Playing. We treasure these happy moments as they don't come around every day.
Around 5 AM each morning I rouse Shane and he and Boo (that's Micah to you) leave on a walk (or run depending on how tired Shane is). A long walk. 2-3 hours long. Meanwhile Sage and I sleep.
Shane takes the night shift most every Friday and Saturday. It's exhausting. Micah wakes 6-8 times every night and some nights he can't be consoled and that means holding and walking for long periods of time. Just yesterday morning Shane woke me around 5 AM, handed Micah to me and off we went on a walk of our own.
Nothing like some good hills to remind me that I haven't done any exercising in 6+ months (save weekend hikes). It's sad to admit this but exercise is dead last on my list of priorities these days...sleep takes the cake. Any moment I can sleep I will.
Boo and I walked through the historic district and I admired all the gorgeous Victorians and tree lined streets. Some day we'd love to live there.
The walk was lovely but around 7th and Spruce Micah decided it was time to start scratching and there was no stopping him. The only thing to do when the scratch fest begins is pick him up and pin his arms to his side. So there I was holding a wiggling, fussy baby and pushing the B.O.B. on top of that. I sighed a few times to myself and wished for the day when Micah is healthy and happy and I won't have to lug him home 20 blocks.
We walked and walked through the early morning stillness and as we approached home I heard music blasting from a little cottage. It was Alicia Keys singing her heart out: "Everything's gonna be alright."
A tiny smile tugged at the corner of my lips as I remembered that some day Micah will be all right.
"Some blessings come soon, some come late, and some don’t come until heaven; but for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come."
-Jeffrey R. Holland
P.S. Micah is getting better slowly. We've had lots of missteps and tried everything under the sun. Finally our dear friends Bryan and Paige referred us to their friend, Jane, in Australia who has been through the same eczema hades. She is sharing with us what worked for her children and we are seeing results at long last. We hope and pray every day that maybe, just maybe, he'll be better in time for his first birthday in a month. We'll keep our fingers crossed.
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wow! He really does look better! i'm praying for you and micah every day
Bless your heart Alicia! Good luck!
Alicia,
You don't me and I don't know you...
but I stopped in and visited your blog this morning. Might I just say...you are a beautiful family! I don't mean aesthetically it goes without saying how handsome your family is but I meant the inner beauty and strength you all portray. Your outlook, attitude and honesty I found to be breathtaking and refreshing!
I have just recently suffered the greatest loss a mother could ever imagine! I lost my 10 day old baby boy, Isaiah Michael Maxwell, when he went home to be with the Lord! But that is not why I wanted to take a moment to write to you.
I wanted to let you know that your courage is inspiring! I read all your entries up through the airplane ride back from Virginia...that post left me with tears in my eyes at your profoundly beautiful interpretation of the day! You are true warrior in the gentlest of ways!
I just wanted to let you know that I will be praying for your Micah and for you and for Shane and your adorable little Sage!
I also took much joy in how you did not focus on the trial as much as you focused on the positives! I was endeared by the breaking spurts of your conversations with Sage and her take on the world too! They were a reminiscent feast for me, as I am truly missing the younger years I had with my older children.
You see before my Isaiah came along I was already the mother of 4 sons. I am heading towards the empty nest stage as their ages are; 21, 20 (in a few weeks), 17 & 16.
Isaiah was to be our little angel in staving off the empty nest. So I just wanted to take a moment to encourage you and to thank you and to let you know you have touched a stranger's life. Your blog brought such joy to me this morning as I woke up without my Isaiah and a practically empty house that used to be flooded with spilled milk & cereal, and cuddle times in PJs.
Thank you! Please feel free to stop by my blog and visit me sometime :)
http://mylifeandstuffandjunk.blogspot.com
I do a lot of fictional creative writing on this blog, it is a good outlet for me, but in between those posts you will find my real life too!
Love in Christ,
Chrissy
Thank you for posting this! It really is inspirational to see how you are going through hard times, but how you keep a positive outlook. I hope things get to be smoother for you and your family very soon.
Just another stranger stopping by. I found you after searching for NAET blogs. My 4YO has extreme eczema that he's suffered since about 4 months old due to allergies. We've really made some headway in the last year, but it's been a heck of a journey. My heartbreaks to see your little one suffer with all the itching, and I feel for you and those sleepless nights and all the worrying and heartache a mother feels when her child suffers. I know I lay there praying to God to cure my son.
I see that you tried NAET, but I'm not sure how that worked out for you. We've been doing it for about 6 months (pretty much once a week.) It's still hard for me to say if it's "working", but my son's abdomen looked a lot like your son's and then cleared up the day after the egg treatment and the rash hasn't come back. I also saw some crazy things happen after the yeast treatments. Anyways, I follow this other NAET blog of a family in Colorado who have had a lot of success. Not sure if they're near you, but if you want to look into their practitioner, etc here their link http://4fordsblog.wordpress.com/about/
I also wanted to share with you some info on a medication that has a homeopathic effect on the body's immune system, causing it to correct itself without side effects and is very low cost. It's called LDN, low-dose naltrexone. Our Ped prescribes it for my son and it has to be made at a compounding pharmacy. We've been fortunate enough to find a Ped that looks at my son as an individual and tries to get to the root of the problem because prescribing another steroid cream just doesn't work for him. Anyways, here's a link on LDN:http://www.lowdosenaltrexone.org/#How_does_LDN_work
Also, I'm sure you're learned more than you ever thought you would need to on eczema and maybe you've tried these routes, but I wanted to also say that once I caved in and used Protopic on his big problem area (above his eye) that it cleared up nicely after 3 or 4 days and I rarely need to use it now. And Atarax at night time allowed my kid to sleep and actually rest without itching. Of course, I hate giving him any meds but it really helped get us through the worst of times.
--D.
http://extinguishingeczema.blogspot.com/
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