happy new year

christmas has come and gone

birthday has come and gone

she's still in pittsburgh

-gettin' better

today she had some doctors appointments

-they are keeping on eye on her

and tonight's new year's eve

let's all thank god for the blessings of this past year

and the miracles he's worked on acacia

she's been in his care the whole time

and she's come such a long way

-and breathing on her own with her new lungs

pray for happiness and health in the coming year

for us all


08's gonna be great!

birthday

she's out

she's seventeen

happy birthday, baby!

it's a christmas miracle

she's out

she got released today

she said it was like getting out of prison

(one of her favorite shows is 'prison break')

they went to the hotel for more christmas

and she spent the day figuring out her new iPhone

she's so happy (aren't we all)

she's been there for so long

and has gone through so much

thank you all for all your love and support


she'll be at the hotel , maybe another month

there are already appointments with various doctors

piling up (they are gonna be keeping a eye on her)


but for now, she's doing good and out!

thank god for this wonderful news

merry (happy and joy-filled) christmas

she just called me from her hotel room

she's out!

-not for good, quite yet

but for today (and tomorrow)...

IT'S CHRISTMAS!!

thank you all for what you sent her

-you know who you are

she's right now in her room (in street clothes)

opening presents and activating her new iPhone

-she's thrilled

so aren't we all

and to all

a merry christmas!!!!!

hurry, wait, get better

she's been so looking forward to...

getting outta there, just in time for christmas

but

Acacia had a setback, her lungs filled up with fluid the other night

and she was couching-up some blood

they treated her with Lasix and didn't have to go back on dialysis again

this is the third time this has happened

they say she's getting stronger and it shouldn't keep happening

so

going 'home for the holidays' (the hotel)

might not happen

they might let her and her mom out for christmas (day pass?)

so they can enjoy the holiday together


please continue to pray for our girl

no more machines

what should be (we pray)

the last of the machines

was removed today

she has been 'signed off' dialysis

her kidneys are working well enough

that the doctors feel that she doesn't need dialysis

this is so great

my mother had to endure dialysis 3 times a week

and it's a real tough process

-taking all the blood out of the body

cleaning it and them returning it

-scary

well, no more for our girl!!

please continue to ask god for his protection

and provision for acacia

and please praise and give thanks for

all this wonderful news that she's been given


the next miracle comes friday

when she's scheduled to be released from the hospital

-praise god!

"it's out!"

she just called me this morning

and yelled, 'it's out'

yes

they have taken the tube out of her throat

-no more trach tube

she's been talking for a while and talking good

but now, no tube

and they think that the hole will close-up soon


she also told me that she expects to 'be released' friday

naturally, she can't wait to get out of the hospital

and back to the hotel

she's so looking forward to that

-to spend christmas with her new pittsburgh friends

and then her birthday too, 'outta the hospital'


she's doing so good

and it's so unbelievable that this long hospitalization is nearly over

-still a long way to go

-still she's come such a long way

what a christmas gift for all of us!