With Landry's arrival meant another Moore was in attendance for the big wedding. It was absolutely gorgeous. Lacey and Wendell both looked extremely calm and collected and they all decorated the ranch beautifully! ( I will say they had some awesome little projects they had completed throughout the wedding that completely blew me away) The ceremony was beautiful, right before sunset and the reception was absolutely a blast. We definitely enjoyed getting to see everyone, eating some wonderful food, and dancing the night away.
A few days after that, one of the sweet little girls I have been babysitting and loving for the past 4 years was diagnosed with ALL, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Needless to say my heart absolutely dropped. When she arrived at Cook's Children's Hospital in Ft Worth her Leukemia Levels were 75-80% , as of monday they were .08%. God has definitely had his hand over her and her family over the past couple of weeks. She turned 6 on Saturday, and although she really wasn't feeling to great I know so many of us rejoiced at the blessing of having her here another year. You never realize how precious life is until the unthinkable happens to the undeserving.
Monday was also Mom's appointment with the great wonderful Dr. Oz ( Ok his name isn't Dr Oz but as I'll tell this story you'll understand why I'm referring to him as that). I drove to Dallas early monday morning to take mom to her surgery at the UT Southwestern Medical Center. When we got there we valet parked our car (yeah crazy I know) and headed up to her appointment. We got there and the doctor hastily reviewed her MRI's, Myelogram and other scans her Doc here had sent... then he proceeded to lazily perform what should have been a Cranial Nerve assessment (this little nursing student was NOT happy with all of the HUGE flaws he had during his exam) only to tell mom that her damage was not severe enough to warrant surgery and that she needed to explore some other kind of options. While we felt pretty blessed that there was no significant damage to her spinal cord or neck, we weren't happy with how hastily he made the decision and how rudely dismissed her pain as unimportant. So we're taking matters into our own hands and exploring options that will help her manage her pain and return to a more normal living situation. Just continue to pray for her.
Tuesday, well yesterday, was my 26 week appointment to check on Jax and myself. Other than the fact that I've been a little puffy, swollen, and more exhausted than usual, the appointment went well. My weight got a little out of control over the past month, but I think that also has something to do with the immense amount of water I retained over my long trip monday. Jax's heart beat was strong and fast just like we hope for, my blood pressure was normal (well a little below my normal which is really good news) and she said my Fundal height ( the height of my uterus) was exactly on track. Always good to get a good report from our OB. My next appointment will be April 24 when we'll finally get to see the 3D sonogram of our growing boy, and they'll also do the glucose testing for gestational diabetes... this is something I'm a little uneasy about, because of the high risk I've always run for diabetes (My Grandmother passed away at 46 due to diabetes) and it definitely makes me quite anxious and nervous. I've tried to eat healthy and protect both myself and Jaxon from any complications so I'm really praying that God has his hand over us and we can get some good results.
A few other things have been going on in our home. I have been struggling severely with school, and been trying really hard to overcome a hard class that holds the entire future of my nursing school career in the palms of its cruddy hands. Looks like I may still pass, its just going to take some serious hard work on my part and some grace on the part of the big man upstairs. T
Tomorrow we finally close on our house! I cannot wait to move in (I'm not packed because we aren't going to be able to just move in one day but I am so very excited to finally have the keys to our house and have a lot more room for my little family to grow. We are so thankful for our realtor and our lending agent who have hoped make all of our dreams come true!
These are the bracelets we made to support our sweet Avery and to raise money to donate to her and her treatment. We will overcome!
Here is uncle Jay with Sweet Landry... Love them Both <3
Until Next Time-
Peace, Love, and Welcome Mats
