Please continue to pray for her recovery. She is a fighter. A strong girl. I feel so blessed that 48 hours ago we weren’t sure what the outcome would be because the doctors said she could have only 24 hours and now she is home in our arms. Safe and whole. We give the Lord all the credit! Thank you so much for you encouragement. We love you all.

Josh and Amanda

Wednesday is when Chloé started acting a little weird but I just thought she was possibly going through a growth spurt. She was abnormally fussy. Thursday night she began to eat less at each feeding then after Church she started screaming uncontrollably like she was in horrible pain. Josh and I went home to take her temperature. It was 100.9 so we called our Doctor and the local emergency room on what we should do. They instructed is to give her Tylenol wait an hour then if it her fever was still there to go straight to the emergency room. An hour came and went and when I took her temperature a second time it read 102.1.

We immediately took her to the emergency room. The next few hours were the worst moments of my life. I think I was crying just as hard as Chloé. Seeing your precious baby being pricked with needles and strapped up to monitors is scary. After repeated times of trying the nurses where unsuccessful in getting an IV started in her little veins. When the doctor came in he looked her over, found her ear was a little red but said he knew there was something more because babies just don’t act like she was acting over a sore ear. He instructed us to do a Spinal Tap to test Chloé for Spinel Meningitis. Our hearts broke. We didn’t want to do it because we couldn’t even imagine her having something like that. He told us we couldn’t wait. We had to do it or her life could be at risk. We decided to do it and an hour later the Doctor came in and confirmed they found bacterial Meningitis.

They were not happy about their findings and wanted to get her to the Pensacola PICU asap because of her age. So they rushed her there. Josh went with Chloé and I had to drive. The longest hour and a half of my life not sure what it all meant and what the outcome would be.

When I got to the hospital. Josh and Chloé were already admitted. They had to put an IV in her head. She was still very fussy after all she had already been through. The Doctors came in and confirmed they found Bacterial Meningitis on her slides. Once she got in to PICU the gave her antibiotics to fight the Meningitis. Chloé was put in to Isolation. We had so wear mask, gloves, and gowns to be able to see her.

After all this happened, we prayed, had you all pray, and constantly read scripture over her believing for a miracle to save our baby girl. A few long hours of being in Isolation the doctors came in and said that they checked the slides again that had once shown the bacterial infection and there was no bacterial infection to be found. They were not sure what happened. This was so exciting to hear. What the did find in her culture was the viral strain of Spinal Meningitis but that is a much better diagnosis than having bacterial. The doctors were more pleased with that finding. When we first checked in they said 14 days in the hospital at least, but now they are telling us as soon as her fever is gone for 24 hours we can go home and recover there.

We are believing she will recover wholly from this and are so thankful for all your prayers. We love you!

Sweet Chloé,

As hard as I try there will never be enough words to describe how much I love you and how precious you are to me. When your daddy and I found out we were having you, we were so happy and thanked God everyday for you. I will never forget the day you were born. When they placed you in my arms, I felt a deep love that I never felt before. Not just for you but for your daddy too and even though it is hard to believe we could love you anymore….our love grows for you more and more each day.

I love the way you stretch when you wake up in the morning and that sometimes I find you awake in your crib just smiling at the world. I love having little conversations with you and hearing you try to talk back to me. I love that every time I say, “Are you mommy’s good girl?”, you smile from ear to ear. I love how sweet and beautiful you are. You are my joy.

I am so proud to be your mommy, It is the greatest gift in the world.

Love you always and forever,

Mom

A very happy Mothers Day to all you mom’s! Check out this video and grab a tissue!

I have been needing this update for a while, but it was one of those things that kept being at the bottom of my lists of things to do, because my old blog was just so comfy and cozy. Sometimes the thought of completely abandoning all I know for something new is hard for me. Whenever I feel that way I just have to slap my self and say, “Woman, wake up!” I am always so glad that I branch out even though it takes some getting use to sometimes.

I would not have been able to do it though with out the fabulous help of Joe Godbee!  He did an amazing job designing my new blog, and listened to me ramble about all the things I needed and wanted. He took time to explain all the little details every step of the way and made the transition from blogger to wordpress a dream! If you are looking for someone to design a website for you, please visit his website & check out his incredible work. He does an amazing job!

Well, I am on vacation in Jacksonville to enjoy my precious family and the beautiful weather. I will be blogging saturday’s Wedding in the next few days. I hope you enjoy the new blog make sure to update your bookmarks and your RSS readers, in the mean time ……..I am off to buy some new shoes :)

Love Always,

Amanda Suanne