Ariel Marrero

Ariel is a 12 yr old girl who is basically a medical mystery.She has seen countless doctors who are still trying to figure out what's wrong with her.She has been losing cognitive function and at the age of 12 comprehends like a 5 yr old.We still don't know why,but we are hoping to figure things out soon.

Wednesday, June 21, 2006


Hello friends,I just wanted to let you know Ariel will be going in hospital for her VEEG on July3rd-5th.Not a real fun way to spend the 4th,but oh well I wanted to get this done to figure out what's wrong with her.Her pediatrician wants us to go do genetics testing,which would probably be a good idea.This photo is from our trip to Disneyland in May.We had lunch with the princesses at Ariel's Grotto and boy was the food good.Please leave Ariel a message and let her know you're here.You just put it under the words where it says comments.thanks and God bless,Linn

Thursday, June 15, 2006



Hello friends,I hope you're all doing well.This week has been sad and hectic.We have been having tons of doctor appointments and are finally getting some answers.The week started on a sad note with the passing of sweet little Jacob.We are so sorry for the whole Duckworth Family.Monday Ariel had an EEG and to our surprise showed that she is having seizure activity.Tuesday she had her Neuropsyche evaluation and we don't quite have answers on that one yet.Yesterday she had an MRI that turned out to be normal,which was a huge sigh of relief .Today we saw the Neurologist.He said some people can have seizure activity without seizures,but considering Daniel's history he thinks she probably is having them.He wants her to have a 48 hr VEEG and then will probably put her on Topamax and see how that does for her.I'm still stunned and hope she doesn't go the same route that Daniel has.Well I'm going to head off to bed.God bless,Linn

Sunday, June 11, 2006




Wow how exciting our first day here. I created this blog,because I wanted to be able to add pictures and make it more personal for Ariel and Caringbridge doesn't let you do that anymore.I'll be able to add more info here.Tomorrow is Ariel's EEG.We stay up all night tonight and then she has to go to sleep for the EEG.Hopefully we will know something from it and get some answers to what's going on.