Thursday, September 07, 2006

Looking for better day tomorrow...


Ok...I'm going to be honest...today was pretty rough. I could give you all the details of the day and keep you waiting, but BECAUSE I HATE THAT MYSELF, I'll get straight to the point...we know nothing yet and won't know results from the MRI until tomorrow. AHHHHH!!! Maybe God's just giving us time to get our chocolate...let me explain.

Here's how today went...Claudia is currently not sleeping through the night and so we had a hard time deciding whether or not to stay overnight in Indy the night before because she sleeps even less in a hotel...its "too exciting," new, etc. (There's many other reasons we decided against it this time, but will explain later.) So, long story short, we decided to drive down this morning. Bad decision. We got her to bed EARLY last night and still only got 2 1/2 hrs. of sleep...but we were there right on time (which is rare for us!)...only to find out that the MRI machine was broken! Nurses said it could be a wait of anywhere from 1 to 4 HOURS! So we waited...and waited...and, well, this was getting rough for a little girl who does't understand why she can't eat or drink. So after an hour or so, we ended up walking over to the cancer clinic and they decided to hook her up and give her chemo before the results. (Hope she needed it...well, actually I don't, but you know what I mean.) And remember...still not allowed to have any food or drink. So FINALLY, they got the MRI machine up and going. She hates these procedures but this time, she really got upset. She went to sleep screaming...and woke up screaming. SO HARD on my heart. And to top it off, because it was so late, there was no tech to read the results...meaning we have to wait until tomorrow. THIS IS TORTURE! Waiting for results is the absolute worst.

So what's this have to do with chocolate? I can't even count how many times we've been stuck in limbo waiting for results of all kinds and so we started a little tradition two years ago...we buy chocolate for these days we find out some kind of results to "celebrate" the good news afterwards (like days of MRI's, etc.)! Just a way to stay positive, I guess! Well, for the first time today, we forgot to get our chocolate! So maybe this is God's sense of humor...knowing we're going to get good news...we need our chocolate!!!! Ok, that's probably stretching it but, hey, let's stay positive, right?! Why do I have this feeling its going to be a very long night???

I will give you all an update as soon as we find anything out. Until then, just waiting...and praying...and hoping...and beliving for the best! Thanks again for all of your prayers! We covet them!

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