Selah Update ------ Downtown Torez Ukraine

Life can change in an instant....Selah was doing so good the last few days.  Yesterday her heart rate kept edging up.  We had started having issues getting the Cipro in her gtube.  She may have gotten some on Thursday but by Friday it had jelled too much and was too thick.  I called the doctor and he sent in another prescription for it, thinking that she only needed about 5 more days worth of dosages and maybe the new on would work.  Well we couldn't get any of it in.  Cipro is a good strong antibiotic but it's not really meant for gtubes, it's too thick.  It even says it on the box and in the paperwork.  So then I called back and we got another antibiotic but not as strong.  She got one dose last night and at 4 am her alarms started going off.  BOO!  Her heart rate is back up, which is not a good sign.  Her day nurse got here and we gave her another dose and we think it maybe starting to work as her heart rate is coming down back to the 90's.  I hope so or she will have to go back in the hospital to be on an IV (no we can't have her on an IV at home per the state law/nursing)

It certainly has affected her tummy, several huge diaper changes!  I'm learning how to "roll" her and clean her up easier.  I'm sure Selah appreciates what I'm learning from the nurses:)

I interviewed a nice lady for night nursing yesterday and she is starting tonight.  I think it will be a good fit.  I'm glad that she can start tonight, since Selah seems a bit unstable.  We had wanted to get someone for a few nights a week, but really realized that we had to have someone in while I'm gone to NY with Sam.  So I'm glad this all seems to have worked out so well.


Sam still seems ok, he keeps his eye shut most of the time but doesn't seem to be in pain.  We check it when we put in the eye drops.  He was already on preventive eye drops so nothing has changed there.

So please keep my little ones in prayer.  I really really hope we can avoid the hospital with Selah this weekend!!!!

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So a year ago today was actually a Saturday.....we couldn't go see the girls but we went on a tour of Torez. 

 

Here are Sam and Steve in the van

 

 

We found a park!!!!!

 

 

Jon & Yvonne

 

 

 

 

 

Interesting fact, the building behind Sam was the Communist Youth Building back "in the day"

 

 

 

Sam seems to be checking out this little girl LOL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monuments to Miners

 

 

 

Russian Orthodox Chapel downtown

the soccer field

Steve George and Jon in front of the Communistic Youth building

 

A view of the park

 

That's is where we are....

 

two dogs at the bookstore

 

the fam with Lenin

The Square

 

Look a pay phone

 

 

these are Easter cakes, look pretty but we didn't like the taste

 

Headed to the market

 

 

 

 

 

toy store (we went back and were able to buy alot of stuff for the children at the institution)

 

the small pathways at the market

 

 

 

dogs for sale

 

 

 

 

 

I had bought some things for Shad

 

 

Our dear dear George!

 

 

 

Walking back

 

the police station down the road from us.  We were warned that the police might bother us, but we had no problems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our neighborhood

 

 

 

Our building in the middle

 

Hope you enjoy these pictures, each one of them bring back such memories to me. 

 

I guess I can tell  you my dream....my dream would be living there, reaching out to the people, starting a church, starting an orphanage. 

 

I wish I could just pour my life out there....

 

That may never happen but that is my dream, to be back in Ukraine...for good.  We all have dreams, mine is different I'm sure....but that country calls out to me.