A Good Morning

Kylie is doing great this morning. She is having good output from her ileostomy. What wonderful reassurance that is to me that everything is working properly. Emotionally, we continue to see such good things happening. Kylie's personality and obedience is all coming back. When I think back to how things were only 2-3 weeks ago, I am utterly amazed at what an awesome God we have who hears our prayers. Three weeks ago, I was almost ready to lose my mind. I was honestly beginning to wonder if Kylie's issues were going to be permanent. It was very scary. I seriously felt like I had two special-needs children. As most of you know, Carson was born with microcephaly and to describe it simply, his brain is not growing (although he is doing extremely well for his diagnosis). We love him to pieces and he is so much fun. However, put the two of them together and it was chaotic. With the Kylie’s behavioral issues, she was more than a handful. I could not take my eyes off of her for more than one minute or she was destroying something. I could actually trust Carson way more than I could Kylie. It is usually the opposite. Here’s a glimpse of how crazy life was here one afternoon…Kylie found gum in Kaycee’s desk and started stuffing it into her mouth. Next minute, she’s yanking the return address labels out of the dispenser. Then she’s in the kitchen completely cleaning out one of the cabinets and throwing everything on the floor, then she’s unwrapping gifts under the tree, then she’s into my cleaning supplies, then she’s taking ornaments off the tree, and then I finally see her sitting quietly in the family room by her toys. Oh, what a relief, she’s finally playing so nicely—so I think. Little did I know, she was unraveling the end of her ileostomy bag and draining the contents onto our nice, only three year old carpet. I was nearly ready to lose it. It all really happened this fast, one thing right after another. I’d be cleaning up one mess and she’d be working on another.

Life is much different in our household today! Kylie can be trusted again and I have my little helper back. We have SO much to be thankful for! Thank you again for praying for our family. I know that there are so many of you praying, many of you whom I do not know or have not met. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.