Through The Waters

    It's a rainy April morning... the last Saturday in April already...how times flies and how much we try to pack into our days.  Yet, it's good to sit and to meditate, to see the flowers throwing off their coats of dirt and leaves and rearing their yellow flowers to the warmth of the sun, stretching their limbs after a cold winter of being all tucked up in a little ball and somehow, someway, only our God truly knows how that miracle of life makes itself known...brightening our lawn and our house and our hearts with such beauty.  Yes, our daffies seem to make themselves known very early on in the season, probably because they're leaning against the bricks of our house and our house faces east and so there's lots of warm sun on them and radiating towards them that they are eager beavers to get out and catch some rays.  So if you need a taste of spring, c'mon down and have a peek.     It's been a busy few weeks and hence no major updates.  I'm not even re

An update on how things are going – Danielle was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday and will likely remain there over the weekend.   She has been experiencing increasing abdominal pain and eating has been difficult.   In the wee hours of the morning on Tuesday, her friend Laura took her into the ER with a fever and in a lot of pain.   They started her on fluids, antibiotics, and pain meds and did a CT scan, which showed inflammation in her lower colon, possibly remnants of the multiple antibiotics she was on early in the year.   Initial bloodwork seemed to be ok, and thankfully a C.Diff (Clostridium Difficile) infection was ruled out, although they were keeping her in isolation in case it was a different tummy bug causing all this extra trouble (she is no longer in isolation).   Wednesday afternoon she was moved from the ER to a private room on the ward.   Since then she has been battling continued abdominal pain, intermittent fever and exhaustion, although they are doing their best

    Maybe a few minutes to squeeze in a post before Ava decides to wake up and realizes she's been cheated half a bottle since she fell asleep drinking it - then the tears will roll and the baby injustice meter will be running over time.  Yes, our sweet little babe can at times make her wishes and displeasures known at very high decibel levels.  For the most part, I'd say Ava is a much more mellow baby, though not to say inactive - she loves to be in her exersaucer so she can see what's going on around her, she'll happily kick and stretch on the floor for long periods and she smiles oh so much!  She brings us so much happiness that at times I say to Timothy that I think she maybe needs a second middle name of Joy!  Not only to us either, but to our whole family and extended family and friends.  This precious little miracle girl, who made it through surgery and chemo and all else and appears for all accounts to be in perfect health.  What a miracle!  And we thank God f