Today I'm using this blog as a "self help" forum for me. I am so troubled and I'm releasing it all to God and looking for strength and guidance.....
We've been matched with a birthmom. Great news I know, I was giddy with excitement when I heard the news. We've had time to marinade on the thoughts of it and even though I'm excited....there always has to be a but. And boy do we have a BIG but. The birthmom is in need of some financial assistance. It's not much (less than $500 a month) but it exceeds the "extra" amount we have each month. I just don't know what to do. We're supposed to meet this mom today. Do we stop our tithing, do we sell even more of our stuff....but eventually we'd run out of things to sell. I know I should just trust that God will provide for us, but what if this baby isn't the one that we're supposed to have. Am I missing the signals, is this a test to just trust. I don't know and I'm not one to jump blind into something. But that's what adoption is. I'm finding peace in this scary time but frankly I was a blubbering ballbaby mess this morning. And I feel on the verge of more tears.
It doesn't help that Eric deploys in 3 weeks, that alone is enough stress for this mama.
Please pray for guidance and peace for us thru this adoption process or having to make the decission that it's not a right fit. Pray for us as we prepare for deployment.
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Monday, April 30, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Gruzed spelled backwards...
Is desserts. I have to look at today as a day filled with desserts, just not the edible kind. I had a great 2 day visit with my parents, I have a loving husband who works hard to support our family and I have my little blue eyed man who makes me laugh, cry and is the sweetest treat in my life. And today his big blue eyes looked into mine as I was buckling him into his carseat after school and said "Mommy you forgot my dezurg in my lunch box". I guess in his new classroom all the cool kids have a dezurg of chocolate in their lunch boxes and lil' man just wants to fit in! Lucky for him I was able to hook him up with a Dove Chocolate heart I had hidden away to make Peanut Butter Loves (Kisses/Blossoms) cookies.
Jonner is adjusting to his new classroom wonderfully. He's made several new friends and he and another little boy have been inseperatable since Jonner's 1st day. Some of his bad behaviors have stuck with him, but it's still early and I'm hopeful that with him being away from the children in his old class he'll be back to himself.
Yesterday Eric gave me some *adoption* news that hurt my feelings and to be honest made me a little bit angry. There is a girl that works in his building and it was brought to our attention several months ago that she was pregnant and wanted to let us adopt her child. She approached someone with concerns of working and seeing Eric and feeling uncomfortable. I understood the concerns and left it at that. At Christmas we found out that she was moving into base houseing and we assumed she had decided to keep her baby. She herself told me when she was due, and spoke generally about the pregnancy. I guess my assumption was wrong. Eric offered to give her our bassenett and she told him she was placing the baby for adoption but would ask if "they" wanted it. When he told me I felt like it was a slap in the face. Honestly my feelings initially were anger; "if we're not good enough to parent your baby maybe our bassenett isn't good enough either", then the hurt set in. The anger is now gone but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't hurt. I wasn't happy when I thought she was going to parent her child, but I wished her well. A lot of single parents raise children and do it well. I knew it would be difficult for her but I'm sure she could have done it. Now I'm just sad. Sad that our wait continues. I'm sure that the family she's chosen wants this baby as much as we do.
Meanwhile I've asked Eric to approach her and ask if she'd reconsider placing her child with us and explaining to her that he'll be deploying and when he returns moving to a new office. I know placing her child is not a small, easy decission and I would love to have her reconsider us now that she won't be seeing Eric on a day to day basis. All we can do is ask.
One of my girlfriends once told me "one of the greatest gifts you can give your child is a sibling". I pray that sometime soon we can give Jonner and a new little someone the wonderful gift of each other.
Jonner is adjusting to his new classroom wonderfully. He's made several new friends and he and another little boy have been inseperatable since Jonner's 1st day. Some of his bad behaviors have stuck with him, but it's still early and I'm hopeful that with him being away from the children in his old class he'll be back to himself.
