Praying Expectantly!

I can't believe how long it's been since I last posted! We have had such a busy summer, between trips to Bham & then an impromptu trip to FL last week, this last 6 weeks have flown by! Now I am getting things ready for Sam to start 2nd grade next week & then the following week Drew will start preschool 3 mornings a week. I have to say I am so excited to have both of them starting school & having a slight break 3 mornings a week! But on the other hand, this means my baby boy is starting school! How is this possible? I swear I just brought him home from the hospital yesterday! And don't even get me started on Sam starting 2nd grade! I can't even begin to believe it. They are both so excited to be starting back to school though & I know they will do great getting back into a structure & routine! Most of my summer has consisted of breaking up fights like the one I overheard this morning...

Drew to Sam: "You want a piece of me? Bring it on baby!"
Sam to Drew: "Oh yeah bring it on!"
About 2 minutes later I heard from Sam "Ouch Mommy tell Drew to get off me!"
Drew to Sam: "Oh yeah baby I got you now!"
After walking into the living room I found Sam pinned underneath Drew, little brother beating up big brother! I think I have many interesting years ahead of me to say the least!

On a much sadder note we heard today that Beverly's health is steadily declining. For those who read my blog regularly I wrote about her here & here. She is a sweet lady from our previous church who has had a reoccurance of breast cancer that has spread throughout her entire body. While none of us are God & we all know that God could put his hand on her & miraculously heal her body we also know that may not be God's plan. And after multiple 2nd, 3rd & even 4th opinions there is nothing else doctors can do. Beverly has been encouraging everyone to pray expectantly for her healing. Now in her darkest hours when it seems like her ultimate healing is soon, I would ask for all of us to pray expectantly. My heart is broken for this sweet family & for the 8 children who are having to carry this weight.

~Cass

Paw-Paw

Message sent from my phone:

They just took my Paw-Paw back for surgery. Should be 3-4 hourss before hes done. Asking for a ton of prayer!!!

Exhausted

...that is the only way to describe how I feel! EXHAUSTED! Drew & I got to FL on Saturday afternoon & since then it's been family, family, & more family! It has been wonderful but busy! If you remember from this post, I talked about how my grandfather would be having heart surgery. Well we are here for that & tomorrow is the day. So I am here to do a quick post asking begging for prayers. He is 85 & in relatively good health, with the exception of his heart issues, however any surgery for his age is considered dangerous. Much less a heart surgery.

So I am asking for prayer for several things...
*For safe travel for my Mom, my Aunt, & myself as we travel about an hour & half tomorrow to the hospital.
*For the doctors who are preforming the surgery to have steady hands & to guide where the Lord leads them.
*For my Mee-Mee to have peace & be calm. I know she is really worked up about her husband of 65 yrs going in for surgery.
*For this to finally help my Paw-Paw have some relief from all the a-fibrillation he has suffered with for many years.
*For my Mom & Aunt to be calm.
*For me to be able to be calm & keep it together for everyone else.
*For my Paw-Paw to be OKAY!!!!
*For God to be glorified through it all...no matter what.

Please pray for our entire family as we walk this uncertain road. We know & trust that God knows what's at the end of this road for our family. Praying that we remember that tomorrow while we are waiting.

Please Dear God oh please let my Paw-Paw be okay...

Pray for Stellan!

Prayer warriors time to gather 'round & lift up Stellan!!!

Kate McRae

I know some of you have heard about this family already but I wanted to pass along this video from her parents! As we celebrate & be thankful for the freedoms we have, remember this family & many others who are fighting for their childrens lives. PRAY!!!!!!!!

Kate's CaringBridge Site

Kate's Dad's Twitter Page

Baby Kuylen

Aww sweet bloggers, I am so heartbroken! Baby Kuylen (of the LeBlanc triplets) lost his fight today. He fought so hard to hold on but unfortunatly he just had too many obstacles! Please keep this family in your prayers!

