March 27, 2006

We are off tomorrow morning for an indefinite period of time. We will be meeting with the surgeons at 11 am tomorrow to have many questions answered in regards to Wednesday's surgery. Yes, we are very nervous about the next few days. Please pray that God will use his power to heal Leah and to comfort the rest of our family. We are confident that He will, but still ask for many powerful prayers.

Leah has felt great over the past few days. She has been full of tons of energy and spunk. I am confident that her body is strong enough to endure the next few days and weeks. Besides taking medication and her hair, nobody would know that she is ill. Thus, I hope in her 4 year old mind, she is thinking, "No big deal, just some surgery coming up this week!"

Though we have had many humorous days lately, the highlight had to be last night. It is a story of how brave and tough Leah is. Our neighbor Esther, her son, Che, and his friend, Jody, stopped by to see us. Esther (our neighbor) was here first for a glue picking party. Anyway, I told Che how impressive it was that Leah took her six medications so well. So after Leah impressed him with her medication taking ability, Che asked what the Potassium tasted like. I said I had never tried it. I then made up doses of 2 ml for us. Leah takes 6 ml twice a day. This was hardly a sacrifice on our part. We almost gagged taking 1/3 the amount Leah does! It is truly overwhelming to see how great she does with all the "little" things. Wouldn't life be a breeze if we could all condition ourselves to be as perservering as Leah? What a testament to the phrase, "Don't sweat the small stuff."

We will do our best to keep everyone posted over the next few days.

Blessings,

Chris