Blessed

I've been having kind of a difficult week. A lot has been going on, I've been really stressed out and busy, and on top of that, I've been in a lot of pain. My meds just haven't been doing the trick like they usually do. For that reason, I have been taking it more often, which makes me extremely tired (one side effect is drowsiness) and so I fall asleep whenever I sit down. Then I get behind on stuff that needs doing... you get the idea.

Anyway, on Tuesday, Jonah had another eye appointment. If you remember, his last one went really well, and he hasn't had to wear his patch for the last 4 weeks. When we went back on Tuesday, we were pretty certain we were going to have to continue using the patch. Well, the doctor came in and checked him out and did whatever he does and then turned to me with a big smile. He told me that he was so impressed with Jonah's improvement and also surprised at how far he has come. He said his bad eye was the same as his good eye now, and because it hadn't reverted in the past 4 weeks, that it most likely wouldn't (there is about a 20% chance it will, in which case, we will start patching again). I was shocked. When we first saw the eye doctor, they told me we would have to patch for at LEAST a year. It has been 6 months, and now his eyesight in both eyes is 20/40. The doctor said it was pretty amazing. I was so happy. Immediately, the things that came to my mind were people telling me they would pray for Jonah, and also my mom telling me she would and had put his name on the temple rolls several times. It is a small little miracle to me, and I'm glad I have these little things in my life to help my testimony grow. I'm so grateful for faith and prayer. And I am so grateful for people who pray on my families' behalf. Thank you.

Later that day, Laylah had her post-op appointment with the ENT to make sure she was healing okay and that her everything was looking good in her throat, etc. When the doctor examined her, he kind of had a surprised look on his face, and then he asked her to say a few different words. She repeated the words and then he turned to me and told me that she has healed so extremely well, and that he has rarely seen someone this soon after surgury be able to speak so clearly (for about a week after surgury Laylah was talking really funny, like she had something in her mouth all the time. It got pretty annoying, and Andy and I were worried it wouldn't go away... but slowly it did!) He said a lot of people need speech therapy after a tonsillectomy, but that she was doing great. He said she looked awesome and that she should have no other problems whatsoever. I am so grateful for this because after she got her tonsils out, I heard a bunch of horror stories from people who knew someone that had all these major problems after their tonsillectomy. I'm glad I was naive and didn't know all of this before the surgury, or I probably wouldn't have gone through with it.

I'm so grateful for these little blessing in my life that are just small things, but they make my life much easier and less stressful. Thanks for everyone's prayers, e-mails, comments and everything. I really appreciate it!