Admitting and prep work...

They didn't get a room until around 6 p.m. so everything is running quite late. They have just begun the bowel prep and it is 12:30 a.m. From what they explained it is what we would drink for a colonoscopy but hers is going straight into her g-tube. She will have to go well over 12 hrs. without any food or formula so tomorrow in the morning will probably be trying for her. Even though she isn't a big eater, she will be a little uncomfortable. Probably not as uncomfortable as after the surgery.
Tonight the girls brought me dinner and we all just laughed and hung out with Annabel watching her Veggie Tales. I will post the pictures from tonight since this maybe the last smiles for a couple days. Thank you for all your calls, text, email and comments on her blog. Not for one second do I doubt she is truly covered in prayer.

More surprises...

Let me start by saying it is never, I mean never fun to go to the hospital. But I guess if you have to go, then this is the way to go.

Last night I was going to knit night in honor of this sweet girl named Allie who is graduating. Most of the ladies in our group are just that ladies! But Allie is 18 years old and such a breath of fresh air. We will surely miss her sitting there in her corner of the couch with her sweet smile. We may have to take our knitting on the road to College Station. Ok, Allie we would ask first I am sure! After everyone gave Allie her gifts, then Rainy (owner of the shop) presented me with a gift. Actually, it was another gift for Annabel. The ladies in our knit group all knitted Annabel a square with a heart in the center of the square. Also, there is a butterfly sewn on the blanket on the corner of one of the squares. This blanket is so soft and snuggly! I bet I will be snuggled up right next to her under her sweet blanket that are made with so much love.




The Quilt...
Then remember my friend Lisa who has 6 little precious hospital gowns made for Annabel, then her seamstress who made Annabel a sweet rag doll with 2 pairs of matching P.J.'s and two matching hospital gowns??? Well today I received a call from Lisa saying there was one more surprise. So this evening Annabel, myself, and Tara went to Lisa's house. Gramma, a.k.a. Mrs. C, a.k.a. Lisa's neighbor, decided to make Annabel a quilt with the leftover fabric of her gowns. I was so glad I brought Annabel with me as Mrs. C had not seen her in a good while and couldn't believe how grown up she has become. The quilt is beautiful and so colorful. It touches me that they all chose something to do for Annabel. All of the children in the photo with Gramma, a.k.a. Mrs. C are not Lisa's. They are friends of her children and Annabel loved all the attention and activity. Also, for the record Lisa is not in any of the photos. She would not allow me to take her picture. I am going to research in my picture history and see if I have one. I'll show her!(JK)






With all this fun, the fact is that we will be leaving tomorrow to be admitted to the hospital. All these fun things have served as a great distraction, since I can tend to worry. I know it is totally out of my control and not in my hands, Thank you, Jesus!

Annabel's new hospital gowns...

Well I think we all know that Annabel has many angels watching over her. Tonight a very sweet friend, Lisa called and said she had a surprise for Annabel. When we arrived she presented Annabel with six, yes six new hospital gowns. During Annabel's last hospital stay at our local hospital, I made the comment on the blog about how her yellow hospital gown made her look washed out. Lisa is always wanting to help us in anyway she can and jumped on this comment I made and came up with these precious, colorful gowns. She found a seamstress, picked up the fabric, requested the hospital gown to copy it (ties and snaps included for IV purposes), and even bought her matching bows for each one. I guess if we have to be in the hospital, we will sure be the cutest, most colorful patient in the house, right? I don't know the seamstress name so I can thank her and out of respect for Lisa' privacy I won't mention her last name. But a huge Thank You for this sweet gift for Annabel and myself. Can you see me each day giving her bath and then deciding on what precious gown we will be wearing?

Also, in one of the pictures Annabel is sitting on a beautiful blanket that Rainy (a friend and owner of our local knitting shop) made for Annabel. It is super soft and cozy for Annabel to have with her at the hospital. Again while I was at the knit shop knitting with friends I made the comment about how I love to make Annabel's hospital bed colorful and more like home. Rainy took off with this comment also. I have to watch what is coming out of my mouth. But a huge "thank you to Rainy for the time she took and the thoughtfulness that went into making this beautiful blankie.

I do know that Annabel touches many peoples lives and for this I am grateful. Also for all the friendships Annabel has brought into my life. There has been some names that I have not seen before, or that they have commented they have read the blog but not commented. They have said some very sweet things and I just wanted to make sure that they know how much their prayers and support are appreciated. We all continue to know that Annabel is still with us today because of God's mercy and love. I can tell you that I have done nothing to deserve this but she does make me want to be a better person and do better things each day. Do I fall short or right on my face, almost daily. It is also due to all of the prayers that are offered up on her behalf. I continue to say this because I don't want anyone to think that I take it for granted for one second. Annabel may not have a voice but I know if she could talk she would shout a huge "Thank You!" For now we will just look at her smile and let it speak a million words of Thanks to everyone.






Just wanted to add some pics of this weekend. Sunday evening we went out to watch my oldest son Derek play baseball. It is a men's league 25 and older hardball league. We enjoyed watching him play when he was younger and now get to watch him again. The biggest differenc is that all the parents are not yelling at the coach like when they were younger. So it is a relaxing way to spend a Sunday evening. He loves sports and it keeps him strong and healthy.



Tyler also came by and brought Annabel out to sit on his murdercycle, excuse me, I mean to say motorcyle. (Please don't take this personal to all the motorcyle enthusiast out there). Just as his mommy, I worry more about the other person than I do about him. He loves to ride so I will just pray that he be safe. Also, I promise Annabel was not and will not be riding any motorcyle ever! Her hair was not acceptable for photos, so therefore, the doo-rag (sp). Yes I know that it doesn't match, but I don't have doo-rags just sitting around.



Lastly, this weekend Annabel modeled for the organization called ARC. They had a dinner and syle show with all its memeber modeling or waiting on table. It was a very nice night and the food was excellent. She was not feeling so great (tummy) so we had to ask to be first so we could get off the stage and put our jammies on. Of course, the minute she saw her teacher she was all smiles. So guess what, next year her teacher get to walk her out unless Annabel decides to walk before then. The outfit in the picture was the one she modeled from Dillards. This is Mrs. Ann, her teacher in the first picture. The second is of myself and Annabel. She didn't smile the whole time unless she saw Ms. Ann.