Mercy Day

Mercy: a blessing that is an act of divine favor

Amen.

So after our rough week, Thursday was our first day of normal. Jesse went back to work and everyone was healthy. Thank goodness God only gives you as much as you can handle. The stress, lack of sleep, being sick, and playing nurse for several days was really starting to wear on me. But on Thursday, Sean took a 2.5 hour nap in the morning and a 3 hour nap (that perfectly coincided with Trent's nap) in the afternoon. He also ate every 3-4 hours. This was nothing short of a miracle. Every other day before Thursday (and every day since then), Sean may take 2-3 20 minute naps throughout the day. He has major gas issues and spends a large portion of the day fussing. He eats every 2 hours. Add a healthy toddler to the mix who still wants his mom's full attention (and is full of energy from being cooped up for a week!) and my days would not usually be described as calm.peaceful.quiet.easy. With Sean's long naps, I was able to give Trent long periods of undivided attention and actually even get "me" time (which was spent sanitizing the house of the nasty stomach bug) while they were simultaneously sleeping for three hours in the afternoon. It was such a blessing to have a little break before we got back into the real normal on Friday. Mercy day, really.

But, it gets better! - My mother in law had another scan to see how the tumors in her body are responding to the chemotherapy. All the tumors have shrunk and there are no signs of new metastasis! This is such great news! She'll have chemo for a few more months and then another scan. Hopefully, the tumors will continue to shrink and the doctors will eventually be able to go in and remove the last of it!

And, of course, some cute pics of the kids on our relaxing day.

Eight weeks old!

"My Bumbo?!"