We are back at home

We left the hospital and stopped for dinner with Peggy & Glen. We tried to update everyone that we knew were on their way to the hospital. Since my Dad isn't up to driving 3 - 6 hours on the road yet, he and Mom did not come over from Sweetwater and we were able to stop Christy before she drove in from Jackson.

I know God works in mysterious ways and we just have to trust that He is watching over us and will work things out the way they need to be done. Even though the aspirin question had been discussed with the doctor last week, that began the discussion today. The anesthesiologist was concerned with aspirin still being in her system with this particular surgery combined with the fact that she had been on anti-biotics for an upper respiratory cough last week. This surgery is very bloody anyway and with these additional factors, it made it more risky and could have created issues with her breathing. On top of that, it brought about questions about her back surgery that we are in the process of scheduling early next year.

So now the doctor who was going to perform this surgery is going to meet with the anesthesiologist and the doctor who will perform the back surgery and decide how to proceed. There is a possibility that we could still have this surgery in the next few weeks or we could end up having the back surgery first. We just have to be patient and see what they decide and then turn it over to God to lead us to make the right decision.

Please continue to keep us in your prayers and watch this blog for updates. In the meantime, you can catch up on what our family has been doing over the last year by reviewing the older posts on this blog site.

Thursday, December 17th

We are packing for our trip to Vanderbilt Children's Hospital. We will be leaving around 9:45 AM CST since we have to be there by 10:45. The surgery is scheduled for 12:45, so I will not update anything until after they have taken her down to prepare for the surgery.




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April 2009

We spent Easter in McMinnville with Jennifer's family. Lots of fun for the kids and Kelsey sang a couple of solos (Redeemer and By His Wounds) at church Sunday morning.

Kelsey also went to Atlanta with the DCA Choirs for a competiton at Six Flags. They won their division and they ate a meal at the Medieval Times restaurant, spent some time in the park, at the Atlanta Aquarium, and at the Coca Cola Museum.

During Awards Day at school, Kelsey received the Drama I Award, got recognition for being in the National Honor Society, made the All Year Honor Roll, and Top 10 % in her class. Then her class finished 2nd in the Field Day activities.

March 2009

Courtney was chosen as one of the Students of the Week at Dupont Hadley Middle School and went to her first Predators game. We got free tickets from the school and Jason went with his Dad also.

The DCA Spring Musical was "Hello Dolly" and Kelsey was part of the ensemble and played several parts, which required multiple costume changes.

National Performing Arts Festival - Disney World

Kelsey went to Disney World in late January with the DCA Thespian Troupe for the National Performing Arts Festival. They got to perform some acts from their upcoming Spring Musical (Hello Dolly) and also had the opportunity to perform individually or in duets in front of judges for the competition.

Kelsey and Heather Runyon performed a duet from the musical "Wicked" and received an Excellent placement for vocal duets.

The group placed first and were chosen to perform on the Dockstage in Downtown Disney. Several other individuals were given Superior ratings and placed first in their categories.

Courtney Plays in Upward Basketball League

After missing last year due to her hospital stay, Courtney once again played basketball in the Upward league at Tulip Grove Baptist Church.





I was an assistant coach again this year. We didn't have a lot of heighth and thought it was going to be a rough year after our first practice. We had the lowest combined scores on our evaluations before the season began, but the girls learned fast and won most of their games. They loved coming up with new names for our plays, like Pizza (for our pick play) and Dr. Pepper (for our double pick play). By the end of the year, Courtney was even running point and calling her play. She didn't score much, but had a great time. The crowd went wild one day when she went around her pick and pulled up and hit a jumper along the baseline (proud Dad). We made a point of letting all the girls play point guard sometime during the year and everyone scored.

Kelsey goes to Presidential Inauguration

January 2009 - Christy & Phillip have a new house and we help move them in and visit for the weekend.

Kelsey is selected to participate in the 2009 Presidential Youth Inaugural Conference in Washington, DC. She attended the Inauguration, a Youth Gala afterwards, and heard many speakers at her conference including Desmond Tutu, Gen. Colin Powell, Erik Weihenmayer (blind man that climbed Mt. Everest), and former Vice-President Al Gore (very boring and least favorite speaker). She only knew one person before going (she met her a short time before going - Sr. at Goodpasture whose mom played tennis with Jennifer). She was supposed to room with her new friend, but there were problems once they got there and they were not even in the same hotel. After some brief excitement about how to get their dresses to the right place and finding the right buses, she made many new friends from other states and had a great time.

She was amazed at the security presence and the number of port-a-potties that were all over DC. LOL I can't imagine why they needed all those - just look at how many people there are there. Regardless of political affiliations, this was a once in a lifetime event that she will never forget.