Celebrating Life !!!
I can't think of a better time of year to celebrate the gift of life than at Easter. We have continued to rejoice and be carried by the great joy of Kate's good MRI last week. Our Easter was indeed a celebration of the life we have in Christ, the life He has given each of us and His touch on Kate's life. Easter was a special family time spent with my parents.
Kate continues to gain strength each day and walks with a little lighter load after the news of the clear MRI. She appreciates so many of the little things in life, that can be so easily taken for granted. This past weekend Kate and Brandon had fun tux shopping for the prom. Prom is May 11th and the excitement is already heightening.
We noticed during the course of the weekend that Kate was pretty tired. She slept alot Easter afternoon. Given her busy social scheduleover the weekend, that was understandable. However, blood counts on Monday revealed her hemoglobin level had dropped a bit. Today (Tuesday) we spent at the clinic getting a transfusion of RBC's. We hope that will push Kate's counts back up and in turn increase her energy level.
We are trying to add pieces of normalcy back to daily life. Kate is doing a fantastic job catching up with her home bound instruction and actually received a report card - it still had some incompletes but she and her teachers are making progress in getting her caught up with her school work. We hope if Kate's energy level continues to improve that she might possibly try a class or two, just to allow her the normalcy of school and time with her friends. She still tires easily and needs naps, so she won't be ready for a full day of school for some time yet, but hopefully she can begin slowly with one class and work her way back to a longer day.
Maggie came home tonight from dance with one of her costumes for her recital. That won't be until June but as with everything in life, Maggie is passionate and excited about it already.
As for me I'm going to get back to subbing. I am looking forward to being back with our school community, who have been so supportive and such a source of encouragement through out this journey.
We are told to rejoice with those who rejoice. Thank you for all the messages, notes, and phone calls in response to Kate's good MRI. How blessed we are to be surrounded by friends and family who rejoice when we rejoice, weep when we weep and in all things pray! Thanking God for each of you!!
Celebrating life and grace,
Elaine
Kate continues to gain strength each day and walks with a little lighter load after the news of the clear MRI. She appreciates so many of the little things in life, that can be so easily taken for granted. This past weekend Kate and Brandon had fun tux shopping for the prom. Prom is May 11th and the excitement is already heightening.
We noticed during the course of the weekend that Kate was pretty tired. She slept alot Easter afternoon. Given her busy social scheduleover the weekend, that was understandable. However, blood counts on Monday revealed her hemoglobin level had dropped a bit. Today (Tuesday) we spent at the clinic getting a transfusion of RBC's. We hope that will push Kate's counts back up and in turn increase her energy level.
We are trying to add pieces of normalcy back to daily life. Kate is doing a fantastic job catching up with her home bound instruction and actually received a report card - it still had some incompletes but she and her teachers are making progress in getting her caught up with her school work. We hope if Kate's energy level continues to improve that she might possibly try a class or two, just to allow her the normalcy of school and time with her friends. She still tires easily and needs naps, so she won't be ready for a full day of school for some time yet, but hopefully she can begin slowly with one class and work her way back to a longer day.
Maggie came home tonight from dance with one of her costumes for her recital. That won't be until June but as with everything in life, Maggie is passionate and excited about it already.
As for me I'm going to get back to subbing. I am looking forward to being back with our school community, who have been so supportive and such a source of encouragement through out this journey.
We are told to rejoice with those who rejoice. Thank you for all the messages, notes, and phone calls in response to Kate's good MRI. How blessed we are to be surrounded by friends and family who rejoice when we rejoice, weep when we weep and in all things pray! Thanking God for each of you!!
Celebrating life and grace,
Elaine
posted by Tracy @ 8:41 AM
1 Comments:
At 4:26 PM,
Anonymous said…
Hey, y'all!
Normal....even a small bit of normal will be great, huh? I know that the toll of ya'll's journey is deep. I pray that today some "normalcy" will be attained that wasn't possible yesterday! We praise God for you and the picture is sure good! Elaine, where are you?!?
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