Yeah for Valium and Go God!!!

So - in case anyone is keeping score

Philippians's - 1
Worry - 0

The visit with Doctor Odom (again!) went just amazingly well. Thank you so much for those of you who were and are praying for us.

Before we left the house Jacob took his Valium and we applied his emla (numbing) cream to both his port and the site where they will preform the tap. He is now healing so fast that I could not see the puncture from last week. This is really good news but it does make it harder to try and numb the right spot. That is probably why I tried to squeeze as much as possible under the tegaderm band aid to make sure we would have as little pain as possible. Of course, the side effect of that is once there is pressure on his back (ie. sitting in the car for the drive) the pressure made it kinda explode everywhere. Thank goodness for the travel bag and extra clothes that Brian put in the car.

Jacob was a total stud! Because of the emla explosion - Jacob's back was not as totally numb as we had hoped for and he did have some pain with the spinal tap. Even with the pain he stayed perfectly calm and in the perfect posture for the Dr to make the puncture. I know all the adults reading this understand how hard that would be for any of us - let alone for an 8 year old.

Joshua also deserves some all star recognition. As a child who craves the lime light he totally got that this morning was about his brother. He was soft spoken (yes, Joshua!) thoughtful and really focused on his brother. Josh prayed over our celebration pancakes at Ihop and it was so sweat as he thanked God for "giving Jacob a good day at the clinic and treatment to make him better".

Our lives are falling back towards "normal" patterns and I am so thankful for every window we get to see God in our lives. To know that He is, and that He is active and available is the normal we want to stay in.