VERDICT

Another long weekend is behind us. Derek woke me up Saturday morning at 1:30am and said that I needed to take him to the ER, again. I called my parents who said they would come stay at our house and then I called our pastor and his wife and they came over until my parents go to our house. The ER doctor we saw this time disagreed with the pneumonia verdict. He gave Derek a Rx for some heavy duty cough medicine that would sedate Derek so he could sleep for more than 2 hours at a time.

My dad had to head back to Marion for praise band practice, but my mom stayed with us, did housework and loved on Madelyn so I could sleep. My mom's parents came over Saturday night with food and their mower. The yard hadn't been mowed for at least 3 weeks. Yikes. Sunday my sister came up and took care of Madelyn and did some housework while I slept.

All the while, Derek was battling this thing that we didn't know what it was. Until this morning. The disease specialist said that Derek has a rare type of mono that gives him all of these symptoms that you don't think go along with mono. The doc said that it could be 2 - 3 months before he feels like himself again. He's not going back to work this week and he'll start half-days next week.

He has to get more blood work done this Friday to make sure that his blood platelets are going up. His doc also wanted me to get blood work done since I've been around Derek and pregnant. Madelyn saw her peds doc this morning. I thought she had the start of an ear infection. It's not! Praise the Lord. Just her teeth coming in. So Derek asked her doc about testing Madelyn for it. He said that she would be very sick if she did have it.

As for me, I'm getting through. Starting to know what single motherhood is about... don't like it. It's been hard on me trying to be the mom that Madelyn needs when all I want to do when I come home from work is sleep because this baby is kicking my butt. I'm just tired all the time now that I'm doing all the housework, taking care of Madelyn, Derek and this lil one. Then to top it all off, the other secretary at work is being taken off of work for the next two weeks because of her health. So I'm by myself at home and work, respectively.

I don't want to get into the rut of complaining and having a pity party for myself. So if you hear my around town, church or anywhere and I start to sound like that, please let me know. I will not get offended. I just need a reality check. I know that some moms don't have nearly the help that I've been given and will get in the next weeks.

Again, thanks so much to all that have been helping and have volunteered to help. And then, please pray for Derek to be able to get through this and still be as healthy as he was before this all started on July 14th. I heard a song at the exact time that I needed it yesterday. It's the song from the movie "Fireproof" from the new artist that's out. I can't remember his name. The sone is "Waiting". "I will serve you while I'm waiting. I will love you while I'm waiting" Or something like that. Can't think of it right now.

Anyways, I'll try to keep you informed. Thanks for the love, prayers, encouragement, help and meals. And sorry this is so long...