God's Timing

I got a call last night from Garrett's pediatrician's nurse, which I did not expect. We had talked earlier in the week about my concerns with the Gower's sign issue that Garrett does. She said she would leave the doc a message about it. I honestly never thought he would get the message, which was why I was surprised by the Friday evening phone call.



She relayed his message that "if Mom is concerned, let's just do a CPK test to rule it out." (That is a blood test that determines if there is a break-down of creatine phosphokinase from the muscle.)



So, we have an appointment with Garrett's pediatrician on Monday morning at 8:10 and should know something on Tuesday. There is relief in knowing that one way or another we will know something by then, but also fear of what we might find out.



Would you consider fasting with us for Garrett on Monday?

I know that fasting should be done in secret, but I also know that corporate fasting is biblical:

Nehemiah 9:1-3 is one example that says: "Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the sons of Israel assembled with fasting, in sackcloth and with dirt upon them."

God has also told us this: James 5:14-15 "Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him."


Matthew 18:20 "For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst."



Hebrews 11:6 "And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him."



Matthew 21:22 "And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."



Exodus 15:26 "And He said, "If you will give earnest heed to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His sight, and give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, the LORD, am your healer."

Romans 8:32 "He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?"





I will update you all as soon as I know something Tuesday. Thank you so much for your words and scriptures you have passed along. Thank you for your prayers you have prayed for my baby boy!

I need God right now!

Well, we went to physical therapy today with Garrett. I don't know if you know this already or not, but he is still unable to jump and doesn't do stairs really well. He also get off the floor using a technique called a Gower's sign.

I've put it off for so long, but couldn't just leave it alone. It looks very much like Duchenne's muscular dystrophy. I can't even type those words without crying. The PT, who is a friend of mine, has the same suspicions. She is referring us to Dr. Sharpe, a pediatric neurologist in Cool Springs for some testing.

You may already know, but this is the worst type of MD. I've cried for days and can't stop even now. Please pray for Garrett and for us as we walk through this. I don't know a time frame for when we will see Dr. Sharpe; I feel helpless as I sit and wait for his office to call.

As a PT, it is so much easier to give this news to other families, but to see it yourself is very different. I don't know what to feel....my stomach is sick, my eyes are swollen, I can't breathe.

Garrett keeps saying, "Mommy, why are you sad?" And all I know is that my heart is broken.

JEHOVAH-JIREH!

"The Lord our Provider" has indeed done that!

God has provided me the opportunity to work a full week this week (which is so rare that I haven't done this since before Garrett was born!)!! This will pay for a substantial portion of my trip to Africa in June!

So, you won't hear much from me this week as Poppy will be holding down the fort!

It won't hurt to pray for a little JEHOVAH-SHALOM ("The Lord our Peace") in this house.

Maybe a little IMMANUEL to be just that: "God with [Poppy]." (emphasis mine!)

My African Jouney Begins....

I'll get to the more serious side of things in a later post, but today this is what I've got for you.

My friend Robyn and I went today to get our passports for Ethiopia. We went to the Columbia Post Office because it was convenient to me. Things were going well, besides the fact that no one gets in a hurry in this town. I also forgot about the large quantities of rednecks we have in this town until we heard a loud chicken/rooster call from behind us!

Seriously??

We saw 2 of these:





Apparently, it is common to mail live chickens through the USPS in Maury county Tennessee.

They just plopped these 2 boxes of chickens down on the counter next to us like they were sending little Timmy a care package....no big deal!

We should have gone to the Franklin post office!

Paradise Falls

Saturday, we went hiking just off Nachez Trace. When we told Garrett we were going to see the water falls, he automatically assumed it was Paradise Falls! So all day, we referred to it as such. Only Garrett took it a step further and told us that he was Russell and he was looking for a snipe! He came equipped with a chocolate candy bar (because we all know that's what snipes eat!) and kept shouting through the woods, "Snipe, here snipe!"

A Rite of Passage

Today, Charlotte got her toenails painted for the first time! She loved it! She saw mine and kept saying, "Pink toes!" Daddy thinks that this is the beginning of the end!

Ahhh, Spring!

Well, not really, but today is the day we began to prepare for spring by starting our garden seeds indoors!

Its no secret: I'm no gardner!

However, every year I undertake a gardening project only to fail mid-way through it when it dawns on me that I was supposed to water them.

Here's how to do it for yourself...step-by-step:

You start with these little peat moss pots.

Then you must repeat the word "Peat?!" while making a funny face.

All parties involved must take part in this activity: "Peat?!"

You fill them up with water and let them sit for a minute while they absorb it all. Its a good idea to poke your fingers around in the peat so as to get them really dirty under the fingernails while you wait.

Then they get really "fat" as Garrett and Charlotte proclaimed.

Before moving on, you must place the lid over your face and make a funny noise.

And then, breathe through your nose so as to create little streaks of condensation on the lid.

Sprinkle 2-3 seeds in each peat pot, but do your best to only put 1 type of seed into each peat clump...this could have been disasterous!

Here's what we planted today: White Half Runner Beans

Marigolds (to keep the animals away), carrots, and sweet basil.

We also have cucumbers and sunflowers.

We'll be planting watermelon, pumpkin, and lettuce directly into the ground as soon as it warms up a bit.

Then, you cover it with the lid to create a little greenhouse!

Oh, and you needs a couple of little helpers with dirty fingernails in order to get the job done!