Monthly Archives: April 2008

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{Arizona Series: Beautiful Sisters…}

April 30, 2008 – 2:31 pm
I’m finally home again!! And it’s so good to be back with the rest of my family again! Brielle is feeling much better and went to the doctor first thing this morning, she still has signs of her illness lingering so we’ll go back again each week for tests. Thank you again for your continued thoughts and prayers, e-mails and comments. :)
So I was finally able to down load and edit some pictures today from my trip – still tons more to look at and edit but here are a few images from my session with two fun and beautiful sisters, MacKenzie & Tatum. Can you believe they aren’t even teens yet?! Kenzie is taller than me and I had to stand on my tippy-toes for most of the session ;-) and Tatum, who is 9 years old, is right behind her older sister (they must have been really good vegetable eaters when they were little). Anyway, we found a great location in the Scottsdale area of Arizona and shot in a garden of sorts. The girls were so fun even when passer-by’s stop a moment to watch.
Anyway, here’s a little sneak peek from our session.
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{to my mom, on her birthday…}

April 29, 2008 – 12:26 am
I’m horrible at writing poetry…. love to write but I’m awful when it comes to poetry and the rules that go along with it (I’m a rule-breaker I guess) :) But my mom is an amazing person who is so selfless and giving, I wanted to give her something special and from my heart for her birthday. She’s endured a lot lately and again is so giving of herself during this time.
Mom, thank you for being such an amazing mom and role model. I wish I could be with you today.
Happy Birthday Mom!
–God Made–
God made an extraordinary mother,
A mother who never grows old;
He made her laugh at the fun times
and gave her great strength during the tough times;
He made her a heart that is loving and selfless;
and a soul that is magnetic and true.
God made an extraordinary mother,
And He gave that amazing mother to me.
(Image to be inserted when I get back home to SC) :)
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{all of your thoughts and prayers are working…}

April 25, 2008 – 11:18 pm

First off, you are the best! You’re kind words, thoughts and prayers are hard at work and I know they are making a difference. I’m in such awe over the overwhelming support I’ve received – your comments, e-mails, and some wonderful surprise gifts sent to our room have just brought me to tears. You all don’t know how much your friendship and support means to me and my family- thank you sooooooo much!
The doctor’s at Children have come to the following conclusion – her lab results show that she has contracted Shigella (similar to E-Coli – yuck!) coupled with nephritis and HSP (the disease mentioned below). That’s the reasons for her high fevers, added stomach pains, and other not so fun symptoms. Then we got the exciting news that she could leave the hospital after getting a round of antibiotics to start treating the Shigella (her HSP just has to run it’s course – there’s no treatment except for monitoring her kidneys with weekly urine tests and then with monthly tests)!! Brielle is coming back to her little happy-go-lucky self; she’s talkative and giggling, she’s walking well (although she’s wobbly on her legs and has fallen more than once scaring her a bit), and she’s eating & drinking more. I’m so glad to have her out of the hospital (although I’m sooooooo thankful for the wonderful care she received). And I am selfishly so happy to see things outside of little B’s hospital room. We sat outside tonight just soaking up the beautiful sunset here in Arizona, then bathed and now she’s soundly sleeping.
Anyway, sorry for all the details, we are just so happy to be discharged and will be heading home back to South Carolina on Tuesday! It will give Briella time to be up to traveling and if she regresses, we are close to the doctors who treated her.
Thanks again so much you all!!!! You don’t know how much your words, prayers and support have meant to me and my family. I wish I could give back to you – really… it’s meant the world to me. I’ll hopefully be back to posting soon. It kills me not to be posting more, but I will certainly be making up for it when I get back home! :) Thank you and XOXO’s to you all.

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{very sick little girl…}

April 24, 2008 – 5:18 pm

Life has a way of changing things up on you….I’m not home and won’t be home for several days unfortunately. Briella has been pretty sick most of our trip and it got really bad the morning we were supposed to leave (she lost a lot of blood) and not to be gross but the morning we were supposed to leave she woke up with her diaper completely full of blood. We took her to the ER and Jeff and Tyler traveled back to South Carolina. She also has developed 50+ bright red lesions all over her body, her joints are swollen, and her gums, lips and mouth have been bleeding and she hasn’t been able to walk (I think her joints just hurt too bad). They have diagnosed her with a disease called HSP ( Henoch-Schönlein Purpura). Kinda rare so I’m so glad that we’re being treated at the Children’s Hospital in Phoenix where they have specialized care. Seeing my little girl in this much discomfort is heart-breaking but I know that she will get over this rough time and that she’s in good, caring hands. Anyway, we’ve been in the hospital for 3 days and it sounds like we won’t be going to South Carolina till after the weekend. I just wanted to keep you all posted since I mentioned posting pictures and session sneak peeks soon. Thanks to those of you who have sent me e-mails and left sweet comments on my blog after hearing she was sick ;-) You’re thoughts and prayers are appreciated.
I’ll post more updates as soon as I can.

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