Shriner's Hosp in MN trip

This past Wednesday we went into the dealership to pick up Nate after work to head to Shriners in MN. While waiting for daddy to get off work Nash got a few bug bites. We arrrived in MN at 10:30 PM and checked into our hotel. Slept great and went for a swim in the morning. Then off to the Mall of America for lunch and a few rides before his afternoon appointment at Shriners. Lunch went well until Nash choked and threw up his entire lunch of choc. milk and mac and cheese. Thank you Famous Dave's for having a roll of papertowels at each table!! Since we were in the mall Nash got a new outfit. The one he was wearing was ummmm disgusting!! Survived that little episode... In new clothes and to Camp Snoopie where Nash would ride his first rides. Three rides in the bug bite on Nash head grew to the size of a golf ball... Not kidding. Right between his eyes on his forehead was this huge lump that turned red...

I was in a small panic... Never have I ever seen a bug bite do that. Stopped by security... They said go to ER.... Called shriners and told them what was going on and asked if we could just come there and they said no, but here are the directions to ER... So we get to ER and check in... One hour later sitting in the waiting room and not been seen we start thinking this is NUTS!! We are going to miss the shriners appointment we drove five hours too. So I go to the front desk ans ask how muhc longer before we see a doctor... They said at least two more hours because they were swamped. As we look around and see people in masks with the flu, a kid with a broken arm, and about 20 other people we call Shriners again and ask them if the nurse could at least look at it, since ER was getting us no where. The say yes so we leave ER and head to shriners... I am calming down. We arrive at Shriners 2 minutes late for our appointment. Everyone there shocked to see such a big bump on Nash head. Nate drives around MN looking for a pharmacy for some medication for Nash... Nurse looked at it and the swelling had begun to go down. Only the size of a bouncy ball at this point. She said it must have been a reaction. We were like yeah, but still cannot ffigure out why it took 18 hours for the reaction... Maybe something to do with the rides we were on... So we see one doc and he is impressed with Nash's development and how well the casting has worked for Nash's walking. Nash's hip and spine x-rays looked well. The doc did want Nash in foot braces so we were off to get fit for those...

You see at Shriners they make the braces right there... Over night... It is sooooo awesome. It would take us weeks to get them, but overnight at Shriners. Such a blessing!

Headed back to the hotel for a swim and then off to bed since Nash had another appointment the following morning. The neurologist was also happy with Nash's improvement and way impressed that Nash reads at least 12 words... Yeah you read it right Nash is learning to read. He loves it! Music and books... Oh and swimming... Nash loves the pool! The doctor said it would be good to take Nash swimming as much as possible... So we are going to look into that.

After that appointment we went to try on the braces. Took about and hour and a half to get them right, but they fit and are working well. We are very excited. We had another great experience there and go back in six months.

We drove home and the only funny thing is we were looking for five minutes trying to figure out this terrible smell only to notice the truck in front of us carrying dead animals. We notice it right before the merge right sign... Road construction for the next 8 miles. Nate sped around just in time... God was definately with us... I was gagging. It was nasty! We then laughed sooooo hard. Hello, how did it take us that long to figure it out... Right ahead of us... Hmmmm driver were you looking at the road??? Must not have been if he did not notice it!!! Ahhh,... I am sure way funnier to us. But it was one of those had to be there moments.

Typically trip... Had some unexpected and unwanted adventure... But again survived. The neat thing about it all was... Nash on the way to ER and in ER sang... Jesus loves me and Our God is an awesome God over and over... We saw God right through Nash and our panic and stress. Like Nash knew... It was all going to be ok and it was!! Praise God. The bump is now completely gone, which is wonderful! It grew right in front of my eyes... Very strange and scary as parents!

We had great news about his development. They kept saying the brain is damaged in some areas, but makes up for it in others... We know that is God... See Nash will not likely ever be able to play sports, but he has the gift to memorize songs and sing them. He also is very good educationally, which are all gifts and talants God gave Nash and we are sooooo thankful for those.

Once again our child taught us lessons... We can only hope we teach him as half as much as he teaches us!!