A scary scare

There is so much to catch up on from the last few weeks, but for now, today's story will have to do.

Here's what was going on with Amos:

On Wednesday, Amos had 4 headaches, two of which seemed to come on pretty strongly, so much so that he couldn't tell me about it, but just cried and screamed instead. By the second time that a strong one came on, we were pretty worried and I couldn't help but think that his shunt had failed. Then, on Thursday morning, Amos had a hard time waking up and seemed especially lethargic. This was enough for me to call the neurosurgeon, so I was thankful when they were able to squeeze us in today.

Yesterday, after I made the appointments, I was really sad, as the nurse warned me to pack a bag in case we had to stay for surgery. Not what I was expecting.

thankfully, Amos was a champ today and everything looks great.

Amos had a shunt series done, which was photos/xrays from his head to his abdomen to check the tubing on his shunt. Then he had a CT scan done so that we could check the actual shunt. He was a champ the whole way through and in the end, got a few fun treats out of it!

All of this reminded us how fragile his life and health is and how much we need to trust in God's will for his life. It's not easy to let go, especially when your child is possibly headed into surgery but somehow, we were at peace today before we found out that everything was ok. God was with us, for sure.

We were so happy and thankful to be able to come home and get on with life as usual. It is crazy to think that Amos doesn't really know the extent of what was happening or of what could of happened. Ignorance is bliss, right?!