Tuesday March 12, 2013

Ariella has been home for 24 hours and it's such a blessing. Yesterday when we got home everything moved so fast it felt like we were in a whirlwind. We got home around noon, which meant our baby had to receive her respiratory treatment. Because we had everything already setup and developed a solid plan ahead of time we were able to administer the treatment with no problems. Just as we completed her noon treatment the supervisor from the nursing agency, Allyson, who will be managing Ariella's case, arrived at the house. At the same time the representative from the medical equipment company, Heidi, who we absolutely adore, also arrived. Heidi was there to make sure we were all set with the equipment she delivered last week as well as make sure the nurses and supervisor were comfortable with the new equipment as well.

We need to tell you that truly the favor of God is all over us. First of all Heidi, who works for Professional Homecare Services, the medical equipment company, has been an absolute treasure. She has worked so hard to make sure that we have the best of everything we need to provide Ella's care. She has gone above and beyond to make sure that we're comfortable using all of the equipment. Furthermore, she spent almost three hours helping Rachel arrange the nursery last Friday when she delivered all of Ella's medical equipment. Just to make sure that we were optimizing the best use of space in our nursery. God bless you Heidi and thank you so much for all your love and support.

We also met the nurse who will be caring for Ariella during the day on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays - Amanda. The name of the agency that will be providing the shift nursing is Interim. They are on the web so you should feel free to look them up. Amanda will be providing a large portion of Ella's care during the week while Rachel and I are at work. Amanda is a real sweetheart. She has a little girl of her own who will be turning one in a couple of weeks. Amanda is young and quite skilled, she is kind and very compassionate. Most importantly she is in love with our baby. We feel very comfortable with Amanda caring for Ariella while we are at work Monday through Wednesday. The other blessing is one of the nurses we met while at CCMC, Donna, who provided a lot of lactation support to Rachel is currently scheduled to work Friday afternoons. We love Donna, she is great. As of right now we are not certain as to who will be working Thursdays during the day and no one is scheduled for Fridays; we are hopeful that Interim will come through for us very soon to fill that gap in the schedule. In the meantime our employers continue to be very accommodating in ensuring we are able to provide Ariella the care she needs while maintaining our employment.

We continue to be richly blessed throughout this entire process. Thank you Jesus for continuing to place such amazing people in our lives to help us raise your special child. Keep praying everyone, it works.