tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387201942024-03-07T18:32:55.984-06:00Our Journeylive every moment. laugh every day. love beyond words.Courthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661666804635315977noreply@blogger.comBlogger396125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38720194.post-30189364401012758062012-02-15T07:44:00.000-06:002012-02-16T07:47:06.590-06:00Celebrating the big 5!<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><u>WARNING.....Major overload of pictures in this post :)</u></em></strong></div><br />
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We celebrated Maggie's birthday at home as a family.....<br />
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And a fun filled celebration at the park with all our family and little friends....<br />
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Happy 5th Birthday, Maggie Joy! Hope you have a fun filled year! We love you!Courthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661666804635315977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38720194.post-38077006897275838022012-01-26T06:59:00.000-06:002012-01-26T06:59:20.254-06:00Happy Birthday, Maggie!Dear Maggie Joy,<br />
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I cannot believe another year has passed and you are 5 years old today! There is something about turning 5...you're not a baby or even a little girl anymore. Somehow you are now a kid! There is so much that you do on your own these days - it's as if you don't need me, but I know that's not true! You pick out your clothers to wear each day, get yourself dressed, brush your teeth, make your bed, put away your clean clothes, feed Buddy and take him outside. You get your own food and drink when you are hungry and thirsty, put in your own DVDs to watch a movie or turn on your CD player to listen to music. Little Miss Independent for sure.<br />
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But then, you still love for Momma to read to you in your bed. You still love to snuggle up in my lap and have me rock you while singing to help you fall asleep. You still want me to watch you go around the corner or into your playroom at night because you don't like the dark.<br />
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You love to do all things crafty - cut, glue, stickers, coloring, painting, creating, drawing. You always want to do a project with Momma.<br />
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You love to wrestle with Daddy on the bed. You'll hear him lay down and no matter what you are doing, will stop and run and jump on Daddy. I can always hear the giggles throughout the house.<br />
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You love Buddy, always calling him to chase you. I can usually find you both on the floor, playing and rolling around with Buddy's toys.<br />
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You love to watch survivor shows with your daddy. You are definitely his daughter! Maybe one day you'll be extra outdoorsy adventurous and the skills will come in handy!<br />
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You love to read books, play games on the iPad, play outside, and go to McDonalds.<br />
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You are a great helper and always offering to help wash the dishes, put the clothes in the dryer, bring in the groceries and put things away in the frig.<br />
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You give lots and lots of great big hugs and smoother us with kisses. Your favorite thing to do is call out "FAMILY HUG!" "FAMILY KISS!" and we love it.<br />
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You are amazing, Maggie Joy. You have brought so much love and joy into our lives. We can't wait to see all that Jesus has planned for your life. Happy 5th birthday, sweet pea. We hope it's your best year ever with many many more wonderful years to come.<br />
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Love you BIG much,<br />
Momma<br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85692/courtneyjoy1/e7ec9596085b72730ffff83728015138.png" /></a>Courthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661666804635315977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38720194.post-11709939669051678252012-01-25T18:19:00.001-06:002012-01-25T18:25:02.254-06:00Interview with Maggie JoyI did a <a href="http://thompsonsjourney.blogspot.com/2011/01/interview-with-maggie-joy.html">birthday interview </a>with Maggie last year, when she turned 4. It was so funny, so I decided to do it again this year.<br />
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Interview with Maggie Thompson, 1/25/12 on the eve of her 5th birthday.<br />
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Q: What is your name?<br />
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A: Maggie Thompson<br />
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Q: What animal do you like?<br />
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A: A lion and oh yeah I love owls too<br />
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Q: What is your favorite color?<br />
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A: Purple and Pink<br />
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Q: Where do you like to go?<br />
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A: McDonalds<br />
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Q: Why do you like to go to McDonalds?<br />
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A: Because I like getting stuff<br />
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Q: What store do you like to go to?<br />
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A: HEB for Buddy bucks (same as last year!)<br />
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Q: What do you like to play?<br />
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A: like an animal and with all my toys<br />
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Q: What do you like to do outside?<br />
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A: play with my slide and kick the ball and run and blow bubbles and run and chase Buddy and run <br />
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Q: What do you like to do with daddy?<br />
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A: tickle daddy on the bed<br />
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Q: What do you like to do with momma?<br />
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A: play games and crafty things. But you don't have your craft room anymore Momma, so we have to sit at the kitchen table and I don't like it as much.<br />
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Q: What do you like to do with Buddy?<br />
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A: play with his bone and roll on the floor<br />
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Q: Do you know Bible words?<br />
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A: Jesus feed those people who are all hungry<br />
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Q: Do you know any more Bible words?<br />
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A: My God is SO big, so strong and so mighty; there's nothing my God cannot do. FOR YOU FOR YOU FOR YOU FOR YOU!<br />
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Q: What do you do when you are five?<br />
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A: play with my sisters (that's what she calls her cousins) and friends<br />
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Q: What is something momma always says to you?<br />
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A: to stop (ha!)<br />
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Q: What makes momma happy?<br />
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A: when i listen. (same as last year)<br />
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Q: What makes momma sad?<br />
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A: not listening<br />
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Q: What food do you most like to eat?<br />
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A: chicken, marshmellows, peanut butter & jelly, yogurt <br />
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Q: What do you like to drink?<br />
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A: chocolate milk<br />
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Q: Where do you go to school?<br />
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A: at my school, Yeager elametary<br />
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Q: Who is your teacher?<br />
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A: Miss Forrest<br />
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Q: Can you count?<br />
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A: Oh momma...one, two, three, four, five, six...all the way up to 30 and then goes back to 12 :) <br />
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Q: Who are your friends?<br />
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A: Gaby, Maya, Isabela, Sam, Cooper, Kaylee & Kelly, Riyah<br />
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Q: Who is in your family?<br />
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A: Momma, Daddy, Nana, Dandy, Buddy<br />
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Q: How are you and momma the same?<br />
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A: cause we are both girls<br />
