For His Service

We had a very memorable Wednesday. I had to have a root canal on a cracked back tooth. At least I was on a pain pill when the rest of the things would happen. :) Noah started running a fever and by 6:00 he was running a pretty good fever. With the sudden on set, we felt confident that he had the flu. Because of his history of pneumonia , we took him to a Children's immediate care, but not before we discovered our basement was flooding. Noah tested positive for the flu and then, at 10:30 at night we began to remove water. As fast as we could shop vac it out, it was coming in. We called our insurance company just to be told that if it is ground water, it wouldn't be covered. It wasn't until we called in the pros with their large vacuum that we discovered that the water ...indeed...was coming in from the outside wall. Ughhhh .!!!! There goes the new kitchen counter tops...and the one room addition we had hoped to do in February. It would take another 15 phone calls or more to...

Thank you for praying for John-Michael. His Mri's went very well...other than him peeing on himself and the machine breaking down for a bit. (I don't think the two things are related, but maybe). They took a little longer to redo a few pictures...about 3 hours of sedation, but he woke up with no problem. We met with his neurosurgeon, Dr. Boydston, and he said the para spinal tumor has changed so little that he is recommending that John-Michael doesn't get any more Mri's for 2 years. This is a great praise. His brain looked totally normal and clean! Thank you for lifting him up in prayer. We had a fun, normal weekend. We went to the mountains as we have every fall ...with the Davis family. It is so very beautiful! We were able to enjoy a view where you could see GA, Alabama, and Tennessee. Great stress release.

The next two days are going to be a little more stressful that normal. wwww.carepages.com/carepages/Johnmichaeldp You see, 5 years ago, we were told by several doctors, our pediatrician and two dermatologists, that our 3 month old son, John-Michael, might have a horrible disease called Neurobibromatosis . It is also called von Recklinghausen , NF, or Peripheral NF. It occurs in 1 out of 3, 000 births. However, there isn't a test you can take to know if you have this disease. You must wait for at least two of the markers of this disease to appear. The marker that John-Michael had as a baby was multiple cafe- au - lait spots (birthmarks). They also look for enlargement and deformation of bones (he doesn't have) , curvature of the spine, tumors in the brain (doesn't have) , tumors on the cranial nerves (doesn't have) , and tumors on the spinal cord (doesn't have). They also look for Lisch nodules, clumps of pigment in the iris (he doesn't have this) and freckl...