What A Relief

Hello everybody! Just wanted to let you know Benjamin's cardiology checkup went wonderful. Dr. Douglas said that the defect we are watching has not gotten any worse and we don't need to see him again for a year! That is the longest we have gone without seeing him. Overwhelming. To say the least, we are relieved. Also, sweet princess Emily is doing much better. The swelling has gone down and I took it upon myself to take her off of the steroids unless she blows up again! She went to bed much easier tonight! Yay! Mommy is a bit more sane tonight as well! Haahaa! Hope everyone had a wonderful day.

What Is It?

Hello folks! It's been an interesting few days! Our sweet Emily has gotten a virus and a full body rash secondary to that virus! It started out as what looked like a few red small bumps and progressively got worse. By yesterday morning her left eye was swollen shut! She is drugged out on Benedryl and steroids! The steroids make her hyper! It's like I told Jason, it's estrogen on steroids! It's crazy! We caught a few pictures the last few days and a couple of sweet ones of the kiddos! Sweet sweet moments! Tomorrow will be another big day. At 9am Benjamin will see his cardiologist for his 6 month checkup! Will post to let you know what happens! Hope everyone is having a wonderful day!

What A Day

This has been a long day. We have two very tired kids in the bed as I type. Oh, praying they sleep through the night! The appointment went as planned. We got a diagnosis of high-functioning autism/asperger's. The doctor wanted to get blood drawn to test for any genetic problems, next will be an MRI to look at his brain. She mentioned something about because of the heart bypass and ECMO that he has been on she wants the MRI. We are very overwhelmed, but know our boy needs us to help him in so many ways. I just need God's wisdom as I care for the very different needs of two very different precious kiddos. I am going to go to bed! I am sleepy. Will put some new pictures up soon! Goodnight all.

Tomorrow will be quite a day

Well, Jason and I are trying to get ready to head out early in the morning. Emily will be staying with the Oswalts and we are heading with Benjamin to Memphis for an assessment to see if he has what is called Aspergers. We have noticed for quite some time that things were just different in ways here and there as we observed him day in and day out. We are praying for God's wisdom as we go. We just want to know how to help our little man. A good website that my friend Lindy pointed me to is very informative about this condition. If anyone is interested, this is the address : http://www.yourlittleprofessor.com/index.html Will let you know tomorrow how everything goes!

These kiddos grow too fast!

We have had a pretty uneventful day, it's cold outside, but Benjamin is always wanting to get out of this house! I don't blame him, he's like his Momma! Emily is a little princess. She has a little fluffy purse that she already holds on her arm and walks around with! They are fast asleep in their beds, and wow is the house quiet! Dad just got in from teaching a greek class at church and practicing basketball for the upcoming church league that is starting! Watch out guys, he's pretty good! Momma, well, I've got my feet up catching up on emails and sitting back relaxing. I am hoping this will be a good way to keep everyone up to date on how the Shawa family is doing! Bye for now!