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Q: How are you and momma different?<br />
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A: cause i'm little and you're big<br />
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Q: How do you know momma loves you?<br />
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A: because you love me<br />
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Q: But HOW do you know?<br />
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A: because you tell me you love me so so much<br />
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Q: What do you want to do when you get bigger?<br />
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A: get married and get 1 girl and 1 boy but i also want 17 children. (good luck with that one, sweet pea!)<br />
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Maggie: "done"<br />
Me: "apparently so. Anything else you want to say?"<br />
Maggie: "no...tallalouli - type that Momma...just type it"<br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85692/courtneyjoy1/e7ec9596085b72730ffff83728015138.png" /></a>Courthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661666804635315977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38720194.post-84875223387046090212012-01-24T21:09:00.000-06:002012-01-24T21:09:07.242-06:00Impromtu Play Date<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was MLK and the kids were out of school. At the last minute, I decided to take the day off and spend it with Maggie. We were going to have to be in the Woodlands for therapy, so I sent a text to my friend, Megan, to see if she and Cooper wanted to join us at Chik-Fil-A for lunch. Megan said she'd love to have lunch but they were at Hermann Park and could we join them there? Unfortunately, we weren't going to have time to go downtown and then get back to TW for therapy. Bummer. Then, the phone rings and therapy was cancelled for the day. So, I packed a quick lunch and Maggie and I headed down to Hermann Park to meet up with our friends.</div><br />
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It was a beautiful (but windy!) day to be outside and playing with friends. This age is so fun because they can truly entertain themselves and they had so much fun that we actually got to have quite a bit of adult conversation (yay!)<br />
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Picnic lunch. Train rides. Lots of playground time. Wonderful day spent with friends. Good times.<br />
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Maggie just adores Cooper. I'm glad that they enjoy each other's company.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Maggie & Cooper with their train tickets...they were just a little bit excited!</strong></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Riding the train through Hermann Park</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>So much fun on the tire swing (with some new friends)</strong></div><br />
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Maggie was in her one of her inquisitive/questioning moments, where hundred of questions are asked before any of them can be answered. Where/what/why/how/did you know.... etc. Then this amazing conversation took place.<br />
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"Momma, you know how the moon has broken pieces sometimes? (half moon, crescent, etc.)<br />
"Yes" I said.<br />
"Jesus put all the pieces back together tonight and made the moon whole, right, Momma?"<br />
"Yes" I said, smiling.<br />
"You know how little kids like me have broken pieces? Well, Jesus will put all my broken pieces back together and make me whole, too. Right, Momma?"<br />
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I was completely taken back. Not at all what I thought would come out of her little mouth. I just figured it would be yet another questions. And yet, the wisdom from my sweet girl just overwhelmed me. I didn't have words to say. As I continued driving, tears streamed down my face and I praised the Lord right there for how He has worked in her life and what He is doing, even when we don't know it. We have never once mentioned anything to Maggie about being broken or being in pieces, so I have no idea of where that concept came from - other than the Lord.<br />
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A few minutes later, I hear Maggie whispering and I figure she is talking to her imaginary friend. She doesn't like talking to us about this friend, so when she has these little talks, we just let her be. I heard her say Jesus a few times, but being that I knew she wasn't talking to me, I didn't say anything. <br />
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She then says, "Momma, I was just talking to Jesus and he said that I was going to be just great!"<br />
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Yes, you are, Maggie Joy.....yes, you are!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>January 2011 - Maggie turned 4!</strong> </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>February 2011 - lots of fun times with cousins</strong> </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>March 2011 - playing at the park, Easter and the zoo!</strong></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>April 2011 ~ Bluebonnet Time</strong></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>May 2011 ~ sassiness and first swim</strong></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>June 2011 ~ fun time at the Fountains</strong></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>July 2011 ~ lots of fun outside</strong></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>August 2011 ~ Maggie starts Pre-K!</strong></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>September 2011 ~ Spirit Day at school and homework :)</strong></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>October 2011 ~ Picture Day, Pumpkins & Pinkalicious</strong></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>Goodbye 2011....lots of wonderful memories. Looking forward to what 2012 has in store for us!</em></strong></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85692/courtneyjoy1/e7ec9596085b72730ffff83728015138.png" /></a></div>Courthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661666804635315977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38720194.post-31518236373606407032012-01-04T07:11:00.000-06:002012-01-04T07:11:09.762-06:00What comes easyNormally when us mommas share about our children, the topics revolve around the difficulties we have with child rearing. We can spent countless hours discussing potty training, naps, preschools, behavior problems, eating issues, and anything else that concerns our kiddos. We will sit and console each other over our sleepness nights, spilled milk, notes sent home for school, or the always popular "what happened when I went to Target with my child" story. <br />
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Now, of course, we can all learn great parenting tips and survival hints from each other during these discussions, but what if we were to share something that came easy with our child?<br />
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Wow, something that came easy? Not bragging about how "sweet" or "polite" our child is, but rather something that they do that causes us very little hassle.<br />
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I honestly had to sit back and think hard. At first I really thought nothing was easy with Maggie. But after a few minutes, it finally hit me. A few things had come easy with Maggie. She would eat and continues to eat anything and everything. She is such a great eater! And she has never had an issue with taking long naps every day or going to sleep at night and staying asleep. In the past, I had never focused on what had come easy. Instead I had found it easier to focus on the difficulties.<br />
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I feel a little lighter on my feet as a mom. Focusing on the positive traits of my daughter instead of dwelling on the daily struggles of being a momma has allowed me to see Maggie in a new light. <br />
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Moms - what comes easy for you with your child? It might be a revealing and refreshing way to encourage each other in the season of mothering.<br />
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Hugs!<br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85692/courtneyjoy1/e7ec9596085b72730ffff83728015138.png" /></a>Courthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661666804635315977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38720194.post-82148072553962398432012-01-01T08:29:00.002-06:002012-01-04T11:04:45.950-06:00Where have I been?6 months since I last blogged... Yes, I am alive - although as most of you know, that was questionable over the past 6 months (hence my lack of blogging).<br />
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The last six months have been the most trying times of my life for me personally. I have never experienced such physical pain as I did during this time. I wish I could've blogged while I was sick, so that I could truly recount all that happened, but I was no where near able to do type, let alone do much of anything else. So I am going to try and recap as best as I can.<br />
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July 1st - wake up feeling fine and go to the gym to work out with my trainer. He worked me really hard and I came home feeling really sore.<br />
