tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327075482024-03-12T21:09:06.877-04:00Mercy DaysKimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03183948350469153196noreply@blogger.comBlogger630125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32707548.post-86001197801546990662013-08-25T13:25:00.004-04:002013-08-25T13:25:37.084-04:00MOVED!I've finally started the process of moving my blog to Wordpress! <a href="http://ourmercydays.wordpress.com/">http://ourmercydays.wordpress.com/</a><br />
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Hoping few to zero people see this blog while I am trying to work out the design kinks. I don't want to spend actual dollars to spiff it up but it was a poor reflection of me before; both in style and content. Not that I don't value all that content that I apparently needed to share with the world, but I feel my writing (just like my life) going in a different direction. I'm sad that I didn't record more of my thoughts these last several years but maybe that is more defining than writing itself would have been.<br />
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I was truly overwhelmed.<br />
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Overwhelmed like, "the waves overwhelmed the small child and he was swept away into the current and he drowned."<br />
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Like that. I was drowning.<br />
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But here I am. A little less overwhelmed. The tide that ebbs and flows slowed just enough for me to catch my breath and let loose of some shackles that made it dreadfully hard to keep my head above water. Still, I expect to find myself gargling in the waves in no time so be prepared for the typical hiatuses. I am nothing, if not consistently inconsistent.<br />
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But my heart is still full of sentiment, my thoughts still race a mile a minute and my children are relentlessly growing older by the minute. So, I hope to let that spill over here with words and pictures.<br />
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Because one day, my heart will long to be overwhelmed by these beautiful Mercy Days.<br />
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Let's also pretend that this baby of ours is not already three years old. Pretty much, no matter how you slice it, babies grow up and my heartache would paralyze me if not for the blessing of living life alongside them.<br />
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I am not fond of babies getting older. I am madly in love with turned-up noses and dimpled thighs. </div>
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The growing up is sneaky.<br />
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Hello little one. Your baby self is gone.<br />
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I'm left with some sweet glimpses and cherub glances but what I know from hindsight is this ... there will come a day when even the glimpses and glances will be all but impossible to remember. </div>
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I know this because I have been here before. I've sprawled out on blankets with babies (real and pretend) and held close the sweet little girls who are now so close to being grown that it pierces my heart daily.<br />
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And I have a terrifically difficult time remembering the parts I want to and forgetting the ones I don't.<br />
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Hurts to forget.<br />
Hurts to remember.<br />
The only thing hindsight does for me is make me want to visit those days so that it feels fresh again.<br />
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Their chubby hands around my neck ... pulling me close for one more kiss.<br />
The sound of their voice ... their funny words said wrong one more time ... the bedtime ritual played out religiously. (without my woeful sigh)<br />
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These are sweet days.<br />
These are hard days.<br />
I wish they married more poetically than they do, sometimes.<br />
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Parenting through childhood is a sweet, fleeting, beautiful once-in-a-lifetime gift.<br />
There is nothing else like it.<br />
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It's interesting to hear my oldest two talk about their childhood with such affinity and longing. Makes my heart happy to know that those years were as precious to them as they were to me.<br />
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So as this year brings with it immense change from crib to college, my heart is on quite the journey. The highs and lows are intense as I watch from youngest to oldest enter new phases of their lives.<br />
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But this is my first time to stand over the bed ... watching my firstborn sleep ... again with quiet tears. </div>
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Pray that I don't let the letting go become an idol.<br />
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It is a breathtakingly beautiful thing to see these years come to fruition. It is my life's work thus far and by His grace, that work has yielded fruit.<br />
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After Hannah's camera was stolen and my lens broke during the race a couple of weeks ago, we were pretty much starving for some photo ops ... so very grateful that Stacey sent her camera home with us for a playdate :)</div>
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Our sweet pickle turned 15 on Tuesday, April 3rd and we waited to celebrate until Wednesday, when Dad was able to join us. Work is still beckoning him ... long days and weekends too. The end of such a demanding schedule is near (we hope).<br />
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Emma has always been our cherub baby with the most nicknames (little E, Em, Emma Cate, & Pickle). Her little round cheeks were most always at the end of a happy smile :) She seemed to stay a baby for the longest, partly because she was a tiny thing but also because she seemed to relish that spot and recognized the perks!<br />
