day so special. Our family made so many new friends and enjoyed the time spent with old friends. The hemophilia foundation did a spectacular job at putting this together and allowing all of us to have a blast. We have a new friend and family member.... Daniel LiVolsi came out from Illinois to attend Myles' bowl-a-thon. He belongs to the Illinois hemophilia chapter and blessed us with his company at our house. What a remarkable man at the age of seventeen. Daniel has severe factor eight hemophilia. Daini you are an angel for us as always. Again I want to thank everyone for all that you do and Myles and I will bring all of your love to Salt Lake City with us on Tuesday.
Much love from our family

Salt Lake City Bound

It looks like we are headed for Salt Lake City next week for another surgery. We saw Dr. Saffle (who is the burn surgeon from SLC) yesterday in Boise and he says Myles is ready to get his finger fixed. Myles' little finger on his left hand never healed because of his blood infection, etc. and it went into contraction. His finger is bent and he can not straighten it. They are going to remove the skin on this finger and replace it with some thigh skin and numerous pins to keep it straight. I'm glad that we are getting this done with time to heal before buggies goes back to school in late August. It looks like we will be there for a little over a week if all goes well. Hopefully we can stay at the Ronald McDonald house, it's such a great place with great people. We are looking forward to this Saturday and Myles' bowl-a-thon. It should be lots of fun. Will keep you posted.

The Farm

We had a really nice fourth. A few friends over and a BBQ. Myles didn't want to get any where near a sparkler. It's been real hot up here in Idaho, over a hundred the last few days, even breaking records. I thought that I would tell anyone who hasn't been here about our animals.

Toby - our black quarter horse who "owns" the ranch. He is our watchdog as if anything is happening within a few miles of our house, he knows.

Chelsea - Our white Arabian horse. She is Toby's "kick the dog" as anytime Toby is mad he bites Chelsea's butte.

Wendy and Donkey - our two miniature donkeys who's EEEEAAAAWWW can be heard for miles.

Teetzie - the love of my life, she is a miniature horse that stands about 28 inches high. She's brown with a blonde mane and tail. I also call her my surfer chick.

Mamma, Tristen, Kassie, and Phil - our pygmy goats. Kassie will be having babies in about a week. The babies are so cute and small, only about 7 or 8 inches high when they are born. Phil is a cry baby, we are all going to get shirts made that say "SHUT UP PHIL" on them.

Cinnamon, Egore, and baby - our baby cows who are still on the bottle.

Sadie and Ged - Sadie is our 100# golden retriever and Ged is our 140# yellow lab.

Tina, Lucy, and Jazzabelle - our three cats, Jazzabelle (or Roo as we call her) belongs to Tuyet and Aaron. Tina and Lucy are Angels babies that we decided to keep after Angel died of an infection. We also have Ebony who came with the house. She stays outside and comes around every once in a while for food.

Birdie and Figero - our two parakeets.

Ferris and Chicabay - our two albino ferrets.

Saucer - our black pygmy rabbit.

Seventeen chickens

Eight homing pigeons that live in the barn.

An aquarium full of fish. Only two are named, Bruce is our Black Red tailed shark, and Ralph is our albino cat fish.

A pond full of koi and goldfish.

That's all, as least for now

Group Effort

Tuyet is back from Southern California and her dad is on the road to recovery. Time is what it takes for all to heal. I have to recruit help on the babies as they are a handful. Even Ged pitches in to help clean them up after the bottle feeding........drool fest. After the babies are done drinking their milk they commence to suck on each others noses for a while. Aaron, Boo, Buggies, and I went fishing on the Snake River on Sunday, lots of fun but Aaron is scared of heights and wouldn't get near the edge to take the picture (just like his mom). Myles on the other hand would hang from his toe nails over the edge with a huge smile on his face.

Myles' New Therapy

Hey All,

Wanted to let you know that Myles has a new therapy for his hands. Bottle feeding three baby calves. They are a couple of weeks old and are smaller than Ged (Myles' dog). We have to bottle feed them twice a day with a half gallon bottle each. Poor mother cows who have to put up with all that pulling and pushing!! It was hilarious bringing them home in the back of our truck. The brown one is a girl named Cinnamon (I call her Cindy) and she belongs to buggies. She will be the beginning of our new herd. She sure is a honry little thing. Myles can't feed her yet as she shoves the bottle in your stomach or other places if your not careful. So he is feeding the smallest of the boys for now. The other two are steers and will end up where "filet" and "mignon" (our last two bottle fed cows) ended up.... in our freezer. I'm not sure if we have named them yet as I want "Porter" and "T-Bone" and Myles wants "Timon" and "Pumba". Myles spent the night in their pen the first night they were here. I don't think that he will do that again as they stood over him all night and drooled. He was one big slime in the morning.

