Quite a Day!!

Last night I spent what felt like an hour on my knees in prayer! I had so much running through my heart and mind, especially about my two precious girls! I'm not at all surprised those prayers were heard and we all survived today with flying colors! It was seriously quite a day!! 

Riley had her second round of Botox injections today. We were at Texas Children's by 6am this morning which meant Keagan thankfully slept at Sa's house. By 8 am we had been through all the rounds of paperwork, the vital signs, all the questions and double checks, the meeting with the anesthesiologist and Dr Dy and were ready to go. Through all that I was once again amazed at Riley's smile and positive attitude! She knew exactly what was going on and why we were there. She was scared. But she is so stinkin brave and such a warrior that she smiled through that fear! What an example she is to me!

Unfortunately my sweet girl did really freak out when Dr Dy started to walk her back to the OR. So I was the annoying mom who insisted on breaking the rules and walking her back myself. I stayed with her and helped put the gas mask on her until she fell asleep. After I left they put in an IV for anesthesia and did all the Botox injections in her left arm and hand from each finger all the way to her pectoral muscle. They also did ultrasound guided shots in her salivary glands for her drooling. Dr Dy mentioned that they used enough Botox for 50 adult procedures of cosmetic Botox! 

It all went well except for some cuts on the roof of her mouth from fighting the mask. I met her back in recovery and it took a while to wake her up but she was then happy to have Sprite and go home! In the car she insisted on her favorite cheese roll ups from Taco Bell since she wasn't able to eat before hand and then came home and took a glorious 2.5 hour nap! She is happy and healthy tonight and I couldn't be more thankful for the answered prayers and the beautiful priesthood blessing Todd gave her last night! 

As if that wasn't enough drama and stress on a mommas heart in one day, the party continued. Since I was feeling the power of prayer so strongly today, of course the two things that I have been praying about so hard for Keagan surfaced after school. As we were talking about her day I mentioned to her that I had great news! The great news was that myself, her teacher Mrs Yancey, her reading tutor Mrs Potvin and the literacy specialist Mrs Wilson that she has been meeting with have figured out that she reads a little differently then some kids. We have figured out she has dyslexia and now we know how to help her better! She responded well and remembered that Kellie and Pakka are dyslexic. She has been struggling with her reading and recently has said she hates reading which just broke my heart! This diagnosis has been a long time coming and she has been going through extensive testing to get to this point. Although I have seen it coming for a long time, despite her great grades and hard work, it was a little hard to swallow. But I'm so thankful we found it early and that she is really going to get the wonderful help she needs at school! 

After our chat we decided to go on a walk since it was such a nice day outside. Well wouldn't you know it that 30 mins after one big conversation Miss Keagan asks me where babies come from!! She has been hinting around at this so I knew it was coming and had been praying about how to answer. I kept it casual and elaborated on the fact that it's a gift from God to mommys and daddys. And she said "so what is sex then?" Wow!! My little baby girl said that!! So I gave her a brief, casual explanation of what sex is and then reviewed that she can always ask me anything but that we dont talk about sex with others or ever joke about something so special. She listened and then shrugged her shoulders and said "ok cool!" and literally skipped away! Mind you this was all while Riley was behind the wheel of the pink Cadillac toy and drove across the neighbors grass and almost rammed the fire hydrant! 

Seriously!! What a day!! 

You know almost nightly in my prayers I tell the Lord that I REALLY could not do this without Him! Like any of this! I am SO thankful that He helped me through today and that we are all going to sleep healthy and happy! And thankful that the three things I've been so worried about are all over and taken care of in one day! Hallelujah! Prayers are answered! 

Man I seriously love and adore these girls, but that was quite a day! 

PS, on days like this I let her wear whatever she wants!