His blessings are new every morning,
There is a quiet hush here in Evangeline’s room this morning. There are no doctors and nurses hovering around her bed.
She is sleeping peacefully.
Around two o’clock, Evangeline’s fever finally came down, and we both slept.
God heard our prayers and gave us exactly what we […] Read more…
Sepsis
Thank you all for your prayers.
I am overwhelmed and humbled by your support of our family and for Evangeline.
Thank you so very very much for every comment you have left and for every prayer you have prayed on our behalf.
Evangeline has had a very rough coupe of days. She has a severe […] Read more…
Emergency
Please pray for Evangeline. We are rushing her to CHOP. She may be septic.
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A Back Ache
Evangeline is really not feeling well today.
She has a back ache and is camped out on the couch asleep.
She started last night with a rather severe pain in her back. She was up in the night with pain and still isn’t feeling better today. She needs to drink a lot of fluids for […] Read more…
Blessings
Yesterday was Colin’s birthday.
Our sweet boy is turning into a very handsome young man with quite a talent for ballet.
How the years have past!
Steven and Colin were born exactly two years apart on the ninth and the eleventh.
Steven loves to read and is quite the story teller. I love to hear […] Read more…
Some Days…
Today just felt like the day that would never end.
All my littles were cranky.
Eliza flat out refused to do her English or to fix her hair.
She was determined to torment Jonathan who was determined to drive David absolutely out of his mind.
Every thirty seconds someone hollered my name.
I ran downstairs […] Read more…
Bringing Connor and Cooper Home
As I look back into the early days of trying to adopt Evangeline, there are a few people who stand out in my mind as really having encouraged me to step out in faith and to trust God to bring Evangeline home even though the circumstances really made it look impossible.
If you were following […] Read more…
Our Long Day
We took Evangeline to CHOP today for several tests. The world renown Dr. Campbell is her spinal surgeon, and the tests were ordered to ferret out whether or not Evangeline should have surgery on her spine to treat Thoracic Insufficiency.
Dr. Campbell developed a technique where a veptr is used to help the upper portion […] Read more…
So Blessed
We have pretty much been home bound around here since December tenth. We’ve had a couple different viruses blow through all of us, and now that Evangeline had her surgery, we are deep in the throws of cabin fever.
Mom mom and Pop pop decided to give us a break and took all who […] Read more…
Home!
We came home from the hospital last night.
Evangeline is having quite a bit of pain in her left foot, but she is doing well. Mark carries her from bed to couch to wheelchair.
We’re praying she has some relief from the pain soon because she has a long day of appointments at CHOP on […] Read more…
