Weekends

We are back at home as of Saturday afternoon with answered prayers!! The insurance authorized 3 extra weeks of nursing care. 7 days a week, 8 hrs a day. Praise God! That puts us right at the 6 week mark and the time when the swelling from surgery should be down enough that we aren't having to suction Allison any more. We are still workin on some play dates for Keala, thanks go out to those who have offered already, (Chris, Steve and Annie, Danielle, Justin and Jace, and Ross and Karen) we will be calling early in the week to get things rollin.

So, the nursing care has been spectacular so far, Molly actually almost beat us here Saturday afternoon. We got home from the hospital about 2:45 and she was pulling up as we rolled in. Sounds like we will be dealing with a very small number of nurses rotating thru, which is nice because they will really get a chance to know Allison and kind of how our family operates. Unlike last year, the nurses get to really interact with Allison and Amy, because last year the nurses were here 10p-6a. This year they are here 3p-11p while Jeff is at work, which allows Amy to go to bed when Keala does (around 8p) and then Jeff gets to sleep around 1am. Allison is actually doing relatively well sleeping thru the night, (well, til 5am or so) and Amy gets up with her and gets her going while Jeff gets a few more hours of sleep. On Saturday and Sunday nights, Jeff is at home too so with the nurse here, we can put Keala down to sleep and actually spend some alone time together, on a weekend, either watching a movie in our bedroom, or in the case of last night, letting Keala stay the night at Grammy Sue's and we actually left the house together for a couple hours of "just us" time. That was desperately necessary. We hadn't spent any alone time together in a couple of months. We'd kinda forgotten what a date felt like.

Thank you's go out to MOPS. They have been supplying us with dinner every couple of nights. That has really been a welcome relief for Amy. And to Lacey and Jonathon too. Also to a couple angels from church that showed up and took our Christmas tree away and took down the Christmas lights. Just a few less things for us to worry about. Thank you to all of you who take the time to read these little ramblings and pray for us. Believe me, we give thanks for you every day and take time to pray for all of you too. You've been a blessing to our family and we are forever grateful.