and never coming back….

Laura has been improving so much the Doctors say 2 weeks tops,if that, for in house rehabilitation. Her Doctor today said he would be shocked if it was more then a week and a half.

So we decided instead of going through the entire hassle of moving her back home,we will just stay here in New Orleans.Then when she is finished with rehab,drive back home and she will be able to continue therapy there.

We are staying for now in the Hotel attached to the hospital she is in,here is a glimpse of the Hotel lobby.

Our room

This morning I awoke to thunderstorms and looked out the hotel window to see FLOODS everywhere! When we were leaving to go to Laura I asked a Lady at the desk if that was just normal here,she said no and that there was a tornado or something..Haha..ok. 

 Carter was hanging out on the bed with Laura today,I thought it was the sweetest thing ever.

I cannot tell you how much I want to take Laura home right now, like… you know, blink my eyes and it be all just a bad dream…wake up and she is perfectly fine. I thank Jehovah every moment that she is still here with us. It could have been worse, I don’t know how I would have handled anything worse,being so far away from her…thinking about saying goodbye when she left to get on the plane to come down here,that it could have been the last. My brain goes crazy sometimes just thinking about how things could have been,I force myself to stop.

I have never experienced a panic attack in my life.

Since this has happened, I now know what it is. It is NOT just hyperventilation,like I thought.

~ You wake up with an EXCRUTIATING headache…the back of your neck throbs shooting pains right through your head and into your eyes.This comes in waves. Then your hands start to feel like they have been asleep, you know..that tingly feeling when they wake up, it travels slowly up your hands then your forearms. It feels like your hands are going to pop from pressure,like they are being squeezed through a wringer. Then my friends, is when the vomiting starts…I absolutely DETEST that part of it.

I can tell you now, I do look at things so different now, little things that were not always so important suddenly become so important.

Tonight is my night to stay here with Laura. Jeff and I are rotating nights with her, I am looking over at her and she is sleeping ever so peacefully. I tucked her in, and this time,when I kissed her forehead, I took a moment to really feel the kiss, not just a quick peck on her forehead, a real kiss, and ran my fingers through her hair. I am so happy to be here with her right now. It was worth every bit of the 31 hours it took to get here to her.

~ Thankyou SO very much to our family for taking care of the house and the rest of the kids so we don’t have to worry. Thankyou SO much to all of our friends and family who are thinking of us and praying, it means so much to us.

Philippians 4:6,7       Do not be anxious over anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication along with thanksgiving let YOUR petitions be made known to God; 7)  and the peace of God that excels all thought will guard YOUR hearts and YOUR mental powers by means of Christ Jesus.

Happy baby.

Oh,and I was just kidding about the never coming back part ….did I mention I LOVE palm trees?!?!?