Two days ago I had another painful stomach attack. In tears, I called and left a message for my gastro dr. to please try and get me in sooner than July 26. Thank God they called and scheduled me in for today. He said that I have Post-cholecystectomy syndrome which can occur after your gallbladder is removed. He has scheduled for me to have an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) on July 2. Yea!!!!!! I've had to have this procedure done twice before since my gallbladder removal and he has always been able to fix the cause of my pain (constricted bile ducts) during it. So that is why I say yea ------ because to me, an ERCP represents the end of my pain ------- until next time (usually about 2 years).
Yesterday, we signed the Independent Adoption Placement Agreement (IAPA) for Rachel and I filed the petition with the court earlier this afternoon. We know this is just the beginning, but we have faith that things will be easier with this adoption --------things didn't go so well with our prior adoption. Our relationship with the placing parents is very good this time, and they are excited to hear that Rachel is doing so well. It just confirms to them that they made the right decision because their family is doing much better and so is ours with a terrific 5 to 5 boy girl split. Annalyn and Julia have been much less competitive with each other now that Rachel has joined our family because she is similarly at their level ---emotionally, physically, and intellectually.
Back to the 5 to 5 boy girl split. This is something that we never planned on. Honest. It just happened. Even though I would love to have a dozen children, we really didn't think or plan on adopting again after Annalyn. But when we finally did discuss adopting again, we both said it would probably be with us going back to Ivanovo, Russia ------sentiments stemming from our friends adopting from there right now. I also thought it would be for a much younger child. But again that was just talk ---- nothin' concrete. But God has different plans for us. I still need to remember this, even as I type. What I want, what John wants -------isn't always what God desires for us --------so when Rachel first entered our lives we didn't really know that she would eventually become our daughter. But as time went on, it became more and more evident to us that Rachel was to be our daughter and once we realized that, God laid her on our hearts and made her ours.
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