Need a Laugh ??

     I sooo wish I would have started this blog a LONG time ago !  My boys say & do the FuNNIeSt things & I don't want to forget these things that make me smile, laugh, & cringe !!
      So today 8-31-2011 ZB watched Mickey Mouse on YouTube...  Well a few hours later when I got on the computer I felt a lump under my mousepad - I thought this is weird I mean in ALL the years of my computer time I've never felt a lump.. So after a few minutes of it bothering me I lifted the edge - an EartHwOrM !!!!  thanks for the laugh ZB :)  love you :)

The Call that I'll Never Forget....

     So since i already had my 3 lil helpers dressed & out of the house i figured we would stop by target before heading home to grab a few things.  i had briefly seen my pastors wife in the card section upon entering the store - we chatted a few moments & then i wanted to rush along before baby ZC needed to eat !  so we grabbed about 1/2 of what we came for & the phone rang... over a year later i still remember where i was walking/standing at in the store (facing east just outta the cold section w/the dishes on my left).  it was a horrible feeling....  this voice on the other end was telling me that my beautiful, precious ZC's liver numbers were not good & that i would need to see a specialist...  my feet felt like lead, yet at the same time i couldn't walk 'fast' enough... it was like i was trapped - i mean seriously my heart was being RIPPED outta my chest & being stomped on....  here i am living life & i was just  told i could lose it....

       so i started making my way up front to pay for what was already in my cart...  i was crying - people were staring - i was feeling like i wanted to scream - you have NOOOO idea what i am experiencing.  just then i 'happened' (another part of my awesome Heavenly Father's plan !) to see my pastor's wife again. she prayed over us right then & there in the middle of the busiest section of target...  my husband does not carry a cell phone so she was my 1st adult to share with that i needed serious prayers.

     za & zb were very, very concerned - asking why was mommy crying ??  what is wrong ??  i just kept saying we MUST pray for zc to be healthy & for healing inside of him...  this was the start of a long journey for these 2 big brothers. they both prayed & i could not stop praying.  i just kept praying, praying, & praying.....  my heart was pleading with our Maker for my new blessing to be perfect.

The Start of a Long Medical Journey

     So we made an appt to see the pediatrician when she would be back in our town...  Upon seeing ZC she still felt confident that this was a case of nothing more than breastfed jaundice.  she made me feel like there really was no reason for this appt i had chose to make...  i failed to mention that the nurse had even sd on the phone that maybe we could just get him checked at his 2mos well check - i sd i definitely did not feel comfortable doing that.  so the dr sd that she would do a blood test just to make me happy !!!!!  okay ! "make me happy"....  so here i am with my 3 precious babes... we go over to get his blood drawn =  seems like a simple task, right ??


     well nope nothin easy about it.  the dr ordered loads of tests  - too many tests the lab tech sd as lil zc was too lil to spare as much blood would be necessary. so infront of me the already upset momma the technician & the dr went back & forth over the phone for a good 20 minutes !  my confidence level in this pediatrician was going down by each word i heard b/t the 2 of them !  thank goodness God blessed us with a knowledgeable lab tech - as she was the one who was telling the dr - he only weighs .... that means i can only draw ... amount of blood.


     so finally the sweet lab tech whom i know God put there to protect ZC took his precious blood & sent us on our way... sd that some of  the results would be back in bout an hour.... and others would take longer to be processed..  we'd only get a call  IF something wasn't right.


     

the Start of a Miracle before Our Eyes !!

     its one of those moments i never want to forget yet also hate thinking about times....  since i want to share how much the Lord has blessed us i have decided to finally share our miraculous story !  a year ago (2010) this time i  was a mess.  i had a beautiful newborn baby - ZC, a 28mos old ZB, & a 4yr old - ZA.
     
       it was that momma instinct.  our precious tiny new lil bundle was sleeping way more than we thought normal, had a very swollen tummy that was hard, & was yellow head to toe = including the whites of his eyes.  pediatrician kept saying it was jaundice.... but i just wasn't quite thinking so - ZA & ZB both came home from the hospital w/jaundice...  here ZC was born in june - i had this baby sunbathing nude - -     how i wondered could it be JUST jaundice ??..  then   few days /week or so later i was told he had breastfed jaundice.... okay now that was a new one on this momma so i felt 'better' ...
     
       until everyone around us made comments on his YELLOW skin & eyes....  OK that's IT .... no more of this over the phone business - i demanded for him to be seen.  well i recall that the day i decided enough was enough that the pediatrician we were using was at a clinic in a different town... i could either try to go there or just wait - the nurse i kept speaking with was sure that waiting another few days was no biggie.... she had me = i mean these people go to school for years & have been practicing forever....  i must just be overcautious ???  well IF i was able to undo/redo something this is ONE of them i WISH i could.... i wish SO bad i would've just put my new baby in the car & drove to the amazing Children's Hospital nearby... but that was in a different town - sadly the thought never crossed my mind...  i was a tire/worried momma hoping that those i was putting my trust in were doing the right thing.