Yesterday Eric gave me some *adoption* news that hurt my feelings and to be honest made me a little bit angry. There is a girl that works in his building and it was brought to our attention several months ago that she was pregnant and wanted to let us adopt her child. She approached someone with concerns of working and seeing Eric and feeling uncomfortable. I understood the concerns and left it at that. At Christmas we found out that she was moving into base houseing and we assumed she had decided to keep her baby. She herself told me when she was due, and spoke generally about the pregnancy. I guess my assumption was wrong. Eric offered to give her our bassenett and she told him she was placing the baby for adoption but would ask if "they" wanted it. When he told me I felt like it was a slap in the face. Honestly my feelings initially were anger; "if we're not good enough to parent your baby maybe our bassenett isn't good enough either", then the hurt set in. The anger is now gone but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't hurt. I wasn't happy when I thought she was going to parent her child, but I wished her well. A lot of single parents raise children and do it well. I knew it would be difficult for her but I'm sure she could have done it. Now I'm just sad. Sad that our wait continues. I'm sure that the family she's chosen wants this baby as much as we do.
Meanwhile I've asked Eric to approach her and ask if she'd reconsider placing her child with us and explaining to her that he'll be deploying and when he returns moving to a new office. I know placing her child is not a small, easy decission and I would love to have her reconsider us now that she won't be seeing Eric on a day to day basis. All we can do is ask.
One of my girlfriends once told me "one of the greatest gifts you can give your child is a sibling". I pray that sometime soon we can give Jonner and a new little someone the wonderful gift of each other.
Friday, November 11, 2011
November is National Adoption Month
When I mention to someone we're trying to adopt the first response I get is "where from?" I know they're expecting an exotic, foreign destination in which we'll fly off to and return with our new bundle. When I tell them we're adopting domestically I hear "oh, local". As if a child from our own country will not be as cute, loved, and "exotic" as a child adopted from another country.
I've always had a desire to adopt, Eric from the beginning said no. I remained persistant and every so often I'd mention it in passing and "feel him out". The summer of 2010 there was a situation that a distant family member had a baby and DCFS stepped in and removed the baby from her care before she was even able to leave the hospital with the baby. Eric and I discussed this child and even though we realized we wouldn't be able to get that child it opened up a line of communication between us to really investigate adoption. To my surprise Eric had a change of heart. Initially I looked into foster care, there are so many children in the system that are in need of a good, loving home and it breaks my heart that so many are in need of a forever family. Sadly the Illinois laws turned us away from becoming foster parents. I understand and agree with the philosophy of keeping families together, but how many chances does a parent get? How many times does a child need to be bounced back and forth from parents to foster care. I couldn't allow Jonner to have someone in and out of our home, he wouldn't understand and it'd break my heart.
January of this year I started looking into adoption and doing a little bit of research. I had no idea where to start. One day I wore my Hawkeye shirt to pick J up from school and one of his classmate's mom stated she was from Iowa and her son's birthmother was too. Wearing that shirt was a blessing and gave me a starting point! She hooked me up with an attorney in Iowa and I contacted them and we received their application form in the mail. We filled it out but something just didn't feel right and I didn't send it off right away. A week later a girl from church and I were talking and she mentioned a friend of her's had adopted from Lutheran Child and Family Services right here in the town we live in. Instantly I knew that was the route I wanted to go. Local for me to feel involved and having grown up in a Lutheran church it felt right for me. Eric just went along for the ride and let me make most of the decissions. I contacted LCFS and stopped at their office and picked up an application, made an appointment to meet with one of their workers and get started. Since we'd already filled out an application for the attorney in Iowa it was easy to fill out the LCFS application and get it returned in no time. On March 7, 2011 it was offical, we'd jumped into the adoption process with both feet. Our application and application fee had been submitted with much of our additional background information. In April we had our homestudy walk through of our home and by the end of May we had our approved homestudy in our hot little hands. We were approved to adopt!
It's crazy how an individual can get pregnant, and be able to take their child home with them no questions asked and yet to adopt we indure fingerprinting, background checks, a home walk through, interviewing of friends, letters from family, financial reports...and this is just a peak of what is need to adopt. It's not for the faint of heart and it weeds out those that are not serious about adoption. We made it through the paperwork! Now we continue to wait...
