Blessings

It has been a week filled with blessings....

We always get a little nervous when its time to get Ricki's hearing checked and we came away feeling so blessed and grateful for the time she has been blessed with to have good hearing in her one good ear. Dr. Shelton felt like her other tumor on her facial nerve is stable as well. Such good news! Just hours after her hearing appointment we received a phone call from the NF clinic at Johns Hopkins. They had one appointment in December for Dr Blakely and wanted to know if we would like it. We are feeling so blessed with this opportunity....when we met Dr Blakely, she was so kind and genuinely interested in trying to figure things out for Ricki and she wasn't even her patient yet.. 

Ricki continues to have migraines every day, is nauseous,has pains in her chest and back,tires easily, has daily stomach issues, hot flashes, and seizures almost daily as well. We are hoping to at least get a better understanding of what is going on and hopefully some solutions to improve her quality of life. 

Now we just have to figure out how to get there and where to stay. It will be fun to try to figure out all the details. I was visiting with a dear friend at church today and she encouraged me not to worry and that things would work out. I appreciated her faith and assurance. It was just what I needed. It was just a few months ago when the president of our women's organization at church picked me up and took me for a ride to see how Ricki was doing.  As we visited she asked "Janine if you could do anything for Ricki what would it be?"  I told her I really wanted to get Ricki to a specialist who knew more about NF2.... Since then little miracles started happening and now we have an appointment to work towards! 

I know Heavenly Father hears and answers our prayers and that he will give Ricki the medical supports she needs as she looks to her future. We are so grateful for the many prayers in her behalf over the past few years. We are grateful for the blessings of added peace and strength we have received as we have traveled on this journey with Ricki and know we have not been alone.