30 Days Of Thankful...

 

30 Days Of Thankful Day #9

(Yes I'm behind)

Today I want  to thank God for our nurses. They come to my home every day to help take care of baby girl. When we got Bry I wasn't scared of taking care of her. I had already prayed about it and God had given me peace with that. I wasn't even scared of all of her special needs, her 24/7 care, her numerous medicines, or even all the trips to the hospital. Those things weren't the part I dreaded. It was having to share my home & life with complete strangers (nurses) that bothered me most. My first few days at home were so stressful that I had almost decided to turn Bry over to the state. I'm sad to say that ,but it did cross my mind ,because it was just that hard.

 

One Wednesday night, in the wee hours of the morning, and after being up for several days straight, I just broke down. I was laying in Bry's room and she was getting sick again (struggling to breathe & running a fever) I just knew we were headed back into the hospital and I dreaded it. I hate that place. So I packed her bags and laid in her room and cried and cried and cried.  I laid there waiting on the nurse to arrive and just poured my heart out to God. I asked God why we were going through that again. I had worked so hard to keep Brylee home. I prayed about Brylee 3 months before we got her. I prayed one time about it and left it in God's hands. I asked God that if it was HIS WILL for Brylee to be with us that He would make a way, but if not that He wouldn't allow it to come to pass. It was a long legal process for her come here and God had made a way against all the odds. So I couldn't understand why God would bring her here & then it have to be so hard. That night my life changed. God sent me an angel of a nurse. I had never met her. She walked in my home and was so different than the other three nurses I had met. She basically told me to stop worrying and that everything was going to be alright. She came in, started working on Brylee and Brylee turned around almost instantly. She was healed. I'm not kidding. She was healed. I know it was God. He showed up through the hands of that nurse that night. That nurse is now our nurse two days a week and she has changed my life. She has taught me so much.

 

Some of the nurses have been hard to deal with. Who am I kidding here?!?! I have had some that have drove me absolutely nuts. I've had some that should have never, ever, ever been nurses. I would stay gone away from home on the days I had those because it was just that bad. Well, needless to say, I had to have some removed from Bry's case, and now I have the best nurses ever!!!!

 

I had one of my nurses call me last Monday, because she knew I had to go to Atlanta on Wednesday and I was nervous about it. I'm scared of Atlanta. I don't like making those trips alone. She called me and said, "Baby, don't you worry about Wednesday. I'm coming over there and I'm going with you to Atlanta and I've already got dinner covered that day, because I know your day will be so busy". How sweet is that? She is an older lady, old enough to be my mom, but she makes me think of my nanny so much. It's like having my nanny here on the day she comes. I just love her.

 

That same nurse saved my house from burning on Thursday. I had a candle lite on my mantel that exploded (for no reason) and it caught my mantel on fire and made a few burn marks on my carpet. She saw my mantel on fire and she put it out. In the process she burned her hand and  foot. Thank God she is ok and so is the kids & my home.

 

I have 4 wonderful nurses now that Brylee loves and I absolutely adore. They take great care of our baby and we truly appreciate all they do. They make us laugh, cheer us on, lift us up, pray for us constantly, and help us in more ways than you can even imagine. We are blessed. My days are now so much nicer and my nurses have become like family. Thank you Lord for these women you have sent our way. Thank you for what they do & the kindness they show us every day. Thank you for blessing us with them.

 

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him,and he will direct thy paths. ~Proverbs 3:5-6