Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Smells like rain!!!
A cold March wind danced around the dead of night in Dallas as the doctor walked into the small hospital room of Diana Blessing. She was still groggy from surgery.
Her husband, David , held her hand as they braced themselves for the latest news.
That afternoon of March 10, 1991, complications had forced Diana, only 24-weeks pregnant, to undergo an emergency Cesarean to deliver couple's new daughter, Dana Lu Blessing.
At 12 inches long and weighing only one pound nine ounces, they already knew she was perilously premature. Still, the doctor's soft words dropped like bombs. 'I don't think she's going to make it,' he said, as kindly as he could. 'There's only a 10-percent chance she will live through the night, and even then, if by some slim chance she does make it, her future could be a very cruel one' Numb with disbelief, David and Diana listened as the doctor described the devastating problems Dana would likely face if she survived.
She would never walk, she would never talk, she would probably be blind, and she would certainly be prone to other catastrophic conditions from cerebral palsy to complete mental retardation, and on and on. 'No! No!' was all Diana could say.
She and David, with their 5-year-old son Dustin, had long dreamed of the day they would have a daughter to become a family of four.
Now, within a matter of hours, that dream was slipping away.
But as those first days passed, a new agony set in for David and Diana. Because Dana 's underdeveloped nervous system was essentially 'raw', the lightest kiss or caress only intensified her discomfort, so they couldn't even cradle their tiny baby girl against their chests to offer the strength of their love. All they could do, as Dana struggled alone beneath the ultraviolet light in the tangle of tubes and wires, was to pray that God would stay close to their precious little girl.
There was never a moment when Dana suddenly grew stronger. But as the weeks went by, she did slowly gain an ounce of weight here and an ounce of strength there.
At last, when Dana turned two months old. Her parents were able to hold her in their arms for the very first time. And two months later, though doctors continued to gently but grimly warn that her chances of surviving, much less living any kind of normal life, were next to zero, Dana went home from the hospital, just as her mother had predicted.
Five years later, when Dana was a petite but feisty young girl with glittering gray eyes and an unquenchable zest for life. She showed no signs whatsoever of any mental or physical impairment. Simply, she was everything a little girl can be and more. But that happy ending is far from the end of her story
One blistering afternoon in the summer of 1996 near her home in Irving , Texas , Dana was sitting in her mother's lap in the bleachers of a local ball park where her brother Dustin's baseball team was practicing. As always, Dana was chattering nonstop with her mother and several other adults sitting nearby, when she suddenly fell silent. Hugging her arms across her chest, little Dana asked, 'Do you smell that?' Smelling the air and detecting the approach of a thunderstorm, Diana replied, 'Yes, it smells like rain.' Dana closed her eyes and again asked, 'Do you smell that?' Once again, her mother replied, 'Yes, I think we're about to get wet. It smells like rain.' Still caught in the moment, Dana shook her head, patted her thin shoulders with her small hands and loudly announced, 'No, it smells like Him. It smells like God when you lay your head on His chest.' Tears blurred Diana's eyes as Dana happily hopped down to play with the other children.
Before the rains came, her daughter's words confirmed what Diana and all the members of the extended Blessing family had known, at least in their hearts, all along. During those long days and nights of her first two months of her life, when her nerves were too sensitive for them to touch her, God was holding Dana on His chest and it is His loving scent that she remembers so well.
Her husband, David , held her hand as they braced themselves for the latest news.
That afternoon of March 10, 1991, complications had forced Diana, only 24-weeks pregnant, to undergo an emergency Cesarean to deliver couple's new daughter, Dana Lu Blessing.
At 12 inches long and weighing only one pound nine ounces, they already knew she was perilously premature. Still, the doctor's soft words dropped like bombs. 'I don't think she's going to make it,' he said, as kindly as he could. 'There's only a 10-percent chance she will live through the night, and even then, if by some slim chance she does make it, her future could be a very cruel one' Numb with disbelief, David and Diana listened as the doctor described the devastating problems Dana would likely face if she survived.
She would never walk, she would never talk, she would probably be blind, and she would certainly be prone to other catastrophic conditions from cerebral palsy to complete mental retardation, and on and on. 'No! No!' was all Diana could say.
She and David, with their 5-year-old son Dustin, had long dreamed of the day they would have a daughter to become a family of four.
Now, within a matter of hours, that dream was slipping away.
But as those first days passed, a new agony set in for David and Diana. Because Dana 's underdeveloped nervous system was essentially 'raw', the lightest kiss or caress only intensified her discomfort, so they couldn't even cradle their tiny baby girl against their chests to offer the strength of their love. All they could do, as Dana struggled alone beneath the ultraviolet light in the tangle of tubes and wires, was to pray that God would stay close to their precious little girl.
