Saturday in Omaha + PHOTOS
It is Saturday morning and Aria spend the night in PICU. Â The nurses said she slept well and Hamish and I managed about 8 hours sleep. Â It feels good to be rested.
Aria greeted me with a ‘hello mummy’ and a hug and a kiss! Â Such a sweet girl. Â She must feel like complete rubbish and we know she is in pain. Â But she still manages to be a sweetie. Â She has moments when she is really uncomfortable and doesn’t settle. Â Then she is straight to sleep. Â She is trying hard to keep going. Â We are so pained to watch her suffer so.
I have taken some photos. Â I just looked at them and am a bit nervous about posting them. Â Aria looks pretty sick and yellow. Â Which is the reality of her situation really.
Met the transplant surgeon who is on this weekend, I haven’t figured out their rotations yet. Â She was nice and said that we are just waiting for organs now and said it could be ‘hours/days/weeks/months’ Â But then she said ‘well not months’ Â I didn’t ask whether she meant it shouldn’t take that long to get organs or Aria doesn’t have months. Â We have learn’t not to ask questions when we don’t really want to hear the answers.
Asher and I are off to Walmart this afternoon. Â A lovely nurse called Amanda is taking us. Â It will be nice to get out of the hospital again and get some things that we need.
Aria needs organs, please pray they will come and soon. Â God has brought us so far and we pray He will take us the whole way.
Aria
Aria in her PICU bed watching her DVD player- Barney is the new fave
Ashie Monster- who has been far from a monster, such a good boy.
View from the hallway where we catch the lift to go down to the hospital.
This is were we stop each time to look for bunny rabbits. Asher insists we stop to see if there are any there. We have seen them a couple of times but the snow has melted a fair bit now.
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# 13 Dec at 8:53 am
Two beautiful babies. So good to see you are settling in. Have fun at Walmart, I LOVE it there!
Ali xoxo
# 13 Dec at 9:05 am
Sending strength to you and your family. I don’t pray, but I will be sending positive thoughts, and hoping that organs come your way as soon as possible xxxxxx
# 13 Dec at 9:33 am
Oh she looks like sleeping beauty! Asher looks great too! Keep faith, you are in the right place and the organs will come at the right time! Be at peace knowing you are doing all you can possibly do and the rest is not up to you.
# 13 Dec at 9:50 am
May you all know the peace and presence of God with you.
It is difficult to pray for the organs, knowing, as you said, that in order to have them someone else’s child will die.
My heart goes out to you.
with all love …… and prayers, our God is a God who heals, He does the impossible.
Eve.
Thank you that even amidst your hectic busy time, you can find time to keep us all updated.
# 13 Dec at 10:55 am
Yeah praying for organs is difficult, and i remember i had a particular patient i was caring for who was on a mechanical heart device waiting for his heart transplant… I remember one day he said to me Dawn can you pray to your God to get me a new Heart, and i really struggled with concept… and wasn’t sure how i felt with it. I spoke with one of our pastors at church, and he said and it made me feel better, that the Donor was going to die anyway (which is not nice to think on) or they wouldn’t be considered for organ donation, so i sort of changed my mentality and was God if there is anyone who for whatever reason is being taken from this earth, and they are a sutible match pray their family would give the gift of life and donate the heart… that became the tone of my prayers… Now i’m not sure how that goes with everyone, but it really helped me…
# 13 Dec at 11:48 am
Wonderful photos, thank you. Hamish your parents were at Covenant this morning. It was lovely to see them. Peter B gave an update based on what you have been posting, and you were remembered in prayer, as always. Thanks for taking the time to update. Hope you enjoyed Walmart. I always did. Reasonable products for reasonable prices. Love to all.
# 13 Dec at 12:13 pm
they’re both such beautiful kids.
will definately be praying for your family
God Bless
# 13 Dec at 1:55 pm
Thanks for taking the time to post some photos. I dont know about the others that are following your journey but I am just as fascinated about your journey too. Moving to another country with different cultures etc so it is interesting to see your photos of the view from the window etc…and the snow!! lol
Aria is in the best place and your faith has carried you all through this journey. Trust in that faith. Everything has come together so quickly, I am just so thrilled that she is listed and ready to go.
Think of you all.
# 13 Dec at 1:59 pm
Hamish and Anita, may the Lord continue to grant you both with strength and perserverance. How wonderful it is to have a firm foundation in Him, the God who cares and the God who is in total control! He is the greatest Orcherstrator and praise the Lord that He has brought you all this far. May God continue to watch over little Aria and sustain her until suitable organs are provided. Our hearts and prayers go out to you all!!
# 13 Dec at 2:03 pm
xx
# 13 Dec at 2:17 pm
Glad you both were able to get a good night’s rest!!! The pics (Lied) make me want to cry….I can picture them to a T. Praying for sweet Aria….God is good….He is Faithful….and His timing is perfect!!!
# 13 Dec at 2:26 pm
Dear MacDonald Family,
We have been anxiously anticipating your arrival!! We are here for you and love your dear family already. Randy (I’m Angie his wife :))has enjoyed his time with you. Looking forward to meeting you in person. I have been praying continually to OUR God who rules and knows ALL things. He WILL do what is good and right. Rest and know that we are all upholding you in prayer.
# 13 Dec at 4:09 pm
I have a friend who is waiting for a pair of lungs. Her name is Kerri, & she has been on the list for 2 years. She doesn’t have lung cancer or anything like that, but her lungs became weak after her last son was born. She knows that God is with her through this process, just like He has been there for your family! God wants the best for Aria, & He knows what’s best for her. I will of course keep praying for Aria, & that God’s will be done!
# 13 Dec at 5:14 pm
Wow, Ash has grown up so much!!
I pray that things will happen quickly. You are in my thoughts, always x
# 13 Dec at 9:22 pm
So lovely to see your 2 little treasures in print. With you in prayer for new organs for Aria…. may you be encouraged today, and the world always seems a better place after a much needed good nights sleep! We pray for Aria every meal and today I overheard Candace playing ‘Doctors’ with her dollies… and they were all getting transplants! Was very cute…. clearly Aria has impacted many. Much love S
# 13 Dec at 10:16 pm
keep the pictures coming chicky when you get the time! Such an awesome looking room… much larger than your room at star. Good to see Aria has been reading classics like the very hungry caterpillar… won’t be long now till she can eat her way through all the yummy stuff in that book! Love and hugs as always!
# 14 Dec at 7:20 pm
the pictures gave me glistening eyes-give ashie a throw and cuddles on the bed for me (Thats what I do with the boys and Ashie joined in last time he was here hehe), he is the man!!Sing hot potato hot potato to Aria. Love to you guys-warms my heart to hear that you’re getting a lot of love from the local Omahians, what an amazing God we serve!!!
Love you guys heaps. Love the white Christmas views-chestnuts roasting on an open fire…
# 29 Jul at 2:30 pm
Hm there one bug with the site using OPera the sidebar is buggy :/