Waiting; this is the hard part. We've sent facebook messages and emails out to everyone we know. And with it being Adoption month we'll send one out again this month and in our Christmas letters in December. You know what they say about the squeeky wheel! Networking is the way to go. Getting the word out. YOU might be our link...YOU know someone who know's someone who know's someone who is expecting and looking into making an adoption plan or just doesn't know what to do about an unplanned pregnancy. YOU can help!
A few weeks ago I was having some adoption anxiety with the wait and the financial draining of funds adoption brings. I mentioned we were looking into fundraising options along with loans and applying for grants. I think we've finally come to a conclusion on what feels right for us. Scouts sell cookies and popcorn to help offset the cost of camps, so what can we sell to offset our adoption costs. These are just a few of the things I've come up with.
I've always had a desire to adopt, Eric from the beginning said no. I remained persistant and every so often I'd mention it in passing and "feel him out". The summer of 2010 there was a situation that a distant family member had a baby and DCFS stepped in and removed the baby from her care before she was even able to leave the hospital with the baby. Eric and I discussed this child and even though we realized we wouldn't be able to get that child it opened up a line of communication between us to really investigate adoption. To my surprise Eric had a change of heart. Initially I looked into foster care, there are so many children in the system that are in need of a good, loving home and it breaks my heart that so many are in need of a forever family. Sadly the Illinois laws turned us away from becoming foster parents. I understand and agree with the philosophy of keeping families together, but how many chances does a parent get? How many times does a child need to be bounced back and forth from parents to foster care. I couldn't allow Jonner to have someone in and out of our home, he wouldn't understand and it'd break my heart.
January of this year I started looking into adoption and doing a little bit of research. I had no idea where to start. One day I wore my Hawkeye shirt to pick J up from school and one of his classmate's mom stated she was from Iowa and her son's birthmother was too. Wearing that shirt was a blessing and gave me a starting point! She hooked me up with an attorney in Iowa and I contacted them and we received their application form in the mail. We filled it out but something just didn't feel right and I didn't send it off right away. A week later a girl from church and I were talking and she mentioned a friend of her's had adopted from Lutheran Child and Family Services right here in the town we live in. Instantly I knew that was the route I wanted to go. Local for me to feel involved and having grown up in a Lutheran church it felt right for me. Eric just went along for the ride and let me make most of the decissions. I contacted LCFS and stopped at their office and picked up an application, made an appointment to meet with one of their workers and get started. Since we'd already filled out an application for the attorney in Iowa it was easy to fill out the LCFS application and get it returned in no time. On March 7, 2011 it was offical, we'd jumped into the adoption process with both feet. Our application and application fee had been submitted with much of our additional background information. In April we had our homestudy walk through of our home and by the end of May we had our approved homestudy in our hot little hands. We were approved to adopt!
It's crazy how an individual can get pregnant, and be able to take their child home with them no questions asked and yet to adopt we indure fingerprinting, background checks, a home walk through, interviewing of friends, letters from family, financial reports...and this is just a peak of what is need to adopt. It's not for the faint of heart and it weeds out those that are not serious about adoption. We made it through the paperwork! Now we continue to wait...
Waiting; this is the hard part. We've sent facebook messages and emails out to everyone we know. And with it being Adoption month we'll send one out again this month and in our Christmas letters in December. You know what they say about the squeeky wheel! Networking is the way to go. Getting the word out. YOU might be our link...YOU know someone who know's someone who know's someone who is expecting and looking into making an adoption plan or just doesn't know what to do about an unplanned pregnancy. YOU can help!
A few weeks ago I was having some adoption anxiety with the wait and the financial draining of funds adoption brings. I mentioned we were looking into fundraising options along with loans and applying for grants. I think we've finally come to a conclusion on what feels right for us. Scouts sell cookies and popcorn to help offset the cost of camps, so what can we sell to offset our adoption costs. These are just a few of the things I've come up with.
