The Summer has flown by. I remember thinking at the end of May what a long Summer it would be – because we would be so busy. I look back at it and think – what a short Summer this was! Short or long – it was an AWESOME summer! We made so many new …
Life with lots of kids can be hard. Life with a child with Down syndrome can be hard. Life with five kids with Down syndrome can be downright suffocating. This isn’t a pity party. And there’s no need for anyone to say, “You brought it on yourselves,” or, “You should have thought about that before …
This past week, Seth and I were able to travel to a place in Ukraine called Krivoy Rog for a mission trip through our school. Krivoy Rog is a city that is south of Kyiv and took us about six hours by train to get down there. Our team consisted of me, Seth, a fellow …
It’s been an eventful several weeks. One significant happening is that we celebrated the 8th anniversary of bringing Matthew and Micah out of their orphanage and mental institution. If I said that a lot has happened in the last eight years, that would be a gross understatement.
Somehow, we managed to survive the scourge of 2017 – all nine of us who were sick with the stomach virus recovered and lived to tell about it. Thankful that’s over! We are getting ready for Spring. Tomorrow promises a high of 50 degrees (okay – so what if it’s going to be cloudy and …
Our first real update from Ukraine! This may get long – my apologies at the beginning. If it was a perfect world, we could easily write a post every day. I (Chris) finally arrived on January 26. I thought I would NEVER get here. We made the trip without too much trouble. Overall, my back …
Home again (in the other home). Almost. January 14 we were making the final push to be ready to leave the house where we were staying at 6:15 a.m. I was packing my carry-on and reached down to pick up a passport off the edge of the bed and I suddenly had a fiery, raging …
The scope revealed more, not less pus in the lung than there was on Tuesday. Balancing lots of factors, we have decided that I will take Ethan to America on Sunday morning for further care. We’ve been in contact with our pediatrician in Oklahoma City and he’s working on getting us appropriate appointments. We have …
A friend sent me the lyrics this hymn. The lyrics really fit our moment. Thanks Julie! Music is a soothing balm to my dry and weary soul. Update coming later today. Ethan will have another procedure today at 2:00 p.m. (6:00 a.m. CST)
Where things stand today Yesterday, all signs pointed toward a fast recovery. No fever for well over 24 hours. He was very active and acting like his old self. He was even to the point of cabin fever and pure boredom. All indicators that he was feeling better. However, last night his fever returned to …