Mama's Angels: September 2008

Saturday, September 27, 2008

Just Hanging Around

You gotta love that smile:). I just had to post this picture!

And here is Ethan becoming as smart as his daddy reading Chemical and Engineering News - he refers to molecules as "mamacues."

Monday, September 22, 2008

A Few Of Mama

Here are a few of us at our conference last weekend in Sacramento.

Jayden tested negative (YEAH:) for the wheat allergy and the rest of his panels, beside the cystic fibrosis came back fine (we still have to wait a bit for the cystic fibrosis results ... We'll take all the good news we can get.) We are repeating his white blood count next week and until then we are just chillin at home. His doc said regardless of the steroids he is on, his white blood count shouldn't be anywhere near the level it is at, especially at the low doses he is at. Thank you for your continued prayers. We all appreciate it and feel the effects of them daily.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Jayden's WBC

So Jayden was finally well enough to get his blood taken to test for all the things they are testing him for. He actually has an ear infection, but that's all right now. There were three batches of blood, one set of standard tests and two of other. The first came back today and his white blood count (actually his Absolute Neutrophil Count) is pretty low. The white blood cells are what help your body fight off viruses and infections and his doctor said they would be pretty concerned if he had a 2000. His count is 700.

That makes him a lot more susceptible to any infection or virus he comes in contact with. It may be that he has some viral suppression and that it is a temporary thing, but they are going to retest him in two weeks to see if it changes for the better. Just wanted to give you updates on what is happening. Please keep him in your prayers that he can be strong enough to continue to fight anything he comes in contact with. Looks like our seclusion inside (at least for the time being) is beginning a bit earlier than we planned:).

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Our New Town

Some fun info and comments about where we live:

Newtown was founded more than 300 years ago by William Penn after he set up Philadelphia. He traveled North through land he had purchased and settled on a spot to build his "new town." It was originally named New Township but is now known as Newtown.

We are only a few miles from where George Washington crossed the Delaware River on Christmas Eve in 1776. The crossing is reenacted every Christmas Eve. We are hoping to go this year.

Our new church was founded in 1880 and the original building is still standing (it was restored in the late 90s). Something I think is funny is the address for the Olde Church is 123 Sycamore Street.

I can't tell you how many people are shocked we would rather move back to the Midwest, than stay out here permanently. They can't imagine life without the beach so close.

It is wild to me, but we actually now people who "summer" in the Hamptons, or Martha's Vineyard and several people we know have beach houses or their families have beach houses. Many of them even spend significant amounts of time each summer there and not here - I seriously thought that was just in the movies. It's crazy to me that you would leave your house for so many months and be somewhere else, although we do enjoy going to the beach.

It's all a matter of perspective - since we have traveled around the country and since we grew up in St. Louie, a few hour car ride seems like nothing, but many people we have talked with never go much outside their neighborhoods and explore all the fabulous amount of culture and history around here, which blows our minds.

A lot of people we meet assume we both grew up on farms because we are from Missouri - seriously?!?!? There is so much more than farms and they are shocked when they realize how we didn't even really know farmers.

Random, fun info. We can't wait to hit Washington. You better believe I will be there on inauguration day taking photos because one way or another, it will be historic!