Good report! Friends are Friends Forever.....

Selah is finally doing better.  I ask for her to go on an IV antibiotic, she did and after two dosages she is beginning to show improvement.  Last night I was so discouraged and worried about her.  We got back home about 11:30 pm and I worried about her all night.  I called early this morning and talked to the nurse and just told her I felt Selah was getting worse.  She also has a bump on her face that looks odd, like I'm worried about MRSA or something bad.  I asked her to talk with the doctor and tell him I felt she needed an antibiotic.  She did and he agreed.  She is already showing great improvement!  When I got over there this afternoon, I could tell she was feeling better.  Her heart rate was going down, by the time I left at 9 pm, she was down to the low 100's, much better than last night in the 120's !  The spot on her face still is growing but is being treated so they can't swab it to see what is going on with her.  It looks bad.  We are going to address that tomorrow.  But I feel so much better about things tonight.

Last night one of my BFFs from my college days and her family stopped by to viist.  Meichelle was visiting family in north Florida and took yesterday and today to come see us!  We went over together so she could meet and love on Selah yesterday.  Today we all went out to eat and then to Hillsborough River State Park, one of the most beautiful places around.  We saw LOTS of gators:) which was their goal LOL!  Got to love those folks from out West:) Then as we were all leaving, we got caught in a planned burn, that turned into an unplanned mess!  So we had to drive through some real fire!  It was fun LOL   I LOVED her kids and all the kids just hit it off with each other.  Meiche and I have not seen each other in OVER 20 years!  But we have stayed close by phone and now by FB/Internet.  She was one of my most staunchest supporters of our adoption and has been "by my side" since the accident....  I can not tell you how much the past 24 hours have meant to me!  I just want her back!!!!  We have decided NOT to let 20 more years go by (or by then we'll be almost 70!!!)    What a treat to see my friend!  And I can tell you that it was like we'd seen each other yesterday...not in 1990!   Now that is a REAL friend!!!!!!  Oh and we were both told by our snotty teens that we were acting like kids!  I said we were STILL kids and all these extra kids are just figments of our imagination lol!

We took a ton of pictures but this is my fav

 

we are standing in an old tall cypress tree

 

our grown boys:)

 

this is what they wanted to see!

 

 

 

 

 

For real fire!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Selah resting with her sweet Ms Lynn there!

Thank you for praying for Selah, please continue to do so! 

 

Tomorrow I will pick up with my Ukraine story but I'm tired and need to go to bed:)

 

I'm also rejoicing.....

Because

there are TWO less orphans in the world tonight...

Two little girls left the orphanage with their family today

One of those little girls used to be in Sarah's room.  She sat on her cot and cried when I dressed Sarah and walked out with her.  I could not bear it.  I had to push the whole thing out of my mind.  She understood what was happening.  She was being left behind BUT GOD....rescued her and another little one today!  He did it through a wonderful family!  I have a thankful heart!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quick update.... Pictures from outside

Selah is about the same.  I'm getting ready to go up and see her.  She did throw up today and I have some concerns that the meds she is on is not working.  Today we changed doctors, upon my request as I felt the doctor she had was condescending to me and was not looking at the whole picture with Selah.  It seemed to me that the doctor was going out of her way to find something new wrong with Selah and bringing in a bunch of specialists.  It just didn't seem like we were using "common sense"....  To me it was obvious, we were unable to finish the antibiotics so she relapsed....  but to this doctor, there was a new cardiac problem. or lung issue or maybe neurological issue....GEEZ...if it looks like a zebra, acts like a zebra, walks like a zebra....it's probably a Zebra....  Then the doctor was also rude to me.....I dont' play well with folks like that.

I'm all about seeing specialists, BUT when she has already been cleared by cardiology, and there is nothing new....then let's be reasonable! 

One of my best BFF from my college days is on her way here:)  She and her family are vacationing in Florida and are taking time to come and see us!!!  She is going with me to the hospital.  Meichelle and I have been friends a long time and it's been a long time since we've seen each other because for some crazy reason she wants to live on the other side of the country!!!!



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A year ago today we were allowed to take the girls out on the porch.  That is as far outside as they had gone since the day they arrived there.  Selah had been there almost 4 years and Sarah a year...




This is taken out of our kitchen window

 

Wild dogs

 

 

 

 

 

we had another flat on the way.....

 

Outside in snow suits!  Poor Selah could hardly stand up

 

 

 

All the toys were broken

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

we were supposed to leave by 11:30 am so we went outside but no driver.  We walked around and took pictures.  Lots of animals there

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then some of the older residents came out

 

 

 

the laundry house

 

 

 

 

 

 

the coal house

 

some of the ladies washed clothes

 

where the girls lived

 

an older resident

 

 

 

Walkway between the main building and the children's building

 

the front

 

 

 

Happy with my Pepsi:)

 

So our first day "outside" was a sucess and the girls were happy.  For the first time, Selah fussed when her nurse came to take her away.  We were thrilled:)  Although she may have just liked being outside, it seemed like she liked us:)

 

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Please pray for Selah!!!!