Daily Archives: August 8, 2016

Here we are at the end of a very busy day TWO!  We didn’t sleep a wink last night as our hospital beds are quite hard, but the staff here is so helpful and they brought me a topper and Cory a new mattress and we are hopeful that tonight will be full of deep rest!  No rest makes me more emotional than normal… and I would really like to hold it together the best I can for the kids!  Please pray for me to continue being strong for all of us, but especially those three littles that I love so much!

My morning started with blood draws bright and early, I began my antibiotic regiment, then we snuck out for a much better breakfast with the family at the hotel across the street!!!  Yay me… I struggle with hospital meals.  Then we came back and started our tests that looked something like this:

-neurological eye testing

-metabolic picture testing… they use this in the NASA program

-a heart stress test

-life quality evaluation

Then I had a short break so we came back to the hospital room and started my IV of Selenium for the next hour… then went back up to the second floor for a detox foot bath and magnetic field treatment.

We finished this all up and left for dinner again tonight and enjoyed some delicious italian food literally next door to both the hospital and hotel… I LOVE how convenient this placement in the center of town is for all of us to maximize our time together!

Mom and Daddy took the kiddos to a super fun water park and they all soaked up the sunshine as it is supposed to start raining all day for the next few days tomorrow… they all had a great time and were worn out for naps all around!

I am going to be careful posting pictures until we are back home of some specific things… but here is a recap of our day in pics… minus treatment pictures for now!

We love and miss you all… but are looking forward to another full day ahead and the last day we have a five year old… EVER!

P.S.  I am sooooo grateful that Cory has been able to come to each treatment with me today… helped it all feel better and less alone in it!  He’s the best and I am so richly blessed to have him!

Sincerely, Dani

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NLT

16 Always be joyful. 17 Never stop praying. 18 Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.

I finally have internet access on my laptop and can tell you about our first day in the hospital/ Klinik!  yippee!

Yesterday, Sunday August 7th was our check-in day.  We had a very hard time waking up in time for breakfast at the hotel, so Cory went and brought us all food to our room.  Thanks Babes… this 9 hour time difference has been rough on us all.  We checked into our hospital room at noon and asked when the Doctor would be by for our initial chat.  We didn’t have to be back until 5pm, so we took the kiddos to the park behind the hospital and found a fun mini golf place too!  We played the Spiel golf which is like a cross between pool and mini golf.  The park is beautiful and we soaked up all the time we could as a family!  We then went back to the hotel to rest and re-pack Cory and my belongings and arrived at the Klinik again at 5pm.

We met a wonderfully kind doctor who filled us in on what these two weeks will look like while here, she set an IV line in my arm just in case I had a seizure again.  We were then able to go back to the hotel to have dinner with my parents and kiddos… this was a surprise to us, as we thought we would have to stay here the entire time.  We said goodnight after a later dinner and unpacked our bags at about 10pm and then Cory started working for the night.  The night nurse came in to take my temperature and to give me Monday’s schedule.

Here are some pics from our fun at the park, and what our room looks like…

Thank you sooooooooo much for your continued prayers for all 7 of us!  We need them and feel God making ways and going before us in the little things for sure!

Sincerely, Dani

Philippians 4:4-9 NKJV

4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!

5 Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.

6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. 9 The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.