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As the last few years have brought on the inevitable changes of growing up, our sweet Emma has lost that baby face. In its place, there is that of a beautiful young lady.<br />
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And her little-girl heart has grown up as well. <br />
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Her once quite shy and introverted personality has grown to reveal an infectious sense of humor and quick wit! I am certain that my girls keep me laughing (out loud) on a daily basis and save my sanity in the process ;)<br />
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Have mercy, I still cannot believe I am here. With teenage girls who creep towards adulthood with every waking moment.<br />
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Our first set of sweet babies came to us during that very vulnerable and naive season of young parenthood. We had a poorly balanced checkbook and a newborn marriage.<br />
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We believed that the weight of our worries about bedtimes and balanced meals actually had eternal importance. Well, we must have thought that because of how much time and effort and hand-wringing went into that work!<br />
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Days of toddler-taming, poop-wiping, & snot-dripping were exhausting. That too carried what seemed like an eternal ... forever-feeling kind of burden.<br />
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I think it is impossible to have a concept of seeing beyond the baby & toddler years to a place where those same babies make all their very own choices, including bedtimes and balanced meals ... and more.<br />
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And I have now joined the ranks of mothers with grown (or nearly grown) children who lament days gone by. I regret battles, where I anguished over issues that had no lasting importance. Those battles left me feeling exhausted and hopeless. I am thankful that grace covers a multitude of sins, including mothers who nitpick and holler too much.<br />
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Hindsight is both a painful and precious thing. It helps me to narrow my focus and measure carefully where I draw my line in the sand today ... which might change tomorrow.<br />
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Mothering little ones is often referred to as being "in the trenches" and I cannot think of a better analogy. It is most definitely a time of hunkering down, girding up, and waiting for the real battle to come.<br />
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The trenches of motherhood have been a beautiful place for me ... tempered with babies breath and chubby hands, tear-stained faces and a lot of grace. Days are long but the years are more fleeting than I could have possibly imagined.<br />
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So birthdays make me a bit melancholy, I guess. Those who know me wink and nod ;)<br />
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Passages are never going to be something I take lightly ... I am immensely thankful to have journeyed this far with my sweet little E and count it as an immeasurable privilege to come out of the trenches to ready her for the world ... heart & soul.<br />
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We celebrated Daddy tonight with a very low-key evening. Hibachi (his favorite), Cold Stone (his favorite), and back-rubs from the minions (my favorite).<br />
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We tried to set the atmosphere so they would</div>
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The candles were not a deterrent. </div>
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These little hands were hard at work!</div>
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Hope your birthday, minus the extra <strike>punching</strike> massaging</div>
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Happy Birthday!</div>
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Friday, March 2nd</div>
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Doctor Visit - before any debridement </div>
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After partial debridement</div>
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The doctor was only able to remove about half </div>
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of the necrotic tissue. It was not really painful but stressful</div>
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because we had to hold her down ... which ticked her off.</div>
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Pretty gross, huh?</div>
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Progress is being made, slowly but surely.</div>
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(several days after the doctor visit)</div>
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We had some sloughing off from an area</div>
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the bandaged area? It already looks so much better than this.</div>
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This is a picture of sweet Emma whipping sweet Emily with a stick.</div>
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I am planning on using the picture as blackmail when the time is right.</div>
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Emily looks like she has </div>
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definitely been whipped into shape ;)</div>
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We celebrated Caleb's 4th birthday.</div>
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I heart these boys! I wish they could stay</div>
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chubby-cheeked and preschool age forever!</div>
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Hello baseball!</div>
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All our pictures of Clara don't involve her gnarly foot.</div>
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No doctor visit this week, so I did </div>
