Home and Healthy!

We are home and healthy for now! Thank you all for your prayers even during the unknown times. I know I say this a lot but whenever we have such a traumatic thing happen, we go into survival mode, and honestly into a fog. First of all, we didn't have a computer at the hospital this time. My Mom wanted to bring mine to me, but she also had my kids and the hospital was urging us to not let the kids visit with all the germs, flu, H1N1 going around. So, it was just me and my phone and the slowest computer in the world in the waiting room.

Excuse that I haven't updated #2: We got home and dropped everything. Including ourselves. I kid you not, I don't even remember getting home. We were there for 3 nights, in the same clothes, sleeping on chairs. I don't think WE even realized we were there.

But enough excuses! I'm writing now and that's all that matters, right? Just agree with me in front of my face k? You can yell at me under your breath when we're done here. ;)

So, V decided that she wanted to cooperate with every.single.test.done. Her Echo, EKG, Chest Xray, AND Cath procedure all looked great! They DID, however, have to go in and balloon that artery that was obstructed again. So, they would have had to do the cath soon anyway. Dr. Divikar, who is the cath Dr, said though, that he doesn't recommenced anymore caths. That next time V is in distress, we move right along to surgery. Be it the Glenn or putting her on a list, it's just time. I have a feeling that they may try the Glenn again before going for the transplant. They strongly believe in keeping the heart you have for as long as you can. For me, though, with the way things went with the last Glenn, I'm almost more open to a transplant! The Glenn almost killed Veiyah in February if you remember. Read HERE and on for a glimpse at why I worry about the "G" word.

Dr. Divikar said that her pulmonary arteries have grown quite significantly since February tho, and that her pressures are good. His opinion is definitely pointing toward the Glenn.

Veiyah went in on Friday around noon for the Cath. She recovered pretty good, but they did end up giving her a one time dose of morphine to keep her comfortable. She's so big now and she needs to lie flat for 6 hours after the cath. That girl was awake and ready for her Karate class that we haven't even signed her up for within the 2nd hour! So the morphine kicked in and she was happy...




Only for a little while though, since the nurses decided it was time for the H1N1 shot and the flu shot! :O! It's not her (the nurse's) fault, though. We had THAT moment only to give that shot. Getting the H1N1 Vaccine is as hard as it is to get my kids to do their school work everyday! Wait...HARDER! Yah, so the nurse had to bring someone up from the pharmacy to give the shot. The nurse couldn't even TOUCH the syringe!! WHAT? Okay, that better be a hospital rule and not a government run system.....hmmmm.

We ended up staying one more night to watch her with no oxygen to make sure that we weren't missing anything. She did so well that night so we were able to go home Saturday afternoon.

V's Awesome Night! (Sorry I get carried away on Picnik Photo Editor)





Whew! What a whirlwind! I mean, who just rushes to the hospital on a Wednesday evening in an ambulance going 90mph only to have every test come out "fine"?

Oh yeah...

Veiyah.

"V".

And maybe I'm not (once again) giving God enough credit here. Did we WANT something to be wrong? Of course we always want answers. When there are none, it feels like a waste of time, energy, and even prayers!

No prayer is wasted my friends.

Every prayer you put up for V last week (or has it been 2...wow) did not go unheard or unanswered. If anything, it's the complete OPPOSITE! If you think anything like I do, I want to hear, "this" is what's going on. She is sick and we need to do "such and such". So I ask for prayer and then "what's going on" gets MIRACULOUSLY healed?!

So who's to say that didn't happen on the ambulance ride down? Is that not a miracle? Who's to say it's not?

I truly with my whole heart believe that if we are asking God to do something in His will and in His time, He wants us to SEE his grace and mercy. Do we always notice it? Maybe not.

Take time to notice the miracles you are asking for that just might be happening all around you...you might be surprised at what a "miracle" really is! Then remember to give God the glory for it, for it came from no other~



(should i copy write that last paragraph?) ;) sooo deep~


Ahhhh, how I love V's Dirty Knees. Thank you so much for being so faithful to my family as prayer warriors, friends, and awesome support. I think I will tag this blog, make a label for it that says NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS. ;) Then you guys will just know that we are doing GREAT (Veiyah wise ;)) and that I'll update when my mind slows down a little bit. :) Sound good? Good. (not asking for permission)

V FIX! (And Hay-Day with Picnik!)