Turkey shirts for cute little turkey's to celebrate Thanksgiving in. Above I have the girl version with bright pretty colors and below is the boy handprint version on camo. Right now I'm only making toddler sizes 18m - 5t for $8.00. I'll be starting Christmas shirts soon too!
All sales from my facebook site Tickled Pink Stitching will go towards our adoption fund. I'm excited about being able to combine doing something I love and knowing that I can release some of the financial anxiety I have of wondering where the money will come from to finalize the adoption and make it all legal once we do get our wee one.
Monday, October 24, 2011
"A" is for Adoption Anxiety
I've had a lot rolling around in my head today. Adoption anxiety & restlessness. Patience has never been one of my strong points.
Last week I had a weird dream. Jonner and I were sitting in a hospital waiting room with two other families waiting for the social worker to come talk to us. When she came in she said "a child is available for adoption, I just need to look at your files to find out which family is a compatable match". One family stood up and said they were only interested in a newborn, the other family stood and said they wanted a child 2 or younger. I stood and said we're willing to adopt a child 3 or younger as long as the child is younger than Jonner. The social worker announced with a big smile "you're the new family of a 3yr old girl"! Jonner and I were overjoyed and the other two families left the room. I quickly texted Eric (who was a work) "it's a girl and she's 3yrs old". We were escorted into a private room where I met my new daughter, she had dark hair and eyes and was named Sonja. I held her and Jonner tried to play with her and she was shy and unsure of both of us. I was just looking at her and noticed she had an ouchie on her wrist and someone had put duct tape on her ouchie instead of a bandaid. It was then a nurse came in and whisked her away and informed me Sonja had an infection.
Then I woke up. I had to experience my new child already being taken away and even though there hadn't been a "formal" bonding time, she was mine and I wasn't ready to let anyone take her from me...from us. Her family.
The anxiety I experience comes with the wait and not knowing a timeline of when we'll get a referral. I worry about the cost and being able to afford adoption. I plan on applying for grants but they're few and far between and I can't bank on receiving a grant. Do we borrow, fundraise, get a loan? Unfortunately Eric and I are not on the same page when it comes to how we'll pay. I'm naturally a planner and would rather know where the money is "in the event of" and not be pressed when we have a huge bill and are trying to finalize the adoption 6 months after placement. Not to mention the cost of diapers & formula. I know families get by all the time and I know we too will figure it out.
Today was my first big day of anxiety...not too bad for once in the first 6 months. Going into this journey I knew it wasn't going to be a quick one. I trust that the Lord has hand picked our child and I pray for this child and his/her birthfamily.
We continue to network with family and friends in hopes that one of you out there will know someone who know's someone who is wanting to make an adoption plan for her unborn child.
Please continue to pray for our family during this adoption process.
Last week I had a weird dream. Jonner and I were sitting in a hospital waiting room with two other families waiting for the social worker to come talk to us. When she came in she said "a child is available for adoption, I just need to look at your files to find out which family is a compatable match". One family stood up and said they were only interested in a newborn, the other family stood and said they wanted a child 2 or younger. I stood and said we're willing to adopt a child 3 or younger as long as the child is younger than Jonner. The social worker announced with a big smile "you're the new family of a 3yr old girl"! Jonner and I were overjoyed and the other two families left the room. I quickly texted Eric (who was a work) "it's a girl and she's 3yrs old". We were escorted into a private room where I met my new daughter, she had dark hair and eyes and was named Sonja. I held her and Jonner tried to play with her and she was shy and unsure of both of us. I was just looking at her and noticed she had an ouchie on her wrist and someone had put duct tape on her ouchie instead of a bandaid. It was then a nurse came in and whisked her away and informed me Sonja had an infection.
Then I woke up. I had to experience my new child already being taken away and even though there hadn't been a "formal" bonding time, she was mine and I wasn't ready to let anyone take her from me...from us. Her family.
The anxiety I experience comes with the wait and not knowing a timeline of when we'll get a referral. I worry about the cost and being able to afford adoption. I plan on applying for grants but they're few and far between and I can't bank on receiving a grant. Do we borrow, fundraise, get a loan? Unfortunately Eric and I are not on the same page when it comes to how we'll pay. I'm naturally a planner and would rather know where the money is "in the event of" and not be pressed when we have a huge bill and are trying to finalize the adoption 6 months after placement. Not to mention the cost of diapers & formula. I know families get by all the time and I know we too will figure it out.
