Miracle

For the last 2 weeks, we have been in a funk at our house! Last week, I was REALLY sick. I was coughing so much that I couldn't sleep or talk and I just felt SO awful. We basically stayed home all week and Nick Jr. babysat Seth while I laid on the couch in a daze. Ha! And this week, Evan missed 2 days of work with the same stuff that I had last week and Seth has missed MDO and therapy this week because of pink eye and an ear infection... I am SO over being stuck at home! haha

I took this picture yesterday morning... this is all the medicine that was sitting out on our kitchen counter (to be honest, we are keeping my parents' lab and she has arthritis and two of the medicines are things that Seth takes every day of his life... so all of these meds aren't because of our current sickness! But I still thought it was funny!).

On Tuesday, before Seth got sick, we went to his 2 year check up. He had to get 2 shots and we found out that he is in the 96th percentile for height and the 85th percentile for weight... poor tiny child. :) That afternoon, we went to get frozen yogurt as a reward for surviving the shots!

The next morning, I had to finally wake Seth up at 10:30! He had been asleep for almost 14 hours and I was starting to get worried about him! When I woke him up, I discovered why he had been sleeping so much... his eye was super red and his snot was super green! So we headed back to the doctor for the second day in a row!

And now on to the reason that I am actually writing this post... In the last two days, we have seen two new doctors. When we moved to NWA at the end of the summer, we chose a pediatrician and went to one appointment with him before he moved to another town and left the clinic. So, we chose another doctor in the same clinic but we had never actually seen him (before Tuesday) because Seth hadn't had any check ups or sick visits since September. Then on Wednesday, when we had the sick visit, our new doctor didn't have any available appointments so we had to see yet another doctor.

So, twice this week, I have had to update a new doctor (and complete stranger) on Seth's rather extensive medical history. As I sat there rattling off all of the things that have happened to Seth in the last 24 months, both of the doctors looked at me in amazement and commented at different times on how miraculous Seth's story is... something that I have almost forgotten because it is so everyday life to me now. It was so good for me to watch a stranger experience the miracle of Seth's life. It was so good for me to remember that although I have experienced God's goodness many times in my life, I had never witnessed a true miracle before Seth.

I am so thankful to God for the miracles that he has done in Seth's life... and I am talking TRUE miracles like "raised the dead to life" and "made the lame to walk" and "made the blind to see" type miracles. The expectations on Seth's life after he was injured at 6 months of age were grim but God is bigger than grim expectations. Among many other miracles, my son, who was once near death, is now full of energy and zest for life. My son who wasn't guaranteed to walk, who wore braces on his feet and didn't take his first steps until he was 15 months old, now runs and climbs and dances. My son, who lost his vision completely after the injury, now has the vision of a typical 2 year old.

My son is a miracle and I don't ever want to forget that. My son is a miracle and I don't want to ever stop telling his story. My son is a miracle and I don't say it enough.

"I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago. I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds. Your ways, God, are holy. What god is as great as our God? You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples." -Psalm 77:11-14