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my own little debridement session here at home.</div>
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I took this picture Thursday morning, March 8th.</div>
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The dead stuff is really completely dead </div>
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and just laying there, hardly attached. I watched our doctor </div>
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<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Not really.</span></i></b></div>
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Truth is, it totally freaks me out. But the old stuff just MUST come off. </div>
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It impedes all the good growth that needs to take place and </div>
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her little foot is working so hard to get better. </div>
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And a little bit more ...</div>
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Saturday, March 10th</div>
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It more than disturbs me to see a chunk of flesh</div>
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missing from my baby's foot.</div>
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But it's just "her boo-boo" to her.</div>
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"Put my bambage on pease, and don't cut me."</div>
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Will do, Sugarbritches ;)</div>
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Will do.</div>
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And it snowed!!!<br />
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We watched Sam play ball on Saturday afternoon.<br />
We ordered a gigantic pizza for dinner.<br />
Loved on babies.<br />
Laughed till our heads hurt.<br />
Ate till our bellies hurt.<br />
Gave each other invaluable parenting advice.<br />
Played in the snow!<br />
Some ran around the house barefooted in the snow in the dark (for fun) and SOME unnamed young fella didn't fair so well. He laughed it off. He had no choice ;)<br />
Ordered take-out from Don Papa Grande's.<br />
Rationed the cheese dip to make up for the FIVE enchiladas they forgot :(<br />
Built Legos.<br />
Went to Sweet Frog!<br />
And started counting the days till we see each other again!<br />
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Love you guys so very much. Grateful every day for the gift of your friendship in our lives ...<br />
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<li>Sam played his last Upwards basketball game of the season on Saturday. They were missing their best player but still almost won the game and came in first for the season! Sam did a great job (except for the part where he fouled his own guy while he was taking a shot!) Jacob (the shooter) and Sam were born at the same hospital within days of each other and I love seeing these little boys grow into big boys! They were SO upset about their loss but they played their little hineys off and several of the boys played the entire game (including Samuel!) He has been playing non-stop these days in the cul-de-sac and up the street with some older kids. Sounds like his daddy! Baseball drafts were yesterday and his practices start this coming Saturday. He is ready to go and so are we!</li>
<li>Clara's foot is gnarly, gross, funky and doing everything it should to heal at this point. We are still months away from this journey coming to a close but at least we can say with some confidence that what we see is the extent of the damage done.</li>
<li>Benjamin went to CCA last night for his classes where his teacher (the man from Candy Land) taught him that Jesus died on the cross for his sins (none of that is remotely true). He also thanked God for toots last night at dinner (that is true). That boy ain't right but we love him anyway. His vivid imagination and sweet sweet spirit makes us smile ... a whole lot.</li>
<li>Emma is dancing, pinning (Pinterest), and baking her days away. If I didn't know better I would say she is plumping me up for the slaughter because she seems bent on making me FATTER. </li>
<li>Hannah is babysitting, texting, and growing her hair to the backs of her knees. She eats all that Emma bakes and then taunts me with her skinny legs.</li>
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I am up too late every night. I have gained back the 10 pounds that I lost these last few months. I will attribute it to stress, water gain, and the atmospheric pressure.</div>
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Chris was out of town for Hannah's birthday on the 20th (Monday) so we waited to celebrate until last night :)</div>
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Dad brought home 17 beautiful pink & white carnations and we had some Cold Stone Creamery Peanut Butter Playground birthday cake. </div>
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That was a mouthful ... literally ;)</div>
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Then we headed out to P.F. Changs (her choice) for a birthday dinner ... just mom, dad and the birthday girl.</div>
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We do a lot as a family and that has always included birthday dinners. Last year as I sopped up a spilled drink and refereed a WWF match between the boys while trying to make Emma's birthday dinner feel "special" I had an epiphany!</div>
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How about celebrating birthday dinners with just Mom & Dad? I mean really, Mom & Dad could use a little celebrating too and wrangling <strike>Bonnie & Clyde</strike> Clara & Benjamin is a lot of work! </div>
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So that is just what we did last night ... and a new tradition was born!</div>
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Just what every 17 year girl dreams about!</div>
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Later at the restaurant, I waited patiently for my Mongolian Beef.</div>
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Which was really more like, "WHERE IS MY MONGOLIAN BEEF?"</div>