July 2nd - man am I sore...Will killed me yesterday at the gym and now I have a headache coming on.<br />
July 3rd - great...it's a migraine and I will never do that exercise again at the gym.<br />
July 4th - worse migraine. Can hardly move. Yay for the long weekend in bed (sarcastic). Have to go to the dr to get some relief tomorrow.<br />
July 5th - go see Dr. D, get meds, says I'll feel better by tomorrow.<br />
July 6th (middle of the night) - wake up in the middle of the night, spiked a fever, screaming, non-coherent, vomitting and rushed to the ER by ambulance. I do not recall any of this, even to this day.<br />
July 8th - finally wake up in the hospital to find out that I have viral meningitis. Yep, definitely not a migraine.<br />
I remained in the hospital for 2 weeks, receiving treatment for the meningitis. I was sent home on antibiotics and heavy narcotics for the headache pain that did not go away.<br />
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While in the hospital, my nose started dripping like a faucet. I asked all my drs about it, but they just kept telling me it was allergies. I disagreed. I have lived with allergies for most of my life. This was not an allergy, but what can I do?<br />
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Many MANY doctor appointments - internal medicine, neurologists, family practice, pain specialists, infection disease doctors. Lots of different medications. So many, that I had to create a checklist to ensure I was taking them all and at the right time. At each visit, I told the dr about my nose issue. Still no concern. UNTIL, one visit, a new doctor asked me what was going on with my nose. I told her and she said - that's not an allergy, I think you have a CSF leak. You need to call your neurologist right now to have them test you.<br />
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CSF leak - cerebral spinal fluid - clear fluid that SHOULD be staying in your spinal column and brain....should NOT be dripping out of your nose. Now, this was about 3 months into the constant drippage.<br />
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Had yet another spinal tap done. CSF leak confirmed. Really? wow - that's shocking (again, insert sarcasm) Now what? See a neurosurgeon. One of my doctors recommended that I avoid the "local" hospitals and head to the medical center and gave me the name of one of the top neurosurgeons in the country. I figured, with my luck lately, that there was NO way that I would be able to get in to see him, but I thought I'd call anyway. <br />
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I spoke to Gail, a very sweet lady, who was immediately concerned with my well being and insisted that she talk to Dr. B right away about my situation and said she would call me back. Again, didn't think that I would hear from her anytime soon. Oh how I was wrong. She called me back about 20 minutes later (this was at 4pm) and asked if I could be in the dr's office tomorrow morning at 8:30. I said YES! At this point, I realized the seriousness of this problem. Dr. B said I needed to get in right away, and right away I did.<br />
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Dad drove me down to see Dr. B, as I was still unable to drive. As we were driving, I realized that I actually was feeling really good - the first day really, and as we walked into Dr. B's office, I realized I was no longer dripping. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!? Great....I can't believe that after 3 months of solid dripping, it's just stopped. We tried all sorts of manuevers to get a sample out of my nose but it was completely dried up. Dr. B said "Well, I know I'm good, but I'm not that good!" ha! He gave me a tube to bring home and try and collect a sample, told me to drink water all weekend long, to the point that I feel like I could float away and it should start dripping again. Then I was scheduled to have another spinal tap/test run the following Monday to find out exactly where the leak was located.<br />
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The very next morning, I wake up not feeling very well again and I spiked a fever. By the afternoon, I became more disoriented and Michael was in constant communication with Dr. D. Finally, he said to take me back to the ER. I remember the ambulance arriving and putting me on the stretcher and the next thing I remember is waking up 2 days later in isolation at the hospital again. This time with bacterial meningitis.<br />
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Apparently, the dripping stopped because I was infected again. The bacterial meningitis infection was blocking the leak.<br />
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Once I removed from isolation (I believe it was 5 days), we contacted Dr. B downtown and requested for him to take my case and move me to Methodist, which he did. Oh how grateful I am. You want to talk about a top-notch machine running organization they have. The care was just so much better - like night and day. I had a team assigned just to my case, multiple doctors and interns and nurses and techs. Tests that could be run at the drop of a hat on multi-million dollar machines. I received excellent care there.<br />
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After one week at Methodist, the antibiotics had done their job and I was allowed to have the surgery performed. They discussed 2 options - one non-invasive and one very invasive. Of course, my jaw dropped when they told me what most people have to have done - cut my scalp open from ear to ear, flap the skin down and perform the surgery to repair the leak...or take some fat from my ear lobe and go into laproscopically up through my nose. Um, yes....non-invasive please. So, that's what we decided to do. Figured we should try this first and hope that it works. If not, then we would have to go back in and do the invasive way.<br />
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I wasn't really nervous about the surgery. I was just ready to be well again. They said it would be painful....that was an understatement. The worst part was the packing shoved up my nose. I literally couldn't breathe out of my nose for a few days and I can still remember the pain of those packing strips being pulled out of my nose - OUCH! (actually I'm pretty sure I said something else, but I won't repeat it here!) I stayed in the ICU for 2 weeks and then was finally transferred to a regular room until I could get my pain under control. A few days later, I was released with a bunch of medications and a hope that this would be the beginning of better days.<br />
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The doctors said that the odds of getting both viral and bacterial meningitis back to back is like 1 in a trillion. Guess I'm just special that way.<br />
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The headaches were absolutely debilitating. The best way I can describe them is a charlie horse in the brain that would last up to an hour at a time. I had one day where we tracked 14 of these. Not a good day. Days of vomitting, nausea, extreme pain, unable to walk without fainting, needing complete silence (hard to do when there is a little one that needs you and doesn't quite understand the meaning of "quiet")<br />
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I could go on and on about my experience with meningitis, but I really want to focus on what I learned during this time.<br />
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You never know when something can happen that is just going to rock your world. I woke up that morning feeling perfectly fine. I had no idea that I would be sick that afternoon and still be fighting with illness 6 months later. I wasn't prepared for that, but I'm not sure that you ever can be. So, you do what you can, with what you have and hope for the best. And you rely on the Lord Jesus like you've never done before. <br />
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We had people all over the world praying for my healing and those prayers were answered in incredible ways. People that I didn't even know, where praying for me, sending me notes and emails of encouragement and prayers, blessing in us ways that they didn't even know they were. So many friends came to our aid - wtih meals, errand running, play dates for Maggie, hospital visits, dropping everything that was going on in their lives to help us, texts, emails, phone calls, FB posts. We really saw the love of Jesus poured over us through our family and friends.<br />
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My parents were/are simply amazing. I know that we would not have made it through this without them. Even as a grown woman, there was nothing more comforting that having my own momma there for me, in those darkest hours. They made so many sacrifices on our behalf - including returning the day after leaving on a much needed vacation, just to be with me in the hospital. My mom and dad gave up so much for us....time, resources, vacations and showered us with their love and blessed us immeasureably. For all the grocery runs, pharmacy runs, trips to the doctors, taking Maggie to her therapy visits, cleaning our house, sitting with me at the hospital, and so much more, I thank you. Thank you seems like such a small thing to say for all that they have done. But I know that they'd do it again in a heartbeat because they love us that much.<br />
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My parents showed us the love of Christ in true form. And I am forever changed because of it.<br />
