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Hey guys,

Just a quick update to let everyone know, that doesn’t already, that we are leaving in the morning for New York and our visit with the Chiari Institute.

Kelsey will be sedated early Thursday morning, probably around 7 am, for her MRI’s.  There will be a series of 4 or 5 different scans done, each lasting at least 45 minutes.  This is an area of concern for us because of the experience we had in March of 2008 while she was under anesthesia.  Nicole spoke with the anesthesiologist over the weekend and he now has a clear understanding of our concerns.  He assured us that he does hundreds of Chiari patients a year and he is very familiar with Kelsey’s condition.

Friday we will meet with The Chiari Institute and find out the results of these scans.  At this time, the two doctors will give us their opinions on what they have read in her file.

Kelsey does not know the real reason we are going to New York.  Maybe that is wrong of me, but I will face that later.  As of now, all she knows is that we are going to Aunt Shannon’s to hopefully see snow and go sledding in her yard.  I have struggled with withholding things from her, but each time in the past when I have told her about  a hospital or a doctor visit coming in the following days, she really frets over it.  Some of you may disagree, that’s fine, I have very mixed feelings as well, but this is the decision we have made.  I keep thinking back to March of ’08.  She knew two days before her surgery what was coming.  The morning I put her in her car seat to leave for the hospital, she looked at me with an expression that still melts my heart and  said, “Daddy, I know where we’re going and I don’t want to go.”  She did not say two words the entire 4o minute drive.  I did not leave her side for the next 5 days. She finally forgave me for taking her there.

Since I am the moderator and author of this blog, I occasionally will take liberty and make a few comments that not entirely “Kelsey” related.  This is one of those moments.  I won’t get all preachy and deep-thought-ed, but I am concerned about some things that are close to me and most likely close to you.  Our country is in a very comprised place right now.  Not just politicaly (which I won’t even get into) or economically (again, you don’t want to hear it) but spiritually.  I see marriages all around us under attack.  I see relationships; father and sons, siblings, and life long friends struggle to maintain the cohesiveness they once shared.  Some of my real close friends have found themselves unemployed and it is tearing at the fabric of their lives.  What we once deemed as obscene and unworthy of public viewing is now main stream and common place on any channel you watch or listen to.  I guess the point that I’m trying to make is that spiritual warfare is real.  Satan loves to use the things that are pleasing to the eye, mind or body to tear us apart.  He enjoys seeing a family struggling financially begin to bicker among themselves, it is a way for him to separate a union ordained by God.  As we accept more and more unrighteousness into our lives as the new norm, our relationship with our Savior is weakened.  God said he will never forsake us, and I know that to be true.  But he did not say we will never forsake him.  As we end this day (or begin a new depending on when you are reading) I want to leave you with a thought that was shared with me this morning.

I’m paraphrasing, but it goes:

Today is an investment in my life.  I am choosing to trade my today for something.  The question is, will this something prosper me or harm me?  When I reap what has been sown, and I shall surely reap, will it be glorifying or detrimental?

Not real sure why I felt compelled to share that, but I did and you choose to read it.

I will update this site most likely Friday night, after have met with the Institute and have had time to digest the information.  Until then.

In Christ,
A.

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