Long Day

Yesterday was quite the long day. Amidst all the regular therapies, we saw William's eye doctor and found out what we really already knew. William's visual acuity is somewhere between 20/400 to 20/700 with best correction. Basically that just means he's legally blind. On the upside, his right eye seemed stable and maintained it's vision over the last 3 months. His left eye, however, was slightly worse. He is doing very well and compensates nicely. I am so thankful that we chose to have his implants when we did. I can't imagine him not being able to hear OR see. He really uses his sense of hearing and relies on it heavily. He uses either the sound of my voice or touch to find me. Again, very thankful for Cochlear Implants.


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Amusing

Okay, it's been awhile. William has been healthy for a significant amount of time, praise the Lord! School has been keeping us pretty busy. I have 6 in school this year, a first for me and I'm teaching 2 of them how to read. I've also discovered that Elly has Dyslexia, which has been a new challenge, but I think we're starting to get it. At least we've had an entire week of school with no tears - that's got to be good, right?
In keeping with the idea of school, I was recently emailed this list of "Why teachers lose their minds." I'm only posting the funniest ones...hope you enjoy them!



























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Baby Naomi

To all prayer warriors:
Baby Naomi Nault is currently at OUMC, bleeding in her swollen belly. She's lost a lot of blood, doctors are stumped, and they've told the family to prepare for the worst. Please remember her in your prayers.

"But know that the Lord has set apart him that is godly for Himself: the Lord will hear when I call to Him."
Psalms 4:3


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2010

I am sitting in the waiting room while Michael is having surgery to have skin cancer removed. CNN is on the television and they are doing a "2010 Year in Review" that has been somewhat interesting. They've done the top 10 interesting stories, people, and now they are on the top 10 innovations. Two of these innovations were extremely interesting to me. #6, which really came in at #1 in my book, was that scientists have built and installed new lungs that work well in lab rats! What amazing technology! They are planning on using it for COPD and Cystic Fibrosis patients.
The other innovation that I found quite interesting came in at #3 on the list: bionic legs. These were long pieces of metal that fit around a persons leg and somehow hooked up to their body so that it sensed the nerve and would walk where the body wanted to walk. Right now they are using these for paraplegics. Still, amazing!
When I think of how far we've come over the last century, even the last decade, it has me in awe what God is allowing man to do. And I wonder, will we honor Him with these blessed technologies, or will we create our own "Tower of Babel"?

"O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walks to direct his steps." Jeremiah 10:23

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Illness

Praising God for the Vest, which has seen us through another cold, pneumonia and hospital free!

"LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us." Isaiah 26:12

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