Gracie update

  Last week I took Gracie to see Dr. O'Reilly, the ENT at DuPont, concerning her ears. This visit was necessary because she didn't pass her hearing test several wks ago. If you remember from one of my earlier posts, I mentioned that the Dr. that performed the hearing test said she felt like things were developed inside the ear, but the reason she didn't pass the test was because of fluid in her ears. So the test last wk. was a follow-up visit to see if we should put tubes in her ears to drain the fluid build up. However, when Dr. O'Reilly looked in her ears last week he said- "She only has fluid in one ear."
  To which replied- "Well, we do have people praying for Gracie, so maybe that's why the fluid disappeared in her one ear."
  His response- "Yeah maybe that made a difference. Probably depends who you have praying though."
  Me- "What do you mean by that?"
  "Well", he said, "If I'd (meaning himself) be the one praying it probably wouldn't make a difference. Him (meaning God) & I aren't really on good terms right now."
  I said something like- "Oh! Well, you might want to work on that."
  And he replied, "Yeah, I've been trying."
  The conversation was lite and mostly said in a humorous, joking way, but basically he was saying that he doesn't have a relationship with God right now. I do hope that every encounter like that on our "Gracie Journey" can plant a seed in the lives of the people we come in contact with, and will spark an interest in them coming to know Jesus in a personal way.

  As for the next step w/ her ears- Dr. O'Reilly wants to see her again in a month and possibly redo the hearing test before going ahead with tubes. That means another trip to Lancaster in June, but this time we won't have to go to DuPont- we can get an appt. with this same Dr. at Dr. Morton's office in Strasburg.
  I also want to mention a little about Gracie's over all progress. She now has a therapist that comes out once a week for an hr. We work mostly with her on her vision. I can tell you this- Gracie can see to some extent. Even though her eyes don't always co-operate for her, she does have a certain way of holding her head and you can see that she is tracking things. The therapist put it this way on Wed. when she was here- "she has low vision, not no vision." We are grateful for this!! Even though we don't know exactly what or how much she sees, we do know that her world is not completely dark.
  And her motor skills- wow! she gets around. She entertains herself for long periods of time by being on the floor, standing on her feet with her butt in the air, her head on the floor and scooting around like that. She also gets herself in the crawling position, but she hasn't actually crawled yet. She is also working on the sitting position.
  Gracie is so lovable and cuddly- we love her dearly. Thank you for praying for Gracie and us!!

PS- "thank you" to my sister Sue for going with me to DuPont last wk.!!

Chocolate Lab Puppies

For Sale - Choc Lab Puppies

For what it's worth I decided to post this on my blog. :)

We have choc lab puppies for sale.

They're registered ACA- they're English choc labs.

Currently 7 wks old. Ready for good homes on June 1, 2014.

1st round of shots and wormed.

6 females

4 males

Asking $650

Many people say to advertise them on Greenfield Puppies but I was hoping to sell them w/o doing that:) :) so if you know of anyone looking for a puppy send them our way!!

570.363.2405

 

 

PS- I'll be posting a Gracie update soon...

She's strong

I'm posting this video for those of you who don't have Facebook. Hopefully you'll be able to watch it. This is the kind of stuff Gracie has been doing on the floor for a month already. She spends a lot of time exploring on the floor.