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We blew the waiter's mind and asked him to take a pic with Hannah's good camera.</div>
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It might have given him a seizure.</div>
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Banana Spring Rolls!</div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"But we have this treasure in jars of clay, </span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">to show </span></i></div>
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Thankful that our fortune is not contained in a cardboard cookie.</div>
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My big girl.</div>
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AKA: favorite husband and daddy :)</div>
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TARGET!</div>
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We had a wonderful time celebrating our beautiful girl! Mothering her has been one of my life's greatest blessings but calling my daughter a precious friend is an abundant gift that I do not deserve. Thankful for God's continual redemption in my life.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">What a weekend! Oh so thankful for friends who see you through from those first years of marriage and diapers to grown (or nearly grown) children and a union solidified in grace. It is truly a GIFT. Some of the most joy-filled moments were</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">spent matching socks with my sweet <a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1197980471" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1197980471" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Lea Ann</a>. While some of that joy came from being together, I must say that finding matches for several hundred thousand socks (give or take a few) is always freakishly therapeutic.</span></span><br />
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I have never seen a child in my life so anxious and excited for his birthday to come. It was more fun watching that anticipation than Christmas :)<br />
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Chris traveled for the better part of 6 weeks and was only home on Saturdays ... leaving out on Sunday after lunch. On this particular Saturday we celebrated our Benjamin boy but not before Dad did his duty and took care of the dooties in the backyard.<br />
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With his shorts on.<br />
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Making herself at home in the lap of Chris' long-lost bearded twin.</div>
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They look just like the ones from the movie!</div>
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Happy boy :)</div>
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Sweet Ellerie!</div>
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Emily "Joy"</div>
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Sweet Sarah :)</div>
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Her boots ;)</div>
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Guess How Many Army Men?<br />
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My favorite cowboy.</div>
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Thankful for sweet friends :)</div>
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She thinks he is the best!</div>
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Discussing deep 4-year old thoughts.</div>
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Well LOOK AT HIM FOR PETE'S SAKE!</div>
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The night ended with MORE TRAMPOLINE!</div>
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It's like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mie9hhQTUM"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">cowbell</span></b></a> ... but more dangerous.</div>
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Progression 1/14 - 2/8</div>
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So I began documenting the story of Clara's pressure ulcer <a href="http://mercydays.blogspot.com/2012/01/under-pressure.html">HERE</a> and then followed up <a href="http://mercydays.blogspot.com/2012/01/quick-update.html">HERE</a>. I have posted pictures regularly on Facebook in order to gain as much insight as possible about something that is so very foreign to me.<br />
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To read up more about this type of wound you can go <a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007071.htm">HERE</a>. I am absolutely sure from firsthand experience that there is a wealth of information on the internet if you want to read more. It has been referred to as a pressure ulcer or a deep tissue injury. When the splint was incorrectly placed on her foot at the ER and left for those few days it caused her heel undue pressure which in turn led to this deep tissue injury. While this type of injury happens occasionally when using splints and more often casts, it seldom (if almost never) happens with someone in this short period of time. </div>
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It has been described to me as an injury from the inside out. This is why the initial pictures don't look as bad as they do today. However, my friends who work around these sorts of injuries everyday, were quick to note from the onset, that it looked like there was deep tissue damage. As the wound progresses, the evidence of damage will present itself as necrotic tissue (the black areas you see in the wound). </div>
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The most important thing for us to do is to keep her wound clean, especially while it is open. We do dressing changes twice a day and she is currently on antibiotic for the beginning stages of infection. There is a home healthcare nurse who is coming once a day to help with this for the time being. She just started yesterday and I plan on having her continue to come daily until I am comfortable with the condition of her heel and the potential infection.</div>
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Up until yesterday I had done all the dressing changes which were not horrible but the stress and worry of whether I had done things right were really taking a toll. It's nice to know that a professional can assess where she is at each day and make recommendations accordingly.</div>
