Love For Ashley

Yesterday Brad came home with a letter from the school stating that he scored in the top 1% of the Nation in math. Therefore Brad is eligible to take the ACT and the SAT through Duke University . I am not sure if there is a benefit to having Brad take the ACT or the SAT while still in middle school but it would be interesting to see how he scores on exams usually given to just high school juniors. Right now, I am leaning toward registering Brad to take the SAT in January. Regardless, I am very proud of Brad.

This week has been one crazy week. Labor Day was nice and relaxing but then on Tuesday chaos ruled the week. If you remember a few posts ago I wrote that Brad was having trouble breathing during strenuous activity; on Tuesday I took him to an Allergy and Asthma specialist. We arrived on time at the doctors office, Brad was nervous about getting shots but he was ready to get it over with. Brad was given a breathing test which he passed. However, because Brad has trouble breathing with strenuous activity he was placed on an inhaler and tentatively diagnosed with sports-induced asthma. Brad will be required to use the inhaler 30 minutes prior to any activity; for Brad that means baseball and Karate. If the inhaler works at relieving his symptoms during activity then we know he has sports-induced asthma. If the inhaler doesn't work then we are back to the drawing board and more testing. Pray that the inhaler works. On Wednesday, Ashley had 3 1/2 hours of dance. Brad had confirmation cl...