There was never a moment when Dana suddenly grew stronger. But as the weeks went by, she did slowly gain an ounce of weight here and an ounce of strength there.
At last, when Dana turned two months old. Her parents were able to hold her in their arms for the very first time. And two months later, though doctors continued to gently but grimly warn that her chances of surviving, much less living any kind of normal life, were next to zero, Dana went home from the hospital, just as her mother had predicted.
Five years later, when Dana was a petite but feisty young girl with glittering gray eyes and an unquenchable zest for life. She showed no signs whatsoever of any mental or physical impairment. Simply, she was everything a little girl can be and more. But that happy ending is far from the end of her story
One blistering afternoon in the summer of 1996 near her home in Irving , Texas , Dana was sitting in her mother's lap in the bleachers of a local ball park where her brother Dustin's baseball team was practicing. As always, Dana was chattering nonstop with her mother and several other adults sitting nearby, when she suddenly fell silent. Hugging her arms across her chest, little Dana asked, 'Do you smell that?' Smelling the air and detecting the approach of a thunderstorm, Diana replied, 'Yes, it smells like rain.' Dana closed her eyes and again asked, 'Do you smell that?' Once again, her mother replied, 'Yes, I think we're about to get wet. It smells like rain.' Still caught in the moment, Dana shook her head, patted her thin shoulders with her small hands and loudly announced, 'No, it smells like Him. It smells like God when you lay your head on His chest.' Tears blurred Diana's eyes as Dana happily hopped down to play with the other children.
Before the rains came, her daughter's words confirmed what Diana and all the members of the extended Blessing family had known, at least in their hearts, all along. During those long days and nights of her first two months of her life, when her nerves were too sensitive for them to touch her, God was holding Dana on His chest and it is His loving scent that she remembers so well.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
First and Second day of my classes :)
Well yesterday i started back at York Tech. I will have to drop my ARV 123 class because it said Am on it when i registered for it but it is actually a PM class. So now hopefully i will be able to do that class next semester or sign up for it in the next week. SO far all of the classes are booked
:( but so far my other classes are doin really good. I have Typography, graphic designs part 1 and introduction to the mac computers. So this semester is goin to go by smoothly :) Hopefully. But i have Mr. Gayk for two of my classes and Mr.Ward for my other class. Its goin to be a adventure but i think i will enjoy it :)
:( but so far my other classes are doin really good. I have Typography, graphic designs part 1 and introduction to the mac computers. So this semester is goin to go by smoothly :) Hopefully. But i have Mr. Gayk for two of my classes and Mr.Ward for my other class. Its goin to be a adventure but i think i will enjoy it :)
Monday, August 2, 2010
My uncles wedding 7-24-2010
At 7:00 my uncle and his wife Samantha got married at Eastwood Forest Baptist in NC. The wedding was Beautiful. My uncle and their son was in a WHITE tux :) Cody James was ADOURABLE.
The wedding party was dressed so nicely. The colors were beautiful :) Samantha picked out baby blue and baby pink. It was absolutely adourable.
The bride and groom was adourable!!! Samantha was SOOO Pretty and My uncle Gary was freash :)
The wedding was very beautiful and was one of the preetiest weddings i've seen in a VERY long time.
sensory problem, adhd, hydrocyphlus, cebrel palsy in ONE 4 year old
My little brother "Lou" has Hydrocyphlus, ADHD, Cebrel Palsy, and a BAD sensory problem. I love him to death but sometimes i just can't deal with it anymore. I feel like a need a short break all to myself before i go completely insane. He won't listen, he won't pay attention, he is constantly on the go ALL the time, and is always into something, and eats like crazy; its like he doesnt know when he is full, we have to keep him from over eating.
Do you know someone with some of them symptoms or just one or two. I need to find somethin that will occupy him for more then 1 minute at a time. Cause i know its got to be drivin him up the wall because he can't focuse on one thing for more then 2 mins at the most. I know it would drive me insane.
Whats your thoughts on the sensory problem child, adhd child, the cebrel palsy child and/or the hydrocyphlus child *most people knows them as a waterhead*
Do you know any activities i could try with him or how to entertain him or even to make him feel comfortable when he is at his worst of the day???
any advice would be VERY appreciative.
Do you know someone with some of them symptoms or just one or two. I need to find somethin that will occupy him for more then 1 minute at a time. Cause i know its got to be drivin him up the wall because he can't focuse on one thing for more then 2 mins at the most. I know it would drive me insane.