Today was my first big day of anxiety...not too bad for once in the first 6 months. Going into this journey I knew it wasn't going to be a quick one. I trust that the Lord has hand picked our child and I pray for this child and his/her birthfamily.
We continue to network with family and friends in hopes that one of you out there will know someone who know's someone who is wanting to make an adoption plan for her unborn child.
Please continue to pray for our family during this adoption process.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Adoption Update
This morning was our 6 month home walk through with our social worker from Luthern Child & Family Services. It was a simple 15 minute "inspection" to make sure our license was hung/displayed according to state regulations, all medicines & chemicals locked away, the gun in the safe, fire extinguisher & smoke detectors. Basic's that are pretty much our norm anyway. I did go through the house yesterday to make sure the smoke/carbon monoxide detectors worked and wouldn't you know it this morning I hear chirping. After changing batteries in the one from the laundry room I still could hear chirping. I found the guilty party in a drawer in the laundry room. Evidently we had an extra and it was tucked away and forgotten about!
Our worker informed me that our book has only been viewed once. I'm happy that it went out, and a little sad that we weren't chosen. I asked if the birthmom said why we weren't chosen and I guess she's having a bi-racial baby and choose a bi-racial family. I can understand and respect that decission and I like that it wasn't anything stupid like us not living in a big two story house.
We're still plugging away with our own networking and I've started a letter to enclose in our Christmas cards. We officially started the adoption process with paperwork in March...7 months... we're ready for a baby!
Jonner talks about having a baby sister all the time. It doesn't help that both of my sisters have little girls and his cousin's that are his age have what he wants....a baby sister. He's willing to take Abbi-Gail (Liam's sister) or Sienna (Levi's sister) and doesn't understand why he can't have them. Me telling him that they're already someone elses baby sister doesn't seem to hold much weight with him. As excited as he'd be to have a baby sister I know he'd be equally excited for a baby brother. He loves the babies!
I guess if you're reading this and know of someone looking into making an adoption plan for their unborn child, please remember us and refer the birthparent to us and/or contact us for contact info for our social worker and/or adoption attorney.
Our worker informed me that our book has only been viewed once. I'm happy that it went out, and a little sad that we weren't chosen. I asked if the birthmom said why we weren't chosen and I guess she's having a bi-racial baby and choose a bi-racial family. I can understand and respect that decission and I like that it wasn't anything stupid like us not living in a big two story house.
We're still plugging away with our own networking and I've started a letter to enclose in our Christmas cards. We officially started the adoption process with paperwork in March...7 months... we're ready for a baby!
Jonner talks about having a baby sister all the time. It doesn't help that both of my sisters have little girls and his cousin's that are his age have what he wants....a baby sister. He's willing to take Abbi-Gail (Liam's sister) or Sienna (Levi's sister) and doesn't understand why he can't have them. Me telling him that they're already someone elses baby sister doesn't seem to hold much weight with him. As excited as he'd be to have a baby sister I know he'd be equally excited for a baby brother. He loves the babies!
I guess if you're reading this and know of someone looking into making an adoption plan for their unborn child, please remember us and refer the birthparent to us and/or contact us for contact info for our social worker and/or adoption attorney.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
A Little Bit of This and A Little Bit of That
A Day Late & A Dollar Short... I guess it's Weigh in Wednesday on a Thursday! But I actually did weigh in yesterday, I just didn't blog about it. Anyhoo, I've maintained my weight for the last 2 weeks. Yay me with all the travelling and junk I've eaten. I have no goals other than to continue to maintain until our life can slow down and we're not on the road as much. Since E was paid today I'm no longer a dollar short (at least for a few days!).
