Life in perspective

Brandon has had two of the best games "hitting" so far this season. He went 5 for 7 in the past two games against Lousiana Tech, but none of that matters. For those of you who we didn't talk to tonight, BL collapsed during the second game and was taken to the hospital. The game was delayed 30 minutes waiting for the ambulance. As a parent, that has to be one of the worst feelings in the world. Not to mention the fact that we are so far away. Luckily, his dad and step-mom were at the game and were able to give us udpates. BL caught both games and the temperature was hot and humid. And apparently, during the sixth-inning of the second game, after BL hit a single to first, Luke hit a double scoring BL. When he reached the dugout, he said he started throwing up and couldn't stop. The NMSU trainer took his pulse and it was 120. They had already decided to pull him from the game and told him to sit in the dugout and cool off...but the last thing BL recalls is thinking he couldn't stop throwing up and he couldn't sit still so he tried to walk to his dad's Tahoe in the parking lot and apparently collapsed somewhere along the way. Listening to the LA Tech announcer on the computer he kept "speculating" what was wrong during the delay. He said Brandon was hit in the chest with a file tip a couple of innings prior to that, so he wondered if that could have caused him to collapse. So you can imagine what we were going through here at home. He was relased from the hospital around 10pm tonight and they think it was heat exhaustion. When we talked to him, he was excited that the guy that replaced him when he came out of the game, hit a two-run homerun to win the game. BL told Brett he was feeling better and wants to play tomorrow! Hopefully his coaches will talk him out of that. We'll keep you posted on his progress. Please keep him in your prayers.

On a lighter note...I got a puppy today for an early Mother's Day present from all the kids. She's so cute! Her name is Riley and she is a 7 week old Shiz Tzu. Actually, her registered name will be "Miss Bratz Riley Burleson." Sierra has held her all day long so I'm sure she is going to be spoiled rotten! She seems to be very good natured and "so far" has not had any accidents in the house. Hopefully she's a quick learner :)

Hope everyone has a Happy Mother's Day tomorrow and we'll keep you posted on BL.

KB