Stellan & the LeBlanc Triplets

All day I have been praying for Stellan & MckMama, ALL DAY! I would constantly check for a twitter or a new post & even when I was gone for a few hrs I called Sheila to check if anything new was out! I am still praying but also PRAISING the Ultimate Physician for what He has done! Thanking God that Stellan is out of surgery & doing good. Looks like a long road ahead & they aren't even sure what the road looks like at this point, but they are trusting Him!

Jer 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Thank you Lord for bringing Stellan through this & continue to keep your hand on him, as I know you will. Thank you for Stellan's future & knowing that you have a plan for him! Give him rest & give MckMama peace! Give the doctors guidance to know what to do next! Thank you Lord!!!!
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I also wanted to ask for your prayers for the LeBlanc triplets born just 45 hrs ago. I found their blog just a few days ago & so much has happened in just a few days! They were born at just 24 weeks & 5 days! They are holding their own for now but have very long roads ahead of them. The biggest weighing 1lbs 6oz, Mary Louise, followed by David Oliver weighing 14 oz & Kuylen Stafford weighing 10 oz. They posted a few pics of the babies & they are just so tiny! Please keep them in your prayers as well!

Ps 139:13 "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb."

Thank you Lord for these sweet babies! I pray for you to continue to help them fight! I pray you would be with their parents & give them comfort & peace that only you can give! Give them all strength for the fight ahead! Thank you that you know every breathe they take & every step they will take! Give the doctors guidance & understanding! Thank you Lord for your gift of Life, no matter how small!!

We made the decision...

After a ton of prayers, lots of talks & advice, we made the big decision. I am having surgery on March 25th, just 2 short weeks away! I am doing the endometrial ablation, a laproscopy to drain the cyst, & a tubal. I pray that this is the right choice, what it comes down too, is preventing the hysterectomy if at all possible. Not having to put my body through that if I can hold off. I ask that you would all keep me in your prayers as we prepare for this & then for the surgery itself! Thanks ladies!

Update & prayer request

What a weekend we have had! We had some bad weather this weekend, thankfully we had no damage & no tornado's. But we did have to get into our "safe place" multiple times! I have lived here almost 7 yrs & I am still not used to that & don't think I will ever be!

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Monday afternoon I have my follow up ultrasound & doctors appt to find out if the cyst are still there. Although I can pretty much guarantee they are, because I have been in a LOT of pain this weekend. At this point I am really hoping they rupture before my appt because if not I know my doc is going to want to do surgery. Which wouldn't be horrible if it could help but I want to avoid it if at all possible! Plus I don't have time for this! My Mom & Aunt are supposed to be coming up for a visit in 3 weeks & to celebrate D-D's 3rd birthday! I have a party to plan & my sweet baby boy's birthday to celebrate, who has time for me in all that?

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Now I know that it seems like I am constantly coming to you with prayer request, but I have another one! I got a call from my Mom today that my grandmother is having double vision, so she went to her eye doctor & then had an MRI on Friday! They haven't gotten the results yet, but her eye doctor thinks she had a mini stroke. She also is on 4 blood pressure medicines & her pressure is still extremely high. My whole family is worried & so am I. And it's so hard to be 8 hrs away from all of them & not know what to do. I spent the better part of the afternoon crying my eyes out. I am very close to my grandparents, they are like second parents to me. My Mom & I lived with them for almost 3 yrs after my biological father left us, so they helped raised me. Please, please pray for her & for my family. I am not ready to let her go, not that I would ever be. And please pray for me to know what to do. I really wanted to just get in the car & head down there but I don't know what is the right thing to do. My Mom & Aunt said to just wait until we get the results, but I am so afraid...what if something happens before then & we weren't there to see her. One of my greatest fears is that I won't get to say goodbye to them, that I would be too late. Yes I know that I will see them again one day & I know that they will be met at the gate hearing "Well done thy good & faithful servant." I know this because my grandparents are the best people there are. They are the most loving, caring, giving people I know. All of these reasons & more are why I am not ready.... So again I am asking for your prayers! Thank you my friends!