All for now, time to feed the babies.

No Father's Day Celebration

I think that America should create a "No father Day" holiday. It will be a day to honor all the children out there who have absent fathers in there life. These children must live with all the pain of seeing there friends have a loving and caring father and all the questions in their souls as to why their "dad" doesn't want anything to do with them. They seem to endure or accept this on a day to day basis with dignity and sorrow. Father's day really throws a curve ball on these children as a day of constant reminder that there dad doesn't care about them, or worse, when they beg their dads to come over on father's day and then they sit and wait all day without a show or call. Children are an amazing lesson on forgiveness and hope. I truly hope and pray that dads everywhere will realize HOW TRULY IMPORTANT they are to their kids. My never ending love is given to these kids and pray that they know that they ARE important and very very loved. Maybe we should change father's day to "Heavenly Father's Day" so all children can enjoy a day of celebration and not sorrow.

Saturday June 16

Yesterday went as well as it could have in regards to Aaron. We seem to have a reprieve for a while, at least physically, not sure about emotionally, as the next court date/jury trial will not start until the first of October. Myles has just left to spend the night at a friends house (yikes). This will be the first night of him being away from me at night since mid February. He is totally excited and I am in total anticipation of a sleepless night! We are still having a lot of trouble with his elbows healing but I fear that they will be an ongoing pain in our butte and we decided to not let his elbows hold him back. Aaron, Tuyet, Myles, and David golfed nine holes yesterday. Buggies did great until about the sixth hole and decided to kill the ball to his elbows demise. He did finish the course but with pain, at least he is trying. Tuyet went back down to California this morning to be with her father again. He seems to be going through a lot of what Myles went through minus the Hemophilia. He contracted an infection, a blood clot, and went through the delerious stage. Tuyet's family was kinda freaking out over all of this until Boo told them that it was "normal" for a burn victim to experience these things. Funny how things are sometimes.
A very big HAPPY FATHERS DAY to all those wonderful dads out there. May your day be filled with love, family, and laughter.
With love,
Sherry

Myles' Bowl'a'thon

Hey all,
I wanted to let you all know that the Hemophilia Foundation of Idaho is having a bowl'a'thon to benefit Myles. It will be held on July 14 at the Nampa bowling alley. Hemophilia chapters in other states have heard about Myles and are going to become involved. I guess anyone, in any state, who is interested can enjoy a day of bowling to benefit buggies. Here is the website for his bowl'a'thon. www.nampabowl.com and just click on the Myles Ganley benefit. If you are interested in this you can also contact the hemophilia foundation at
Hemophilia Foundation of Idaho,
Phones:Office: 208-344-4476
Toll free: 866-453-4476
e-mail: idahoblood@velocitus.net
It should be a lot of fun!!!! Any questions you can contact the foundation or me at sjgmcg@msn.com
Myles has been working real hard on his therapy for his hands so he can start bowling again by then. Keep your fingers crossed.
Lots of love
Myles, Aaron, Tuyet, and me

The Chefs Behind the Scene

I found these pictures in my camera this morning. THE PARTY PREPPERS!! What a team.

Idaho is So Beautiful

We had a pretty good rain yesterday which makes for a spectacular morning. Idaho is in full swing and looks like Ireland (I think because I have never been there). I watched the sunrise this morning to unveil the fields that had been so thirsty being very content. The smells of all of the different crops being grown around us are a symphony for the nose. All of the baby cows were running around and playing. I truly love the sunrises as it always seem to be "a fresh new day" with endless possibilities. Myles swung a golf club this weekend and says that he is starting to feel his groove again. He loves his new clubs that Uncle Ned/Ed gave to him and seems excited for the first time to play a round of golf or, at least, going to drive some balls. Tuyet got home from So Cal yesterday from being with her father. He is having some troubles (the infamous burn infection) but hopefully will respond to the antibiotics. With him having a very high temp they decided to not take any donor sites and used cadaver skin for now. She is going back down there next weekend but wanted to come home to be able to be with Aaron for court on Friday. Our reunion with her was very emotional as Myles, Aaron, and myself knew first hand at what she has been going through with her father. A few months back, we wouldn't of had a clue. When I asked her if her "knowing what was going to happen" was a good thing, she said not at first but it is now. I don't think that her dad enjoys the daily torture chamber (wound care) any more than Myles did. She told Myles last night that her father said to tell him that he is very brave. Will keep you all posted.................

