Home now!

Happy Thursday!!

Zoe is home and resting peacefully in her own bed.  What a difference 48 hours makes!  Thank God she is home.  We had a nice set-up in the hospital (she had a HUGE room), but nothing compares to your own bed, no matter how old you are.  When I went to lay her down, I spied on her in the monitor and she just looked around and got reacquainted with her room and her bed.  I gave her a little extra Tylenol to get her through her nap because she will most likely sleep right through her Motrin dosage...hoping to taper the pain meds soon.  She is still very stiff in her neck and fusses when she anticipates being moved around, but other than that she's doing great!  We gave her a real bath right before we left the hospital (she HATED that process!!), so she's gonna feel great when she wakes up.

God has answered so many prayers this week.  We are forever grateful for you who have joined with us.  He heard every single prayer and that should encourage all of us.  Nothing is too difficult for Him.  We are hoping to see improvement in her chewing and swallowing and sleep apnea immediately, now that we are home and focused on recovery (not just surviving the next dr.'s visit or vitals check or round of medicine).  

Ya know, Jesus went through more suffering than any of us when He was on the cross, and He overcame it all.  It didn't happen instantly either.  He had to fight too - through prayer (praise and worship).  I kept reminding Zoe of that, and each time I did she would start to calm down.  It doesn't matter how old you are or what you're battling or what time it is or how little sleep you've had - God meets you right where you are and He responds to faith, no matter how much or little you got.  Let's all continue to seek Him in all areas of our lives.  

Now that she's home and recovering, I need to get to party-planning!  Someone turns 2 in a couple of weeks and has lots of friends and family coming to town to celebrate.  If anyone has an Elmo costume Daddy can borrow, let us know.  I have a feeling there will be lots of princess parties in her future, but we don't know how long we're going to love Elmo this much!!

Come stop by tonight, tomorrow, or anytime this weekend.  Someone will be here!  Zoe typically naps between 12:30-3:00, and we're going to try to get her back to that regular routine now that we're home.  O yeah, and come see Music Man!!  That's where I'll be in the evenings...Happy show day, Lovejoy family!!