Work Day at Camp

Today Justin and I went to visit the camp where he applied to work for the summer. They were having their annual work day, so we pitched in. There were lots of jobs for everyone and everyone helped, even the little kids. It was a blessing to see the results of the whole team working together, and fun to see the happiness on the faces of those who work at the camp already. You could see that they were thrilled with all the jobs that were getting done. I was thinking about the kids coming to camp in a few weeks and what a great time they will have. I know I loved camp as a kid, and so did my boys. It was the highlight of summer.

Hopefully Justin will be on his way to help at camp late this week. We have been walking as a family and working to build his stamina back--a week in bed takes a lot of energy! He is really looking forward to it and ready to get back into life. His next doctor's appointment is in July, so he will miss a few days of work then , but otherwise he will be able to be there all summer, we think. Justin met some of the staff at camp. One of the guys about Justin's age working there noticed Justin's eyes (they have some blood where the white of the eyes are). He just shrugged and said, "I have epilepsy, too". That made Justin more comfortable. He won't be the only one.

I read up on epilepsy, and found out more about it. I always thought that epilepsy was a disease that caused seizures. But it is actually a word that describes that you have had more than one seizure, for any unknown reason. Any person that has had more than one seizure for any unknown reason has epilepsy. I didn't know that until now. Our doctor told us Justin's cause is known, so we call it "seizure disorder."