Autumn is a much prettier word than "Fall". But it seems like we did have quite the "Fall" this year. Ben lost his job at the beginning of October. It felt like things were crashing down all of the sudden. We had just moved to a new area for his job, and then out of the blue they decided to let him go, the worst part is that we thought he was about to be promoted! And then a few weeks later we found out Emmett had a tumor behind his eye. We took him in for an MRI on Halloween which was fitting for the day because it was SCARY. He had to be sedated and I nearly had a heart attack watching my baby try to wake up from the sedation. Thankfully Ben was there otherwise I probably would have bawled through the whole thing. But I'm not here to complain; I have to express how thankful I am, for everything. After just over a month Ben found another job, a much better job, and Emmett is on an oral medication to shrink the tumor, and it looks like it's working! We have another MRI scheduled for next week to see how it's really working. I am oh so thankful that Heavenly Father is mindful of me and the needs of my family. We did have a hard "Fall" but we have been blessed and can testify that going through hardships makes you stronger and brings you closer as a family and closer to Father in Heaven.
We made a trip out to a local Pumpkin Patch complete with a petting zoo! Norah loved it in spite of the cold rain. She fed the animals straw and pellets which was the highlight of the trip. Actually, the pumpkin donuts might have been the highlight of the trip, so good!
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| I tried to get her to clean out the pumpkin, but she was not interested, to put it mildly :) |
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| Daddy found a treasure while raking leaves! |
Emmett had his MRI scheduled for 2:00 on Halloween Day. Amazingly enough we made it back home and got Norah's Halloween Costume on just in time to get to our Ward Trunk or Treat. Again it was cold and rainy, but worth it to watch Norah as she learned about the Magic that happens when you say "Trick or Treat" :) We all went home tired and cranky that night, but I would call it a successful Halloween, especially when you look at that smile on our cute little witch.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
This was after he had taken two doses of the med, not much difference, but it did seem like the swelling and the redness on the outside corner of his eyeball was a little less.
And here's our handsome boy today! The swelling has gone down so much but his eye is still pushed forward a bit. Hopefully only a few more months of this and we will be in the clear. But of course if it doesn't shrink away we'll have to get a biopsy to find out more about it. It makes my heart hurt a bit to look at the pictures of him before he started the medicine. For weeks I knew there was something wrong but I didn't know what. Our pediatrician's office kept assuring me it was just a clogged tear duct. Once we moved and I had to find a new pediatrician, that's when the new pediatrician confirmed my suspicions that something wasn't right. I am grateful for doctors and nurses, but I also believe in mommy intuition, I feel like it's a gift to woman and mothers and it usually doesn't steer me wrong. I am learning more and more that I need to fight for what I think my children need. This last week we were told that Emmett needs to wear an eye patch now on his good eye. He's not using the eye with the tumor behind it as much and it's becoming lazy. He only has to wear the patch for 3 hours a day, but he doesn't like it much. Thankfully he's still too little to take it off. The doctor says he shouldn't have problems long term with his vision as long as everything goes as planned. We are definitely being looked after and pray that all continues to go well. We love our little Emmett.
