Scares

He is a cute little stinker that's for sure.  At two and a half he finally decided that he was a toddler and started saying no all the time.  But he is easily swayed and as soon as I say, "tell mommy yes" he changes his tune.  He is bright spot in our week whenever he comes to our house!  Right now we get him three days a week and we love every second of it :)  Even his older siblings are obsessed with having him around.

About 6 weeks ago Andres had a big fall that led to a concussion.  We got the EEG and everything looked normal so he went home to keep living normal life.  2 weeks ago he was with us on the scariest Saturday morning of my life when he had a seizure.  We were in the hospital for about 36 hours and after another EEG they cleared him to go home.  We will follow up with the neurologist on Monday and then eventually with a pediatric neurologist, but we have to go 3 hours away to San Pedro Sula.  And then last night we were back in the ER with him as he choked on food and his mom rushed him to the hospital.  He was on oxygen for a few hours and a little out of it at first, but he recovered well and they let us go home.

Please pray for us as we have wisdom with this little guy.  We know that some of these things are unrelated, but its just hard that it seems to be one thing right after another.  I am so thankful that nothing has been worse.  In every case we have left the hospital with the best possible news.  We are so thankful to the Lord for His provision in that way!

And we have seen the Lord's hand in relationships as well.  These hospital visits have really opened up a door for us to build a family for Andres as we spend a little time with his mom and try to get on the same page with her about his care.  It has been so good for she and I to get to know each other a little bit and see how the other loves him.

But it is hard to watch him be sick, and hard to not swing to being too overprotective after watching him 3 consecutive times in the hospital.  It is hard to know that my 9 year old son had to run and get me because he was watching his brother have a seizure.  So please just pray for peace for us as we love on him, care for him, give him the freedom to play and grow, and trust Jesus that he belongs to HIM!  And praise the Lord with us that Andres is doing great despite some hopital visits, he is doing well on his medicine and has not had any other seizures.  And for that we are SO thankful!