Early Monday Morning

It's 7:30 Monday morning, and I'm awake after only 4 hrs of sleep. I'm going back to bed in a little while.
I am also working on a really indepth and maybe long post on enduring tests and trials along the road of life and how the family of God, more importantly a church family can help a person through those hard times.
Hopefully I'll have it up and ready by tonight.

Have a happy Monday!!
PS:
Yesterday was the 14th anniv of the OKC bombing and today is the 10th anniv. of the Columbine shootings. Please join with the to remember and pray for all the victims and their families.

Updates on the Babies... God has been good today

God has been good today.
Things have gone well for Kayleigh and Stellan.
First off, Stellan is in Boston at the Children's hospital. He is in the CICU: Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit. Since his arrival early this afternoon he has had more labs done and a VERY indepth echo done and some chest xrays. His mom got to talk to the heart Dr. there and things are looking promising.
Please keep this family in your prayers. Stellan has 3 older siblings at home who are probably wondering what is going on and where their mom and baby brother are. Please also keep Stellan's dad and whoever else is taking care of the older children in your prayers. Pray for patience and that these kids will have some sense of understanding.

Secondly, Kayleigh made it through her surgery with no problems. However she is having a hard time recovering. She is very swollen, she's having a hard time keeping up with her stats, and she's just not feeling good. But, all of that is VERY understandable considering what she went through this morning.

Third, is Dakota. The only update I have for her is from this morning. She was still running a high fever at 10am, and because of that she was packed/covered in ice, in attempt to lower her temp. She was up for many tests and scans today to try to figure out what is going on with her.

I had a good day. The best I've had in a week. I got out this afternoon for about a hour and then came home and walked my dog around the block. I am over the worst of this time, but have a ways to go. Today has been exactly one week since everything started, and while I thought it would go by slowly and have a much different outcome, it has gone by very quickly and I have done well. Thanks to ALOT of prayers, and support from my mom and family and friends.

Big Day in Small Babies Lives

There are some babies in my prayer list that are having a BIG day today. And I'd like to write and ask for prayers for them today.

First off is, Kayleigh. She was born 6-08 weighing 1lb 1oz. Today, she's almost 10mts old, but has never left her bed in the NICU. She's fought so hard to live and make it this far. This morning she is having surgery that will help her to be able to come home soon. She's having: a g-tube placed (feeding tube, directly into stomach), Nissen (surgery to connect esophagus and stomach tighter {helps keeping acid reflux away}), Bilateral Hernia Repair & a new Central Line Placement.
Please pray for Kayleigh. I've had 2 of the above surgeries before, but having 4 things at once is HUGE. Pray that she can make it safely through and pray for wisdom and steady hands for the Dr.'s and nurses.

Second, is Stellan. He, his mom, and a PICU nurse are flying to Boston today in prep for his heart surgery, sometime next week. Stellan took a turn for the worse earlier in the week, and that sealed it for him for the Boston trip. Please check out his page for more info as alot has happened this week.

Third is Dakota. After being home from the hospital for only 2 days, she made her entrance in the ER late Monday night with a fever of 105. The Dr.'s started her on heavy duty anti-biotics, and pulled her PICC line (thinking that was the source of the infection), well it's not or wasn't because as of 2am this morning her temp was 106. Please pray that the Dr.'s can find the source of the infection and get her fever under control. Please pray for her mom as this is the 4th hospitalization in almost as many weeks.

As for me, I am feeling good. Alot better than I did last week when everything first started. I got out of the house yesterday, and may do so again today. I spoke to 1 family member on the phone yesterday (first time I've talked to anyone in a week). My only issue is my sleep. Because the meds I'm on make me sleep during the day, when night rolls around I'm not tired. I try to sleep at night with the use of sleeping pills, but they do nothing. Please pray that I can get back on a regular sleep pattern and start sleeping soundly.

With God ANYTHING is possible

This weekend has been one of the hardest weekend's I had.
Last Wed. I got news that would turn my world upside down. And while I won't go into details, I will say that I was not expecting it. After I left the Dr. I prayed and cried the whole way home. I didn't think that I was strong enough to go through this. I came home, shared with my mom, and decided what was best for me: to go through what I needed to and come out a better person for it.
After the decision was made, I sent out an e-mail to 4 of my closest friends and biggest prayer warriors. While I didn't come out and tell them what is going on, I did ask for their prayers for my well-being and mind. I got responses back immediatly and knew that they were the start to my prayer chain. I then put up notices on Facebook, asking my *friends* to keep me in their prayers. From those postings, I have gotten replies. Knowing that so many people have been praying for me, I think has made this weekend a bit easier.
I have spent the past 4 days sleeping, praying, thinking of all the GOOD that will come from this hard trial. Saturday night I made me a Easter song playlist on I-Tunes. I listened to that as I went to sleep. I woke up Easter afternoon, knowing that this was the day, so many years ago that MY Savior rose from the dead to save me from all my past, present, and future sins.
Here I am going through the hardest time of my life, but still praising and celebrating God and what HE has done for me. It will be an Easter I won't forget.
As for today, I am exhausted. Even though I have spent many hours sleeping, I am still exhausted. I am sore and in pain, and laying on heating pads only do so much.

I don't know how many more days I have of this, but this I know: Jesus has taken me this far, and HE won't turn His back of me now.

More to come later...
Please keep praying.