Hi All - Happy Valentine's Day
We are finally home after not really sleeping and getting up at 4:30 a.m. to arrive at VCH by 6:00 a.m. We left at 5:00 p.m. yesterday.
Mollie is recovering. I as a parent should not write anymore than that right now. I am still very emotional and wondering for myself just why in the world we inflicted this on this poor baby.
Please continue to keep us in your prayers for Mollie's recovery and strength for us. There is still so much more to go over the next few weeks and ongoing.
Thank you all soooo much for your prayers, your calls, your cards, your meals, and your coming to the hospital to keep us sane - Pastors Mike & Catherine, Regina, Emily and Angela. Mimi thank you for taking such good care of the home front and keeping everything as normal as possible for the rest of my precious kiddos. It meant the world to us. We cannot begin to tell you all how much the support was and is appreciated. We did not for once feel as if we were doing this alone. We feel so blessed because of you all.
Our love to you all!!
The Bowman Fam 5
4 comments:
Hi Khristi - We're still with you and sending you our strength and prayers. Thank you for the update. Love to you all. - Jane, Mike & Lizzy
Hi Khristi - Give that precious little girl a big hug and kiss from her NY cousins. We are sending positive thoughts and lots of love your way!
-Kathy, Matt, Julia and Matthew
Dear Mollie,
How lucky you are!!! When your older and can read this you'll understand how wonderful Mummy and Daddy are!
Over the past year since discovering your hearing loss, nothing has been the same in the Bowman house. Everyone was worried about you, and no one knew what the right thing was to do.
Well that was the beginning of your trip, you'll know now much your Mummy and Daddy did to get you here today. Because they loved you with all there heart, and all they could give.
To Khristi and Bobby,and all who will read this,
As a parent, you want your kids to have all of what you had and more. Well! when you become a Grand Parent a little wishful evil comes out. That is now your kids are going to get a little taste of what is was like for you. The hard work, the time ,the money,the patience and the effort you put forth. all for their well being. So you find some satisfaction in the juice that somehow got into the new carpet, or the dent from a bike that crashed into Dads new car. The best one yet is the week before Xmas. That's the week of the NO'S. NO! it's not Xmas yet. No!you can't open anything yet.NO! you can't stay up all night to catch Santa. Yes! Grand Parents just relish and laugh, that your shopping,wrapping and assembling all week on no sleep. We just know how much more your going to appreicate what we went thru (YA!!}
Well there's one problem with all this. I didn't have three children. I didn't have twins. I didn't have a severly hearing impaired child. I didn't have to move to a new job, new house,and new city. All during this time, the doctor is telling me that my wife is pregnant and needs to be off her feet for months.
I've seen what Bobby and Khristi's job is about and they do it with love and care. I spent a couple of weeks helping out. It's a factory and it runs on a schedule. Boot camp all over again! They do have their private time. Like every other morning they take turns going to the gym at 5 am. Bobby gets more then Khristi. He has that 6:30am ride to work, 45 mins of bumper to bumper traffic just to meditate. Twice a day, nice huh! Lucky him! His high stress job,well just a walk in the park. (right). Besides he's got to get home there's a lot more on his plate before he can sleep.
Now Khristi's schedule. I'll keep it short, goes like this. Madie, Mollie, Nate. Mollie, Nate, Madie, Nate Madie,Mollie. School, school,hospital. School, school, hospital. House, house, house. Shop ,shop, shop. Cook, cook, cook. Those are the main events. Sorry the rest of the list is to
long to write, like this blog I'm writing.
Now the nice thing about boot camp is that it was only nine weeks, and you were out! I think they have a lot more time to go before they can rest. I didn't wish them all this and I don't laugh anymore, when another problem is added to their day. I love all my children. Their health and happiness is now my real joy.
Love Dad
To my beautiful little Mollie,
We all grow up with hero's in our life. People we admire. People who do good things for others. People we want to be like. I don't know who your hero's are, but I,ll bet there great people. Maybe we share the same ones. Want to know who mine are?? It's your Mummy and Daddy. I hope I'm around when you can read this. cause that's when I know your Mummy and Daddy can rest.
Love Grampie
Dear all. Having been able to be apart of the Bowman family for the past 4 days, I feel I can speak in behalf of all of them. You would be amazed to see how quickly little Mollie has recovered from her surgery. She is up and about, playing with Madie and Nate, eating and sleeping well and doing all the wonderful things a 2 all most 3 year old can do. Her incisions are so small and healing so well. All is a wonder to the workings of her doctor, science, a loving family, and God!! Keep her in your prayers as we approach March 3rd, which is tune up day.
We love you Mollie, Mimi
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