Life on the road.... We've been making 4 day weekend trips up to Iowa/North Western Illinois to spend time with E's mom Jeanette. She has Acute Myloid Luekemia. U of Iowa Hospitals sent her home a few weeks ago stating there was nothing else to be done and gave her a few weeks. She's spent the last week and a half home and surrounded by loved ones but is now in the Clinton hospital with pnemonia and fever (through the grapevine) we've heard she doesn't think she'll be back home. We haven't actually talked to her since we want to give her time to rest but we are speaking ot family members daily on her condition. We'll be driving up there tomorrow for the weekend. E is having a hard time with it and not sleeping well, I have my tearful moments thinking about all the time I've spent with her and all the great recipes she's shared wiht me over the years. J doesn't have a clue other than grandma is in the hospital and sick. He continues to pray that she feels better and we try to re-direct that she's comfortable and with loved ones. I'm so sad that he's too young to remember her. I know she loves him so much and when he's being his goofy self she's said to him "your dutch". To this day I have no idea what that means but it really warms my heart because it's something my grandma Malone used to say to me as a kid. As an adult she loved to tease me about how I would pout and say "I am Not!" I'm glad his grandma could tie me to my grandma.
Last weekend was a good weekend with her. The entire family was together in their house for a wonderful steak & shrimp dinner with loaded sides. A Christmas in August with the best gift of being together as a family. E's sister J arranged to have someone come in and take family photos. Instead of all of us going into the formal living room (you know the one that no one is allowed in) where everyone would have fit we decided to pile into the den....the place where we always gathered as a family. It was a really good day with family, fun, laughter & a few rowdy games of dice....family the way it's intended!
Here are some of the pictures: Grandma & Grandpa with the Grands
Life on the road.... We've been making 4 day weekend trips up to Iowa/North Western Illinois to spend time with E's mom Jeanette. She has Acute Myloid Luekemia. U of Iowa Hospitals sent her home a few weeks ago stating there was nothing else to be done and gave her a few weeks. She's spent the last week and a half home and surrounded by loved ones but is now in the Clinton hospital with pnemonia and fever (through the grapevine) we've heard she doesn't think she'll be back home. We haven't actually talked to her since we want to give her time to rest but we are speaking ot family members daily on her condition. We'll be driving up there tomorrow for the weekend. E is having a hard time with it and not sleeping well, I have my tearful moments thinking about all the time I've spent with her and all the great recipes she's shared wiht me over the years. J doesn't have a clue other than grandma is in the hospital and sick. He continues to pray that she feels better and we try to re-direct that she's comfortable and with loved ones. I'm so sad that he's too young to remember her. I know she loves him so much and when he's being his goofy self she's said to him "your dutch". To this day I have no idea what that means but it really warms my heart because it's something my grandma Malone used to say to me as a kid. As an adult she loved to tease me about how I would pout and say "I am Not!" I'm glad his grandma could tie me to my grandma.
Last weekend was a good weekend with her. The entire family was together in their house for a wonderful steak & shrimp dinner with loaded sides. A Christmas in August with the best gift of being together as a family. E's sister J arranged to have someone come in and take family photos. Instead of all of us going into the formal living room (you know the one that no one is allowed in) where everyone would have fit we decided to pile into the den....the place where we always gathered as a family. It was a really good day with family, fun, laughter & a few rowdy games of dice....family the way it's intended!
Here are some of the pictures: Grandma & Grandpa with the Grands
G & G with the kids & spouses
The entire gang
The Smith's with The Smith's
With all of this travelling Jonner hasn't been doing too well. A few weeks ago he woke up vomiting and later that day it turned to diahrea. Poor kid was sick almost every day. Originally we thought he had a bug but after a trip to the doctor we were figured out it's gastrotitis. Nothing contagious and not caused by all the travelling. Last night was our 1st barf free night in 10 days and today was diahrea free! Yay!!! The poor kid was put on a beige diet, but hey if it works I'll spoon feed him applesauce & toast for weeks until his irritated intestines are back to normal.
Lately we've had several people asking us about the adoption. Sadly we really don't have anything to share, we're still in waiting.
Continued prayers are appreciated.
