On December 2nd Cole was back in the hospital because of an ear infection. Once again he got dehydrated so to GR we went. Dr. Bunchman then asked for the ent to stop by his room & take a look into his ears, so he did & the next day he put them in. Now we are praying that this will help him just like the TNA did a year ago. We have not been in the hospital since & if felt real good to go a whole year. At the same time it is so hard to watch them try and get an IV in when he is so dry!!! All bad memories come flooding back & I don't really enjoy them. We were suppose to leave that thursday for Nebraska for my dad's 60th birthday & I was afraid we wouldn't be able to go, but praise God we was able to go!!! While we were there 3 of the GR hockey team came into see him & he thought that was so cool. That is one thing that at both hospitals (Omaha & GR) they try really hard to make the kids happy no matter what. When we lived in Nebraska Jared was able to come to the hospital alot easier then here. He works in Battle Creek which is 30 minutes east and the hospital is a hour away north, so be the time he gets home grabs the other kids & comes it is time for them to leave again. It is just easier to have him stay here unless things aren't good. He did bring the kids up the night before surgery then he also came for surgery & did I need that it can become very long. I do have to say though that I had 3 great friends come & sit with me the first day then Shannon came up the next day for his surgery. We have no idea what is in store for us in 2009 but we do know WHO holds us in HIS hands. Yes there are days that it is so hard to just to sit back in THOSE hands & relax I just want to fix things for our little man. I have been working really hard on trusting His ways are the best, but believe me I would like to take a detour around this bump in the road & move past it faster it hasn't always been the easiest bump!!! We ask that you continue to pray as God's plan unfolds. The day of the surgery we was able to set up a webcam for Coleman & his class, his teacher is so wonderful she was the one that asked if we could so the hospital staff got everything lined up so this is what the first picture is.
Then here we go to surgery he was nervous this time he asked me twice if he would have those hearing aids his ears forever. Then he asked if he would feel them when he sticks his fingers in his ears.
Then after surgery he was so out of it I didn't think he would ever wake up so we could go back to his room, but once he finally did all he could say was that he was hungry & thirsty.
So when we finally did get our room his father decided to start acting crazy. I have no idea why but he ALWAYS harasses Vicki, so I had went to the gift shop earlier & found this dumb worm thing that he is holding & squeezing. He asked Coleman "who does this look like?" Coleman & I had no idea of course so he says "it looks just like your aunt Vicki isn't her belly sticking out like this." I told him that he was lucky she wasn't there because I would of let her smack him. I love "at times" for him to be nuts because he usually makes us laugh & it does feel good. Honey we LOVE you & ALL your goofy ways!!!
