Well, it's Friday... and Adalynn is being a trooper. She's decided to stay content for awhile. She continues to get good heart rate check ins and hops around in my belly occasionally. She's a good girl already, I can tell!
The only medical news updates I have for today is that I got some blood test results back and my white blood cell count has gone down since I first came on Wednesday. So the antibiotics are working...and apparently there was a start to some kind of infection when we first arrived. Also, I did get to visit with another specialist and she has ordered for some "boots" of some sort to go on my legs to keep me from getting blood clots. I think these are the same kind of thing that people wear after surgery and they are not going to be very mobile. So... they are basically strapping me in my bed and MAKING me stay put!
We are making the best of it... Tom continues to be my rock through all of this. He was out doing laundry today (that's usually my job at 3 in the morning!) and we have stayed connected on our phones with all our boys games today. I'm just so grateful for my family and friends that help carry this "burden" of ours! They have some mighty big shoulders!
Here is something that Tom found yesterday out of Oswald Chamber's My Utmost for His Highest. It certainly spoke to us--that this whole experience is so that we can experience "oneness" with the Father. Wow, I'm humbled.
God is not concerned about our plans; He doesn’t ask, "Do you want to go through this loss of a loved one, this difficulty, or this defeat?" No, He allows these things for His own purpose. The things we are going through are either making us sweeter, better, and nobler men and women, or they are making us more critical and fault-finding, and more insistent on our own way. The things that happen either make us evil, or they make us more saintly, depending entirely on our relationship with God and its level of intimacy. If we will pray, regarding our own lives, "Your will be done" ( Matthew 26:42 ), then we will be encouraged and comforted by John 17, knowing that our Father is working according to His own wisdom, accomplishing what is best. When we understand God’s purpose, we will not become small-minded and cynical. Jesus prayed nothing less for us than absolute oneness with Himself, just as He was one with the Father.
Blessings to all and thank you for the continued prayer and support!
Ohhh, I LOVE that quote from the devotional. Wow. Hard to complain after that, huh?! I am so thankful for the peace you are feeling and pray that God will bless you and all your guys with a sense of "togetherness" even though while you are physically separated. Adalynn is no doubt feeling the love of her sweet mommy as she continues to grow in the MICU! XOXO Carie
ReplyDeleteLoved hearing from you - thanks for posting! And those hydrangeas are incredible. I'm sure you are LOVING the garden-room you are living in right now! Awesome quote from My Utmost...thank you for sharing that. I know this is really big for you to be staying so still for so long - what an experience this is, and I'm so excited for you to look back on this and be able to touch even more peoples' lives because of what God has done in yours through all this. Love you!
ReplyDeleteThank you Joy and Carie for your sweet comments! It is a struggle to "be still and know" for sure. But God's in it...I relinquish my hold! Appreciate you both so much. You are just precious to me.
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