We are into the swing of summer! Well, I really hope the last week isn't a sneak peek of our summer. Macy was sick, and it was NOT fun. The illness really caught us off guard, and took a lot of work to get her back to "normal", but I think we are about there! Yay for that!
So our summer started off in normal fashion, with a trip to the lake. However, the weekend ended with us packing up within an hour, and driving home with a very sick girl. No use in going into details, since I think we are on the mend.
So let's highlight some of our positive things from our first week. We went to ENT for our tonsillectomy follow up, and Macy looks great! They want to repeat a sleep study on her since her sleep study came back severe. They said we could do that before school starts back up, so we will shoot for a day in July. McKenna had two softball games this week, with the second being her first tournament game. They won! So we move onto Tuesday to play! Yay for the Pink Panthers (yes, that is the name the girls came up with for their team). She also tried out for All Stars yesterday. She was trying out against all girls older than her....many 8 and 9 year olds. She did a great job, but I will be surprised if she makes it. Next year she will be one of those 8 year olds, so I think our odds are much better. She had fun doing it though, and I was so proud of her! We ended our first week with going out to dinner with some great friends, and heading back to their house for a campfire and smores. It was a blast!
On another positive note, Macy completed the Red Cross Babysitting Course, and is now an official babysitter. She even had her first job on Wednesday! It may have just been for her sister, but it went very well! I had to go into work for a professional development, and they were alone for about 4 hours. They sent me a couple of text messages, and I sent them a couple too. It went great! Now maybe Jeremy and I can get a much needed date night. We still haven't celebrated our 14 year wedding anniversary. YES, 14 years! It seems like just yesterday! What an AMAZING 14 years! When I say AMAZING, I mean AMAZINGLY good, AMAZINGLY challenging, AMAZINGLY scary, AMAZINGLY fun, and AMAZINGLY blessed!
So now, we move onto Chicago. Our Chicago visit is this week. Macy will undergo another Venogram to take a closer look at her pressures in her portal vein/liver area. I honestly have no idea what to expect because it's about impossible to predict what is actually going on in there. If liver pressures are high and concerning, she will face another liver surgery. If pressures are not where we want them to be, but not too concerning, we will continue to wait and watch. If pressures are good, we will be good to continue as is, and leave her liver to continue in the current state. We pray for good pressures. I may not know anything for about a week.
My parents are returning this week from a 15 day vacation in Tahiti. Surprise, but no surprise they have made it happen to fly into Chicago, and stay with us to support us during our time in Chicago. They had plans to fly in there originally, but had different plans on actually returning home. We don't know what we would do without them! They are amazing!
After we find out what the plan is, we can start to make some summer plans. If those plans are surgery, we will make it happen and still try to enjoy ourselves as much as we can. If those plans do not involve surgery, then we have SO MANY things we want to do! McKenna has a scheduled soccer camp, and Macy has hopes of continuing her horseback riding, and attending her first golf camp. Please pray that we can be "normal" this summer, and my girls can do "normal" things that kids do in the summer.
I look back at my summers and remember lazy, fun days. Just hanging out with friends, camping, exploring, etc. I want my girls to have those memories, not memories surrounding hospital life. We spent our summer like that last summer. We need a break! Please pray for this! Please pray for us! Please pray for Macy on Thursday!!!!! Please pray for a fast recovery and good news!
Thanks for checking in on us! I will keep you posted!
Here are some pictures highlights from our spring.
McKenna ran the Fast Flash....her first 5K. She finished 2nd in her age division. Her time was 29:01. It was a 9:22 pace.
Macy danced with her Folk Dance Club at the International Fair. Great job Macy!
Both of our girls earned awards at school, and had great academic years. We are so proud!
Here's McKenna in softball mode. She had to pitch out last 2 games since our pitcher was on vacation. She did great! I was so proud of her for stepping up to do that even though it was not her normal position, and she didn't feel very good at it.
Macy's girl scout troop spent over a year collecting plastic bottle caps. They put in an amazing amount of hours collecting and sorting. They were able to have multiple "Buddy Benches" built from those caps, and dedicated 3 of those benches at our school! Way to go girls! They will be recognized in a few week at the Girl Scout Banquet for receiving their Bronze Award.
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