Thank You

Have you ever noticed that at times thank you seems like an inadequate phrase? I'm all about being polite. I must say thank you a billion times a day. Somebody holds the door open for me, thank you. Passes me the salt, thank you. Compliments me, thank you. Sometimes, though, I wish there was a phrase that was, well, bigger than thank you. After the week we've had thank you doesn't seem to cut it. I mean one little thank you needs to cover the following and this is in no particular order:

Everyone who took the time to visit us at the hospital. Especially after I started cracking up.

Everyone who bought me magazines (even if they were ones I had already.. Love you Robin) and/or chocolate.

Everyone who bought Maya clothes. She has lots of hand me downs from her big sister, but it is nice for her to have her very own things too.

Linda for the phone and Mom for offering to get the phone. After a few days I appreciated being able to get in touch with the outside world even if Mike was annoyed that I called him repeatedly just to cry.

Everyone who's watched Abby either here or at their house while Mike and I were busy at the hospital. Everyone who's offered to watch Abby so we could be busy at the hospital. Special thanks if you did housework for me while you were here.

All who have called to see how Maya has been doing. All who have called to see how we are doing. Special thanks if you had to wait patiently for me to stop crying or you pretended not to notice I had just finished crying or that I was trying not to start crying again.

Anybody who's told us how strong we are. Just proves the theory that you can fool some of the people some of the time. Believe me, we haven't been feeling very strong.

Anbody who's cooked us a meal. Trying to divide our time equally between our two girls was easier when we didn't have to worry about what we were going to feed ourselves. Special thanks if you travelled 2 hours to cook said meal. Extra special thanks if you repeated to trip in a couple of days to cook for us again. Extra extra special thanks if you dropped off enough food to feed an army for several days.

To Robin for bringing the girls out to visit with Abby. Sitting with them and playing with Playdoh was the most normal part of our week. We both appreciated that.

Anybody who prayed for Maya. Mike and I have been touched by the wide circle of people we had praying that our little girl would get better.

Anybody who gave us hugs. You can never have enough hugs at a time like this.

This is just a very short list of how wonderful everybody has been through a very difficult time. Mike and I are completely overwhelmed at everyone's generosity of both time and spirit. Again I wish there was something more than thank you that I could say. All that you have done is worth so much more than that. We love you! We love you! We love you!

Now an update on Maya. She is now eating copious amounts of formula. She's resting comfortably. She did have a slight breathing spell last night. It wasn't as bad as it was last Sunday night. She didn't turn blue and the nurse thinks it was a positional thing. She had been laying on her side and she tucked her chin down. So it was very mild and over very quickly. The nurse thinks it was just a fluke. So we'll wait to see what the docs say tomorrow. We're hopeful they'll let her come home, but you never know.