Mackenzie and Grace

Well Miss Mackenzie has not felt like herself in about 3 weeks. Things like this frustrate me. The unknown. The inability to feel 100%. Nothing obvious. So after returning to a very boring and uneventful dr appt, we took her to the doc. She has been very tired, sometimes breaks out in a cold sweat, feels dizzy at times, just a lot of different things. She was just given a clean bill of health at the docs three weeks ago, so we found this strange. They took some blood and will be looking at anemia, diabetes, thyroid, and they checked for mono. The mono test came back negative. Which is good for all the boys she has been kissing!! (hehe) I find it so interesting, she does not date, but I have people come up to me often to tell me that they heard she was dating someone. I am wondering if this Subway guy has something to do with how she is feeling, perhaps the whole "eat fresh" thing is a HUGE facade!! Or maybe this is the mystery guy she has been dating! LMDO!!

They will call me tomorrow with results from the rest of the blood work. If all comes back negative then we get the diagnosis of "the virus". My personal thought is iron, and I had just bought her a new vitamin on Saturday. I will update you what we hear. I am really hoping this will be as simple as iron, the virus diagnosis is so frustrating, and the other options are just more then I think we want to be involved with.

Also, we have some friends who are in the process of adoption a little girl from Ukraine with spina bifida. Grace is 3.5 years old and will turn 4 in September, at which point she is scheduled to be moved to a mental institution. She has no known cognitive delays...this is just what happens to disabled orphans in many parts of Eastern Europe. Having a nephew with spina bifida I really have a heart for this adoption. Not to mention the thought of a little girl getting a new and loving forever home filled with love and siblings is awesome. What a blessing!! It will be a pleasure watching them walk the road God has laid out for them.

However, adoption is not free or cheap. They just got word today that they are a match and that this will probably move through pretty quick. They will have many fundraisers and I will keep you to date on those. The first can be linked to from here: http://adoption.adeanthing.com/fundraisers/.

Here is a photo of this beautiful little girl.