When Lydia was 1, she had double ear infections and a fever that wouldn't break. After Doctor E was unable to prescribe a medicine to combat this "virus", he admitted her to the hospital in Andalusia. She stayed overnight in the hospital and was able to go home the next day.
When we walked into the Dr's office Sunday, October 25th, little did we know history would rear it's ugly head.
Lydia had gone to bed that Saturday complaining of a headache. (Since she and Trinity had just finished playing hard, I felt this was the possible cause for it.) I allowed Lydia to sleep in our bed that night and at 4:00 AM I awoke to "Mommy I don't feel good and I need some medicine". She then proceeded to throw up, but this time it was different than in the past. So, I decided we'd go ahead and take her to the dr on Sunday that she couldn't wait for Monday to go. A friend from church went with me to take her and after 5 minutes of sitting in the waiting area, were called back to see Dr. Smith. (For those of you with small children, you know the wait at the dr's office is usually torturingly long!) Almost immediately coming in, Dr. Smith began to examine Lydia and soon after, we were told we were to go to the hospital for further testing for meningitis.
I began to cry and heard nothing else after this possible diagnosis! How could my baby have gotten it and were we going to loose her? As these and other questions passed in my mind, I still felt that motherly instinct to try and be strong for my baby girl. We loaded up and headed over to the hospital, where two more friends showed up and walked with us to the pediatric floor. Those ladies will NEVER know the impact they had on our family by staying with us, not only as Lydia was enduring her spinal tap, but they also took the bull by the horn and loved on Trinity while we were at the hospital with Lydia. The dr soon called that afternoon to give us Lydia's White Blood Cell count, which was 20,000 and 150 in her spinal fluid! The normal level is 6,000 to 10,000 and 6 in her spinal fluid.
We stayed in the hospital for a total of 2 1/2 days. The flood of calls, prayers and gifts was humbling. One of the things that I would do when I came home is to check Facebook and supply updates on our situation. The number of well wishes and prayers was MIND BLOWING! We know that Lydia was healed by God because of how serious her condition was and to walk out of the hospital two days later singing and dancing is nothing short of supernatural intervention. I remember telling the nurse my belief in the power of prayer and that God honored that profession is awesome.
We found out that Wednesday Lydia had viral meningitis and the virus was the enterovirus. Through this experience we've learned the hard lesson of the power of the common cold and not to take it lightly. But also, the power of prayer and how when two or more gather together not even Satan himself can stand in the way!
Now, you might be wondering about the title and what is listening ears? Listening ears = stethoscope, thermometer = self explanatory, tigers = Lydia's hospital gown had tigers on it and benedryl because they had to knock her out Monday night. Her medicine was making her hyper and she was singing and dancing in the middle of her hospital room. The nurse and Doctor Evans were more than happy to help out!
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Seriously, thanks to everyone for being so amazing and patient. You are the reason I love Vox.
I was just told that the Amazon Conduit will be fixed by tomorrow. I will post here as soon as I get word that it's back up and running.
I know this has been frustrating and I am sorry there wasn't more I could do to make it less so. I really appreciate your patience though.
Cheers,
Bad news. As many of you have probably noticed, the Amazon Conduit was not fixed in the last week's release. Unfortunately, there was an undetected bug that is preventing the conduit from working.
We are working on this bug fix and hope to have the Conduit back up and running this week.
I will keep you posted.
Thank you for being so patient.
Blog Action Day is every October 15th, when blogger are asked to post something about a single issue to show our strength and conviction as an online community. It's a great way to feel connected to the greater good, and the participation of so many bloggers to support the world's leading non-profit organizations is something you can do to help, right now. By blogging today, you're supporting some of the world's leading non-profits and sharing your voice for change.
This year's topic is climate change, and we'd love to read your thoughts on the topic. If you participate, leave us a link to your post in the comments, so we know to check out your post!
Go to www.blogactionday.org to learn more, get a badge for your blog showing your participation, and see some ideas for your post on climate change.
