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Saturday, April 21, 2007

Princess Arianna had a good day yesterday and a good night. When they took the main line I.V. out the other day they had to have a way to continue to give her meds so they put in I.V. in her foot. Well yesterday we noticed that she wasn't kicking her legs as much, and the one with the I.V. in it was hot and swollen. So her nurse ended up calling the doctor, and talked them into letting her take the I.V. out. The swelling in her leg finally went down about 11pm and she is kicking it again this morning. This means that there is nothing "stuck" in her now except the GI feeding tube in her belly. Yeah!! She slept like a rock last night too. After laying there awake until 11pm she finally succumbed to sleep. She laid there and just watched me and whatever other things she sees for the longest time. And as a mark of improve, she seems to be moving her eyes more in the direction of what she's looking at. My mom called last night and said I sounded kinda down in the last update. I'm not down and wasn't. I guess that it just hits Sarah and I in waves, the reality of this moment and how long it could take for the Lord to heal her. In those moments the memories of how she was before and how routine our life had become before sweeps over us for a short time and we have to battle those. These are big events for anyone who goes through them, but very hard on a family of six who feels torn apart between Tampa and Sebring, last weeks life and this new one, and loving and providing for our other 3 children and Ari. But I am in no way "down." I am seeing Jesus slowly work his miracles in my baby girl, and Holy Spirit is working miracles in everyone my baby girl and my family is connected to. Miracles of healing, restoration of faith, restoration of relations, revelations of internal strength, hope, and love. Nothing that has happened will fall to the ground without sprouting seed, and the seed that this incident has produced is going to provide a bountiful harvest in season for Jesus and his glory. I look forward to today with Arianna, as I feel she is becoming more aware of her surroundings and so I expect to see one more step in her recovery before the end of the day. Look for my update later.

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