"In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you." I Thessalonians 5:18
I am so thankful for Macy reaching six months!. At first, I wondered if she would get this far. She had a few seizures a couple of days after her birth, then she was rushed up to the hospital in Champaign. I did not realize at the time that a lot of kids end up having seizures in childhood.
I remember that I was terrified for my little one when they said that they were going to air lift her to Champaign. Andy and I drove up there. They wouldn't let us hold her when we saw her there in the neonatal unit. I had just got to hold her too. She had meconium in her lungs when she was born, and they put her on a c pack that just gave her extra oxygen I believe. So when she got off of that I was allowed to hold her. She was just trying to get the hang of nursing, since they feed her some formula first. Then the seizure or seizures happened.
I was upset at the nurses in Champaign. The doctors too. They were observing her for any seizure activity. I did not care about that. I wanted my baby. I cried and cried that night. Andy and I got to stay at a house there in Champaign that helps people stay near their loved one for FREE. That was neat, but I wanted my baby. That is what I kept thinking.
After a day or so, I wondered what was with me being so sad. I had prayed about Macy, but had not turned the situation over to God. That day I did. I told God that I would be thankful for the time I had with Macy. I would go on, and be glad in the situation. Not glad that Macy was in the hospital, but glad in my heart for whatever time I could have with Macy. At that time, I thought she might die.
I had been thinking of the little Precious Moments boy who dropped his ice cream and the dog was licking it up. It says beside him, "Praise the Lord Anyway". I told God that I was going to praise Him no matter what was happening with Macy. I was going to be happy in what I did have. Not think about not getting to hold Macy, etc.
They did all kinds of tests on poor Macy. She had an iv for the first few days there and had had some little needles just under her scalp for a bit. (to show her brain waves). She did have some more seizure activity. They did put her on medicine. (which she had to take for the first few months of her life). I did get to hold her again and I still get to hold her everyday. I have been able to nurse her even after having to pump milk for the first week of her life. She was born on the 21st and we finally got to take her home on New Years Eve.
That was a hard time. I knew that with God I would get through it. Some people asked Andy how I was doing. Some thought that I would be doing bad, but Andy said I was doing well. The only reason why I did well was God. He walked me through my time of need. I continued to praise Him for all the good in my life, and I got through. I praise Him for helping me through that time!
I had changed my blog name from Writer to Having Faith to remind myself to have faith. I want to remind myself to rest in my Saviour. To do as I should and rest in Him. I know sometimes I find it hard to just rest in God. So reminders from His Word, and the title of this blog are great reminders to me. God never fails! God is good, all the time!
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Anniversary trip & I Love Lucy
We took an anniversary trip to St. Louis. Since I am nursing Macy, we decided to bring her along. We got to St Louis early, and first went to the art museum. Macy was mostly okay there. We went back to the van, and I fed and changed Macy. We went over to the St Louis zoo just to eat lunch, (they are both in the forest park area)as we were not too impressed with the art museums lunch selection. Macy was getting upset with me by then. Since Andy is a fast eater, he took Macy to see the monkeys while I finished my lunch. (We had told RaeAnn that we weren't going to the zoo, which was the orginal plan, so we didn't stay to look at the rest of the animals).
We walked over to the huge fountain area next. I used my cover up and fed Macy a bit here as well. (She is a snacker most of the time). We walked over to the history museum after this. The history museum turned out to be a slightly longer walk than we had thought. I ended up carrying Macy for at least part of the way. She was getting sleepy, but fighting it. She feel asleep in my arms, but only for a little bit. I put her back in the stroller, only to have to pick her back up soon after. I really enjoyed the 1904 World's Fair part of the museum. I hope to learn more about it now. I had to stop and feed Macy here as well. As I said, she is a snacker.
By now it was 5, and we decided to go to St. Mills Mall. This mall is huge with an indoor ice rink, go cart track, carrosuel, mini golf, kid play area, and now a mini train that goes throughout the mall. We just walked around, browsing there. We saw a rainbow on the way out.
We ate at Outback Steakhouse at about 7:30. Macy was getting pretty tired by now. She had not slept much all day. She usually doesn't sleep much during the day, so by 7 or 8, she is ready for bedtime. She reminds me of Reagan at this age. Macy was happy for part of the dinner. Then, she got really upset, so before I was done eating, I took her out to the van to feed her and get her ready for bed. Andy brought the rest of my dinner out for me.
So we were all getting tired and ready to rest by this time. Andy went to the Ramada Inn that he thought he had reservations at. Well, it turned out that the reservation was at a different Ramada just a few miles away. We could see this other Ramada from the interestate, but when we got off the interestate, we had trouble finding the road we needed. Andy stopped to ask for directions. We got to the Ramada, and we were supposed to have a king sized bed. Well, the interenet reservations were overbooked for king sized beds, so we would have to take two double beds. We weren't mad about it, just disappointed. Macy was sound asleep at this time. When we got to our room door, Andy used the card key, and pushed the handle UP, it did not open. He tried again. It was not budging. He then read what he should have read first. The handle must be pushed DOWN to open. We had never had a motel door do that before. Either way you push the handle usually had worked. (I was ready to have Andy go tell them that we got a defective key or something).