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Of course, I would be remiss to not give a huge shout out to my amazing husband! In the blink of an eye, his world was turned upside down...and as hard as it was, he got right in the groove of things and just took over. He instantly became momma and daddy to Maggie and keeper of our house and everything else. He quickly found out how much momma did :) but did a great job of taking care of everything. He had to learn a few things but proved to be a very good student :) The love I have for this man grew even more as I watched from afar - watching him take care of me and Maggie, our home and family. Michael continues to show me and Maggie the most amazing love and we couldn't ask for a better husband and daddy!<br />
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There were times that honestly, as much as I loved Michael and Maggie, I was ready to leave this earth. I remember praying one night that the Lord would just take me - I couldn't take the pain anymore. I was so worried about M&M and what would happen to them but I knew that God would provide for them and take care of them, as He always had. But every day, I was still here. That's when I knew that God wasn't finished with me yet. <br />
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When you go through something so traumatic as this, so many things are put into perspective. You realize what is truly important and what is not. Your focus changes. The motto of my blog reads:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><u>live every moment. laugh every day. love beyond words.</u></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">and that's exactly what I plan to do in 2012.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy New Year everyone! </div><br />
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I am thankful that Maggie has always been a great medicine taker - no issues what.so.ever. She even swallows pills without water (yuck!) She's a trooper.<br />
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We have a pretty strict routine with her, as routine makes our lives and her life much easier and much more manageable. She thrives on knowing what is going to happen and when. Any interruption to her routine and we could have a disaster on our hands. So, we do the same thing, at the same time, in the same order - every.single.day. (or well, we at least try to!) We have a chart that shows all the different medications, when we take them, nap time, play time, therapy at home, therapy outside of the home...it's quite intensive but necessary, and definitely helps keep us on track of what we need to do for the day.<br />
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The tantrums/outbursts are further apart these days but do tend to be much more intense than they had been. So I'm not sure which is better - less frequent or more intense? You pick. We are seeing some great steps in her ability to sit still for longer periods of time, to concentrate a little longer than normal and responding better to our requests. She still has plenty of moments where she just doesn't "hear" us (she's totally zoned out), where it takes 20 minutes to do one simple task and when she doesn't understand why she can't something that she NEEDS! (ha!) But we're getting there.<br />
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She loves being at home with her Daddy in the mornings. Thankful for the ability for one of us to be with her at all times. It is critical to her healing. <br />
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Maggie is now attending OT (Occupational Therapy) and ST (Speech Therapy) twice a week for 2 hours. She had some adjustments to the new place and new therapists but now she can go in without any issues/fights and have good sessions. And momma gets to sit in the lobby and watch tv on my iPad :) We've been able to reduce her behavioral therapy sessions back to just once a month (we were going every week, then every other week). This was a huge success! Her therapist, Beth, just couldn't get over how much she has changed/developed/improved since we started seeing her in February. Maggie still has a long way to go, but we are seeing great changes.<br />
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As a parent, it's hard to see those changes sometimes...you are with your child 24/7 and you tend (or I should say, I tend) to remember the meltdowns, fights, challenges, disruptions, all the negative stuff. I'm learning to really rejoice in the positive things. But those close to us have seen and noticed the changes in her and have told us so - and that makes this Momma's heart swell. <br />
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It's a lot of hard work...especially all the different therapy and creative discipline we've had to do. It hasn't been easy. It's very time consuming. It would be fine if this is all that I had to do, but it's not. I have a family, a home, a job, etc. There were plenty of times that I just wanted to say - no more. Can't do this. Don't get the point. What does rubbing her head have anything to do with her outbursts? etc, etc....but I have learned to trust in the professionals and do what they say. And all the hard work is paying off.<br />
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So many times I have questioned whether or not I'm doing the right thing, could I be doing more? Should I try this technique? See this doctor? Talk to this person? Read this book? Research this protocol? And I've learned that you do what you can, where you are at, with what you know and just keep pressing on. And then repeat!<br />
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The Lord has been so faithful to put just the right people in our lives at just the right time for us to do what is best for Maggie. We cling to Him ~ He will not let us go.Courthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661666804635315977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38720194.post-17577084735435187102011-05-23T08:09:00.000-05:002011-05-23T08:09:22.169-05:00Spring in bloom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoyuPfgCQ5nb1REn7HXTdjIImzAHRaJzQrRzRGuB4Qc4CGxqaZ-YHdnz2-_DroqpBWa7mipPKb42CTHDNPkJcfQTgQp3s8F1HKBDCNcqT98ZB_WR82zqas50iWCyO2zpnhPQo-/s1600/IMG_3576.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoyuPfgCQ5nb1REn7HXTdjIImzAHRaJzQrRzRGuB4Qc4CGxqaZ-YHdnz2-_DroqpBWa7mipPKb42CTHDNPkJcfQTgQp3s8F1HKBDCNcqT98ZB_WR82zqas50iWCyO2zpnhPQo-/s320/IMG_3576.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Oh how much she loves her Buddy....and how much I love that sweet girl.Courthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661666804635315977noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38720194.post-84902050231486321072011-05-20T09:39:00.000-05:002011-05-20T09:39:28.886-05:00Annual Crews EggstravaganzaWe are one blessed "crew" to have our Nana. Oh how she loves each and every one of her kids and grandkids. There is nothing she wouldn't do for us - including taking a whole day to spend with her grandkids, doing crafts, playing games, baking and just loving on each one. We have quite the brood now, 6 girls and 1 boy (poor Bobby) ranging in age from 4 - 14. <br />
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It was time again for our Annual Crews Eggstravaganza. Let the pictures begin!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Nana with all her grandkids </div><div style="text-align: center;">(Gabriela, Samantha, Maggie, Nana, Bobby, Maya, Cierra & Isabela)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpcYibA4QHg6LoXLgvwEj77TzX6FzIeMGx7IYVjCWNYDeftOogG1hcZLnllQ9v5ob4t0lu8IzJo3KYGlubzaSnXKrGhYwqMxtPIp5RCJKo6biZupdB3JN3F8AkHXB_Kb82Id72/s1600/IMG_3462_edited-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpcYibA4QHg6LoXLgvwEj77TzX6FzIeMGx7IYVjCWNYDeftOogG1hcZLnllQ9v5ob4t0lu8IzJo3KYGlubzaSnXKrGhYwqMxtPIp5RCJKo6biZupdB3JN3F8AkHXB_Kb82Id72/s320/IMG_3462_edited-1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">This was some serious egg-dying</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdj29i2qOtf_N-IY12P3smoiz_eYMMtX7hnwJFWyHNw1bryzmMFcFDqH4LCHNnAMgy-NX-puNAZkV84ZNZ6u6DCTk41o3xeXWc13E0UJtpmnOgMoEJyLK7fZErMOS6pFt0EMN/s1600/IMG_3471_edited-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdj29i2qOtf_N-IY12P3smoiz_eYMMtX7hnwJFWyHNw1bryzmMFcFDqH4LCHNnAMgy-NX-puNAZkV84ZNZ6u6DCTk41o3xeXWc13E0UJtpmnOgMoEJyLK7fZErMOS6pFt0EMN/s320/IMG_3471_edited-1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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Thanks, Nana, for making this year special. We love you!Courthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661666804635315977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38720194.post-73440075211690432462011-05-20T08:14:00.000-05:002011-05-20T08:14:02.152-05:00Easter Egg HuntMaggie and I picked up Maya & Isabela and headed out to <a href="http://www.tgrexotics.com/">TGR Exotics</a> for their Easter Egg Hunt. We love this place. If you haven't been there, you really must go. We normally go every year around Halloween for their pumpkin patch but this year, they had their first Easter egg hunt....and best part, it was FREE. Gotta love FREE! We met up with our buddies and enjoyed a BEAUTIFUL day on the property...with very few people there (even better!) I think they were expecting more people, because the kids came back with TONS of eggs. They had so much fun, though, and there was plenty to go around.