Friday, August 12, 2011
Quick update - Adoption & MomS
On the adoption front. Our facebook networking paid off a little bit. Eric had a co-worker approach him a few weeks ago asking if we were still trying to adopt. When he told her we were she said she knew of a young lady attending college that recently found out that she was pregnant and was considering having an abortion. Eric called me and that same day I made a flier for the co-worker to give this young lady. After hearing about this young lady I started praying for her every day and I didn't let my hopes get up, but I wanted God to know I thought of her and wanted her to make the right decision for her whether it meant abortion, adoption or parenting the child herself. Yesterday we found out that she had called Eric's co-worker last week and decided to keep and parent her child. Sadly we found out yesterday that she miscarried her baby. My heart is very heavy for her. I know she had a big decision to make and she didn't make a hasty decision and now her baby is gone. Please say a prayer for this young lady that she may have peace with this loss.
We continue to be hopeful and know that God has our child picked out and it's just a matter of time, trust & patience. The later is the most difficult, we're ready for our new little bundle of joy!
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We'll be making another quick trip up to Iowa City this weekend to see Jeanette. After a month in the hospital and a round of chemo she was released to go home. She was only able to spend a week there as blood results came back that the chemo hadn't worked like hoped and she still had Acute Myloid Luekemia. Last week she returned to University of Iowa Hospital as an out-patient (Hope Lodge) for another month and round of chemo. She had a set back over the weekend and spiked a fever putting her back into the hospital as a patient and stopping the chemo. A bacteria was found in one of the ports for the chemo and she was put on antibiotics. During this time her blood/oxygen level dropped and she had to have her oxygen levels bumped up. Her blood/oxygen levels have returned to somewhat normal and she's back to just a tube in her nose instead of the mask. The bacteria is clearing up and next week they will start giving her a stronger dose of chemo. She's sounded very tired and worn out the times we've talked and Gerry said he's never seen her so sick. I'm praying Jonner get's to see her, but not getting my hopes up. I worry about her low to non-existent immunity and whatever little germs he might be carrying around with him. Please say a prayer for MomS to recover and be cancer free and for the rest of the family traveling to be with her.
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On a happy note Eric starts 3 wks of vacation on Monday. He's already said the phone is getting turned off.....it's on it's last leg, so that's not to hard to do anymore! We really haven't got much planned other than a lot of fun & family time together. I'm hoping the temps stay low and we can take Jonner fishing and we've talked about a trip to Memphis & Branson but we'll see. It'll be nice having daddy home and sleeping in!
We continue to be hopeful and know that God has our child picked out and it's just a matter of time, trust & patience. The later is the most difficult, we're ready for our new little bundle of joy!
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We'll be making another quick trip up to Iowa City this weekend to see Jeanette. After a month in the hospital and a round of chemo she was released to go home. She was only able to spend a week there as blood results came back that the chemo hadn't worked like hoped and she still had Acute Myloid Luekemia. Last week she returned to University of Iowa Hospital as an out-patient (Hope Lodge) for another month and round of chemo. She had a set back over the weekend and spiked a fever putting her back into the hospital as a patient and stopping the chemo. A bacteria was found in one of the ports for the chemo and she was put on antibiotics. During this time her blood/oxygen level dropped and she had to have her oxygen levels bumped up. Her blood/oxygen levels have returned to somewhat normal and she's back to just a tube in her nose instead of the mask. The bacteria is clearing up and next week they will start giving her a stronger dose of chemo. She's sounded very tired and worn out the times we've talked and Gerry said he's never seen her so sick. I'm praying Jonner get's to see her, but not getting my hopes up. I worry about her low to non-existent immunity and whatever little germs he might be carrying around with him. Please say a prayer for MomS to recover and be cancer free and for the rest of the family traveling to be with her.
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On a happy note Eric starts 3 wks of vacation on Monday. He's already said the phone is getting turned off.....it's on it's last leg, so that's not to hard to do anymore! We really haven't got much planned other than a lot of fun & family time together. I'm hoping the temps stay low and we can take Jonner fishing and we've talked about a trip to Memphis & Branson but we'll see. It'll be nice having daddy home and sleeping in!
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