12/24/08 - A Christmas Miracle!!!

This photo is just too adorable!!!

Kayleigh had a rough start to her day, but she has been wonderful ever since and I think I know why. At first we thought Kayleigh was irritated from the gastrointestinal doctor coming by to get a feel for things in her tummy. She didn't like him poking around and she had one of her horrible episodes. She dropped her sats and spiraled out of control to the point where it took quite some time to get her sats back up to normal.

One of our primary nurses told Kayleigh that Santa wasn't going to come if she was a bad girl today, so she straightened up for the rest of the day. I think it had to do something with the massive poop she had when changed her diaper. I mean, Good Gracious!!! She left me a huuuuge nasty present for me and I have been "mostly" good all year. I thought I have seen big poops from her before, but this took two diapers to clean up. Whew!!! :) Needless to say, she felt so much better after I changed her and she was quickly off to sleep for the rest of the evening while we were there.

We spoke to the doctor for a good bit of time tonight and he prayed over Kayleigh for us. That makes you feel so wonderful to see a doctor do that with us. It was the second time he prayed over her and the last time was right before her open heart surgery. That leads me to tell you about what happened last week when Kayleigh wasn't doing so good. Aimee and I have contemplated for a while now to get Kayleigh baptized while she was here at the hospital and since things took a turn for the worse, we questioned again whether or not to do this. Now, we know whether she gets baptized or not, she is going to heaven. We also believe that a baptism should be chosen by the one who is getting baptized as it shows they're committing themselves to Christ and not someone else choosing it for them (such as us parents). If we were to baptize her, we wanted Wade Joye to do it for us as he was the one who baptized Aimee and I at Elevation Church. It just so happened that Liana was going in to surgery the same day that Kayleigh was at her worst, which was the same day we were contemplating the most about having her baptized (ironic huh?) Wade was more than happy to come up after his daughters surgery to baptize Kayleigh for us. When Wade was praying over Kayleigh, she began to desat, which I believe deep in my heart that she was beyond excited to be getting baptized that she lost control. Not to mention, Kayleigh started to progress the next day and make some serious changes in her prognosis. Now I am not saying that Wade has the healing touch, so don't bombard him with emails :) But, I feel Wade is an amazing follower of Jesus who sets a perfect example of how God wants us to be. Getting Kayleigh baptized by Wade was a very special moment for all of us and we appreciate the Joye's so very much for the love and support they have given us over these past 6 months. Adleigh and Liana have two of the most wonderful parents that anyone could ask for.

Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers! We have been getting so many wonderful emails, and we enjoy reading every single one of them. When you wake up to anxiously wait for a post, I am anxiously waiting to read emails. They really brighten up our days and make this journey so much easier. You all are amazing and we are so blessed to share Kayleigh's story and to hear how she has touched your lives. Besides keeping a great journal, that is the main reason I post every single night. I feel this has been my calling to do the will of God. Thank you for sharing in our journey with us. With everyone's love and Kayleigh's progress, this has truly been CHRISTMAS MIRACLE!!!

Our family wishes ALL of you a Wonderful Merry Christmas tomorrow.

God Bless,

The Freemans :)