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She is really not fussy about things unless you try and fool with her boo-boo. She does not take kindly to that. She doesn't walk a whole lot and winces quite a bit if you go near it. I expect it hurts most of the time to varying degrees. This week it has seemed to hurt more because of the infection which made the outer skin very tender and inflamed. She mostly knee-walks, which is pretty funny because she did that as a toddler before she took her first steps. When she has had a dose of Ibuprofen she likes to hobble around proudly, like below:</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">That was once a complete blood blister ring around the whole wound. </span></div>
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And don't forget ... she has a broken toe :( Poor little piggy has gotten such little attention but he does still give her some discomfort. I asked the doctor about that today because she still freaks out when I change that bandage and put medicine on it. He said the break was at a particularly sensitive area of her toe and that the nail bed is trying to heal and push out the old nail. The laceration under that nail is still pretty funky too. </div>
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In a nutshell ... her foot is pretty jacked up.</div>
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Clara's wound care is being done at the Wound Healing Center at Chippenham Hospital. Dr. Boykin is the director of the HCA Wound Care Centers, has served as a professor of plastic surgery at MCV and is also her doctor. He is awesome and he reminds me of Bill Cosby which is always a plus. I did have some very real concerns and unanswered questions that were brought to light today and I am satisfied with the answers.</div>
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Not necessarily *happy* but satisfied. The known is much better than the unknown. This will be a long road to recovery but we have been given every indication that things are progressing as they should. </div>
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Yep. I choked back a few tears on that one too. I knew more than they were telling me and of course I knew what I had been told by my friends in the healthcare industry. He did share with us that he didn't want to say too much too soon. I was frustrated that I wasn't given a clearer picture from the beginning.</div>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><i><b>What about the necrotic tissue?</b></i> The black tissue that is considered necrotic is expected to slough off on it's own. I know that sounds contrary to the norm but because of her age and her health, Dr. Boykin feels like there is no need to be invasive. I am relying on his wisdom and expertise at this point. If things don't progress as they should, I expect he will adjust the plan. He was very clear with us today about his intention to heal our Sassy Britches. If I had doubts before about where this was going, they are gone now. I am still counting on you folks who are masquerading as nurses (and are actually ANGELS in disguise) to provide me with invaluable resources and information as you have thus far. It has made me privy to the gnarly world of wound care and helped me be the best advocate for Clara that I can possibly be! <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t0Z09je8Cc0/TzWCqRQb16I/AAAAAAAAJ-g/MniCzNFlUtI/s1600/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t0Z09je8Cc0/TzWCqRQb16I/AAAAAAAAJ-g/MniCzNFlUtI/s400/photo.jpg" width="300" /></a></li>
<li><i><b>What about those responsible?</b></i> So far, those responsible are responding accordingly. I am jumping the hurdles as we come to them and trying not to let fear dictate how I handle things. In the long run there is a great deal to consider and believe me ... we have considered it. There is no end to the degree that we are willing to go to insure that her foot is healed and that those responsible are held liable for the damage that has been done. </li>
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With that said, I can tell you that this sort of anger can eat you up. I have had fantasies where I invite the guilty party to sit in on a wound cleaning, just to make her understand the gravity of her mistake. Accidents happen. It's easier to forgive an accident, though.<br />
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Negligence is the failure to execute care. A hospital's JOB is to care. Clara didn't have a procedure that carried risks. She had a simple splint on her foot. We shouldn't be dealing with this sort of injury. I spend my Fridays with a 2-year old in a waiting room full of elderly, diabetic, or overweight patients. There is seldom an open spot to sit down and the TV is playing Tyler Perry's House of Payne ... not Blues Clues.</div>
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See how easily I am provoked to anger? Thankful for His mandates that supersede my "right" to be ticked off.</div>
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<li>Visit with Wound Care Center and Dr. Boykin went very well. Learned how to take good care of her little foot and we will visit with him again next week (and following weeks) until it is completely healed.</li>
<li>Found out that doctors & nurses get mighty nervous when a momma brings the FO-TOs with her, documenting the progression of her baby's wounds as well as the poorly wrapped splint. Kind of leaves them speechless. See how being a neurotic pitcher-taker has it's advantages?</li>
<li>Clara is so much happier and already feels a TON better. We haven't had prescription pain medicine all day and this is the first full day since Sunday. The pressure and support of the boot feels good to her and she DOES NOT like to take it off.</li>
<li>She knows the Jahnke Road exit all too well and starts to well up when we turn in that direction. :(</li>
