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    good news from dr about son

    hi all i have some good news for you all " for the one who has been here awile and know about my son this is very screwy but good news. for all you news peps here it is i have a dissabled son who is almost 4 he has what is called canavan's it id a dissorder the turns the brain...
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    Wiring Switch Machines questions

    i did what your thinking on doing on one of my old layouts. what i did was ground out all the switches in that area to the same ground and i ran no more than 3 switches to the same box took all grounds and wired then together and ran one wire to the box did the same to the other two wires it...
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    So, what does your wife think?

    i know my wife hate my trains. she says i spend more time with them than her. in fact i do they don't tell me dear we need to go to the in laws for dinner or nag about somthing . i know she loved it when i sold my old layout and got a gas r/c truck from my dad to try r/c racing but she nagged...
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    back home at the gauge

    hey all how are things going on around here ? i have been busy with my son and make a wish, his school ,a move,and dr after dr but i do have some good news. i am getting ready to start on my new layout my wife gave me a space of 18 x 25 feet to build my layout in going n scale. on a nother note...
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    long time no post

    well guys how has it been here at the gauge? it has been a long time from my last post. i thought i would drop in and say hello.and to give you all an update on my son as most of you know here my son's health is up and down this time of year. last week we where out of town visting family and my...
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    what to tell santa you want for christmas

    what will you tell santa to bring you for your train room this year i felt like a lil boy agin the other bay while at the local mall with the boys they all sat on the big mans lap and told them what they wanted so i thought i would do the same "knowing he might bring me nothing but coal " i...
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    happy thanksgiving

    well guys happy thanksgiving i know i am looking to be home this week i know my sons will love it i got som great news last night my disabled son keegen has started walking at school useing a walker i want to be able to show up at school wed to see him do it i know i will cry but i...
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    back to home

    well guys i am home from my trip to japan it was great but long had no net service over their i am planning my new layout hopefuly to start it in the new year as most of you know i went over their to talk with dr's about my sons dissorder it was great i learned about plans they have to push...
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    long time no post

    hi guys how things going on the gauge it has been a long time and i thought i would stop in and let you all how things are going everything here is doing good my boy is doing very well he is trying to crawl it is so funny but it is all good we are thinking and so are his dr's that he might...
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    up date on son

    well guys i thought i should fill you all in on how my boy is doing . well a week ago he was put in to i.c.u. for a feaver of 107.2 and they thought he had menajitus well he came home thursday night and we where back up their with my brothers daughter she went in on sat morning and they ran a...
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    up date on my son

    i just want to thank you all i know it will be one of the hardest things we have to do go with the surgery that may give him some more years or give him nothing . or sit back and see what happens with out anything . i spend every min i can with him as i am his full time care giver.we...
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    up date on my son

    well guy's here is what is going on right now with my boy we had a meeting with all of his dr's back here at home to talk about what happend out in philly when we where out their for testing . we also wanted to get an idea where they all where on this surgery. well the news was not good from...
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    well guy sorry to say this

    well guys he is doing good knowning they called off the big test we went out their for due to he was starting to have breathing trouble when they started to put him to sleep for it . they where getting ready to call code blue and send him up to i.c.u. but they didn't and he started to come...
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    well guy sorry to say this

    well guys we have made it out to philly for his testing he is doing good and they are amazed at how good he is doing and we have one more test for tomarrow and they we are done with it and on the way back home i thought i would just let you all know what was going on and i will up date...
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    well guy sorry to say this

    WELL GUY I HAD A PHONE CALL LAST NIGHT i got a phone call last night and they want us to be out in philly on tuseday for some testing i called my brother and talked to him lastnight he called his boss and his boss if flying us out their in a lear jet monday mid afternoon and he will pick...
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    well guy sorry to say this

    rsn48 it is not the meds that it the most it is the med equipment it is running around 700.00 a month for his apnea monitor plus sulplies with run about 150.00 and 2,500.00 for each download once a month and then their is his breathing asst that is 1,500.00 a month for it plus...
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    well guy sorry to say this

    to who has read the post i thank you all and for the one's of you who has been to the web site my son is going to have that sugery they talk about on their sometime befor nov of this year we go for testing in 6 days and then back home to wait for that phone call but with the surgery and all...
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    well guy sorry to say this

    thank you all for your thoughts and prayers for the ones who has been here as long as me and for the ones who know what my son has thank you for your thoughts ,help and prayers for all that is new and who don't know what my son has we'll i'll fill you in my son has what is called canavan's it...
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    well guy sorry to say this

    well guys i am putting the hobby aside for now. i am going to post all of my n scale stuff on here to sell in the next few days. i would love it to go in one lot. it is all i have left due to i sold my last layout to cover med bills for my son. i have every little time to do much in the hobby...
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    What Scale and Gauge do you run?

    hey jon you forgot about the pepole who gets to run the bigg boys a.k.a the real thing on your poll but as for me i would say i have ran almost all the scales and done a layout in them also but my fave would be n scale ( nothing worng with ho or any other ) i used the space i...