Can't wait to read your posts!
~ daisy
The Amazon Conduit will be working again on October 15, 2009. Thank you to everyone for your patience.
Have a great weekend,
daisy, Team Vox
In my last Team Vox post, I let you know that we're aware that the Amazon conduit is broken and that we're working to fix it. Many of you want to know when it's going to be fixed and I'm so sorry I haven't gotten back to you about that sooner.
Unfortunately, I don't have an exact date to give you, but rest assured, the Amazon conduit will be fixed in the coming weeks.
In the meantime, I'm about to finish my latest book and I could use a few suggestions as to what to read next, so... if you don't mind, let me know in the comments what's on your nightstand and/or what book you think I absolutely must read next.
Thanks! :)
Some of you may have noticed that right now you cannot add books from Amazon to your Vox library. Giving people a glimpse into what's on your night stand is important to many of you, so I just wanted to reassure you that we are doing our best to get this bug fixed. I'll keep you posted.
So sorry for the inconvenience.
Hope you have a great weekend!
daisy
It's clear to me that Voxers are some of the most environmentally conscious and creative people out there, which is why I wanted to tell you about Six Apart's “Green by Design” contest. All you have to do to enter is create a Green Badge with an earth-friendly design and/or message.
In April, I told you about a few Green Badges we created for your blogs, and said that when the badges reached 100,000 impressions across the blogosphere, Six Apart would donate $1000 to The Climate Project. Well, as of June 1st, we surpassed that goal by nearly two million impressions. Needless to say, a check is in the mail!
When we realized how many of you were adopting the Green Badges, we thought it would be cool if we came up with a contest that allowed you to put your creativity to good use and make your own Green Badges.
Like the previous badges, the winning badge will link to the One Million Acts of Green brought to you by Cisco website. One Million Acts of Green is a collaborative environmental campaign encouraging everyone to go green. One act at a time. The goal? One million acts of green because, as we all know, we’re more powerful together than we can ever be apart.
Each weekly winner will also receive a one-year subscription to MailStopper, a junk mail stopper service provided by Tonic. Plus, we will donate $150 to a charity in the winner’s name. (For a list of charitable organizations the winner can choose to donate to, please see the contest rules.)
Two runner-ups each week will receive an honorable mention, as well as a one-year subscription to MailStopper.
Plus, when the badges receive a million impressions (and we know they will!), Six Apart will donate another $1000 to The Climate Project.
Here’s what you need to know in order to submit your design:
- The Submission must include a positive environmental message.
- The Submission must be in the JPEG file format.
- The Submission must be 160 x 90 pixels in size at a resolution of 72 dpi.
- The maximum file size of the Submission is 500 kilobytes.
- The Submission must be accompanied by an email address.
- The Submission and each element thereof must be the original work of Participant.
Please email your entry to badgecontest@sixapart.com and don't forget to include your Vox user name and your email address.
There's still time to get your entry in for this week's judging! We're accepting entries until end of day on Friday. If you aren't able to submit by this Friday, don't worry: There's another week left in the contest. The deadline for submissions is June 25, 2009 at 11:59:59 p.m. Pacific Time. Winners will be announced on Everything TypePad; however, if a Voxer wins, we'll also announce it here, of course.
View all contest rules here.
GOOD LUCK!
Looking for a way to show the world how much you love our planet? A Green Theme from One Million Acts of Green brought to you by Cisco is the perfect way to let your readers know just how eco-friendly you are.
One Million Acts of Green is a collaborative environmental campaign encouraging everyone to go green one act at a time. The goal? One million acts of green. Because, as we all know, we’re more powerful together than we can ever be apart. Want to get involved? After you add a new Green Theme to your blog, visit the One Million Acts of Green website and record your Acts of Green. Whether you turn the lights off when they're not in use, carpool to school/work, or just get your friends to start recording their Acts of Green, every single act makes a difference.
What are you waiting for? Visit the Design Area to green your Vox blog today!
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