Craziness & Chaos!!!

Whew!!!

Ok, here I am sitting down to blog - finally!!! This past week or so has been completely insane!!! We've been working really, REALLY hard on a few things, all the while believing in God for his never-ending grace.

First, we've been trying to get our house refinanced to help lower our monthly expenses. This is my first "real" experience with real estate stuff and it has been extremely nerve-racking for me. I've had to really put my faith into action these last few weeks. Dealing with the mortgage company, the bank and credit stuff is enough to make a person loose their mind QUICKLY!! Anyway, we got all the stuff done and then we knew we would have to have our house appraised... which normally wouldn't be a problem - BUT - as you may know we are in the midst of getting ready for a garage sale!!! My house has been upside down for a couple of weeks. I thought it would be a week or so before the appraisal would happen. WRONG!! They called Mike on Monday afternoon and said they would be sending an appriaser out TUESDAY morning at 10:00AM!!!!!!!! Can you believe it??? I seriously almost passed out!!!!! Needless to say we kicked it into super-high gear cleaning up and organizing the mess for the garage sale. I was pooped out to say the least. So, they guy (who was very nice) came out and did the appraisal and I don't want to jump the gun, but - by the grace of God -it looks like it will be approved and will go through!!! Hopefully we will find out today or tomorrow about the closing date. God is SO incredibly faithful!!

So that was Tuesday.

Ryan had been having a yuck nose and a little cough since Monday. Well, by Tuesday afternoon he was wheezing and coughing really bad. I called and made a doctor appointment for him, it was scheduled for 9:15am on Wednesday. Tuesday night was a nightmare. Lane has baseball at the HPAC and Ryan stayed hom with Mike. Poor little Ryan just continued to cough and wheeze. He coughed and wheezed all night long. I got little or no sleep, which is ok 'cause that's what Moms do!! Thankfully, we have a nebulizer at home because when Lane was little he had asthma. Thank God, Lane seems to have outgrown that. So, I gave Ryan cough medicine and breathing treatments as frequently as possible all night long, but by 6:00am he was even worse. I was about to just take him to the emergency room, then decided that I would just take him to the doctor and be there when they opened. Our pediatrician - Dr. Danny Wood - is the BEST!!! I wouldn't trade him for anything in this world. We got to Dr. Wood's office at about 7:15 and by 7:45, Ryan was in Dr. Wood's very capable hands. Dr. Wood took one look and listen to Ryan and said his chest was "tight as a drum" and that he would start doing breathing treatments right there but if it didn't loosen up, Ryan would have to be admitted to the hospital. Lots of praying. Come to find out, he has bronchitis and asthma. But, three breathing treatments, a set of chest x-rays, an oral steriod and an antibiotic later ... we were on our way HOME!!! Thank you Lord...your love and grace continue to humble me. He is still coughing some and has a little wheeze going on, but he is WAY better. We are still doing treatments at home, and he hates each and every second of them. He screams and cries the entire time. It's heartbreaking, but necessary.

We are still convinced that the devil is attacking us, big time ... but WE will not let him win. Our God is way stronger than he is and our faith and love for our Father is immeasurable. Dumb old devil! He may as well move on 'cause he will never beat us!!!!

I am really looking forward to Easter this year. Probably more this year than any before.....

Oh well...,ore later ... my sick little boy is wanting all of my attention!!

Be Blessed!!