Happy Birthday to Garrett!

I cant believe it but my baby is one today. Where did the year go? I think he had a good day. He went to a playgroup had a cupcake, got to open presents from Bana and Papa Jim, he really enjoyed the toys, and one came in a huge red bag from target.com. This was a hit for Lainey she played inside this bag for at least and hour. Don't worry its cloth so she can breath. This time last year I was in the hospital recovering from my c-section enjoying my new baby boy. I remember it like it was yesterday. I am sad that he is growing up so fast, he is my baby. I must say I think he is finally putting on some weight. We shall see next Wednesday when he goes for his 1 year check up. Here are a few pictures of him with his new toys and Lainey and the bag.






Now on to a HUGE prayer request.Michael's dad had hip replacement surgery yesterday, which is not a huge deal, but he has also been diagnosed with MRSA. MRSA is a staph infection, that he and Michael's mom both had, he thought he had been treated and it was gone, but they gave him the wrong drug, and was in fact not cured and it was found in the joint they removed during his hip replacement. Let me tell you a little history, MSRA is very common in hospitals, and for a normal healthy person they may carry this for a long time and never know it. Michael's mom used to work in a hospital about 15 years ago, and this is where she got it, although she was not diagnosed until she got cancer. MRSA is highly contagious, although you may not know you were carrying it if you were a healthy person with a normal immune system. So after she died, Michael's dad was tested and did in fact have it. So he was put on antibiotics, but as I said these were wrong. So when he went in for surgery yesterday he told them he did have MRSA, and that he thought he still had it to which they replied we are the experts you don't have it. Well this morning he mentioned it to his Dr. and he said well lets test the joint we removed before we throw it out. So they did and sure enough it had MRSA, the Dr. told him we would not have operated had we known this. The reason being MRSA attacks open wounds and makes it hard if not impossible to heal. So he was moved to quarantine in the hospital, and is now waiting to see what happens. MRSA is a serious infection and can be fatal. Although Michael would like to go be with his dad we have decided that the risks are far to high that he would catch the MRSA and it can be fatal to children as their immune systems are not equipped to handle such an infection. So it is not worth the risk to our family. Please pray that Gary will be healed, and they will get him the antibiotic he needs. Antibiotics for MRSA are ofter resistant and therefore sometimes not effective. Pray this is not the case with his dad. I am not sure how Michael could handle loosing both his mother and father. Gary is a great man, and he doesn't get upset about much, but he is scared. So pray for him. He is also in quarantine, which means that for anyone to come in they must be robed, gloved, and masked. And visitors are limited. I will keep you updated as I find out more. thanks for checking on us, till next time. Remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come................