Home safe and sound....

...and the last twenty minutes were filled with "are we almost home, I am so tired." "When will we get home, I am soooo tired."

I agree, I am tried and was most anxious to get home... but what happened to those exhausted children. You know, the ones who couldn't wait to get out and stretch and then head to bed.

I only hear kids who are hyper, loud and far too awake for my taste.

Tomorrow we will be busy cleaning out the van, washing the clothes and getting groceries. So this post plus an update on Gracie below, is all that you will see from me tomorrow.

Update on Gracie... PLEASE PRAY

TUESDAY, JULY 01, 2008 04:48 PM, CDT

URGENT! GRACIE JUST BEGAN TO "DE-SAT" IN HER OXYGEN INTAKE. THEY ASKED MOM AND I TO STEP OUT WHILE THEY CHANGED OUT THE C-PAP TUBE IN HER NOSE. PRAY THAT THIS TAKES CARE OF THE PROBLEM!! SHE HAS A LOT OF SECRETIONS IN HER CHEST. PLEASE PRAY THEY CAN RESOLVE THIS WITHOUT HAVING TO INTUBATE AGAIN. THANKS, AMANDA

TUESDAY, JULY 01, 2008 01:50 PM, CDT

SO FAR....SO GOOD! GRACIE LOOKS BETTER THIS TIME THAN LAST TIME AND SO FAR, HER LABS AND SATS LOOK GREAT! KEEP PRAYING! TODD AND I WILL STAY CLOSE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS WE KEEP PRAYING AND TRUSTING IN A MIRACLE! BREATHE IN BREATHE OUT GRACIE! SHE HAS A C-PAP TUBE IN HER NOSE THAT IS TRANSITIONING HER TO COMPLETE EXTUBATION....THIS IS UNCOMFORTABLE BUT NECESSARY....PRAY IT CAN COME OUT SOON!! TODD AND AMANDA

TUESDAY, JULY 01, 2008 10:04 AM, CDT

THE VENTILATOR TUBE IS BEING PULLED RIGHT NOW!! PRAY HARD!! PRAY THAT GRACIE BREATHES! We will not know until the end of the day how Gracie does--but we want her to stay off!! PRAY! THANK YOU--PRAY ALL DAY! Todd and Amanda

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Stealing from the past...

...AGAIN!

Hugo is terribly busy and I am hoping that we will be moving this summer so I have not made much of an attempt to look for space for my scanner so once more, I am borrowing from the past. We have also started our summer semester and this being the first week back... it has been somewhat hectic. Some of my readers, no doubt wonder how I can torture my children with a summer semester but if you are familiar with the climate you will quickly agree that for many hours of the day - it is simply too hot to be spending any time outside. (Those not familiar with the climate can click here. In fact, we frequently experience weather warnings that are for air quality and not for storms or tornadoes. Though we have our fair share of those too. On those days, our children with asthma have to remain indoors as much as possible. Sometimes we will have three or more days like that in a row so... we might as well be productive and stretch our brains.

Now onto the glimpse from the past. To view click here.



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