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| 1st Birthday |
The BIG news, Nate IS 3 years old! I took off his Oxygen for a few minutes and let him play in his cake and open presents this year. He knew what to do as he tore into his cake and presents without hesitation. He would tear the paper, peak in the package and clap with delight over each of his presents. It didn't seem possible that he was the same kid as his 1st birthday when he was so sick and so scared of his cake. It had been hard to even get a picture of him with his 1st birthday's cake because he didn't want it that close to himself! We have certainly been blessed to see God provide doctors, surgeries and continued healing to our growing toddler. It truly is hard to believe that he is the same child with whom I would wake up, and pray while listening for him to gasp his next breath, pause, pause and then the feeling of relief as he gasp again and again. What a tough, but fragile little guy; he was! Oh how hard I prayed!
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| Three years old! |
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| Yeap, Nate's definately 3! |
Now next week, Nate will start a developmental pre-school program two mornings a week so he can get his therapies while he is there. He seems ready to go after his couple visits, but I'm still getting geared up to actually take him and leave him for 3 hours with people who don't know what each snort, wheeze or glassy eyed expression means. Nate and I have a long list of sounds and signals that mean all sorts of things such as more Oxygen, less Oxygen, nose spray, suctioning, breathing treatments, too hot, too cold or too much air freshner/parfum/dust. However, even I know that I'm not sending him when he is actively sick and a few hours of needing a squirt of nose spray is not life theatening.....but oh, this is going to be hard....almost as hard as waiting for the next gasp. So if you could pray for Nate & me next Monday the 14th, we would each appreciate it! Nate needs to fight off the germs and keep healthy, and I'm depending on those prayers to get me through what is a little change for most folks.
Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD
hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living
thing, and the breath of all mankind. ~~Job 12:9-10
I still remember holding that fragile baby for the first time. I am amazed at him and God's hand on him through all he (and the family) has been through.
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