We got in the room to find that the closet door could not close (it was stuck), it had a crack in the glass as well, so Andy told me to leave it alone. I was wanting it to close though, I just would have felt better if it was closed go figure. We ended up sleeping separately in the double beds to have more room (we have a queen at home, and a king at Andy's mom's, so we are used to space). So I started thinking that this was like an I Love Lucy episode.
So the next day....we were offered a cold breakfast of fig newtons, honey buns, plain bagels, and Eggo waffles. They did have a toaster and microwave. We did enjoy the waffles, and I ate a couple fig newtons, but we did stop at McDonald's to have a sausage biscuit. (The other Ramada had had a wonderful free hot breakfast with real plates even that is why we wanted to stay there again).
We headed over to Meramac Caverns. We paid and were just starting the tour, when Macy decided to start crying. It is somewhat dark in there, and I think that was her problem. I try to take her to a darkened room to get her to nap during the day. The tour guide asked if we would be alright. I said that we would as long as she feel asleep. She did not fall asleep, but calmed down for at least part of the tour. I enjoyed the cave, but did not find it to be chilly as others had told me. I was sweating carrying Macy, and took off my jacket before the tour was finished. (they do not allow strollers on the tour).
Andy and I were laughing and saying that nothing was going right for the trip, but that it was a good sign we could laugh about it. Andy says he isn't sure that he wants to take a baby on an anniversary trip again. We did have fun though- spending time together.
We walked over to the huge fountain area next. I used my cover up and fed Macy a bit here as well. (She is a snacker most of the time). We walked over to the history museum after this. The history museum turned out to be a slightly longer walk than we had thought. I ended up carrying Macy for at least part of the way. She was getting sleepy, but fighting it. She feel asleep in my arms, but only for a little bit. I put her back in the stroller, only to have to pick her back up soon after. I really enjoyed the 1904 World's Fair part of the museum. I hope to learn more about it now. I had to stop and feed Macy here as well. As I said, she is a snacker.
By now it was 5, and we decided to go to St. Mills Mall. This mall is huge with an indoor ice rink, go cart track, carrosuel, mini golf, kid play area, and now a mini train that goes throughout the mall. We just walked around, browsing there. We saw a rainbow on the way out.
We ate at Outback Steakhouse at about 7:30. Macy was getting pretty tired by now. She had not slept much all day. She usually doesn't sleep much during the day, so by 7 or 8, she is ready for bedtime. She reminds me of Reagan at this age. Macy was happy for part of the dinner. Then, she got really upset, so before I was done eating, I took her out to the van to feed her and get her ready for bed. Andy brought the rest of my dinner out for me.
So we were all getting tired and ready to rest by this time. Andy went to the Ramada Inn that he thought he had reservations at. Well, it turned out that the reservation was at a different Ramada just a few miles away. We could see this other Ramada from the interestate, but when we got off the interestate, we had trouble finding the road we needed. Andy stopped to ask for directions. We got to the Ramada, and we were supposed to have a king sized bed. Well, the interenet reservations were overbooked for king sized beds, so we would have to take two double beds. We weren't mad about it, just disappointed. Macy was sound asleep at this time. When we got to our room door, Andy used the card key, and pushed the handle UP, it did not open. He tried again. It was not budging. He then read what he should have read first. The handle must be pushed DOWN to open. We had never had a motel door do that before. Either way you push the handle usually had worked. (I was ready to have Andy go tell them that we got a defective key or something).
We got in the room to find that the closet door could not close (it was stuck), it had a crack in the glass as well, so Andy told me to leave it alone. I was wanting it to close though, I just would have felt better if it was closed go figure. We ended up sleeping separately in the double beds to have more room (we have a queen at home, and a king at Andy's mom's, so we are used to space). So I started thinking that this was like an I Love Lucy episode.
So the next day....we were offered a cold breakfast of fig newtons, honey buns, plain bagels, and Eggo waffles. They did have a toaster and microwave. We did enjoy the waffles, and I ate a couple fig newtons, but we did stop at McDonald's to have a sausage biscuit. (The other Ramada had had a wonderful free hot breakfast with real plates even that is why we wanted to stay there again).
We headed over to Meramac Caverns. We paid and were just starting the tour, when Macy decided to start crying. It is somewhat dark in there, and I think that was her problem. I try to take her to a darkened room to get her to nap during the day. The tour guide asked if we would be alright. I said that we would as long as she feel asleep. She did not fall asleep, but calmed down for at least part of the tour. I enjoyed the cave, but did not find it to be chilly as others had told me. I was sweating carrying Macy, and took off my jacket before the tour was finished. (they do not allow strollers on the tour).
Andy and I were laughing and saying that nothing was going right for the trip, but that it was a good sign we could laugh about it. Andy says he isn't sure that he wants to take a baby on an anniversary trip again. We did have fun though- spending time together.
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