Doing Well

Things are still going well here at the Poche house. Most of us are slowly, but surely getting rid of the bad colds we've all had. Audrey and I are still hanging on to a little cough, Lydia...a little congestion, and Martin...swollen glands.

We will wait to hear tomorrow about plans for the EEG. It will be done at the Lake, and the guy who does them (the only person handling all EEGs at the Lake) will call us in the morning after he sees his schedule to let us know if he can fit Lydia in and what time. If he is too booked, we will postpone until Wednesday. I'm going to try to call Dr. Hollman's office in the morning to talk to her about the EEG and the plan for the shots. I want to let her know that Lydia has not had any more of the infantile spasm episodes since Thursday (in Dr Superneau's office). She was a little confused about the fact that they have been so infrequent. She said that normally, when babies have infantile spasms, they have about 3-4 episodes per day. Lydia has never had them that frequently. There was a 2-week span between the first and second one. Since then, it had become once a day or every other day. I assumed (as Dr hollman) did, that they would become more frequent...but they haven't. Dr hollman thought that the EEG might show abnormality tomorrow since she was having them more....now she's not, so I don't know if Dr Hollman's plan will change or not. I'll call in the morning.

Thank you again for all of the words of encouragement I have received and the prayers and faith. I wanted to share something with you that always works to strengthen my faith even more. I have a prayer journal that I got for Mother's Day a couple of years ago (when I was pregnant for Elise). I don't write in it every day or at any regular intervals...only when I feel inclined to. I took it out this morning, and it had actually been since Sept 5 that I wrote in it last...I've been trying to pray on the run for the last few months :) Every time I write in it, I try to read at least a few entries that I've written before. I have to tell you that EVERY single prayer that I have written has been answered in one way or another. Sometimes I don't even remember the prayers I've requested in the past, and I am always in awe at how I know from my life that the prayers have been answered. I encourage anyone to do it because it is key to strengthening faith in God. It fills me with such closeness to the Holy Spirit to see in writing how He has NEVER let me down. I can't tell you how much it has helped me. It is much of the reason why I know that God will be with us every step of the way through any trials or challenges that Lydia and our family have. We are all so very blessed!