The Week of Blessings

Wow, what a week!  I have contemplated what to blog about and how to say it in order to give ALL the glory to God and it has taken me most of the day to even process the week.  It all started last Thursday evening when Bryant had a bad asthma attack.  David was in the operating room and I rushed him to the  after hour clinic.  We got it under control, headed home and went to see our asthma specialist Friday morning.  David left Friday am early for Passion Conference, so kids never saw him.  On Friday, our doctor seemed a little concerned and sent us over to have a sinus CT of Bryant.  I'm thinking...flash backs of when he rolled off the bed at 3 months old!  Nightmare!  Anyway, I snapped a pic (see above) before they asked me & MG to wait outside.  We left, and off we went to New Albany for the weekend.  

Bryant's asthma doc called that afternoon and said there is a major infection deep in his sinus cavity....start new meds and come back next Thursday.  So we did.....

Yesterday we went for a checkup, and Mary grace went to play with Camp.  No big deal...Daddy been gone 7 days so far....we are hanging in there, staying busy, being loved on by friends and encouraged by my church family all the way.  (Even Nea Nea brought me a Diet Coke at the exact moment I needed one!)  Anyway,  so Bryant and I go to asthma clinic and we are there what seemed like forever.  The doc finally came to the conclusion that all resources have been used and we now need to see and ENT.  He asked if I had a preference and I didn't have a clue.  I texted David, called Paul Seago, and Donald and they all said "Bryan Clay".  We headed home thinking we'll get an apt. next week and Paul calls and says be at Clay's office at 2:30....I had just gotten Mary Grace and I thought what am I going to do with her??  My sweet friend Christy said bring her on!   So I dump her off again (guilt stricken) and headed back downtown (keep in mind we live 25 min away) and emotions hit.....I can't do this! David is gone.  They are going to give me bad news!  Why can't my precious son just be a 'normal' , healthy little boy and run & play without coughing!!  Lord, why?  Why can't we get this asthma under control?  I need David.  I then call my Daddy, and I tell him I need a pep talk.  He tells me I can do this....that God gave this precious little boy to me so that I would be his biggest advocate, and be pro-active in helping him get better.   He pumped me up for a while longer, then David called.  He also gave me encouragement.  I felt a little better by now and all of a sudden, as clear as day....God was like "I am your Refuge, your Rock!  Under My wings you may seek refuge!" Ps 91      

Wow, He is my Rock.....He is my Refuge and we'll get thru this......

So, off to the Radiologist first, then to the ENT.   I was told that Bryant has a pretty extreme case of asthma and we will try one more round of meds for 2 weeks, then reconvene to discuss sinus surgery and removing his adnoids.  I know it could be worse and we'll do whatever we need to do to help him.  I just hate the thought of surgery for him, but he is such a trooper and I'll take it a lot harder than he will! 

 David will be back in 1 more day and such peace surrounds me today from THE PRINCE OF PEACE!  

So.....I need to shout out to my precious friends who have encouraged me this week!  I praise God for you all and I pray God blesses you as you did me!  You all were such gifts from our precious Heavenly Father.  You summed up 1 Thes 5 ~ "Encourage one another and build one another up!"  You did this for me and I pray I can pass it on!  

Below is a picture of Mary Grace with her 'painting' that she did at Mary Katherine's house.  Not only did she keep MG, but they did an art project....and 'my' song is written on the back of it "My chains are gone, I've been set free...."  She said the song had just been on her heart that whole day.  They also painted a beautiful flower pot....

(THank you also for going to the movie last night friends....laughter does a soul good!)