Bad day...very bad day

Can I just start by saying, I am so mad. Yes I said it, I am MAD. It has been a horrible day, horrible I tell you. Let me back up...Saturday night I started having really bad cramps with stabbing pain as well. Immediately I knew what it was, it was the same pain I had 8 yrs ago when I was first diagnosed with endometriosis & had cyst on my right ovary. That lead to multiple surgeries & eventually loosing that ovary. So you can imagine the fear that was ripping through me, along with the pain. It was some what better Sunday morning but by Sunday night I was hurting again. Now mind you I was on several Darvocet & I was still balled up in the fetal position. So first thing this morning I called my OBGYN (whom I love dearly & trust totally!) & they had me come in for an ultrasound...the verdict...

3 CYST on my left ovary & a lot of fluid around it meaning one had already ruptured.

And based on the amount of fluid it was a big one. Great just great. 3 CYST, 3!!!!!

So my options are to stay on the pill & check back next month to see if they are gone or what. The other option is surgery, I have had way to many surgeries in my lifetime I don't want to have another if I don't have too. So I choose the first option, knowing of course I might end up having to do surgery anyway. He also gave me Loratab (the good stuff) to help with the pain, because he said I will be in a lot of it, considering the cyst have to go somewhere!

Great just freakin great!

Okay I am going to stop complaining now & be thankful. I truly am thankful for my boys, for a husband that loves me in spite of all this crap, for the fact that yes this is painful but it's not cancer or something that could kill me. For the fact that my children are healthy & are not suffering from some terrible disease! And for all of these things & so much more I am thankful. But ladies, again I am asking for prayers. I fear it's going to be a rough few weeks & then I don't even know what's going to happen eventually. But I do know beyond a shadow of doubt that my God is control & He loves me!

Jer 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Thanks & a BIGGER prayer request!

Thank you so much my friends for you sweet words & prayers offered up for me! I can never thank all of you enough for the support I have from women I don't "know". But truth be told, you know me better than some of my best friends. You hear more than I sometime share with them. This is my safe place, my spot to just be me. I don't mind who reads about what I am dealing with, it's my place to be who I want to be! So thank you my friends for being apart of my safe place!




Now on to a much BIGGER request! I came across this blog & had to share it with all of you! This family needs some serious prayers right now! Their beautiful daughter Tuesday was diagnosed last summer with cancer, she has been put through the ringer trying to fight! Now the odds are dim...she is only 2! Here is a piece from the latest blog...

"My deepest fears were confirmed. Tomorrow we take our precious daughter home. Her cancer doubled in size in less than a week proving once and for all that it is horribly aggressive and no longer chemo sensitive. We have no idea how to do this but we have no doubt we will be cared for every step of the way. This is all I have in me. Please pray for peace for our children, our parents and our siblings. Tuesday, full of grace, you are our so very loved."

Ladies, you & I both know the healing power of God! We know that we serve a mighty, wonderful, giving, loving, ultimate physician! He is the giver of life & no one goes until HE says so. Pray for this family, for peace like they asked & for so much more. I can't even imagine the heartache.

Struggling

Ladies I am struggling...big time. I am doubting our decision for no more babies! I knew I would feel this way, but I am telling you it's heartbreaking. I was fine with it, even relived to be done! And then all of the sudden...BAM...baby fever! I have been in tears many nights not wanting to take that pill. It's been so hard. The GD said he would be fine if we kept trying, but I just don't know what to do. Financially, space wise, etc we would be better off to be "done". Not to mention not feeling like I could handle the loss of another baby. But what am I supposed to do with the loss of a dream. It's just so hard to know what to do. What the right decision is. I am struggling with know what God's plan is for us. And on top of it all I am still trying to get the house ready for this weekend's DNOW! Pray for me, for peace & strength! Thank you my friends!

Harper

Ladies this family needs some serious prayer for their brand new baby, Harper! She was born yesterday & was almost immediately air flighted to another hospital. At this point they aren't sure what's completely wrong with her, they do know she has pneumonia really bad & are running other test! Please be in prayer & stop by Kelly's blog!