Doesn't he look healthy? This was taken a few weeks ago at the beach when we went to have family pictures taken. Upon staring it, my melted heart and I decided that we needs a new "Praying for Gavin" button.I think it's important to keep praying even when things have improved because in chronic diseases everything can take a turn for the worse again at any time with little notice. We have frequent reminders that his diseases are still here with us; we've just been blessed to have it under control for so long now (7 weeks, but I'm not counting or anything!)
He's come a long way in the last 6 months...this is his old pray button--he has long hair, a puffy steroid face, and his 5th PICC line--it was taken this past April when he got home from the hospital:
And ohhhhh, his puffy steroid face!!!
It hardly looks like him at all!! Remember his really pale sick face when he was in the hospital last April?? He was scary anemic and scary white--the picture didn't even do it justice!
So now that you've looked at those, look at him again, now. Doesn't he look absolutely amazing? Just take it in and resist not gobbling him all up. So I turned the above picture into his new prayer button because clearly, it was time for a change!
Please grab it and paste it on your sidebar; it makes us smile to see it as we pop from blog to blog and of course it touches our heart to know that you pray for us; we appreciate all of you who leave comments to tell me so!
{Don't know how to add it to your blog? Follow these directions:}
1. Copy (right click and hit copy) the html code in the above prayer button box.
2. Go to your layout page and click on the link that says "Add a Gadget".
3. Then, click on the link that says "Add HTML".
4. Paste the code into the box provided. (Right click again and hit paste).
5. Then click on "save" and you're done, it will now be on your blog!
It's also okay to keep the one with long hair and a puffy face posted above, even though it doesn't look like him anymore but I have to say it's not my preference! : ) The first button--the black and white picture of him sitting in the bath with kinda short hair (the one that is down the sidebar on the Riggs Blog)--looks the most like he does now--and the irony in it is that picture was taken only ONE month before his condition went south again.Goes to show that it's important to keep praying.
{Don't know how to add it to your blog? Follow these directions:}
1. Copy (right click and hit copy) the html code in the above prayer button box.
2. Go to your layout page and click on the link that says "Add a Gadget".
3. Then, click on the link that says "Add HTML".
4. Paste the code into the box provided. (Right click again and hit paste).
5. Then click on "save" and you're done, it will now be on your blog!
It's also okay to keep the one with long hair and a puffy face posted above, even though it doesn't look like him anymore but I have to say it's not my preference! : ) The first button--the black and white picture of him sitting in the bath with kinda short hair (the one that is down the sidebar on the Riggs Blog)--looks the most like he does now--and the irony in it is that picture was taken only ONE month before his condition went south again.Goes to show that it's important to keep praying.
Since we have no idea of knowing what each new day will bring, we remain focused on God and we trust that even if more challenging sick times lay ahead, He will bring us through to the other side in one piece, like He already has so many times before.
God's awesome like that, wouldn't you say?!
I have to close up with a funny story from last night; I stayed up late reading a book called "Oceans Apart" by Karen Kingsbury (SOOOOO great!). I finished it at 2 am and yes, I was crying, the book was amazing. I'm about to close my eyes and fall asleep when Gavin moans "Mooooom.", in his sleep. I stop and look at him and he does it again. "Mooooooom.", but this time he kicks his legs.I'm feeling cautious, because I am unsure of what could be so wrong that it wakes him and causes him to moan at 2 am! In the past this only happened when he was sick. So I brace myself a little and answer, "Yes baby, what's wrong?".
He answers, "Mooooooom."
{pause}
"I want a samich."
You want what?!
"A samich. With no mayonaise!"
"A sandwich with no mayonaise????!!!"
{My boy doesn't eat sandwiches; he tried it once and liked it, but even that has mayonaise on it!}
"Yes. A samich. No mayonaise."
"Do you want turkey or peanut butter?"
"Mooooooom. Turkey. No. mayonaise."
I start chuckling and say, "okay!".
I went to the kicthen and made him a sandwich while my husband chuckled at me for falling for this--surely Gavin would be asleep by the time I came back with the sandwhich and Gavin most certainly would not even think about eating a sandwich!
So I got back and I gave him his sandwich. He ate it with his eyes closed, and asked me to hold it and feed it to him a couple bites into it. He ate the whole thing. {jaw on floor}
Then this morning, I asked him about his sandwich and he tells me he has absolutely no idea what I'm talking about. He says, "Mom, I don't eat sandwiches!".
Ha!! : ) I'm still finding crumbs in my bed to prove it; needless to say if this happens tonight, he'll be eating it in his bed!!
God Bless~
5 comments:
He looks so great, Carla. We keep you guys in our prayers :0).
I just read the book Oceans Apart a couple of months ago and was crying like a little baby, it's really an awesome book. Karen Kingsbury is a great writer and I can only suggest reading other books. I read more now and they have all been great :0).
Too funny about the sandwich and him not remembering. Hey at least he got some calories in him, right ;0).
He looks awesome! I have his button and every time I see it I say a prayer!
Love the picture- he looks so grown up in it compared to the previous one with the long hair.
And the sandwich story is hilarious!
He's looking so big and so cute!!
He looks AMAZING!
And I am still chuckling at the sleep-eating. And I am blaming that same affliction for my 20 pound weight gain over the past few years :)
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