No, I'm not talking about me finally blogging or even the price of gas being super low, although these too are miracles, but I will tell you of a couple other miracles. Many of you know that my two brothers are inactive from church...well, both of them attended church last week. When I first heard, I almost didn't believe it. I asked if there was a baby blessing or missionary homecoming or something they forgot to tell me about.
My one brother went because he was on a trip with my mom and respected her enough to find a ward for them to attend. The other one, I found out today, has been going for about a month or so due to an encouraging friend. Even when I arrived at my parents today and asked where he was, they said he was doing his hometeaching and would be back in time for dinner.
Words can't express how thankful I am!!!! I'm thankful to a loving Heavenly Father who answers prayers and sends people into our lives who can best help us; as well as, the guy who befriended my brother and helped him come back to church. It renews my hope for my other brother although it would take a lot more for him to come back to church.
The other miracle, which no one really knew about (because I failed to blog about it), is that my sister just had her fourth girl, Tessa Grace, this past Monday. Of course...this is much more a miracle than people realize because the baby almost didn't make it. Although my sister practically went full-term, the baby has always been smaller than what she should be at each of the check ups and so they were going to deliver the baby a week or two early. Even then the baby came earlier because at the last check up, two days before my sister was due, the doctors discovered that there wasn't really any amniotic fluids and they would need to deliver right away or the baby would suffocate. Needless to say the baby survived but is not out of the danger zone yet. She was born weighing a whopping 3lbs. Smallest baby I'd ever seen! These pictures may give you an idea of how small she is but still don't do any justice.
My sister gave us an update today at our family dinner. She said this past week Tessa's had some problems eating and keeping food down and lost about 40 grams. She's been moved to another hospital where she can receive more one on one care. After running some tests they realized that the problem was that she'd been fed too much. too fast which caused some intestinal problems. The nurses were only giving her about a teaspoon and a half (which really isn't much of anything) but it's just that her stomach is so small. Poor girl had to have her stomach pumped to relieve some of the problems. She's been doing a little better since then and has gained 12 grams making her way back up to 3lbs. I guess that's why I consider her a miracle because even with everything she's been through, she's still here with us!