Our Crash Course in Life Continues

Isn't it amazing how we do not truly appreciate the times in our life when not a lot is going on. We think that life is kind of boring with the same old thing over and over again. God only knows how much I wish that was our life right now. Tuyet's (our angel) father, who is 70, was making a herbal vapor for his allergies on Monday when it tipped over on him. The boiling water spilled in his lap and he received second and third degree burns on his lower extremities. Boo flew down there Tuesday morning to be with her father and family. They are planning the graft surgery for Friday but with his age and thin skin, it will be a difficult procedure. I hope there will be a day soon that when someone asks us "what is new" we will say "NOTHING!!!!". This has been the most unbelievable five months I have ever experienced. I know that good will rise from all of this, as it already has, but a break of about five years or more would be nice. Please send some prayers to Tuyet's dad as all of your prayers have always been truly miracles. Tuyet is part of our family and has stayed by our side through all of this. I am amazed at our continued strength through these lessons in life.

The Day

Today was a very busy, confusing, and a radically changing day. The bottom line is that we are going to court on 6/15 to face the charges. A lot of unexpected turns took place today and I think that we are all still spinning from them. Will update on details later as we are all quite mentally tired and are going to garden, feed animals, things that make some sense to us. Love to you all.
Sherry

The Birthday Pictures

I finally got all of the pictures posted on kodak gallery. I tried to make it so you didn't have to sign in but it didn't work out that way. It only takes a second and all you have to do is create your own account using your e-mail address and a password that you have chosen, it's free. Then we can all share our pictures there. As you can see from the pix, the day was filled with love and laughter. You can view the pix by clicking on the following.
http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLandingSignin.jsp?Uc=5vav11bb.1q9vn7c7&Uy=-ejcsii&Upost_signin=Slideshow.jsp%3Fmode%3Dfromshare&Ux=1&UV=716669022672_718036951111
Today, I fear, is going to be a solemn day for us. We have court in the morning (pretrial) and the anticipation and anxiety over seeing Myles burn in the video is weighing on our souls. We had a family meeting last night to talk over if buggies seeing the video will help his healing and closure. We decided to shield him from seeing it, he has reality but does not need a visual memory. As for Aaron and I, we will do what we have to do and keep in our minds and hearts that Myles is alive and is in the room with us. That's all that matters. I know that I don't need to ask as you all have been so wonderful with your prayers and well wishing but say a little prayer for our strength tommorow.
With love,
Sherry

The Luau

Thank you all that came to celebrate buggies b-day. It was awesome!!!! The pig turned out great (we named him Wilbur). It was pretty scary taking him out of the ground after 10 hours and hoping it was good, but it was fabulous. The day was filled with every emotion that you can think of. Family, new friends, old friends................ Great day. Myles and mine love and appreciation goes out to our family that came from out of town. It was truly a wonderful well needed Ganley reunion, I wish that we got to spend more time with them and have them get to know Myles a little more, but life is good. We think that it was good that they all got together. There was over 300 pictures taken and we will be posting them soon. Hope you all enjoy, and thank you again for all your love and support through our times of hardship and celebration. My love especially goes out to the people that came to the party that "really know" what we have been through, it is pretty much unspoken what we have to go through every day that we don't reveal to everyone. It was so comforting to meet people and moms that have been there and have survived. I pray that we survive all this as well as they have. The pictures are on there way!!!!!!

Almost 13!

We have two days until Myles turns 13. Been pretty busy getting ready for his party but with great excitement. Weather forecast says around 80 degrees and NO WIND. I sure hope the pig comes out good as getting through Idaho's hard pan to build the pit has been an adventure, to say the least. Myles is doing good and is so looking forward to his day of celebration. Last weekend we went to his friend Dave's birthday party and had a great time. As you can see from the picture, he was in his normal rare form. I will be taking lots of pictures for all of you that can not come and posting them somewhere (Aaron will figure that one out).

All for now

Sherry

What to Do?