<li>It's good to know that I wasn't the only momma who got to the boiling point over this whole ordeal. I am very grateful for the kindness and empathy that has been shown to us by the Chippenham hospital staff, since we had our little <span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-weight: bold;">"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0ndsXVaPwc" style="color: purple; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">conversation.</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">" </i>(link)</span></span></span></li>
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When the temporary splint was removed we found a very ugly pressure wound on her heal. The splint was put on incorrectly by the emergency room nurse on Saturday and extensive pressure was put on her heel. Unbeknownst to us, it has been the primary source of her pain.<br />
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It has broken my heart over & over again, thinking about her writhing and crying out in such anguish, these last few days. We thought it was her toe that was giving her such fits.<br />
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I am exhausted in countless ways. I spent the better part of the morning speaking harshly to those who were in charge of the responsible parties, doctors & nurses alike, pleading with them to consider this mistake a very important problem to remedy ... THEIR problem. It was nasty at times and I am sure if salvation could be lost in a telephone conversation, mine is gone forever.<br />
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After a visit with the Pediatric ER this afternoon and several properly concerned doctors, nurses and folks from administration, we have a suitable plan for getting this foot healed up. We meet tomorrow with the doctor at the wound care center for what may be a long process.<br />
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Thankful that she is feeling so much better already!<br />
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Broken toe and a bad case of the coo-coos. </div>
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She has lived out "fit to be tied" like I have never seen.</div>
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Oh, they melted away alright.</div>
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It's disturbing and amazing at the same time.</div>
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Kind of like my life.</div>
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When she wore both boots.</div>
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That is basically the theme song of their relationship.</div>
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Saturday morning we got up super early to see the girls off, as they left for the<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> <a href="http://www.thefocusconference.org/conference/">Focus Conference</a></span></i></b>. The younger three were way too excited to sleep in and we spent the morning together before heading to Sam's basketball game.<br />
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Chris called as I was leaving the cleaners, and said to come home immediately. Clara had hurt her foot really bad and there was a lot of blood.<br />
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From what we can tell, she pulled the piano bench over and it landed on her foot. The bleeding made it impossible to see what kind of damage had been done but she was pretty good at letting us know we needed to head on to the hospital.<br />
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Chris stayed with the boys and I took Clara to Chippenham Hospital where they have a pediatric ER. We were seen quickly and the x-ray revealed that her big piggy was broken. An open fracture to be exact, because the skin was open at the break. Where the toenail meets the foot, the nail (with the pressure of the bench) punctured the skin and then broke the top portion of her toe.<br />
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She was a very sweet patient. She cried sweetly when anyone spoke to her ... and she cried like a wild animal when they cleaned that nasty wound. I sang a few dozen rounds of Jesus Loves Me, The Wheels on the Bus and My Father's World. We were both drenched in sweat after that little episode and after they wrapped her up in a make-shift splint she was good to go :)<br />
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Took me back about 12 or 13 years ago when I held my Emma in a mummy restraint singing those same songs. She left a piece of her forehead on Dusty's kitchen counter and we had them stitch her forehead closed. I remember them telling me that it would be better if I waited outside because it would be too hard for me to stay with her.<br />
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Ummmm ... That's dumb advice. I'll sit right here and you fix my baby so we can go, thank-you-very-MUCH.<br />
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They gave us antibiotic to prevent infection and narcotics for the pain.<br />
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I think it makes good sense to give the mother at least a dose or two for the night, don't you?<br />
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I will take Clara to the orthopedist on Wednesday ... Dr. Christopher Kim.<br />
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Let's stay right here for just a minute and enjoy the ridiculousness.<br />
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They will do additional x-rays and decide what to do before putting her in a cast, possibly a bone reduction? ... At which point I may need a stiff drink and a designated driver.<br />
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She cycles in and out of pain and her patience level is just about tapped out. Like when she is sitting on the couch and just hollers out as loud she can ... "MAAAMAAA! I CAN'T WAAAAALK!!!"<br />
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She doesn't actually <i>want</i> to get up at that point but rather remind me and anyone else within earshot of her woeful condition ;)<br />
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Chris left Sunday around lunchtime for the week, and the girls just got home last night. We have had an interesting couple of days around here ;) My sweet neighbor has picked up groceries and taken Benjamin to play when things were crazy Monday morning. Jamie came Sunday night and brought dinner and stayed until bedtime. She took Sam back with her to their house where he had the time of his ever-lovin' life.<br />
