The Miracles in it all...

In true eight months pregnant, sleep deprived, stressed out fashion i have caught you up on the past week with the last few entries and told you the negative...now here are some of the tidbits left out for times sake that have just let us know over the past week that God has been with us through it all and has shown us miracles big and small over the past week!

Thursday night when we were in route to the hospital after the fall, just as we got on the interstate i noticed an ambulance up ahead without its lights on, i had my hazards on and didn't pay too much attention when it crossed two lanes of traffic to get in front of me (you have to remember this is during the week that every time you turn on the news they warn you that state troopers are everywhere so I am anticipating seeing those flashing lights behind me anytime). As we kept going i noticed that if any cars got it front of it it would quickly flash its lights on so they would change lanes and we could keep up our constant speed! He led us all the way to downtown Birmingham even getting off at the same exit as us!! And we didn't encounter a single cop on the way! Tell me that wasn't God!

While in route I called the orthopedic resident on call to explain to him Haley's medical history and what had happened and if you haven't been to Children's ER before let me tell you now that the chief resident is not usually at the actual hospital even when on call until called in but this wonderful little guy was watching for us through the doors when we got there and had already pulled her up in the computer and everything!!

After doing her x-ray he explained to us that she would be in a Spica cast again for about 6 weeks and that thought haunted us through the night. How would I lift her? Would she get depressed again? What would her Liver do this time? Was it the anesthesia that affected the liver last time? It wasn't two weeks ago that out of the blue she mentioned the cast and wanted me to promise her she would never have to wear one again!! I told her that day that I surely hoped she would never have to go through that again never dreaming it would come so close in mere days! Well, Friday morning before they came to get her the doctor asked several questions about her personality, Is she laid back? would we be able to keep her calm and off the leg? Would she just sit and watch movies or does she have to be moving? Then his resident came back and asked even more questions and that is when it occured to us that even though we had never heard of such there was a chance she wouldn't be in a cast...He informed us that after surgery he would tell us the extent of the cast and Haley informed him she wanted a green one! Well, right before he came out from surgery I noticed on my bag of chips that the fresh date was October 9 (this won't mean anything to most of you but family knows that's paw-paw's birthday) and I felt like that was my sign that we were gonna be just fine and sure enough a few minutes later he came out to tell us she was not in any type cast and the bone density was very good!! What a miracle! this same leg didn't have such good bone mass just a year earlier with the first surgery so God took care of us again!

And even this week with the horrible sores this child has endured God has been with us...always before when it has been something bad that started with a rash, She has had a high fever and it starts on her face and then runs. Well, if you look up some of the scariest things this rash could be they are all in the eyes and mouth and this time her head as a whole is not affected at all and the fever has only gotten above 101 once so I still feel like God is saying she is gonna be just fine!

Last night, I got to thinking about all of this and just wanted to share it with you, after all the bad that I have posted, like I said I felt obligated to let you know about some of the good in it all! Have a blessed evening! Steph