I am getting a lot of e-mails, phone calls, questions about how we can, as a community/family, help Aaron. I do not know, as we have never dealt with the judicial system before. If anyone has any ideas please let me know, We are grateful to have never been in this situation before neither for myself or my children. I am also grateful for any ideas as how to go about getting the word out that my son didn't mean for this to happen and will "punish" himself for the rest of his life. I pray that he forgives himself so he can continue to be the loving brother to buggies as he has always been.
Appreciation seems like a trivial word,
Sherry

A Step Back in Time

I feel that I am stepping back in time. Motherly fears, helplessness, wishing to be woke up (again) from a terrible nightmare. Sometimes I think that maybe I was in a really bad car accident and in a coma having the worst nightmare a mother can have. I seem to find comfort in this, as if it were the case, my two sons would both be OK and just waiting for me to come to. I would take that over all of this. I am sorry to say that Myles has stopped going to school. I feel that there is too much going on right now as physical healing is so tied to mental health. Stress seems to really take a toll on Myles' wounds and they seem to be coming back again. There doesn't seem to be any medication for our mental pain. We are trying our best to keep our heads up but we all seem to be so tired and weak. God's will, we will get through this. At least we have each other right now, all in the same boat, waiting to get to the shore.
With love,
Sherry

Your Prayers are needed again

We have started our next mountain to climb (even though we are only half way through our first mountain) . Our love for one another will give us the strength but your prayers can help give us a push when it all gets to difficult to climb anymore. All of your prayers and support saved one of my son's and now I am asking you to pray to help my other.

My unending gratitude and thanks,

Sherry

This is in the Idaho Statesman today

Brother of burn victim appears in court
Myles Ganley and family support Aaron Sogoian, charged in fire
By Sandra Forester - sforester@idahostatesman.com
Edition Date: 05/16/07
Myles Ganley, the Nampa 12-year-old severely burned in a Nampa gas station fire in February, was in the courtroom Tuesday to support his older brother, who is charged with sparking that fire.
Aaron Sogoian, 26, arrived in court with Myles and other family members, who hugged him and sometimes fought back tears. It was Sogoian's first court appearance on felony charges of aggravated 2nd degree arson and injury to a child.
The beginning of the court case against Sogoian has added uncertainly and grief to the trauma of Ganley's injuries and recovery, Sherry Ganley, the boys' mother, said in a recent interview. Family members declined to comment Tuesday.
Magistrate Bradley Ford set a preliminary hearing for June 4, during which a judge will decide whether there is enough evidence to move the case to 3rd District Court.
Sogoian is accused of sparking a lighter while filling a 1995 Buick with gas at a south Nampa gas station on Feb 17, igniting gas fumes. The fire spread to his younger brother who was severely burned on his body, arms and hands. Sogoian also is charged with injury to a child for not immediately rendering aid or care.
Myles Ganley spent a couple of months in a Salt Lake City burn center and still has a long road to recovery, family members have said. The seventh-grader returned to school almost full-time last month.
Sogoian could face up to 25 years in prison if convicted on the arson charge and up to 10 years more for the second charge. He is free on his own recognizance.
A videotape of the incident recorded by gas station security cameras is a key piece of evidence that prosecutors say was a key factor in their decision to press charges. Prosecutors have declined to release the video to the media.
Firefighters who responded to the scene of the fire initially described the incident as a tragic accident.
Sherry Ganley said she believes the charges are unjustified, and she needs the help of her older son to provide an intense level of care for Ganley. She believes helping to care for Ganley is also healing emotionally for Sogoian, who said in prior interviews that he was devastated by the incident and loves his brother dearly.
"What kind of justice is in kicking a small and loving family when they are at they're lowest?" Sherry Ganley said earlier. "I fear that we might not have the strength to endure what is being set before us, injury on top of injury."

Mother's Day

Hey everyone,
I know, no recent posts. We have been real busy around here lately, planting vegetable gardens, irrigating the fields, getting ready for Myles' birthday Luau, stuff like that. Buggies is doing good, he still has really bad times, but they don't last real long. He is back to school pretty much full time on Mon/Wed/Fridays and half days on Tue and Thurs. because of physical therapy.
There was an article in the Idaho Statesmans awhile back that had requested letter's from moms to explain who has inspired them to be a better person and mother. I was compelled to write in, here is what I wrote and I hope that everyone has that special someone to inspire them:

I know someone who has taught me more in life than anyone else. He taught me to love unceasingly, to love without judgment, "You don't have to forgive, if you don't judge" was a comment he once made to me. He taught me to breathe slowly and listen to my heart when my mind was screaming in a thousand different directions. Or better yet, to listen to someone else's heart and give to them what their mind won't let them have. He validated the fact that love is unending, to love others does not take away from the ones that you already love. He taught me to slow down and take the time to appreciate all of God's small but great gifts, a baby field mouse, a cloud that looks like a dinosaur, the smell of the fields, a child with a disability beautiful smile. But most of all, he taught me to surrender to life's path that was given to me but to do it with hope, faith, and excitement. Who throughout his 12 years of life has stood up to all that he says with dignity and ways way beyond his years. Everyone who has ever met him is a better person in some way. Thank you my son, I love you very much. My mentor in this life is my son, Myles Ganley.