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Maya & Maggie waiting patiently for <a href="http://jocelynhattenberger.blogspot.com/">Momma J</a> to hurry up and get here :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48f0-5wlceqCnFhdLVwZ9xd1Ocvj2yVMyCROrNc2CE_3VVmmPvzd0RvsN6CFZ-ijSf7NMjDhqh8XQHSABonLrU6tG32xEoq230fZBnqvgtZiLHPuznSMAt0ieY0mKFUJKIk_D/s1600/IMG_3386_edited-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48f0-5wlceqCnFhdLVwZ9xd1Ocvj2yVMyCROrNc2CE_3VVmmPvzd0RvsN6CFZ-ijSf7NMjDhqh8XQHSABonLrU6tG32xEoq230fZBnqvgtZiLHPuznSMAt0ieY0mKFUJKIk_D/s320/IMG_3386_edited-1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Maggie can't help but get in this pony's face</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjkckDzzctLr7n4Yvz8zqZpBoPG1OnXSGDeh7bcukFVvtPWCNnPLF0WkkK5w0u4X8hKDeF5xiAXPS61tqpr-OXd_bZGHk1KwHDIeMrgIJ8WituvVGUk-Cw8xNHCmgoUt98LvFd/s1600/IMG_3390_edited-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjkckDzzctLr7n4Yvz8zqZpBoPG1OnXSGDeh7bcukFVvtPWCNnPLF0WkkK5w0u4X8hKDeF5xiAXPS61tqpr-OXd_bZGHk1KwHDIeMrgIJ8WituvVGUk-Cw8xNHCmgoUt98LvFd/s320/IMG_3390_edited-1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Isabela & Maggie showing some love</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiI422Q2lMBGe43rzm6cFbdAXQomIBgZKC099AuI8NpixEd0RqYTrijQdfJZdY4QJWPd5FiLmNmlOy5rAHIKMUum5F5tJIOTLzVCAdjLIbeYO49CT10ZtAzDS_-8760ytoOYS7/s1600/IMG_3391_edited-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiI422Q2lMBGe43rzm6cFbdAXQomIBgZKC099AuI8NpixEd0RqYTrijQdfJZdY4QJWPd5FiLmNmlOy5rAHIKMUum5F5tJIOTLzVCAdjLIbeYO49CT10ZtAzDS_-8760ytoOYS7/s320/IMG_3391_edited-1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Absolutely hilarious! Look at Isabela....she really thought those baby camels were coming to get her!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwRWU6D0r1b9AsmuY6vMsZ-CBtOqiZlezflh8OmsfBBMO__3WQFf5Hn0PqAqKnWxUaqbE4n9mkuAEad6wXShz5TgrQRz0H3kagCXfvpvXnADPWN6NKZsAN8QxY8O2GGOuBV_T0/s1600/IMG_3392_edited-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwRWU6D0r1b9AsmuY6vMsZ-CBtOqiZlezflh8OmsfBBMO__3WQFf5Hn0PqAqKnWxUaqbE4n9mkuAEad6wXShz5TgrQRz0H3kagCXfvpvXnADPWN6NKZsAN8QxY8O2GGOuBV_T0/s320/IMG_3392_edited-1.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Again, no fear...of course, this was taken right before the camel nipped her ear!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj870R55BFik03FCsGWwuB5x9ts8NxMzNSwqBbPWC5CnLfY_HKQYs07Gu1Froyi6b3MKu3ZdmZCUv9TVabjRNnshdZ__hDN00zA9nbpYSPo18CvyLn4w5q5UeGcXnzPIbbJcAlI/s1600/IMG_3393_edited-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj870R55BFik03FCsGWwuB5x9ts8NxMzNSwqBbPWC5CnLfY_HKQYs07Gu1Froyi6b3MKu3ZdmZCUv9TVabjRNnshdZ__hDN00zA9nbpYSPo18CvyLn4w5q5UeGcXnzPIbbJcAlI/s320/IMG_3393_edited-1.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Chasing llamas</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQGOywzWPfqi3rRzhlFGkqqXg5fwKLyxd3u3vqyMqlCyJ2ecgqxR2FLWB86dp-2OVuSyor_BQYQygYJAOVjxeME9SJ3uO7Yv8vU6vPNOBZYVDigiMAhC-LMjckugNV3mAkdEF9/s1600/IMG_3398_edited-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQGOywzWPfqi3rRzhlFGkqqXg5fwKLyxd3u3vqyMqlCyJ2ecgqxR2FLWB86dp-2OVuSyor_BQYQygYJAOVjxeME9SJ3uO7Yv8vU6vPNOBZYVDigiMAhC-LMjckugNV3mAkdEF9/s320/IMG_3398_edited-1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Most of our crew....what a bunch!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz-oFAQUa5gJX1A70c80iLcxwz24F-sCkFv064TvUXM8HTI5g5HqD783Up8juB_8mO5LmshDoatbS5NNgwEGNYLqfSUCPM3GhTBXGNPUsU0ggFw8dY99ESc3_lLg3cQp4rnpf3/s1600/IMG_3400_edited-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz-oFAQUa5gJX1A70c80iLcxwz24F-sCkFv064TvUXM8HTI5g5HqD783Up8juB_8mO5LmshDoatbS5NNgwEGNYLqfSUCPM3GhTBXGNPUsU0ggFw8dY99ESc3_lLg3cQp4rnpf3/s320/IMG_3400_edited-1.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Maggie & Maya with the baby llama</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7pptM-fz9Qbu9AJ9JrMs7jLjX8SP4kT_uklE7-_CRpXI72uGT6tQ67EUSp0ouRSNk-lJmk0ue-Jxr6q1e2pT_D8ROAwnG695Wr0woqmeBQNv60y3MmPLHTPjiDM84iYrcotfm/s1600/IMG_3404_edited-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7pptM-fz9Qbu9AJ9JrMs7jLjX8SP4kT_uklE7-_CRpXI72uGT6tQ67EUSp0ouRSNk-lJmk0ue-Jxr6q1e2pT_D8ROAwnG695Wr0woqmeBQNv60y3MmPLHTPjiDM84iYrcotfm/s320/IMG_3404_edited-1.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Isabela & Maya with the Easter Bunny. Maggie would have nothing to do with him.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpl3x0FqhMLCnNpFCTttMl5qUppRA1ntpgKbBaXt16Nv_5oL5qG_k6V2351393oJzBfWdNjZ5lEwLyaFPOm03vbpUJfGeQGMw4E-D5COjvge3V16Jk-RY1CIwBdNJoQ7Z6jyVw/s1600/IMG_3405_edited-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpl3x0FqhMLCnNpFCTttMl5qUppRA1ntpgKbBaXt16Nv_5oL5qG_k6V2351393oJzBfWdNjZ5lEwLyaFPOm03vbpUJfGeQGMw4E-D5COjvge3V16Jk-RY1CIwBdNJoQ7Z6jyVw/s320/IMG_3405_edited-1.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Adrian was the only brave soul from the H family</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKfhIeoZtd8VJztdi1TFCNWl4v5sb8kQmrtcjCeaBW5xjPOfMvXKXEh40AGe3ISkLmXrTrjAM-skHSu7xRAUKDA52y1c92bfe_87MAM0o1DAtPi7C-sGzSzsqiwD2WTT8_3CG/s1600/IMG_3408_edited-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKfhIeoZtd8VJztdi1TFCNWl4v5sb8kQmrtcjCeaBW5xjPOfMvXKXEh40AGe3ISkLmXrTrjAM-skHSu7xRAUKDA52y1c92bfe_87MAM0o1DAtPi7C-sGzSzsqiwD2WTT8_3CG/s320/IMG_3408_edited-1.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> She adores this cat</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9IujvzXJ1srt6ZImG9Ol-PPn1HnPbpowEVISawFpnhLU7lD79FXHOi_0zhDTwTDycQvM8kqZJRbv7Kg0sJOOX6oWUqEYe_0MEDDEvdszJ5Ut7GR2XqTuz_uqDwyVDm2I5igz-/s1600/IMG_3412_edited-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9IujvzXJ1srt6ZImG9Ol-PPn1HnPbpowEVISawFpnhLU7lD79FXHOi_0zhDTwTDycQvM8kqZJRbv7Kg0sJOOX6oWUqEYe_0MEDDEvdszJ5Ut7GR2XqTuz_uqDwyVDm2I5igz-/s320/IMG_3412_edited-1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Sweet baby kangaroo. The kids just loved her!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtfp4g4B36o4MBJLST1TnbtLNQ5IdSj_vIdoV1k02lwzRXPgjUYmWnUo68buzhw5it1QXclQdfFRdKcRCWbnCWeyPlRmlgRJ59qFEdAW0-kuQsUmvXO3j1w6rcIGWUDPD0qxKy/s1600/IMG_3416_edited-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtfp4g4B36o4MBJLST1TnbtLNQ5IdSj_vIdoV1k02lwzRXPgjUYmWnUo68buzhw5it1QXclQdfFRdKcRCWbnCWeyPlRmlgRJ59qFEdAW0-kuQsUmvXO3j1w6rcIGWUDPD0qxKy/s320/IMG_3416_edited-1.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Maya & Maggie playing with the piglets (yes, very large baby pigs!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSLH8CWmtQAEQg_wrADpaUgbS_0_EMqtCmWcIkAGVlJ-NNv_qrc46AHz5YKBAsHr3PQigOWWf6hUIYE4LsAw5TAg19T9AcqSBRTZypI53uBSf9oEQA7Ndkf9JNvUjlGfgUCbo2/s1600/IMG_3420_edited-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSLH8CWmtQAEQg_wrADpaUgbS_0_EMqtCmWcIkAGVlJ-NNv_qrc46AHz5YKBAsHr3PQigOWWf6hUIYE4LsAw5TAg19T9AcqSBRTZypI53uBSf9oEQA7Ndkf9JNvUjlGfgUCbo2/s320/IMG_3420_edited-1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> On your mark....get set.....go!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_JpySKE0LxXmxMouWqw8tqVzUue59SRtYAGAxkcbBngfPIphURiaHdbNUU_GUROE7AqTYh2V9neLpu2gsIyNHQio4g7hKmatpRrBws0ys4BhhS0l2NIGHF7axG796awe5L1K/s1600/IMG_3421_edited-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_JpySKE0LxXmxMouWqw8tqVzUue59SRtYAGAxkcbBngfPIphURiaHdbNUU_GUROE7AqTYh2V9neLpu2gsIyNHQio4g7hKmatpRrBws0ys4BhhS0l2NIGHF7axG796awe5L1K/s320/IMG_3421_edited-1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Another wonderful adventure full of great memories. Love our time with our sweet cousins and friends.</div>Courthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661666804635315977noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38720194.post-14111543510518346462011-05-20T07:52:00.000-05:002011-05-20T07:52:04.254-05:00Houston Children's FestivalWow - I just realized that I haven't loaded any pictures in over a month, so I have some catching up to do.<br />
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We went to the Houston Children's Festival with our <a href="http://jocelynhattenberger.blogspot.com/">best buddies </a>last month and had a great time. The Festival is the largest children's festival in the US and it all goes to support Child Advocates. We were blessed to have a wonderful advocate with Maggie and wanted to do our part in supporting this great organization.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Maggie with 2 of her best friends, Tyger & Sariyah</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We managed to last about 4 hours, amazingly so....and a great time was had by all. We will definitely go back next year.</div>Courthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661666804635315977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38720194.post-85844937268323055022011-05-05T09:00:00.000-05:002011-05-05T09:00:25.758-05:00Test resultsOur visit to Austin went very well. We left on Sunday afternoon, around naptime, and that definitely was the right decision. Maggie slept most of the way. Thankfully it’s an easy and fairly short drive – no stops needed. She was MORE than ready to get out of the car when we arrived at the hotel, but we were just a little bit early. So we decided to drive around and find the doctor’s office, so that we wouldn’t have to worry about that the following morning.<br />
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The testing didn’t last as long as we had anticipated, so that was great. Maggie was a real trooper and cooperated really well through all the tests. Of course, it didn’t hurt that blood work wasn’t involved They performed quite a few different hearing tests – to test all the different parts of the ears and it was determined that she does have some shallow hearing loss. This hearing loss does not affect her ability to hear audible voices. (darn…so I guess she’s really just not listening to me!) It’s where the processing of sounds takes place and therefore explains her heightened sensitivity to sounds and her reactions to such.<br />
