The 48 Hour Birthday - Aria MacDonald

The 48 Hour Birthday

27 Jan at 4:02 pm by Anita MacDonald

Firstly, this is Aria’s blog so I will update you with her news.  She had a great day yesterday as you all read.  During the evening though she had some bleeding from her g tube site and nose, nothing dramatic like we used to see.  Thankfully.  But her HB did drop a point overnight so she will mostly likely be transfused again on Sunday and remain Status One for another week.  We feel stink being happy about that but we just pleased that she will be at the best possible place for getting organs.

Asher had his first day at preschool today and had a great time.  Hamish dropped him off and Ash was a little sad but no tears.  When Hamish picked him Asher was like ‘hi Dad whatever’  totally chilled as our boy normally is.  He was there for 4 hours and will do another 4 hours on Friday.  We are so happy that he has the opportunity to escape this place and have some play time with other kids.  Not that he isn’t happy here, he has heaps of fun but he can’t hang out in a hospital 24/7!

The 26th of Jan is coming to a close in the US.  Thank you so much to everyone for the b’day messages, cards etc.  I felt like my birthday spanned thru 2 days because NZ is 17 hours ahead.  I had lunch with Carol and Fran.  We did a spot of shopping at Village Pointe.  Carol and I went on a Ferris Wheel that was actually in the middle of this sports store and we went to Cold Stone Creamery!!  Whoop Whoop.

The two highpoints of my day came from a 3 year old and a 4 year old.  Hamish asked Aria this morning what Mummy would like for a birthday present.  Aria said ‘a kiss and cuddle’.  She was so right!  So I got a nice kiss and cuddle from Aria.  Super sweet.

The Arms family came in a brought a yummy birthday cake from Wholefoods!  Randy and Hamish did Daddy Daycare while Angie and I chatted.  They have a 4 year old daughter Praja.  As they were leaving Randy was holding Praja and I was walking next to them.  Praja was chatting then said to me ‘I pray for Aria everyday’  WOW, I was so taken aback, not because I was surprised but it was so powerful that this little girl was praying for another.  Obviously it was important to Praja to tell me believing that it would make a difference in my life for knowing and more importantly Aria’s life as God hears her prayers.

Anyway feeling very encouraged about the beautiful people God has brought into our lives to bless and encourage us.  He so spoke to me today ‘Look see what I have given you’  I didn’t even really think that much about my b’day but God blessed me with things I didn’t even ask for.  How much more will He bless us with the thing we do?