GAGE!!!

We STILL do not have a court date, BUT we are starting to see maybe why we are not in Kaz right now.....

Saturday morning, Gage woke up throwing up a little and not feeling good. So we went about our day, but Gage kept saying his tummy hurt. I knew that if he would just throw up he would start to feel better. I even helped gag him, but nothing would come up. He was very clingy, sleepy, and just plain ole acting like his tummy hurt. But, I kept thinking it was the nausea.  At about noon, there was just something about him and his pain that didn't seem right to me. I called Ocala Peds, but they were closed. I couldn't call my Dad because he is working out of town. I called our friend, JD Steed (who is a Doctor) and he came straight over. JD checked him and said we needed to go straight to Shands, he thought he had a possible appendicitis. 

We got to Shands ER at 210pm and got into a room at 4pm. He was poked and proded, but its nothing he is not used to already! It took them 3 times to get an IV in. They had to have 4 grown adults hold him down each time. One nurse said she has never seen a child that strong at his age!!!! LOL Thats Gage!

His white blood cell count was high and the CT scan showed a very big and swollen appendix. They wanted to watch him overnight before sending him to surgery, but only an hour later they said they were not going to wait. He went into surgery at 12:45am and came out at 2:30am. 

When he was going into surgery and after we said our goodbyes to Gage, Shane and I looked at each other in awe of the fact they he just went into ANOTHER surgery! This is his 4th surgery in 2 years! He is one tough cookie. 

Shane and I have been marveling at how God's timing is truly amazing and something we will never be able to comprehend! We are so anxious to get to Kaz, but we are so thankful that we are not at this moment because it would have been aweful to be in Kaz while Gage underwent surgery.

Also, the DR's said that appendicitis is "extremely rare" in a child this young (i joked with them and told them it doesn't surprise us, b/c epispadius is "extremely rare" also and he has both!) and even if they do get a child this young then its usually already ruptured. We are so thankful that JD sent us immediately and that I was able to just know as his mommy that something wasn't right with him. Thank you Lord that it wasn't ruptured!

This situation has just grown my faith even more. If you read the last post, you will know that I was struggling with His timing and His will. God restored in me strength to believe Him and to keep the faith. But, NOW, I am able to see just a glimpse at how "HIS ways are better than our ways". He has our best interest in mind. He loves us. He loves Gage. and He loves Selah. He will bring her home in His time. I am starting to realize that in the end I really only want HIS TIME. Sometimes, along the way though, I think my way is the best....until something happens like this that really opens your eyes!

We have been praising Him and thanking Him for this time. Gage is doing awesome! The little guy is walking the halls with Shane right now as I type! We will be discharged tomorrow by noon. Seth is making his rounds with grandparents in Ocala. :)

cute thing: Gage was crying and whining and I said "Whats wrong baby, what do you want?" and Gage says "I wanna call my bruther"......I said ok we can call him. So I called JD and asked for Seth. Seth gets on the phone and I give it to Gage. You should have seen the change in Gage's face and body when he talked to Seth! It was priceless! 

I can't help but feel that Satan tried really hard to get me back into a spiritual depression through this and with God we have conquered him- nani, nani, boo-boo! LOL LOL

I am getting ALL caught up on my snuggle time with Gage. We are sleeping in the same bed and Shane is sleeping on the couch thing. Poor Shane. :) 

Love,

greta