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Chris has been working out of town for 6 weeks (3 weeks down, 3 more to go!). He comes home tonight or actually early morning because his flight was delayed. He leaves again Sunday.<br />
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Stinks to high heaven but the days go by fast. I do feel myself start to come unwound about this point each week. Knowing that he is almost here ... and knowing he won't be here long enough.<br />
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Me and that fella have spent the better part of our life together. We can have some pretty gnarly "discussions" and we aren't always as good to each other as we should be.<br />
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But I love him oh-so-much & I MISS HIM when he is not here. For goodness sakes I miss him when he goes to work each day ... gone for a week is too dog-gone long.<br />
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Pretty lofty, I know.<br />
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My thoughts are scattered. Hold on tight.<br />
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My oldest is getting older. Well, they are all getting older but she is definitely getting to be too old TOO fast. I make peace with that and then I feel my eyeballs start to leak & swell shut. And then my heart falls into my gut.<br />
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There went the peace.<br />
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Say what you will about being thankful for the good times, but I don't wanna think about this house without the 7 of us in it.<br />
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I know He'll meet me there when the time comes.<br />
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For this I am sure of.<br />
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I have seen Him meet the broken-hearted a time or two these past few months ... and He never shows up a second too late. Oh, how I wish I could write more poignantly about it.<br />
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It seems impossible. But,<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> <a href="http://byrdhouse-byrdsnest.blogspot.com/"><b><i>she does a beautiful job of it.</i></b></a></span><br />
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I ran errands today with the three younger kids. Sam took notice of the print on the McDonalds bag.<br />
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"I wanna go there! To the Ronald McDonald house! Is it like a big Mcdonalds?"<br />
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I tell him no. It is like a hotel but it looks more like a house. It is for families with sick children. They can stay there while their children are in the hospital.<br />
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I tell him that sweet Lydia stayed at the Ronald McDonald house with her family when they went to see the doctor last year at UNC.<br />
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"Yeah ... <he quietly="" says=""> but it says on the bag that Scottie got better and Lydia ... </he><b>Lydia didn't get better</b>."<br />
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I wish my heart had not skipped so many beats. I wished I had thought to tell him that Lydia was better. Better than she had ever been and better than we will ever be!<br />
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Glory! How do I land here when I start off with weight loss and being sweet?<br />
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My girls have been reading through old posts on my blog. They were too young to care too much when I started ;) It has been a sweet time of remembering and it has blessed me to be reminded! Heavy moments like today and sweet moments sprinkled with memories make me think hard.<br />
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I want to pause and rest with the thoughts of my 9-year old boy when his heart is heavy. I want to avoid the ever-present rushing through my life. I want to be content more and compare less.<br />
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I want to wake up and not open my laptop before I open my bible.<br />
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When I spend time purposing to recall the most beautiful parts ...<br />
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It points me to His work in my life ...<br />
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In their lives ...<br />
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Facebook has been such an amazing thing. Amazing at connecting and drawing people together.<br />
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And amazing at sucking literal hours away from my life.<br />
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I cannot begin to tell you how I have struggled with whether or not I should remove myself from that world. I have really good arguments for both. I have really only validated the one side up until now.<br />
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I am taking my first Facebook hiatus.<br />
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Not sure how long. Can't think about the implications for too long either. I'll be posting here more often, though!<br />
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<br />Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03183948350469153196noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32707548.post-13949332208114384202012-01-03T22:51:00.001-05:002012-01-03T22:51:08.710-05:00Once Upon a Time<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">She loved to priss & prance her way through the day.</span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">She thought she was 9 or 27 ... but she was only 2.</span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I think the dress made her feel older.</span></b></div>
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