Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Underestimating God’s Power
As most of you know we had our second echocardiogram last week for our little baby girl Claire. I (Amanda) went into the appointment thinking that most everything would be the same as before since we have learned that most baby’s heart anatomy is formed in the first eight week of their young lives. God continues to surprise us. As Dr Wheeler (Claire’s cardiologist), was watching and interpreting the heart images from the echo he saw a few things with Claire’s heart that he hadn’t seen before. Dr Wheeler finished with the Echo and came back in with his drawing of what he thought Claire’s heart looked like now. She definitely still has hypoplastic left ventricle (a very small left ventricle), double outlet right ventricle (the aorta and pulmonary arteries coming out of the right ventricle), but this time he saw a pulmonic valve (the valve regulates blood going from the heart to the pulmonary arteries that take blood to lungs). During her last echo the most concerning thing was the fact that her pulmonic valve appeared to not be there or it was not working very well. This time THERE WAS BLOOD FLOW! Dr Wheeler also told us that Claire’s heart appeared that it had “compensated” for what anatomy she has, and there is possibility she will not need the first surgery and come out looking pretty good! So now we are scheduled to have another echocardiogram in about a month. Dr Wheeler did add that there usually is not much of a change in the first and second scans. As I was driving home so many things were running through my mind. Of course, what great news it was to hear that Claire’s heart appears to be doing better. I can not even count how many prayers I have personally prayed, as well as many others, that her little pulmonary arteries would grow and now that my prayers have been answered they exact way I had asked I didn’t know what to think. I know God will take care of Claire and of us no matter what happens, but I have also underestimated God’s awesome healing power. Claire continues to make God famous!!
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Disney Trip
Thursday Feb 4th, I left school and headed to pick up the family and head to the airport for the trip to Orlando, FL. We were excited to see Mikey Mouse and see the other attractions at Disney World. I can just imagine the site as Colton, Amanda and I got on the transit bus to move from the Red Long Term Parking Lot to the Terminal. All of us had our own check on bags as well as one carry one. In addition, I had the opportunity to bring a car seat and a stroller. To say the least, I had my hands full. After checking in, we had the exciting opportunity of going through Security with a toddler. If you have not experienced this yet, good luck when it is your turn. Interesting to say the least, trying to keep a little one from running around and bumping into everyone while trying to get your shoes off and computers in the appropriate containers. Fun. Luckily, we had two adults for one child... Good odds, I guess.
We boarded the plan and found three seats near the back of the southwest flight. We got airborne and I was prepared with a portable dvd player for the two-year-old. Just our luck, the battery did not hold the charge on the dvd player so we had to find other methods of entertainment for Colton. He played with my new Ipod Touch - hitting the buttons on an average of every five seconds claiming "that one not work." But we made it without any problems.
We arrived to Orlando on time and Danny and Dave were at the air port ready to help us get back to the house. We rented a house that had a nice pool and hot tube (which I thoroughly enjoyed). We hang out that evening and planned our festivities for the following days.
Day One - Epcot
We woke up early and headed to Epcot on the first day knowing that it was probably going to rain at some point. As soon as we got there, Colton got to start to see some of the Characters. Stitch was the first to get denied. Colt said he was too scary so Daisy was the first picture we were able to capture. Some of the highlights were: Nemo, Figment, Mission Space and meeting the Characters. Mandi was a little upset that we didn't make it back to the countries during the day. It was raining at night and you really couldn't get that great of pictures at night. We decided to pack it up early and not stay for the laser light show that night because we had an early morning the next day.
Day Two - Breakfast with the Characters and Magic Kingdom
We got up early on the second day and headed to breakfast with the characters. Colton enjoyed the Mickey Waffles and we all got to see the characters moving from table to table. Good times and good food.
We did have a difficult time getting to Magic Kingdom as the Monorail experienced some lengthy delays. There was not enough room in one monorail car for all of us so Mandi / Colton and I got separated (bad idea). Mandi had to deal with Colton as well as had to stand with a crying baby as no mail in the car would offer her a seat (pretty sad considering she is pregnant.
Once we made it to the Magic Kingdom, we hit some nice attractions and enjoyed the day. Highlights included: It's a small world, Buzz Lightyear, Mickey Mouse Ice Cream, and the parade.
Day Three - Hollywood Studios
We slept in a little before heading to MGM. Good day of adventure. Highlights included: Playhouse Disney, Block Party, and the new Toy Story Mania. Toy Story was the coolest ride of the trip. 4-D shoot em up game.
Day Four - Magic Kingdom
We decided to go back to the Magic Kingdom on our last day to see the remaining attractions we did not have time for on Day 2. We made sure to visit Mickey's house as well as catch the Peter Pan ride. Colton wanted to ride "its a small world" again he continues to sing the song at home. Pretty funny. We left around 2pm to make sure we could check in for our flight early enough. The flight back was pleasant and we arrived back to the cold and snowy Ohio in time to meet my parents for dinner.
Overall, it was a good trip and we captured a lot of great family moments on video and still images for us to enjoy for a very long time.
We boarded the plan and found three seats near the back of the southwest flight. We got airborne and I was prepared with a portable dvd player for the two-year-old. Just our luck, the battery did not hold the charge on the dvd player so we had to find other methods of entertainment for Colton. He played with my new Ipod Touch - hitting the buttons on an average of every five seconds claiming "that one not work." But we made it without any problems.
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We arrived to Orlando on time and Danny and Dave were at the air port ready to help us get back to the house. We rented a house that had a nice pool and hot tube (which I thoroughly enjoyed). We hang out that evening and planned our festivities for the following days.
Day One - Epcot
We woke up early and headed to Epcot on the first day knowing that it was probably going to rain at some point. As soon as we got there, Colton got to start to see some of the Characters. Stitch was the first to get denied. Colt said he was too scary so Daisy was the first picture we were able to capture. Some of the highlights were: Nemo, Figment, Mission Space and meeting the Characters. Mandi was a little upset that we didn't make it back to the countries during the day. It was raining at night and you really couldn't get that great of pictures at night. We decided to pack it up early and not stay for the laser light show that night because we had an early morning the next day.
Day Two - Breakfast with the Characters and Magic Kingdom
We got up early on the second day and headed to breakfast with the characters. Colton enjoyed the Mickey Waffles and we all got to see the characters moving from table to table. Good times and good food.
We did have a difficult time getting to Magic Kingdom as the Monorail experienced some lengthy delays. There was not enough room in one monorail car for all of us so Mandi / Colton and I got separated (bad idea). Mandi had to deal with Colton as well as had to stand with a crying baby as no mail in the car would offer her a seat (pretty sad considering she is pregnant.
Once we made it to the Magic Kingdom, we hit some nice attractions and enjoyed the day. Highlights included: It's a small world, Buzz Lightyear, Mickey Mouse Ice Cream, and the parade.
Day Three - Hollywood Studios
We slept in a little before heading to MGM. Good day of adventure. Highlights included: Playhouse Disney, Block Party, and the new Toy Story Mania. Toy Story was the coolest ride of the trip. 4-D shoot em up game.
Day Four - Magic Kingdom
We decided to go back to the Magic Kingdom on our last day to see the remaining attractions we did not have time for on Day 2. We made sure to visit Mickey's house as well as catch the Peter Pan ride. Colton wanted to ride "its a small world" again he continues to sing the song at home. Pretty funny. We left around 2pm to make sure we could check in for our flight early enough. The flight back was pleasant and we arrived back to the cold and snowy Ohio in time to meet my parents for dinner.
Overall, it was a good trip and we captured a lot of great family moments on video and still images for us to enjoy for a very long time.
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