Whats your thoughts on the sensory problem child, adhd child, the cebrel palsy child and/or the hydrocyphlus child *most people knows them as a waterhead*
Do you know any activities i could try with him or how to entertain him or even to make him feel comfortable when he is at his worst of the day???
any advice would be VERY appreciative.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Lou had to have surgery AGAIN
So on June 4th at 12:20 pm Lou started complaining about his head hurting again :( He then said the had to *Puke* he went to the bathroom and it was a watery liquid and whitish, i saw the color and said "OH NO NOT AGAIN" I tried calling momma after i got Lou calmed down and The dispatch person said that she was already gone, great i have a screaming 4 year old and his momma aint at work she has no number where i could reach her what do i do?
So i waited i laid down with Lou got him calmed down then 10 mins later momma pulled in the drive way YAY. i get to go to sleep now, right? Wrong i tell momma how Lou is doin and she says well it sounds like the Shunt again (Ya think thats why i told you)
15 Mins went by and Lou was still compalining about his head hurting. So we went up to CMC Levine Hospital for Children. This was about 2:00 am we got there at 2:18am. We went in they took us back almost immediately and gave Lou a CT and it confirmed that his Shunt malfunctioned again (4 months later after the last one was put in)
They admitted Lou at about 5:30am and we seen MaClanahan at about 7:30am. He said that he will have to have surgery again and he can not let him be released until it is fixed. So we stayed there. At 11:30 we ate lunch and then gave Lou and Sam and me of course a nap :) I was tired. up 27 hours straight, i am NOT youst to that anymore.
And after 3 hours of a wonderful nap i woke up and saw my sister and her fiance sitting up there. while they was up there MaClanahan came in there and said that the surgery will either be tomorow morning or tomorrow evening. speaking of Saturday sometimes. Momma said well great My oldest Son is graduating that morning so of couse momma had to miss the graduation due to Lou having to have surgery again, Nick understood perfectly.
So Saturday Mourning Daddy and Lynn showed up at the hosptial and Lou just got tickled to death. at 6:30 they brought Lou to the operation room and put him to sleep using the sleepin gas, they started IV and off to work they went.
The surgery went well they got done at about 9:30am. They used the same size shunt but used a bigger tube and put in a Shunt Accesory so the shunt wouldnt have to pump so hard.
That afternoon; me, amber, clint, samantha, cody, jerry, and grandma, and nick, daddy and lynn went up to the hospital and surprised Lou and Nick with Nicks graduation cake. They were surprised but Lou was in some pain and wanted momma and Daddy the whole time, and he wanted to see Cody James also.
He is now home, he got to come home on the 6th of June and has been wired up ever since. He is now watching TV and playing some by his self. I dont know if thats the surgery or what made him start doing that. But he has some really good improvements.
He goes next wednesday on the 16th of June to see Amy Kelly for a CT to see if everything is still fine :)
So i waited i laid down with Lou got him calmed down then 10 mins later momma pulled in the drive way YAY. i get to go to sleep now, right? Wrong i tell momma how Lou is doin and she says well it sounds like the Shunt again (Ya think thats why i told you)
15 Mins went by and Lou was still compalining about his head hurting. So we went up to CMC Levine Hospital for Children. This was about 2:00 am we got there at 2:18am. We went in they took us back almost immediately and gave Lou a CT and it confirmed that his Shunt malfunctioned again (4 months later after the last one was put in)
They admitted Lou at about 5:30am and we seen MaClanahan at about 7:30am. He said that he will have to have surgery again and he can not let him be released until it is fixed. So we stayed there. At 11:30 we ate lunch and then gave Lou and Sam and me of course a nap :) I was tired. up 27 hours straight, i am NOT youst to that anymore.
And after 3 hours of a wonderful nap i woke up and saw my sister and her fiance sitting up there. while they was up there MaClanahan came in there and said that the surgery will either be tomorow morning or tomorrow evening. speaking of Saturday sometimes. Momma said well great My oldest Son is graduating that morning so of couse momma had to miss the graduation due to Lou having to have surgery again, Nick understood perfectly.
So Saturday Mourning Daddy and Lynn showed up at the hosptial and Lou just got tickled to death. at 6:30 they brought Lou to the operation room and put him to sleep using the sleepin gas, they started IV and off to work they went.
The surgery went well they got done at about 9:30am. They used the same size shunt but used a bigger tube and put in a Shunt Accesory so the shunt wouldnt have to pump so hard.
That afternoon; me, amber, clint, samantha, cody, jerry, and grandma, and nick, daddy and lynn went up to the hospital and surprised Lou and Nick with Nicks graduation cake. They were surprised but Lou was in some pain and wanted momma and Daddy the whole time, and he wanted to see Cody James also.
He is now home, he got to come home on the 6th of June and has been wired up ever since. He is now watching TV and playing some by his self. I dont know if thats the surgery or what made him start doing that. But he has some really good improvements.
He goes next wednesday on the 16th of June to see Amy Kelly for a CT to see if everything is still fine :)
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