Sunday, March 23, 2014
Friday, March 21, 2014
Adoption update and spring break trip
This week was full of adoption work. Wednesday my medical form was completed, Thursday my finger prints were taken again and I think they passed this time and today we signed all the papers for our dossier. Now we are just waiting for our approaved USCIS fingerprinting and then the apostling of our dossier packet by the state of Alabama. Hopefully we will have all of this complete in the next few weeks.
We are now fully enjoying spring break. We are looking forward to our end of the week trip to Auburn and have booked a hotel with an indoor pool. The boys and I will get good use of it while Preston is in meeting. We have now started our first trip. For those of you who were wondering who it could be and where we might be going here is a clue.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Zoo field trip
The boys had a fun field trip to the zoo today. They really enjoyed the train ride, carousel ride, riding their bikes and just hanging out with all of their friends. Here are a few pictures.
Monday, March 17, 2014
adoption update/prayer request, surprise trip, welcoming a very speciallady to the Bowden family and more
We have a very exciting next two weeks ahead of us....very busy but very exciting.
Let's start with prayer request. On Wednesday I have my doctor appointment for the dossier. Just pray everything goes smoothly, mainly with the doctor filling out all the paper work in a timely manner. On Thursday I have my immigration fingerprints again. They were not good enough last time, so I have to do them again. Please pray they will take this time and for the person doing them to have the patients to keep trying until he gets them right.
Now for the fun things: tomorrow I will be on a field trip at the zoo with Nathan and Owen. I know we will all have a blast! A week from Thursday, the 27th, we will be in Atlanta welcoming and meeting our friends', Jennifer and Michael, daughter Hosanna. We are so excited!!!! Another exciting date is this Friday, the 21st. We are signing all of our dossier paperwork!! That seems like a big moment too.
Preston and I have decided to take one child per year on a SURPRISE trip just for them. This will be in addition to our family vacations and our summer mission work. We just thought it would be great bonding time for each child. Our first trip will begin this Friday night. This trip will last until Tuesday. You will have to stay tuned to see who is going this year and where it will be. A few ideas thrown around are Owen to an NBA basketball game, Nathan to the CN Tower in Toranto to ride the elevator numerous times, Logan to Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Nathan to the Golden Gate Bridge to drive on it and the San Francisco hills over and over, Owen to Disneyland, Logan to the Statue of Liberty, Owen to a Major League Baseball spring training game in Florida, Logan to Big Ben and Nathan to Seattle, WA seaport to see all the boats and cranes receiving and sending out their big international shipments.
Let's start with prayer request. On Wednesday I have my doctor appointment for the dossier. Just pray everything goes smoothly, mainly with the doctor filling out all the paper work in a timely manner. On Thursday I have my immigration fingerprints again. They were not good enough last time, so I have to do them again. Please pray they will take this time and for the person doing them to have the patients to keep trying until he gets them right.
Now for the fun things: tomorrow I will be on a field trip at the zoo with Nathan and Owen. I know we will all have a blast! A week from Thursday, the 27th, we will be in Atlanta welcoming and meeting our friends', Jennifer and Michael, daughter Hosanna. We are so excited!!!! Another exciting date is this Friday, the 21st. We are signing all of our dossier paperwork!! That seems like a big moment too.
Preston and I have decided to take one child per year on a SURPRISE trip just for them. This will be in addition to our family vacations and our summer mission work. We just thought it would be great bonding time for each child. Our first trip will begin this Friday night. This trip will last until Tuesday. You will have to stay tuned to see who is going this year and where it will be. A few ideas thrown around are Owen to an NBA basketball game, Nathan to the CN Tower in Toranto to ride the elevator numerous times, Logan to Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Nathan to the Golden Gate Bridge to drive on it and the San Francisco hills over and over, Owen to Disneyland, Logan to the Statue of Liberty, Owen to a Major League Baseball spring training game in Florida, Logan to Big Ben and Nathan to Seattle, WA seaport to see all the boats and cranes receiving and sending out their big international shipments.
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Monday, Monday, Monday
Monday Logan had the day off for teacher work day. We had a wonderful morning together hiking in the backyard, playing and picnicking at the park and then going to the zoo after Nathan and Owen were finished with school.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Owen's EEG pt 2
Owen did really well during his stay at Children's Hospital. He thought so too. When we were in the lobby leaving the hospital he said, "I did it".
