Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Eve is for reflection. I used to be in the practice of thanking God for the good. Lately those thanking muscles have atrophied.  What am I thankful for?  As I struggle with which answer to give at the table tomorrow, I searched the scriptures for thankfulness.  The red thread- the people were thankful to God because He is Good.  When it is hard to say “thank you,” I can thank God for His character; Sovereignty, Intimacy, Patience, Goodness, Provision, Wisdom…

Noah is almost 7 months old now.  I think the grief of receiving a less than perfect child has passed, but a new grief has taken it’s place.  We are now experiencing death of dreams.

Noah has had some great appointments in the last month.  He continues to be in remission, and his bloodwork is nearly perfect (in spite of momma worrying)!!  His immunity appears that it has rebounded, we are giving him some awesome supplements to ensure he doesn’t get sick, and he will be receiving the RSV vaccine this week.  He has had a cold for nearly 7 weeks, and hasn’t gained weight in this time.  His Pulmonologist thinks it is reflux causing congestion and cough, and I am starting to think so too.  He will have a swallow study in several weeks to investigate this.  He has perfect hearing in his left ear, but he wouldn’t cooperate to have the other one tested.  His Cardiologist said he doesn’t hear any murmurs, and he will have an Echo done when he is 3 just to see if the ASD is truly closed up.