August 17, 2009

So much has happened.....

wow how time flies....so what have you missed in the two short weeks since my last post? My parents left for two weeks. Went to my nieces wedding and then on an Alaskan cruise! They will be home in a few hours! We had several evenings where friends came over for food/fun! Kristian had his 6 grade open house...seems impossible I know!!! We trapped a bunny and not the cat that is blessing us with stinky! =( My car was backed into on TWO Fridays. The scariest thing and what I'll blog about the most was the fire across the street at Mike and Jenn Colon's house. That was a crazy night!

Tue. evening Kristian and I had company and they were calling for scattered T-storms. One of our guests is also in a wheelchair. I had decided to pull out both vehicles so that Travis could unload in our garage if needed. All went well, we had pizza for supper and some laughs then the Coll's were off to meetings and so forth. About an hour after they left I was on the computer, satisfying my social life on FB and thought... "I should pull in the vehicles and shut the garage door." After digging around for the keys I went out and for some reason looked over at the Colon's house. It appeared that smoke was coming from the back of the house. I thought maybe it was a BBQ, although the smoke seemed black and I wondered if Mike was burning dinner, then I thought well maybe they are burning wood in a fire pit, within moments of watching this smoke I realized it was coming from the house and ran into our house and grabbed the phone to call 911. ( I do have to note I was wearing these crazy high wedge type flip flop shoes that i RARELY wear because it's so hard to even walk in them.)

I dialed 911 and proceeded to tell them I was not certain there was a fire but the house had lots of black smoke coming from the upstairs windows. All the while I'm running across the street to see if they are home. I bang on the front door and hear their door begin to bark. I also can hear the fire crackling up stairs. YIKES.... I run to their next door neighbor, their houses are very close, and pound on her door. She answered the door and I tell her "Mike's house is on fire and the dog is inside, I also don't know where Mike, Jenn or the kids are!" She proceeds to tell me they have went to Jenn's brother's that night.( for some odd reason I know where that is) I still have my keys in my hand and hop into the van to race around the block to their house. (all the while Kristian has no idea what is happening and one of the neighbors watches me fly out of my drive and fly down the street..he follows me with his eyes and probably is wondering why I'm driving so crazy!)

I drive as safe, and fast, as I can and stop for NO signs. As I pull into the drive of Jenn's brother I run out back to their pool, no one, I run to the front of the house and Mike is standing inside looking out a window with both hands in the air like "what the heck are you doing!" I motion him outside! (Mike tells me later he could see me driving like a crazy women down the street and he thought I wonder why Brenda is driving like that I have never seen her drive so crazy) When Mike comes out I tell him "YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE!" He tears across the back lots toward home and Jenn and her brother are right behind him. I fly back home and by this time (probably only 2 min. had passed) two police officers were already shutting down the street. I pull in the stone drive by my house and park out back. I run to the front of the house and help motion Jenn's brother, who is backing the Colon's car out of their drive into mine.

One of the neighbor girls wanted to know if she can go see Kristian and I say sure. I still don't think about what he is doing, or thinking, with all the excitement! breath breath breath! All that running ..... I was huffing and puffing!! LOL

I stand and watch as the fire trucks (lots of them) start to arrive. I'm praying for things to be as ok as possible. The dog had been safely taken out of the home by the other neighbor. After banging on her door, when I went racing after the Colon's, she went into their house to get the dog out. It took some coaxing but she finally came!

Moments pass then the neighbor girl comes out of my house and I think ....why isn't Kristian isn't coming out. I went into check on him, by now probably 10 min. had passed. Here he was in his stander and totally immobile. It is on wheels so I rolled him outside. He had NO IDEA what had been going on. He was in front of his TV and never heard the sirens...... go figure! LOL Boys/Men!! By this time many many people were gathering to see what was going on!

The fire did little damage because it was noticed early on. I thank God for nudging me outside when he did. I thank God that it wasn't 3 hours later when everyone would have been in bed. I thank God the family was safe and found within moments. I thank God the dog got out ok! =-) They will have to replace dry wall, windows and carpet. A door and frame too but it could have been so much worse.

Praise God all things fell together. I'm sure the devil thought he could rain on the Colon's party with a fire. You see Mike had lost his teaching job as our art teacher do to the economy and making cuts in the district. I think it was two days before the fire Mike was offered a full time ART position at a school 2 hours south of Wauseon. I believe God will use this for good some how and Mike and Jenn will NOT be defeated by the devil so easily! So shout for joy..... God wins again! HOORRAYYY!!!

Please pray for Bella and spread the word!

Please be in prayer for this baby! She is a niece of a friend but they also live in our community.

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He's my Son!

In the fall I was slapped in the face with reality called an IEP evaluation from Kristian's PT. For those that don't know what that is it's and an Individualized Educational Plan (and PT-- Physical Therapist) for anyone with special needs. I have been doing IEP's since Kristian was diagnosed at 15 months. It's nothing new and typically they say the same sorts of things. This past fall that all changed when Kristian started his 5th grade year and had a new PT .

I was working on the bus one day and was handed some papers. After securing the wheelchairs I sat down to look over what was handed to me. It was the evaluation from the PT regarding what she seen during her evaluation of him. As I started reading I felt like I was reading about a inanimate object with no name or no face. It was a bunch of terms, some of which I had never heard, some were completely false, and it was becoming more than I wanted to read so I stuffed it into my bag to finish later. I dreaded getting home and having to get this paper out and read it. I did not want to read what that "mean" lady, that I'd never met and neither had Kristian until that day, had to say about him. Upon getting home I began to read the paper again. Again, I was reading about Kristian and what seemed like all negative no good for nothing this and that's about MY SON! Tears started rolling down my face and for the next two hours my heart broke over what I read about my son.

I had to go onto my next job and was thankful that I work alone and could continue crying and asking God how this person, that does not know me or Kristian, could say things that were so hurtful. Does she know he has a mommy that loves him, does she know he has a mommy that does all she can to help him, does she know that he has a mommy that feels she takes on the whole world, all alone, to give him the world. Does she know he is my son? I was so hurt and so angry! I simply could not stop crying and thinking he is more than these words say he is, he is more than hyper/hypo tonic issues, he is more than spasticity, more than tone, he is more than dorsal flexsion and more than degree's of movement, he is more than non-ambulatory and more than AFO's, in what seemed to be 1000 words of what he is it never said one positive thing about him.

As Kristian's mom I will say undoubtedly that I am more, much much more of a person to have known him. He is more than most people will ever be and has taught me more than I could have ever imagined. He is a very special gift from God. He is love just as God is love. Kristian came into my life at just the perfect time, just as Jesus came into this world and died at just the perfect time. God's timing is always perfect. What a blessing to be Kristian's mom. (If you know Kristian I'm sure you are agreeing he is so amazing)

Today I called to get Kristian's genetic test results and was a little on guard and ready to let somone know HE'S MY SON if I needed to. =) The nurse said the results were like nothing she had seen before. I've heard those words from the beginning of this road with Kristian. (10 years ago) I should have known it was coming. The nurse was very nice and went onto tell me the results of the genetic testing came back as an unknown abnormality and it is suggested to have further testing with both parents to try to get a more conclusive result. She was apologetic for the vague results and us having to wait for 2 months to get them. It is my conclusion again that no matter what Kristian has, named or not, God knows and I trust him for our future.

Kristian is my son, he not his disability or his ability, he's not his wheelchair, or legs. He's my son and I love him. Some see him as broken and in need of this or that. I see him as perfect and here to show us how broken we are. Oh, if we only have eyes to see!

Thank you Kristian for being My Son!