I noticed a countdown at Traci's blog to her "blogoversary". Hmmm...I started blogging about the same time she did. I decided to find the exact date. January 28, 2008. I did a bit of back blogging at that point to add some Christmas pictures and such, but that was the date I actually took the blog to screen. I read my first entry and I remembered. What happened? That first entry clearly states my mission in creating this. Then I went off topic. I started talking way too much. It became something I never meant for it to become and I understood why I went silent on December 4th. And why reading January 2008 entries teared me up, took me back, and made me smile.
So I sit in a hospital room late at night listening to Finn breathe. He's in for pneumonia, once again, just a bit worse this time and I think about why I'm here. Why have I stopped praising...seems like a good time for a wake up call.
Praises of the Day...
A husband who even when the morning starts late and out of control knows where to jump in to help get everyone on track, even if it means tossing his own day off kilter.
Clean, non slippery highways even when our town roads seem to hint at a level 3 snow advisory. When exactly did we stop clearing roads in town?
Happy little sicky boys who go with their mommy just thinking they get to see the fishies in the waiting room.
Babies who sign frog over and over again, even when the nurses think their must be something wrong with them.
A kid who on admittance to the hospital requests only one thing, a ball. And is happy when all the staff can produce is a stuffed frog...hey, it's kind of round and you can throw it.
A great resident who seems to have a clue and isn't too bad to look at. He'd definitely be "Mc" something...
No IV! Still holding tight!
Friends who are there to pick up the pieces when crazy women call them crying because the doctor sends her directly to the hospital without passing go. I could not have made it through the day without the prayers of many and one amazing person who always says yes (probably too often for her own good!) Thank you for being a safe place for my kids and not thinking I'm totally nuts, well, at least not all the time!To certain other friends I have lined up for future duties! My first round of tears came as sadness as I wished for my mom to live just down the street so she could take care of me. My second was thankful tears in knowing that God has given us people and without my people I would be nowhere.
Speaking of people...my Bible Study girls who I know were praying cause I did calm down...
Nurses who can laugh and walk in with a reassuring smile.
Spending some good dinner time with my big kids.
Lily finally getting some new glasses. That poor girl has waited a long time!
Being able to do things with the big guys knowing Finn was perfectly ok with his daddy at the hospital.
Having a husband who is there and is not afraid to take a kid to the ER or who isn't bothered by middle of the night breathing treatments.
Wireless Internet in hospital rooms...yeah for that!
Being here for something pretty common. My guy smiling. Blessed to know that we are far better off than some of our neighbors on this floor. sometimes God has to rattle you a little bit so you remember to count those amazing blessings.
Quotes of the Day..
This is really not from today, it's from yesterday, but it needs recorded..
Dax, "Hey Mom?"
"Yes"?
Dax, "Never Mind"
"Ok"
Dax, "Hey Mom?"
"Yes?"
Dax, "why do you always say 'ok' when I say 'never mind'?"
"so you know I heard you"
Dax, "ok" "Hey mom?"
"yes?"
Dax, "never mind"
"ok"...repeat a minimum of 27 random times throughout the day.
Things I wish I had on video...
The way Finn held his free hand on my forehead while i held one hand and my other hand on his forehead as they were trying to take his blood. Stick after stick he rubbed my forehead while I rubbed his and prayed. Can I just say I really don't like people getting near my little people with needles!
The way Finn jumped up and down and squealed when I brought Dax and Lily to see him. They are such a team!
The way Finn yelled and threw his "guy" at the door when Dax and Lily left...
All the cool tricks Finn had not figured out he could do in his hospital room in his 8 previous hours that his big brother taught him in 10 minutes...
The way Finn likes to stand at his glass sliding door and wave at the nurses and other passers by. He even makes faces and occasionally find someone who will wiggle their tongue back at him. The way he flies to that window when he hears another child cry. He looks at me with these eyes that just screams, "Mom, we gotta go help them".
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I think it's time to cuddle up under my blanket in the recliner and drift off to the aroma of burning popcorn coming from the nurses station. Or maybe I'll catch up on some blog reading...
