Life Is Good: Resolution

Monday, January 5, 2009

Resolution

All you hear about these days are New Years resolutions. I've never been too big on making resolutions. They seem to be those infamous things you hope to change in a new year, but by December 31 you find yourself distraught at the realization that you must make the same resolutions all over again...year after year.

The start of a new year always excites me for some reason. I've been thinking about the new year...this new year, 2009. I have some hopes and dreams for this year. I won't call them resolutions for by definition a resolution is a decision to do something--with certainty, and the only thing I am resolute (certain) about is that God is my All, Jesus is my Lord.

My hopes and dreams for this year:

To grow closer to God through prayer and Bible reading
To read the entire Bible--I hate to admit that I've never read the Bible in it's entirety.
To be in the center of God's will
To be less concerned with how I want to write my life story and more concerned with how God writes it.
To eat healthier so I can be healthier for my family
To exercise as often as I can so I can be/feel healthy for my family
To play with Ryan more
To worry less what others think and more about what's right
To love my husband more
To spend more time with family
To be more disciplined in all areas of my life
To play with my dogs more
To read to my family more
To establish a better daily routine with Ryan, so at the end of the day I don't feel like I've missed opportunities to play, teach, and enjoy life
I really hope to have Ryan potty-trained by the end of the year (preferably sooner than later)
I really hope to be pregnant by the end of the year (again...preferably sooner than later)

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Ryan Update

Ryan woke up at about 2:30 this morning crying. When I went to check on my little guy I found that he was very hot. His temperature was 102.6 which is hot, but not necessarily dangerous. I gave him some Tylenol and soothed him for a while until he was asleep again. I returned to bed. He woke up at least one other time through the night. He has been feverish throughout the day with a temp of 100+ for most of the day. This evening when I put him in bed his temp was normal. His only other symptom is really "wet" congestion with a loose cough that seems to come and go. I decided to wait to take him to the doctor. I'll see how the night and tomorrow morning goes.

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Brandy Danielle

Brandy is our firstborn, our precious angel baby girl. Her entry into this world wasn't without excitement. At 26 weeks I started preterm labor with contractions 5 minutes apart. With 10 weeks of strict bedrest, most of which were in the hospital, she made it to 36 weeks.
Brandy was diagnosed with "possible/probable" heart defect around 28-30 weeks gestation. After her birth she was whisked away to the NICU for monitoring and after a few days her defect was formally diagnosed and labeled...atrial septal defect and a cleft mitral valve.
Brandy, upon indications of failure to thrive and pulmonary hypertension, underwent her first of 2 open-heart surgeries at 4 months of age. A week after her surgery on the day of her anticipated discharge home Brandy coded for 13 minutes...a stoke.
From that point on Brandy's life was full of doctor's visits, endless crying, pain and suffering. She underwent another heart surgery, fundoplication and g-tube surgery, treatment for infantile spasms, and a mountain of tests and procedures. Her brain damage was extensive.
Upon counseling of our wonderful, most amazing heart surgeon, Dr. Christopher Knott-Craig, and many hours of prayer, we finally called in hospice and called off all of the extensive medical interventions and surgery needs that would prolong her suffering while possibly prolonging her life. Brandy, our precious baby girl...our angel...passed out of our arms and into the arms of her Saviour, Jesus at the tender age of 17 months.

Ryan Andrew

Ryan, our micro-preemie miracle, is a ball of life. After nearly a year of trying to conceive imagine our delight when we finally knew he was on the way. My pregnancy with Ryan was uneventful at first. It seemed perfect and with all of the precautions for preterm labor being taken and monitored we entered this pregnancy with cautious anticipation covered over by a whole love of naive excitement.
At 20 weeks we discovered our "Baby Peanut" was going to be a little boy. We began to make plans and began dreaming about the day we would meet our son.
Almost 2 weeks later everything changed in our lives. It wa a whirlwind of fear and emtions as I began to bleed, was sent for monitoring in L&D and eventually had an appointment with my OB only to find out that it was serious. I had incompetent cervix with hourglassing membranes. The doctor admitted me to the hospital immediately and an emergency cerclage was placed. The statistics were grim, but the hope was to keep our son inside for at least 10 more weeks. We only made it 10 more days.
Early in the evening of February 11, 2007 our son, Ryan, came into this world in emergency fashion at only 23 weeks 5 days gestation. He weighed 1 pound 8 ounces and was 12 ½ inches long. He was so tiny. All I could think of was “oh my goodness is he really that tiny? And is there any way he could actually make it?” I tried to hold on to hope, but in all honesty I had never met anyone with a baby born that early and that small that ever made it.
Ryan did make it! It was a long, hard road, but in the end he spent 90 days in the NICU. He was on a ventilator for 2 months. Finally on one fine glorious day in May we bundled up our 4 pound 4 ounce baby boy and went home...May 11, 2007.
Ryan is now a spunky, lively, strong-willed little boy. His laughter is contagious and his spirit is compelling. He is our miracle. There are no words strong enough to share our delight and joy that God has blessed us with this little boy.

Evan Alexander