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Praying for Patience
We are just two days away from being halfway through the six weeks. Rylynn has started telling people that she’s out of the pain stage and she is now in the bored stage. Thank the Lord, the hardest part is behind us. The pain stage was tough for sure. I much prefer the bored stage.…
Answered Prayer
What is an answered prayer? Getting what I want? Controlling the situation so that I won’t feel discomfort? Avoiding pain and not knowing struggle? Or does God answer prayer by saying “no” to our direct request, instead valuing our heart towards him and giving us the chance to turn to Him even in the midst…
Darkest Before Dawn
I write this from Rylynn’s bedside at 4:45am. The first night after surgery is brutal, no way around it. It’s all about trying to figure out pain control. I’ll tell you, that is not as easy as it sounds. It’s nurses coming in every two hours to check vitals and test the feeling in her…
A Shift in Perspective
Today was the last day of Rylynn’s 2nd grade year. Last year she didn’t go back to 1st grade after Spring Break because of the pandemic so there was no last day of school ritual or rites. This year she quietly packed up all of her supplies into her sequined rainbow backpack and on a…
Tuesday, April 27
Surgery is Thursday, May 6th. That is in 9 days. The countdown is on and we are all ready for the big day to be here. Rylynn and I will fly down and back on Monday for her Covid test, then drive Tuesday night to Dallas in order to be there for pre-op on Wednesday.…
Thin Places
If you’ve ever sat in a waiting room, knowing bad news was probably on the way, I’m so sorry. It’s one of the most anxiety ridden places I’ve had to be in. There are others, and I’ll share as we go along, but I’ll start with the waiting room. It’s one of the thin places.…
The Beginning
What a very good place to start. Eight and a half years ago when my midwife looked at me just an hour or so after birthing my baby girl and announced,”Your daughter has hip dysplasia”, I could not have conceived in that moment that my life and faith would become completely intertwined with this diagnosis.…
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Adventures in Hip Dysplasia 