My niece Jordan Grace Hutchison was born Monday October 15th, 2007 at 4:58 p.m.
She weighed in at 7 lbs. 6.3 oz and measured 18 1/2 inches. Check out the website:

jordangrace.info

You will be sure to enjoy this little miracle!

Also, my cousin Cassie had her little baby on the same day. Her name is Alaire Kathryn Oakes. She was born at 12:40 PM weighing in at 8lbs. 13oz. and measuring 21 and a half inches.


God is good! :)

Sarah

Just wanted to give a quick update. I came home Wednesday night from the hospital. I would like to write more, but am honestly just so tired right now. I'll be sure to get on here and write as soon as I get some energy. Until then....I hope that you continue to bask in the Lord and delight in all that He has given to us.

:)
sarah

yesterday, we had an mri scan of my brain. the place is the same size and the swelling looks like it's going down a bit. there are still a lot of unanswered questions as far as what this all means. there seems to be no clear cut answer, which is frustrating. no one wants to do surgery at this point because of where it is and whether or not it will make a definite difference in the long term. so, the plan is to stay on the decadron and see what happens. it's a wait game. i really want to go home, so they said i can go home and just rest there the same as if i were here in the hospital.

i just have to say that there is nothing in the world like a mom. my heart just absolutely swells up and feels like it's going to burst when i think of my mom. she hasn't left the hospital since we got here on sunday. she sleeps in this chair/bed thing and never complains. there is so much i would like to do for her, but she won't take the time for herself. it's not just the hospital times. it's always. she never stops and doesn't complain. if anything, i'm the one who is constantly feeling like i'm being a burden to her. i just got the most beautiful mums delivered to the room and there is a bear that says "home is where your mom is". how fitting!

so, since there is no real medical plan right now, except to wait it out and see if i start feeling better, the plan is to focus on what God's purpose is for all of this. There is a plan and a purpose and I will continue to trust in whatever it is, even though it is frustrating and hard.

that's all for now. maybe i'll get to go home in a few hours!!! wooohoo!!!

:)
sarah

ok, so we'll start with a funny story. i'm sure most of you have seen The Nutty Professor. He drinks the potion and then all of sudden shrinks down to a really thin size. Sunday, we were all at my house for my papaw's 70th birthday party dinner. we're all eating and they starting saying my right side of my face was swollen. i can feel how it's getting bigger, but was so out of it i didn't really pay much attention. the food was good and papaw had a good time. i hope he enjoyed the best cookies that my mom makes (in my opinion anyway), which are his favorite. oatmeal peanut butter cookies. so after everyone leaves, we head for the hospital (i wanted to do the party first). we get all settled in and i'm washing my face and reailze that in one day, my face had litterally almost swallowed up my smile. i cracked up. it was like the nutty professor in reverse..ha! i didn't bring my camera or i would have posted it on here.

this hospital is great. people are nice and it's got wireless everywhere. so, here i am in my bed writing you all! i'm pretty drugged up which is good. the reason i'm here was because i kept gettng a little worse every day last week and by sunday was not doing good at all. they've been getting the pain under control, some fluids and decadron by IV. i finally slept great last night. i had a scan this morning of my brain. i met with 3 doctors yesterday and we'll get a plan going here. i don't have any information to give you, but when i do, i'll be sure to let you know. i do feel better so that's good. even though i didn't want to come here, the rest, fluids and drugs i suppose i needed.

The Lord is so good and gracious. I pray that all of you all are able to experience his goodness today.

love your guts! :)
sarah

It has been a week since I've wrote. The Amish country was a fun time. We shopped a little and I bought a quilt for my bed. I love it. We took a buggy ride. My mom looked for baskets and pictures, but didn't find anything. My dad looked for a dinner bell to put in the yard, but didn't haven't much luck there either. I had booked a hotel room before we left but didn't realize it was 1/2 from where we were, so my dad had to get on the phone to cancel our reservation (since I was being too nice to the man). The reservation got canceled and we ended up staying in a nice new hotel in Berlin right across from a new Amish restaurant, which was really good. The past couple of weeks have been frustrating because these meds have me all out of wack. I've had a allergic reaction to one of them. My doctor pulled me off immediately, but we're not sure that is the one I'm having reactions to since a lot of my problems are still there. So, they've backed me off of the Decadron some. I'm telling you, that medicine is the worst medicine ever created. Well, i shouldn't say that totally since it is supposed to help with the swelling, but it sure is awful. I have these mood swings like you wouldn't believe. I'm weak, can hardly get around without someone helping me. My heart races all the time and my mom spends most nights sleeping with me to make sure i'm breathing ok (that is when i can sleep). i am starting to take some medicine to help me sleep at least a little at night. today, i finally feel a little rested, which has helped my "bear" mood. oh my....i sound so weird. i really normally am not like this.

i am looking forward to tonight. my papaw's 70th birthday is on sunday and we are having him a party at church for family, friends and his sunday school class. mom and i are about to venture out to michael's to see about getting a memory book that i can compile for his birthday. we have family and friends that are driving in from out of town to spend the weekend and i hope to capture as many of these precious moments for him at i can. i really don't know even how to put into words what that man means to me, but if there is anyone is this world that i hold in such high regard, it is him. he has given his life to the Lord and has been one of the greatest examples in serving those around him for as long as i can remember. he is full of heart and love. i hope this night is something that he will always cherish because there are so many that cherish him and all the love he has given.

sorry about complaining earlier. i really do have much to be grateful for. like an amazing family.