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They also performed some balance tests. This revealed that her vestibular system (again related to the ears) her nervous system and immune system are basically shot. Her nervous system is very inflamed and her body does not produce the neurotransmitters needed to have her brain process properly. <br />
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So, while her brain is healthy (no actual brain damage), she is unable to process anything in the right way. Major issues with brain chemistry – as if all the wires are either disconnected and/or sending the wrong signals. Hence, being on the austistic spectrum/sensory integration disorder. This would account for a lot of her behavior and inability to handle her emotions.<br />
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These doctors feel very strongly about biomedicine – doing things as naturally as possible – and believe that our brains can recover and heal themselves…with time. Lots of time.<br />
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We are starting Maggie on a natural protocol that will help her body create the neurotransmitters that her brain needs, as well as some medication to reduce all the inflammation in her nervous systems so that the brain can function properly. It is not a quick fix – this is not just to help with symptoms – but to truly help her brain recover.<br />
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Most of this was caused in-utero and therefore “genetic”. So unfortunately, she has the physical issues as well as experiencing the trauma in her early life. We are hopeful, though, that with the healing of the brain, we will see a huge change in her behaviors and in her ability to lead as normal of a life as possible.<br />
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We are thankful for guidance that we have received from Maggie’s therapists and in seeing this doctor in Austin. People come in from all over the US and around the world to see him, because he is one of the few doctors in the world that handles these kids in this way. <br />
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Thanks so much for your prayers and your encouragement along our journey. We are so blessed to have each of you in our lives and consider it pure joy to call you our friends and prayer warriors. Maggie is a fighter…and we know that God has incredible plans for our sweet girl.Courthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661666804635315977noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38720194.post-58736998029190654462011-04-30T23:25:00.000-05:002011-04-30T23:25:37.465-05:00Austin-boundThe three of us are heading out tomorrow afternoon to Austin. I wish it were just for a vacation but it's not. Maggie has an appointment at the NeuroSensory Center of America on Monday morning. This neurologist comes highly recommended and specializes in kids like Maggie. Isn't it unbelievable that we live in Houston, which has the largest medical center for children in the US and we are having to travel to another city to see this specialist?! Oh well...that's the way it goes. <br />
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We are going to take advantage of the visit and just take our time getting there and coming back home. The appt is early Monday morning and we weren't about to make the 3 hour drive that early, so we are going to enjoy the afternoon/evening in the hotel, maybe taking a swim or just hanging out in a new, fun place. Maggie's never been in the car for 3 hours or to a hotel, so this sound be....interesting. We're hopeful that our timing of leaving at noon is helpful since that's typically her nap time and she has no problem falling asleep in the car (that, along with a little help from our friend, melatonin.)<br />
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The facility is all-in-one and we will have all testing, blood work, CT scans, MRIs, everything/anything needed done at the time of the visit. We will meet with the neurologist and have any diagnosis/plan of actions discussed and put together by the end of the visit. That will definitely be nice. No multiple visits, going here/there and trying to make up other appointments at other facilities. Once we have a diagnosis/plan, we will most likely be able to follow up with a local dr and/or return to Austin very infrequently. Of course, it all depends on what is determined.<br />
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We are a bit anxious about it, if I'm honest. There's a part of me that wants something to be "wrong", so that we can hopefully "fix it". But then, of course, you don't ever want anything to be wrong with your child. We know that God is in control and already knows the outcome. We know that He will give us what we need, when we need it. We know that God is not the least bit surprised with all that we're dealing with and SOMEHOW feels that we are more than able to handle it. I'm not so sure about that, most days, but I will trust in His perfect plan and in His faithfulness to carry us through.<br />
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The testing and appointment is expected to last about 6 hours. That's a long time for anyone, let alone a 4 year old. So, we would appreciate your prayers for Maggie on Monday...and for her momma and daddy as they wait with her.Courthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661666804635315977noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38720194.post-89905872006566691962011-04-26T11:17:00.000-05:002011-04-26T11:17:57.946-05:00Attachment 101<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">A friend sent this to me the other day and I just had to share. Wow.Wow.Wow.</span></em><br />
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"I’m currently reading a book called Attaching in Adoption by Deborah Gray. It’s like the “attachment bible” for adoptive parents. Gray talks a lot about what happens in the heart of a child when they become orphaned. She writes that when a child has suffered abandonment, neglect, or abuse, they internalize these sins and come to believe that they are the problem. They become ashamed. They think they did something to cause the abuse. These effects show up differently in different children--especially those that don't yet have the words or cognitive ability to express or understand such emotions.<br />
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In the aftermath of these tragedies, many children learn to control, rather than trust. If they can control the situation, they don’t have to trust. It’s far less risky. And, if something bad happens again, they believe it has to do with their inability to control the situation. Hence, the cycle continues: they become responsible all over again, they feel more shame, and become even more controlling. Gray writes,Ultimately, to promote attachment, a great deal of control has to be taken from children. <br />
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A vital part of successful attachment between children and their adoptive parents involves regaining trust. It requires that the child let go of control, and it involves the parent creating a safe environment where the child can be a child again. In a healthy attachment, a child must believe that they deserve to be loved and cared for--that the wrong that was done to them was not their fault. <br />
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The truth is, none of us escape the effects of sin. We all have a moment or moments when our own trust and innocence crumbles, when it is exchanged for the lie that we are unloveable, insignificant, responsible, careless, flawed, dirty, stupid...fill in the blank. We all have shame. We’ve all been harmed in one way or another. The assault may look different for each of us--divorce, drug abuse, depression, death, illness, car accidents, sexual abuse, physical violence, addiction, legalism, betrayal, manipulation, neglect, etc--but the effects are similar: we feel foolish for trusting others, we feel ashamed of who we are, and we learn control as an alternative method.<br />
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In a way, we all suffer from attachment disorders when it comes to our relationship with God. <br />
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Don’t we?<br />
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We don’t always trust Him. We doubt His goodness. We clamor for control. We don’t let Him take care of us. We’re angry. We try to be our own parent and take care of ourselves.<br />
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I find it interesting that Jesus says that if we want to follow Him, we must come to Him as little children. Innocent. Playful. Trusting. Restful.<br />
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I also find it interesting that scripture says,<br />
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God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. --Ephesians 1:5<br />
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This week is Passion week--the final week of Christ’s life before He went to the Cross. Over the past few days, I’ve been mindful that God gave up His Son, Jesus, in order that He might adopt us as sons and daughters. God saw us as we were--traumatized children, running around trying to take care of ourselves, operating out of our shame and fear, assuming too much responsibility, trying to control our lives because we are so afraid of when the next assault is going to hit--and in His unfathomable love, He came to our rescue.<br />
