A Call for Urgent Prayer

I've been following this blog for a couple of months now, probally all the way back about the same time I moved to school. I don't remember how exactly I found it, but I did, and I have been hooked.
Perfectly named, Confessions of a CF Husband, Nate daily blogs about the day to day happenings of his wife, Tricia having Cystic Fibrosis. Their story is anything from ordinary. They are a young couple, and just this past summer, Tricia began the process of being evaluated to be placed on the double lung transplant list at Duke Hospital. After being placed on the list, they began to make plans to temporarly move to the Durham area. Exactly one day before they were set to begin the move to Durham, Tricia and Nate discovered that Tricia was pregnant. This was indeed a mircle baby. I won't share all the details because that would take the fun out of you going and reading his blog, but each day they beat the odds in every way. Their sweet baby girl was born at just over 24 weeks. She is currently in the NICU, growing stronger each day. Each day since their baby girl was born, Tricia has been working her way back on to the transplant list. When Tricia was re-evaluated, she was placed at the top of the list, meaning that she would be the first one called, if a match arrived.
Today, (Sunday) they got the call that the transplant team had a possible match for Tricia. At last I checked, there is still no definite, but they are prepping her for surgrey. If these lungs are a match, she will be in surgrey by early morning. This could very well be a dry run as well though. Pray that this is a match for Tricia, as she has a awesome husband, and a beautiful baby girl as well as an amazing amount of extended family who are cheering her on.

Follow their story at: http://cfhusband.blogspot.com

And pray!!


Brittany



We will be back to posting soon!

Happy Easter...from the Queen City

So I wasn't able to actually be in Albemarle for Easter this year due to the fact University Walk was open on today...yes on Easter Sunday. Anyway, I was able to celebrate Easter with one of my roomies, Meghan. We went to West Cabarus Church which is right down the road from Concord Mills. It was so good to be in a church on Easter Sunday and get to share it with some of my buddies.
I will admit though, my heart is a little sad about the fact I couldn't be in Albemarle for Easter. To me, Albemarle is most beautiful right around spring, and my church is always decorated so beautifully at Easter. One of my favorite traditions began a few years ago when we stopped ordering the lilies that every church does in honor or memory of a loved one. Anyway, our flower committee started buying fresh cut flowers, and handing them out to each church member as they came into the sanctuary on Easter Sunday morning. At the front of the church is located a wooden cross with chicken wire wrapped around it. At a certain point during the service, everyone goes to the front and puts their flowers in the chicken wire and adorns the cross with their flowers. The cross ends up being absolutely beautiful, and it has just become my most favorite thing we do to celebrate Easter at our church.

Brittany

The Lord is on my side....

I know this sounds petty, but the Lord is definitly on my side right now. I have a Causal Arguement paper (rough draft) due tomorrow morning. It's 11:49 and I'm just now starting it.

So why am I not stressing out? Because my paper is already written...I just have to re organize it

Home for the weekend

I (Brittany) have been in Albemarle all weekend. I came home Friday night and will be going back to school Monday morning, and I have enjoyed my stay back home. Before all my neighbors get mad because I didn't come visit, I was actually home because this weekend kicked off the AAU/USBA Basketball season for my dad and I. Last year was my dad's first year working with the Slammers as the Assistant Coach, and I just kept score. This year, my dad added a second team, and became the Head Coach for the 15 and under team....making me his "assistant coach". Actually I just promoted myself to this coach. I don't get to go to practices because of school, but during tournaments I plan on sitting on the bench, making myself look important, and yelling loud enough so people know I'm there:) My dad and I love this team and we definitly saw the power of teamwork this weekend. We didn't win the tournament, but part of that is because our girls have never played together. Dad has big plans for this team, and they have big expectations for themselves. We are ready for a great season:)
We also got to spend some good time together as a family on Friday night. Ashleigh was home as well, so we all went to dinner at Chili's and then went to Concord Mills for a quick minute. It was good to spend some time together,and the best news is, no one got upset:)
Although I do love coming home, I'm ready to get back to school, because I miss my buddies. Anyway, Happy St. Patty's Day tomorrow!

B

I promise Ashleigh will be posting soon....

Growing up...

I'll start with the good news....Ashleigh got a part time job with Cabarrus County EMT. We are quite proud of her, and know that she will love it and do amazing.

Now on to my news with the growing part. I made the unoffical jump from my Pediactric doctor, to a full fledged Woman doctor today. Apparently, when I'm 30 years old, I can't still be going to Stanly Pediactrics when I get sick. I am a little sad. Dr. Coats has been a fixture in my family's life just because of how amazing she is, and how often some members of my family has to go see her for different things. So I knew that this day was going to be coming, but I had hoped that I could put it off until I finished up a current round of shots that I am on. When I was at the doctor last back about three weeks ago, Dr. Coats started hinting around the fact that I needed to make the jump. Today when I called to talk to the nurse about some side effects that I'm encountering, she informed me that it was offically time to make the jump, and that she would in fact make the first appointment for me. Man am I excited...not really. I'm still not very good at this growing up part. But I will make it:)
As a side note, please pray for me. I started another new medicine about three weeks ago and I started having bad migraines. I stopped taking it to make sure that was in fact the meds doing it, and I stopped having them. But, for the past two days, I've started having them again. We aren't really sure what is going on. We are trying to see if it really is affected by this medication, or if it is something else, so just pray!

