A Big Bump

For those of you who have been wondering why I haven't posted for awhile....here is a exerpt from Jade's blog, she has entitled it
A Mother's Worst Nightmare
Tegan and Addison had been napping for an hour or so when I walked down the hall to go to the bathroom. I could hear Tegan making little noises from my bedroom like she was waking up, so I opened the door and turned on the light to get her. Instead of a smiling baby I found her with her blanket pulled over her face and when I moved it, she was blue and had spit up all over and couldn't get a breath. It took me a minute to realize what was happening,.At first I thought that if I just washed her face she would be fine, but when she still didn't breathe, I realized it was bad. I must have been in some sort of denial...it's so hard to think that it was actually happening! Frantically, I called 911, but I was sure they weren't going to make it because we are 30 minutes out and she still didn't seem to be breathing. They told me to lay her on her side and rub her back and try to get her to respond to me. I couldn't to CPR because she was breathing a little and her heart was beating, so all I could to was wait. I called the neighbor to go find Daniel and they got here about 15 minutes before the ambulance. When the paramedics came in, they put her right on oxygen and it helped her breathe better right away. For the rest of the night they took tests in the hospital to see if there was an underlying cause. They determined that she had just pulled up her blanket and when she spat up it had nowhere to go, so she inhaled it. They kept her on an IV until today, Saturday, and they figure she should be okay now. We got home this afternoon and are keeping Tegan on antibiotics and keeping a close eye on her, but she should make a full recovery.
We want to thank everyone for their prayers. As everything was happening, we could feel the power of God and see how fast he was working miracles in our angel.

My part in this story is that Jade called me while she was waiting for the ambulance to arrive...she was so distressed. I don't think my heart rate has returned to normal yet. It has always amazed me how quickly our lives can go from being calm, peaceful and "normal", to being crazy, unsettled and changed forever. We can do all the planning in the world but when one of these bumps shakes up our world, I realize how fragile our plans are. I talked with Jade for awhile but when she said Tegan was still having difficulty breathing, I called our local Dr. and he called Jade and stayed on the phone with her....what a blessing! We are so fortunate to live in a community where that is possible. If we were in a larger city it wouldn't happen. The people in our Church and in Jade and Daniel's Church were so supportive with their prayers and phone calls. Thank you to everyone who is in our lives....we are so blessed by each of you.