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God has adopted us. He wants us to attach to Him. He wants to heal us. He wants to protect us, to be a safe place for us, to give us rest. He wants us to believe His heart for us is good and faithful. He wants us to trust Him, to love Him. He wants us to surrender control. He wants us to be children again; He wants to be our parent.<br />
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Attaching to God seems to involve finding that innocent child inside of us--the one that was harmed and shamed--and reclaiming him or her. It involves allowing God to take care of this child. It means that we let Him redeem what this child lost. He's the only one who can.<br />
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And the good news is, even when we kick and scream and rage...even when we push Him away and act as if He’s going to abandon us...even when we won’t let Him take care of us and act like He’s going to harm us...He still pursues us in love. He doesn’t back down. We aren’t too much for Him. His love is relentless.<br />
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Since starting this adoption process, I’ve read several places that that “adoption reflects the heart of God.”<br />
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As I dig deeper into the nitty-gritty of what might be involved in becoming an adoptive parent, I’m starting to see that this is true. As an adoptive mom, I want to erase all the neglect and abandonment that our son has most likely experienced. I know I can’t undo it, but I want to be a place of rest for him. I want to love him, protect him. I want to give him a chance to be a child again.<br />
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And more and more, I can hear God asking if I’ll let Him do the same for me."Courthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661666804635315977noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38720194.post-74080038142285997012011-04-21T13:37:00.000-05:002011-04-21T13:37:28.299-05:00After the diagnosis...Ok, so now what? What do we do with all this information being thrown our way? Cry. Check. Get mad. Check. Breathe. Check. Move!<br />
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Those who know me well, know that when a challenge is placed before me, I attack in full force and move into gear as quickly as possible. Beth (our therapist) started flooding us with information about what we needed to do, where we needed to go, decisions that needed to be made....and this Momma took furious notes and started working on things as soon as we got home. I mean, if there is a problem, doggone it...I'm going to start working on a solution.<br />
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I took the next day off from work so that I could start working through all that needed to be done, all the phone calls that needed to be made, etc. Yay! Another checklist :)<br />
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Our life as we knew it, immediately changed. Our home was slowly but surely becoming a 24/7 therapy center.<br />
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The first decision that we made was to remove Maggie from school. It was not an easy decision by any means, but we had discussed it with Beth and she honestly didn't feel that it was in Maggie's best interest to be there. So, we contacted the principle, who was already aware of what was going on, and explained that Maggie would not be returning. She was so sweet about it and completely understood. I went up to the school the next day to pick up all of Maggie's things and just about broke down with each of the different teachers that Maggie had or interacted with. Oh how they loved Maggie and they were all so sad to hear of what was going on. They all gave this sad Momma big hugs, shed tears with me and promised to pray for her, as I truly believe that they will. One of her teachers later told me, after running into her at HEB, that the class was so boring now that Maggie was gone. It was if the life left that room. I appreciated that.<br />
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We were worried how Maggie would react to not returning to school but honestly, it hasn't been bad at all. For the first few days, she asked when she was going back and kept asking if it was Saturday again, knowing that she didn't go to school on Saturday. We just explained to her that she was going to be staying at home with Daddy during the day and working on school things with him for a while...and thankfully, she was ok with that. Every now and then, she will ask about school but mostly she just remembers things and mentions memories of the good times she had. We're thankful that this wasn't a catastrophic event in her life, as honestly, we thought it would be. Thank you Jesus! Honestly, the only real challenge was that Maggie was used to me waking her up early every morning and getting her ready for school, and now that Daddy wakes her up and does that, she wasn't too happy about that change. But she has since learned to deal with it :)<br />
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One of the main things that Beth told us was that Maggie was spending too much time away from us and needed to spend more time with us (one of the other big reasons to pull her from school). Thankfully (we can say thankfully!) Michael is unemployed (although doing some contract work here and there) and is able to be at home with Maggie during the day. We are also thankful for my incredible boss who has always been more than willing to accomodate me in my schedule ever since Maggie came home. So, I told him about all that was going on and without even asking, he offered for me to change up my hours as needed. So, I now work from 6am-2pm (yes, it's a very early morning start for me!) and I take over when I get home. Michael takes the morning shift and I get the afternoon shift. So far, so good.<br />
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I then began working on getting Maggie re-evaluated for occupational therapy, since she was denied earlier in the year. We found a great place in the Woodlands that has a sensory integration specialist on their team and we were able to get in for an evaluation for OT and speech therapy there as well (in hopes of not having to go to 3 different therapy centers each week!) Praise the Lord - they accepted her and we will start OT and ST with them in May. <br />
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Beth highly suggested that we see a neurologist to see what else might be going on with Maggie medically. There is a wonderful group of doctors who work specifically with kids like Maggie. Great news - they take Medicaid. Bad news - they're not in Houston. So, on May 2nd, we will head out to Austin to have a full workup done on Maggie. They do everything in house and you walk out with their diagnosis and treatment plan all in the same day. We are really anxious to see what happens with this appointment.<br />
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Horse therapy has been recommended but we have had a really hard time finding a place that either 1) will take kids as young as Maggie and/or 2) has any openings. She absolutely loves the ride horses and they have proven to be very therapeutic...so we are still working on that. It has not been crossed off my checklist...yet.<br />
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We had Maggie evaluated for the PPCD program at the local elementary school. This is the program for children with disabilities. All 3 of her therapists, including her former teachers, all felt that she needed to be in this program and would qualify. Apparently they were all wrong. Maggie didn't even qualify for speech therapy in the public school. But I'm not going to get started on that. In the end, Michael & I both prayed for clear guidance on whether or not this program would be the best fit for Maggie, and we clearly got our answer. We are considering placing her in the Pre-K program in the fall (which she is eligible for due to being a former foster child) because they will have no choice but to help her - as they can't deny services and can't remove her. We are still praying about that. Registration isn't until August, so we still have some time.<br />
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Seems like a lot, right?! Well, it is...and I haven't even begun to tell you about all the therapy that we have to do at home - but that will be for another post.<br />
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So right now, we're doing all that we can to work on Maggie's emotional and behavioral issues. She is in therapy 6 hours a week, outside of the home and the home therapy that we have to do is getting close to 4 hours a day. To say that this has changed our lives would be an understatement.<br />
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Loving and living with a traumatized child means embracing a love like no other. It is love lived out every day in a new and unfamiliar way. It is commitment cemented through the challenges and struggles of uncertainty. It is a life journey walked on unknown paths. It is a faith, a hope, a vision that the future will hold something far better than what you are experiencing now and perhaps ever dreamed possible.<br />