Hope everyone has a great day!

Brittany

Ashleigh's big news

Yesterday, Ashleigh had a big day, and by big, I mean good news big. Ashleigh had her skills assesment for the Cabarrus EMT thing. I'm not sure of the exact name, but I know it's big time. Anyway, this was big, and Ashleigh at first was a little nervous but ultimately gave it to the Lord. She later described to me the feeing she had the whole time, and to sum it up, she said she had such a peace about everything going the whole time she was there. Yes she was nervous, but she knew who's hands it was in, and she was at ease! That is such an awesome thing to hear from my sister. Anyway, she had her written assesment (which is where things went sour last time), and absolutely blew it out of the water. Then, she moved on to her practical part which is where they watch every single thing you do. If you make one little mistake, it's big time. They told her that she did amazing on this as well. Then she went on to the interview portion, and she said she felt like she did a great job on this as well. So, we are in the waiting portion. She will either recieve a phone call offering her a job, or a letter saying thanks for trying. Keep her in your prayers!

I'm going to be trying to spruce up the blog over the next couple says!

Brittany

Important Announcement

Please excuse the interruption, as I bring you very important news. One Blessed Girl has now become the home of Two Crazy Sisters. That's right, my sister and I have joined forces, in hopes of

1) Keeping my mother more informed on both of us
2) Keeping our neighbors and family more easily informed on both of us:)
3) Just because my sister wanted a blog, but she's not very good and holding herself accountable to updating it:)

Anyway, from now on, this blog will serve as a place for both my sister and I to share our hearts, what's going on with us in our day to day lives, and just a place to unload some humor. Enjoy and leave some comments to welcome Ashleigh to the blog!

Blessings!
B

Sunday night/Monday morning Mind Dump

I'll start out with the bad news first, and then carry on to the good news:)

I awoke this morning with a message from my mom on my phone saying they had admitted my Grandma back into the hospital. I went home, and things are not good. Not only is the hospital doctor who is caring for her an idiot, but she is just not doing well. We are still unsure of what is going on(due to the doctor that is caring for her) but hopefully Monday morning a lot of our questions will be answered. I know it seems like I shouldn't be complaing about the doctors at the hospital, but seriosly. It took them from 7:00 Saturday night until about 4:00 Sunday morning to admit her, and then once they did, the doctor who was on call didn't answer his pages and didn't bother to come and see my grandmother for the intial visit until 4:00pm. Needless to say, my aunt and mother are quite upset, as well are my grandfather and uncle. If it weren't for the amazing nurses on the 3rd floor, who knows what kind of shape my grandmother would be in. Anyway, hopefully tomorrow will bring some good news in her case, and we will be able to get some answers to what is going on

It's spring break, which means most of my friends have either gone home or gone on trips for the week, but some have stayed behind. I'm looking forward to hanging out with them, and just relaxing.

My friend Chica did get in safely on Saturday. I'm looking forward to seeing her this week and hanging out a bit with her. Also her family starts arriving on Wednesday, who I have also come to love. I'm looking forward to seeing them too.

I had a GREAT night's sleep last night. I went to sleep around 4:o0pm, and woke up around noon today. I know that seems lazy, but I needed the sleep very badly.

Did I mention it was Spring Break?

B

I love naps...

Let me just say, that I am a firm believer in naps for all ages. I remember in 1st grade when we still had naps, and I hated them. But now, I wish that they would give us nap time in college.
So today, after returning home from spending some time with my buddy at around 4:00pm, I settled in for what I planned to be about a 2 hour nap. Not so much. I awoke at 8:00, just long enough to reset my alarm for 9:00am, but it is now 3:00am, and I am taking a napping break, but man, all this sleep has felt great! My body, spirit and mind needs some desperate rest.
In other news, things with my grandmother are not well. I recieved a full report from Mom when I saw her today, and things are just not good. I don't think there is another way to put things right now. She requires 24 hour care, and my grandpa is doing all he can to help, but there are simply things he can't do by himself such as lifting her, and other things, which is where my aunt kim, uncle randy and mom come in. My aunt kim is so very tired right now, and deserves the one of the world's best naps. My uncle randy who lives less than 1/4 of a mile down the road, has done a lot as well. My mom has been from what I hear on food duty and during the day duty. They are just all so tired, and my grandmother is as well. Pray for my grandpa and my mom and her siblings as they pray and try to decide what to do next in terms of care for my grandmother. Pray for us as a family. We still trust the Lord in the fact that He will heal her, but it will be in His way. We know that this life is not permenant, and that she may leave us soon, but we trust.
My eye lids are getting very heavy, and my pillows are getting very comfy, so I'm going to return to dreamland. Keep us in your prayers, and send some good thoughts our way.

B