One Year Ago Today: 12/16/2012 - Pain & Ponderings

(12/16/2012, Sunday) Evie slept well through the night, but suffered wild blood sugar swings and (unrelated) stomach pain throughout the day. I neglected to mention that she'd asked for another priesthood blessing on Saturday, so I contacted the same member of our church here in Chapel Hill as before and he quickly left his family to aid mine. Today he brought one of the deacons with him and provided us the sacrament. We listened to / watched the Christmas Devotional, but I don't know how much Evie got out of it. We'll probably listen to it again soon.

She had one of her PICC lines removed, which in and of itself wouldn't cause much grief, but the surrounding bandage that had been attached for well over a week had a death-grip on her little arm hairs made her shriek in pain.

Heather left around 1800. Evie and I enjoyed listening to a music CD that Aunt Rachel had purchased for us which seemed to get her back to a calm and happy state. I stumbled across several free podcasts accessible via the iTunes Store which I downloaded, and I had her listen to a reading of an article by John Bytheway, Five Scriptures that Will Help You Get Through Almost Anything, which you can read in the September 2008 issue of the New Era.

We had a few conversations about her current trial, and her concerns during the day, and talked about it in more detail as bedtime neared. I like to think it helped. Unfortunately, it certainly did nothing to make her more sleepy. Around 2230 eastern we called Evie's Grandma to sing Happy Birthday. (Long story short, Evie didn't fall asleep until after 0300.)

DISCLAIMER: Posts Labeled "One Year Ago Today" are a record of what transpired when Evie first became ill.  The slightly edited text comes from emails which we sent to family to let them know what was happening, and to keep them updated.  These posts are usually long, but if you want to truly understand what life was like for us, and what led to this point, it makes for great "light" reading.