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"I'll show up and take care of you as I promised...I know what I'm doing. I have it all planned out - plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for." (Jeremiah 29:11 The Message)<br />
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When all hope is gone...give God time. He can and does make a way.<br />
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This is our hope. This is our prayer. This is what we are claiming today...and every day. Courthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661666804635315977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38720194.post-62216419751783180002011-04-20T07:24:00.000-05:002011-04-20T07:24:06.199-05:00Pictures PostedMake sure you scroll down for all the recent picture-filled posts....I've been a little behind lately :(Courthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661666804635315977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38720194.post-69516088901902339112011-04-19T01:37:00.000-05:002011-04-19T07:45:05.402-05:00Living and LovingI've been thinking about this blog post for about a month now but honestly haven't had the physical energy to sit down and write it out, or the emotional stamina to put it into words. Life has been.....difficult. <em>(Side note...I actually started writing this a month ago, so now it's 2 months in the making...today is April 19th)</em><br />
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Things have really changed with Maggie over the past 2 months. I shared with some of you the struggles that we have had with Maggie as of late. What we hoped was just another "cycle" that would soon pass, has turned into a life-changing event that we will be dealing with for a long time.<br />
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From what we can determine, things really started going downhill when Maggie turned 4 at the end of January, when we decided to take away her bottle. We had tried 3 other times, unsuccessfully, but felt, for many reasons, that the time was now. We created a big fun chart to countdown to NO MORE BABAS - putting a sticker over the day and once the chart was full, we would get rid of the baba. Maggie was actually on board with it (in theory) and loved putting the stickers on each day and kept telling us "when I turn 4, no more babas...I'm a big girl" and we made it out to be something fun and exciting. We knew that it would be difficult to break the habit and she did struggle with the loss of the baba for about a week. We tried to replace it with other things - anything - but it wasn't going to happen. Then one day, she eventually "got it" and never asked for it again.<br />
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We knew that Maggie's issue with needing the bottle was much deeper than just needing something to drink before bed. It was her security blanket of sorts. There was something about the sucking (because she could suck on that thing for hours, if you'd let her...it wasn't about what was in the bottle or even how much). Again, we prayed about it and felt it was the right time, knowing that it would be hard.<br />
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The next month proved to be incredibly hard. There were lots of meltdowns, outbursts, behaviorial issues, major listening (or lack thereof) issues, disobedience, and defiance at home....and then it started happening at school.<br />
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It's one thing when these things happen in private but another when it's happening in public for all to see. We were getting updates every day from her teachers about her behavior and that she was needing to be in time out at least once per day. Maggie has always been extremely high-spirited, active, hyper, busy, one to never sit still. But things just seemed to be on hydro-speed. She started having night terrors again and therefore wasn't getting good rest, which affected her start to the day, as well as leading to not taking a nap at school, so by the time I picked her up at 5 every night, she was an absolute mess.<br />
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After about a month of struggling with what to do, the following happening:<br />
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I took Maggie in to school late onemorning (8am versus 6:30). She was up late the night before because of speech therapy, so I wanted to give her a little extra sleep. She was fine until we got to school. She refused to let me leave. I sat with her a while, hoping that would help - it didn't. After 30 minutes, I finally left to her screaming bloody murder...kicking and hitting, slamming her head in the door. I could hear her all the way down around the other side of the building. I came back and sat outside her door, hoping she'd calm down. She never did. The director came to see what was going on and she went in there and apparently calmed her down. They told me to go ahead and leave. I was about to just take her home- but didn't want to start that because I didn't want her to think that everytime she acted up, she could go home. I called the principle later that day and she told me that she finally settled down but was still not happy. Rachel expressed her concern over Maggie's aggression and said that we really needed to discuss it -it was not only affecting her, but also the teachers and the other kids in the class. Maggie's become extremely disruptive, not listening at all and Rachel didn't see how it will be possible for her to move up to the 4 yr old class in the fall (at this point). So, I explained we were going to get her evaluated on Monday by a psychotherapist/behavorial therapist who specializes in foster care/traumatized kiddos. Rachel was happy to hear that. I just didn't know what to do.Should we pull her out and find some other place - we were hopeful that this would be a good fit for her, due to small classes, etc...but apparently she's becoming too much for them to care for. They recommended one-on-one teaching for her. Michael & I were just beside ourselves. <br />
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Move forward -- meet with the psychotherapist named Beth. She's been doing this for 30 years and we know quite a few families who have gone to her and they all say that she has literally saved their lives. So, with that, we were hopeful. My prayer that morning was that Maggie would NOT be on her best behavior...you know what I mean....like when you go to the mechanic and they can't find anything wrong with your car, only to have it break down the next day. Well, the Lord answered my prayers....oh did He! Within 10 minutes of being in her office, Maggie had her first of 4 meltdowns...and they were DOOZIES. While I was embarassed, saddened, exhausted, frustrated, etc...I was relieved. Beth could see first hand what we were dealing with as parents and would be able to get a true picture of all that is going on with Maggie.<br />
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After 4 hours of observation and evaluation, Maggie was diagnosed with the following disorders:<br />
1. Complex PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)<br />
2. OCD (Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder)<br />
3. ODD (Oppositional Defiance Disorder)<br />
4. SID (Sensory Integration Disorder)<br />
5. RAD (Reactive Attachment Disorder)<br />
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Ok....let's all breathe.....breathe....breathe.....<br />
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We knew about the SID already, as her previous therapist had diagnosed her with this but we hadn't been able to find anyone who could help her. We had her evaluated for Occupational Therapy (OT) and she was denied because she passed the tests with "flying colors" - showing that she tested at a 6 yr old level. This particular place would not accept her on sensory issues alone, which is all she struggles with on the OT side of things. So, we weren't surprised with that diagnosis. We also knew about her OCD issues. We suspected the RAD and ODD diagnosis and were prepared to hear that, but we had no inkling of the cPTSD issue. Honestly, we really only thought that happened with war veterans, but the more we read up on it and understand it, it makes perfect sense.<br />
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Complex PTSD is the presence of prolonged, repeated trauma...which is what the majority of kids in foster care have experienced. Children exposed to complex trauma (chronic maltreatment, abuse, neglect, etc) often have impairment in several areas of their lives, such as attachment, biology, emotional regulation, behavorial control, and cognition...just to name a few. So the way I read this is that c-PTSD has the potential of explaining the alphabet soup of labels many of our kids get.<br />
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It's all been <em>just a bit</em> overwhelming....um...that would be the understatement of the year. It's been completely overwhelming. It's exhausting, frustrating, and breaks this momma (and her daddy's) heart. We are taking things day by day, and sometimes hour by hour....and trusting and believing that the God who saved Maggie and blessed us with her as our daughter, is NOT finished with her yet.<br />
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Now that we know this....what in the world do we do?! More to come....Courthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661666804635315977noreply@blogger.com0