Dreaming of a simple way

Updates

Well the last week has been really busy and really hard. My "little" brother and his wife delivered their 3rd child (1st daughter) on Wednesday (March 14th) and she lived for 1 hour. We had expected it. Little Hannah Mae was diagnosed back in January with Trisomy 18. My sister in-law was at 20 weeks gestation at the time. Hannah ended up wieghing 2 lbs 1.4 ozs. She was so beautiful and looked further along in gestation to me, other than size. My sil decided to not try and go to full term. The doctors told her that it was a danger to her health. She would be more suseptible to toxemia. So Hannah was born at 30 weeks gestation.

We had her funeral yesterday and my little brother read a letter that he wrote to Hannah at the end of it. It was so sad and emotional for me to see him pour his heart out. He is a US Marine also and was dressed in his "dress blues" and looked like the epitome of strengh when he got up to read it, and as he read the letter his innocence and humanity shone so intensly. He came home from the Middle East for this event and leaves next week to go back. He won't be home again until June and then he and his wife and 2 boys will move to Camp Pendalton to be stationed there for a couple years.

His older son Trevor is also my son Williams' best friend, it is going to be so hard to say goodbye, but atleast they will be a whole lot closer to us than they were in Norfolk, VA.

We are planning on going down to see them in July or August (or maybe September) and also go to Sea World which William has been wanting to do (and me too!).

William also had two dentist appts. this week and has NO CAVITIES!! So that was good news. I guess the reason he was putting his fingers in the back of his mouth was because he is getting his 6 year molars. He also had a full day of doctors and therapists for evaluations in order to get services, That was a really long day. I am pretty much fed up with the entire medical community right now!

Blessings,

Katie