Day 15 of recovery

7/15/14

Day 15 of recovery

Today has been a great day!!!!  Yay, it feels so good to finally be able to say that!!!  Ty actually wrote a lot of the post for today so here it is:

I thought I would give Mindy a break and write this post for her.

 I know a lot of prayers have been sent our way and we couldn’t make it without them but I would like to request as many prayers as possible, however, not for Alexa but for gratitude to our Father in Heaven.

We had our 1^st good night last night with Alexa getting over 10 hours of sleep. Even though she is still in a lot of pain and has a long way to go, it appears that she might be topping over the mountain finally.

We have witnessed prayer after prayer being answered and miracle after miracle take place and my heart is so full of gratitude to my Heavenly Father for his tender mercies.  James 5:11“Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.” I know we are on earth to learn to live by faith, however through his compassion towards us, our Father in Heaven will send us a little confirmation, a reminder or assurance when we need it the most, to re-assure us that he is there and if we trust in him he will take charge. 

I had one of those moments or tender mercy shown me just the other day. When nothing seemed to be working and Alexa seemed to be getting worse by the minute, Mindy had stepped into the bathroom and so I took the moment and I pleaded with Heavenly Father to help me understand what was going on. As Alexa’s father I needed to know what was needed to be done to help her turn the corner so she could begin the healing process. Nothing was working and something needed to change. As I was pleading and pondering I had the impression that it wasn’t because the medications were wrong but that for some reason she wasn’t absorbing them. I immediately went to the nurse’s station and told her, “I think she is not absorbing her medications”, and asked if that was possible. She said she hadn’t heard of that happening but she would bring it up with the doctors in the morning.

 I wasn’t aware that Mindy had gone into the bathroom to find a place to be alone so she could open her heart to her Heavenly Father as well. It was late in the afternoon and the Doctors only make their rounds in the morning but Mindy was pleading for help for her daughter and praying that the doctors would act quickly. Neither of us knew what the other had done. Mindy was back in the room when I returned. It wasn’t but minutes later before the Doctor came walking into the room. It was late in the afternoon, the time of the day you never see the doctors, but Mindy had prayed him there. It was just one of those tender mercies and a simple answer to her prayer, reaffirming to her that God is there and is listening when she needed it the most.

And then as a mercy to me, the first words out of the Doctor’s mouth were, “I think she is not absorbing her medications”. Some would call it a coincidence, those who are trying to know God, know better. The doctor changed some of the meds and her feeding formula and she immediately started to improve and has continued to do so.

Sorry for going on but this is why we would love to have prayers of gratitude offered. Thank you everyone for all you have done and are doing.

Ty and Mindy

“It might sound contrary to the wisdom of the world to suggest that one who is burdened with sorrow should give thanks to God. But those who set aside the bottle of bitterness and lift instead the goblet of gratitude can find a purifying drink of healing, peace, and understanding.` As disciples of Christ, we are commanded to “thank the Lord [our] God in all things,”¹ to “sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving,”² and to “let [our] heart be full of thanks unto God.”  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Great quote and here is a link to the complete address on “Being grateful in any circumstances”

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2014/04/grateful-in-any-circumstances?lang=eng#17-10985_000_41uchtdorf

Today Ty & I went to a class & learned how to care for her feeding tube & picc line.  The only thing holding us here in the hospital is that she is still on the suction with her g tube.  She hasn’t been able to tolerate it being clamped for too long without getting nauseated so we will be here till she is able to tolerate that.  Here is lots of pics from today!

So tonight is the All-star baseball game & last night was a big pre-game celebration. At midnight the fireworks started & Ty said it shook the windows. That's the time Alexa got up to go to the bathroom & she got to see them too!

Look at her go!!  This is her 1st solo trip down the hall!!!



 

This is the sign Alexa got in the mail today made by Chris & Kristina Rowley's family! It made her face light up! Thank you so much!!!

 

Oh my gosh!! You should have seen Alexa's reaction to this!!  Ty had her walk to the gift shop a few days ago & she saw this stuffed cat & wanted it so bad. Ty's parents ordered this for her along with a balloon & card & when they walked into her room with this Alexa was absolutely speechless! She told them they must have the wrong room & had to check the card before they left to make sure it was for her. This came while Ty & I were at our class & when we got back she wanted to know if Ty had told his parents that she had wanted that cat. He hadn't told them a thing! She was so happy that she had to call them to tell them!!!

Here she is outside again. This time we stayed out for about 10 min. I was trying to get her to pose in front of the flowers but she wouldn't.