Memory Lane

One year ago today, we checked into our temporary home, aka room 16 in the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Cincinnati Children's Hospital.  We entered with much hope and were as prepared as we could have been.  We had absolutely no idea how  physically, emotionally, spiritually, financially draining the entire experience was going to be, but our only goal was to save our little boy's life.

Today, my little Avery is safe and sound in his own bed, sleeping much later than he would have in the hospital.  They would have woken him by now with the changing of shifts and vitals, meds, and assessments.  Today, Avery's cbc is pretty close to normal, and his other counts are stabilizing, slowly but surely.  Miraculous.

Our 8 months in Cincinnati seemed to take a lot from us, including precious time with our other children and the ability to watch our last baby grow as babies do so quickly!  Avery quit eating, lost a lot of his muscle tone that he had worked so hard to gain, and for a while, lost his smile.

I would never say that this year flew by.  In reality, it was the longest year ever, and there were moments, days, and weeks, I feared it would never end and even questioned whether or not we did the right thing by putting Avery through such an ordeal.  But God has kept his promise and brought us through the biggest storm of our life thus far.

I'm so thankful this year is behind us and Avery is on the road to recovery, at least in his hematology issues.

So what's on our agenda for today?  Well, we're almost all packed up, and whenever Phillip gets home, we're loading  up the minivan and heading to Indiana.  Phillip is preaching my dad's homecoming service Sunday, and I get to spend the entire weekend enjoying being with my precious family!

Psalm 30:5 - ...weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

Bethany