Every time we walk into the Costas Center I ask Nicole, "How are you?" and her response never skips a beat "Just living the dream!" with a smile and laugh at the end. Her heart and love for the kids puts a smile on all our faces! Great Gran made the trip to STL with us today! I'm pretty sure Madison's favorite person in the world is Great Gran! Madison carried around her purse all day and the two of them laughed and talked! I love this picture I captured! Speaks volumes of the love we have for Great Gran! Our trips to STL are less, but the days are LONG! Bedtime couldn't come soon enough today! We left the house around 6:45am and walked in around 6:45pm.... The low down of our trip today- we are going to try a new style of frame because her eye lashes keep rubbing on her glasses making one eye lazy..., her leg is healing good, our flu shots don't cover the junk that is going around so will remain on lockdown... Madison will have a bone density scan after cast comes off ... several labs were drawn today to see the strength of her immune system... she received two vaccines... want to make sure new med for kidney issues is working so collected more urine... Madison's cast should come off at the end of February... Harrison and Maebry will have a bone marrow aspiration in April..... AND...... MADISON PAINTED HER OWN NAILS PURPLE' Harrison and Maebry enjoyed the day with Aunt Skyler! Blessed to have her as a sister! The kids have been out of school all week due to all the sickness going around. I would rather be safe than in the hospital with Madison! Skyler stays busy as a nurse, but was willing and able to give her day off to play with the kids. Just Living The Dream
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As we watched the Super Bowl; Sunday night, we felt the Falcons had it in the bag. Touchdown one after another. Ryan even said, "Are the Patriots even going to play tonight?" How many times have we felt like the Patriot team? Helpless, frustrated, and concerned about the second half! After the game was over I told Ryan, "That is hope right there!" Regardless, of what the scoreboard says; how you feel, or what others think it's not over until God calls you home. A bad first half of the game doesn't mean- time to give up, throw in the towel, etc. the game isn't over at half time. The last several weeks I've been reminded over and over again God's not done. God is still working, forming us, and showing who he is and who he has called us to be. The hail and rain this morning left a beautiful sky! I was unable to get all my miles in, but was reminded of God's grace and love. James 1:12 states, "Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him."
Hope! Don't give up! Stay focused on the Lord! God isn't done working! Helicopter landing, scan results in, good news, bad news, all of which happen in a hospital every single day... We've been around our Glennon Family enough we know by the walks of the nurses and doctors what the day has been filled with. Each day is a blessing, each day filled with the unpredictable, each day I end on my knees. Yesterday was to be uneventful. Toys scattered from one end of the house to another, girls fighting over office supplies, beds stripped down, sheets in washer, etc. Madison was mad at Mae and needed my help finding a play plastic spoon in her room. As I followed her she slipped (socks were slick) and she fell and landed on the carpet in her room. I picked her up and placed her on her feet to find she wouldn't stand- no tears just asking for a paci, blanket, and to go to sleep. Madison's paci is like her morphine and her bed is stronger than that.. I knew she was in pain... I loaded everyone in the van. Thankfully, on Tuesdays is orthopedic clinic. When I called someone had just canceled their 3pm appointment. God is good! I grabbed heart shaped brownies for a friend that was in the hospital on my way out... unexpected trips to Glennon are never on accident. As I pulled in the parking lot to the hospital I texted our friends to check on their location...As my heart stopped I read the words," He actually had a turn for the worse and passed away this morning. Thank you for the snacks and blanket." Sunday we dropped off a gift at their home.. he was doing better and felt he would be heading home. As I looked at the brownies I did what only felt appropriate. I gave Madison 1/2 of one. Several times our special friend would share m&ms or other chocolate treats with Madison. One hositpal stay even involved several trips to his room to get "treats!" He never disappointed handing Madison one m&ms after another till she had eaten the entire pack! I spent some time in the van praying, crying, and by God's grace pulled it together for Madison's clinic appointment. After x-rays she indeed broke her right tibia. Her femur break was on the left leg 7 months ago and I feared she broke it again. Her femur looked great and healed perfectly. Madison now has a full leg cast. She will be sporting that for the next four weeks. No tears, smiles, and wanting to be held! Her pain tolerance is through the roof! On my way out a doctor said to me, "I love parents like you; you recognize it is just a broken leg." She will live, she will walk, and in the big picture of life this is just a puddle. Every drive home from Glennon I shed tears... as I look in the rearview mirror and see the kids I know in my heart their is a parent who is looking in their rearview mirror to an empty carseat or backseat. Each of us have a mission while on this earth. My prayer is every day we are on this earth we are fulfilling a part of that mission. Not wasting one single day! |
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