Jul. 10, 2007 - Praise the Lord for Benadryl!
Benadryl may seem like a strange thing to praise the Lord for, but if you had been up in the middle of the night the night before with a ravenous 3yo, you might feel the same way! :O) I am also quite thankful for the 2 Advil Pm that I washed down right before bed. ;O) Needless to say, we slept quite well last night which is a BIG praise!
We are scheduled for surgery tomorrow at 7:30am EST. I am ready to get this show on the road and so is Caleb. He has been a good bit fussier today and has had a couple of meltdowns. He says he needs to go home! He got to see R/B/J and H today and took great pride in showing them his current digs. Benji was laughing at how well he knew his way around. I told him it was because he had probably logged at least 8 miles on the tricycle from the playroom. I may actually lose weight while in here! LOL!
Hannah and I got to go eat breakfast this morning when she got here with Tim. It was a joyful reunion that made her tears upon leaving that much harder. She is a Mama's girl and 2 days has been quite long enough to be separated in her 4yo mind!
My little friend, Andrea, (a 14 mo Mexican girl) got to go home today. She is as cute as can be with little Cindy Lou Who pigtails and that diapered bottom sticking out the back of her gown! Her mom and I spent a lot of time together and they brought Caleb a balloon before they left. Andrea was in because she got an infection from a spider bite and they were thankful to end their 5 day stay here. Her Mama asked for our phone number and e-mail so we could stay in touch. What a sweet family!
Little Kayla went to visit the turtles and fish with us today and this afternoon she is getting a CT scan to see if there are further abuse issues that they may not know about! I wish I had a camera because you would never imagine how someone could have looked at that sweet little face and then committed heinous crimes against her. Makes my blood boil and my heart constrict just thinking about it! Her hearing was postponed til today so her foster parents , who have been with her around the clock, are still unsure whether or not she will come home with them. They are very hopeful ~ and so am I!!
We hung out with Dustin today and our boys got to meet him and hear his story. Both of them had trouble processing that, at 15, he was all alone in this world. His mom, whom he hasn't seen since he was 4, is a drug abuser. His dad died 4 years ago and his grandparents are all dead. His 18yo brother "lives in jail" ,as he put it, and has since he was 13. His younger brother is in foster care and his younger sister lives with an aunt.
We spoke to an administrative person today and asked him if he could talk to Dustin's case-worker and see what was being done for him. Tim is going to try and make some calls and see if he can get some help for him. Our friends brought us lunch today from an Italian restaurant and so he is going to dine with Caleb and me tonight on leftovers! He said he was bored today so I offered to play cards with him. He declined so we took him some travel games we had brought. He seemed to like that better.
Please pray that the Lord would intervene in Dustin's life and help us find a way to provide more stability for him! He is a lonely boy, with no home, who doesn't know he really matters to anyone!
Well, my sleeping prince is awakening from his slumber so I better put my walking shoes on. We have a lot of ground to ride over before bedtime!
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Jul. 11, 2007 - TWO advil PM's??
Posted by Kristina
I would have been out for a week! LOL!
I caught an update of dear Caleb on the prayer board. Glad he is out of surgery and recovering nicely. I pray that is the end of the pumpkin seed and the infection is cleared soon.
Take care my friend.
