Working through the storm toward the light.

Thanks to everyone who fasted and prayed for Michael. We have felt so blessed by the out poor of love and thoughtfulness of our neighbors and friends. Last week was an emotional rollar coaster that seemed to last twice as long as it should have. lol But now we feel the sun is coming out and rightfully so Spring is on the way! This week is looking up!

Mike's leg is looking better. I can still see infection in it...he hasn't seen the end of his antibiotics yet, but I see more healthy tissue than infection and it is drying out and starting to bleed, which the DR's said was a good sign, he is also seeing the skin in the outer area looking more like scarring! Sounds gross, but all good news. Wahoo!

The Dr's are also optimistic. He is off the IV's and is now going to a "wound" specialist. He was told that he is going to have a huge ugly scar, but that it doesn't need any surgery!!! He has to go to "Therapy" once a week for at least a month. They check it and tell him what he needs to do and make sure that it is getting better. THis wound specialist said that Mike has tunneling in his wound and was able to stick a Q-tip into the whole made in his wound all the way to the first cotton...then he said, I've seen worse, I've been able to stick the whole thing in once. He gave Mike the ok to dig the trench for the water line as long as he stopped if it started to hurt.

So here are some of the pictures from them digging and reconstructing our water pipes. My wonderful father came and helped. He was here for a day and a half after doing a job of his own, he works construction. We owe him so much!! Mike couldn't have done it without him. They work so well together!

They ended up digging 65 ft of trench and spending $50 on supplies! ha. My husband is AMAZING! Not only does he have the know how to do something like this but he always does a thorough job and does it in such a small amount of time!!! They actually finished! The dirt is still dug up like this, but the water is running to our house again and there is no leak!!! The meator is not spinning!

For the weekend we went down to my parents to have an Easter egg hunt early. It was a lot of fun and a good way to get away from our troubles. The picture at the top is of Sadye dying her egg.

When we got home on Saturday night, late Saturday night, we walked in the door and imeadiately realized that it was FREEZING! The thermostat read 52! What was going on? Mike went down stairs and saw that the heater had been turned off, when he turned it back on the fan would blow cold air only because the heater wasn't igniting, no heat! Mike stayed up until two in the morning trying to fix it. He was so worried about me, cause I already have a bad cold, and the girls who were under five blankets! He is wonderful and never quits when it comes to protecting us!

But he could't fix it! So for that whole night and the next morning we didn't have any heat! It was really really cold and I totally leaned an appreciation for having heat! I think God is just wanting to teach me a lesson of all that I am blessed with, because you don't know what you got til its gone! Our water heater was still working so we could take hot showers to warm up. My fingers got that itchy burn from the hot water and when I got out I could see my own breathe...In the warmest room in the house!!!!

We had the best person install our heater two years ago and we were able to call him, on a sunday, and he walked Mike through the process to fix the heater! yay! Then he gave us his home and cell number and said we could call him any time if it happens again! Thanks Dave!

Oh and then I think that I broke my toe Sunday night! I

tripped in the hall on the vent. Our house is old so we have a LRG vent on the floor of the hallway. As I stumbled on it my toes ran along it like a cheese grater! My toes were all chuncked up and I think that I broke the second toe. It imeadiately turned purple under the nail and it is swollen. It is the same toe I broke in high school. Not really a big deal, but just funny that it is happening now of all times.

So we are now crossing our fingers and hoping that nothing else goes wrong for a while. We need a lil break!.

But I really wanted to thnk everyone for their support and their love and the thoughts and prayers!