Last year Owen's communication skills flourished. He knew all his animal sounds, colors, could sing the character roll call on Mickey Mouse Club House and lots more. Starting last fall Owen started digressing verbally. He got to the point where he was not communicating and showed no real emotions. He is definitely making progress back from his lowest point in December, but we are still very far from where he was at the beginning of last year. We have seen his physiatrist, had a CT scan (which looked good), seen his neurologist, had a 30 minute EEG and now completed a 24 hour EEG. Owen showed nothing of concern during his 24 hour EEG. They were looking to see if he had a lot of neurological spiking during deep sleep and he had none. He also is not having seizures. I spoke with Owen's neurologist today and he said it is just going to be a wait and see for a while. Some kids with CP go through times like this and regain their skills and others go through time like this and never regain their previous skills.
It may seem as if we have a problem with no answer. We don't know how to fix Owen and neither do any of his doctors. There is one who does know how to fix Owen, the one who created him. I know God will lead Owen's development in a way that glorifies Him in Owen's life. I know that Owen will communicate perfectly. God has proved Himself faithful in Owen's entire life and I know He will do it again.
-Owen was born the third triplet at 24 weeks (the one with the least chance of survival). A single birth baby at 24 weeks has an 8% chance of survival...so Owen's was far less. God saved him for a reason.
-Owen was not breathing after he was born. God sustained him long enough until he got on all the necessary machines.
-Owen's heart did not close and after three rounds of medication it still was not closing. A little while later it closed on its own. God closed it.
-Owen's creatinine levels were too high and his kidney's were not functioning properly. They just started working well on their own one day. God regulated those levels.
-Owen had moderate hearing loss and had to wear hearing aids for 1 year. Now, Owen's hearing is normal and his last hearing test two weeks ago was the best yet. God healed Owen's ears.
-Owen's GI doctor wanted to do a fundliplocation (sew his stomach and esophagus together) and give him a g-tube because he was having such bad digestive issues. Owen was just lactose intolerant. God showed us this before we went through with the surgery.
-Owen had digressed verbally....God will faithfully write his answer.
Please join us in prayer for God to restore Owen verbally and take him further than we can even imagine.
Last year Owen's communication skills flourished. He knew all his animal sounds, colors, could sing the character roll call on Mickey Mouse Club House and lots more. Starting last fall Owen started digressing verbally. He got to the point where he was not communicating and showed no real emotions. He is definitely making progress back from his lowest point in December, but we are still very far from where he was at the beginning of last year. We have seen his physiatrist, had a CT scan (which looked good), seen his neurologist, had a 30 minute EEG and now completed a 24 hour EEG. Owen showed nothing of concern during his 24 hour EEG. They were looking to see if he had a lot of neurological spiking during deep sleep and he had none. He also is not having seizures. I spoke with Owen's neurologist today and he said it is just going to be a wait and see for a while. Some kids with CP go through times like this and regain their skills and others go through time like this and never regain their previous skills.
It may seem as if we have a problem with no answer. We don't know how to fix Owen and neither do any of his doctors. There is one who does know how to fix Owen, the one who created him. I know God will lead Owen's development in a way that glorifies Him in Owen's life. I know that Owen will communicate perfectly. God has proved Himself faithful in Owen's entire life and I know He will do it again.
-Owen was born the third triplet at 24 weeks (the one with the least chance of survival). A single birth baby at 24 weeks has an 8% chance of survival...so Owen's was far less. God saved him for a reason.
-Owen was not breathing after he was born. God sustained him long enough until he got on all the necessary machines.
-Owen's heart did not close and after three rounds of medication it still was not closing. A little while later it closed on its own. God closed it.
-Owen's creatinine levels were too high and his kidney's were not functioning properly. They just started working well on their own one day. God regulated those levels.
-Owen had moderate hearing loss and had to wear hearing aids for 1 year. Now, Owen's hearing is normal and his last hearing test two weeks ago was the best yet. God healed Owen's ears.
-Owen's GI doctor wanted to do a fundliplocation (sew his stomach and esophagus together) and give him a g-tube because he was having such bad digestive issues. Owen was just lactose intolerant. God showed us this before we went through with the surgery.
-Owen had digressed verbally....God will faithfully write his answer.
Please join us in prayer for God to restore Owen verbally and take him further than we can even imagine.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Owen's EEG pt 1
Tuesday morning at 11:00 we were admitted to Children's Hospital for Owen to participate in his 24 hour EEG. We had lots of good time to read books, people watch and just count while we sat in admitting until 12:30 when our room became available and the transfer team came to pick us up.
We were taken to a nice corner room on the 10th floor. Here is a look at our view.
Around 2:30 Owen was completely hooked up and ready to go.
On an unrelated note/ thank you for your prayers regarding our mortgage letter for the adoption. The company called today and has agreed to write the now.
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