A living, breathing MIRACLE
First up and most importantly Aria is doing SUPER AWESOME! We are totally amazed at the 180 turnaround in her since she was discharged. She is:
Talking heaps
Sleeping thru the night (yay!)
Off oxygen during the day
Happy and contented
And…….Drum roll please……WALKING! Â Â Â Â Â That’s right, she is on her feet and walking. Â She holds our hands and can walk at least a solid couple of metres/yards maybe more. Â Very very exciting.
And…….another drum roll please……..eating! Â Yes in the past couple of days there had been a big change in Aria’s eating habits. Â She will sit at a meal and ‘eat’ the whole time. Â This involves putting food in her mouth and chewing with her front teeth. Â If the food has a sauce then she will lick the sauce and a goodish amount goes down. Â Sometimes there is a bit of coughing and confusion but she is doing really well.
The biggest factor in this change has been the dose of steroids that she is on.  It was to help her asthma but has had bigger flow on effects.
GOD IS SO GOOD!!!
Deuteronomy 10:21
21 He is your praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes.
We see it with our eyes everyday, a living breathing MIRACLE. Â How blessed are we!?
In other news, the MacDonald family has been pretty busy. Â Yesterday we got to go to outdoor church with Carol and Cordell and that was pretty cool. Â Beautiful weather to sing praises.
In bigger news- Dr E is here!!! Â In Omaha! Â We were pretty happy to see her and got to spend some time with her on Sunday arvo. Â She came to see Aria in action at PT today between hospital appointments and it was Aria’s best ever session. Â Aria was on fire, crawling and walking and laughing. Â We are so pleased she can see Aria doing so well.
Aria is in the Womans Day this week to if you want to check it out. Â NZ only and no I can’t post it because I haven’t seen it either! Â We are always the last people to see Aria’s NZ media stuff but that’s ok.
Anyway this week is also shaping up to be a busy one, we are in at the hospital every day! Â Phew, but no worries, there are two beautiful kiddos to enjoy!
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# 13 Sep at 8:15 pm
Fantastic!!! Wow Aria you are doing amazingly!! Talking, sleeping, eating and so much more Well done!
Lisa xx
# 13 Sep at 8:16 pm
Praise God from whom all blessings flow! That is wonderful news. Look at the journey you have taken thus far…..amazing! xxx
# 13 Sep at 8:18 pm
AWESOME!!!!! xxx
# 13 Sep at 8:19 pm
No freaking way!! That’s awesome!! Shot Aribubble 🙂
# 13 Sep at 8:19 pm
WALKING….GO ARIA, hope to see pictures soon
Keep up the good work Aria
# 13 Sep at 8:28 pm
So wonderful to hear that she’s doing well!
# 13 Sep at 8:34 pm
What wonderful news! I’m so happy for all of you. God has and is doing great things in her young life. What a blessing it is to see how He is working. Sending my love and continuing prayers for each of you.
In His great love,
Carolyn O’Cain
# 13 Sep at 8:54 pm
Praise God from whom ALL blessings flow!
That includes the blessing of Aria walking, Aria eating, Aria laughing, Aria sleeping!
And the blessing of family together, outings with friends, outdoor church (WOW!), so, so much to praise God for!
We praise Him with you.
# 13 Sep at 8:56 pm
that IS truly miraculous!!! Go Aria, and hope to see you all Sunday! (:
# 13 Sep at 8:59 pm
Truly amazing! 🙂
# 13 Sep at 9:04 pm
multiple WOW’s- God is indeed very good
# 13 Sep at 9:23 pm
Such a GREAT post!! Thank you GOD for Your mercies….they are truly new everyday! Can’t wait to see her in action! (you think by Christmas she’ll be running???) 😉
# 13 Sep at 9:38 pm
I love opening your e-mails and just sit in awe at the progress Aria is making. I look forward to reading the Women’s Day!
# 13 Sep at 9:54 pm
God is soo GOOOD! What a great blog today!!! You go princess Aria!
# 13 Sep at 10:14 pm
Wonderful news! xx
# 13 Sep at 10:40 pm
YAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!! GO, ARIA!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOO – HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Love from Nikki and Rob. xxxx
# 13 Sep at 10:54 pm
Fantastic and the video we showed at Redeemers opening on Sunday was also wonderful! Look forward to seeing you ALL back in NZ!
Love the Bracefields
# 13 Sep at 10:56 pm
Wow, you are full of good news! Glad to hear things are going so well, she really is a miracle 🙂
# 13 Sep at 11:57 pm
Greayt to hear that Aria is doing so well thanks for keeping us updated. God Bless
# 14 Sep at 12:03 am
Oooh! That just warms my heart hearing such wonderful news! She is making super progress and is a miracle many times over! How lovely that the fantastic Dr E is with you too – I’m sure she will be astounded at how well Aria is doing and happy to see her (and you) again after so many happy pictures.
# 14 Sep at 12:37 am
Sooooo good!!
# 14 Sep at 12:44 am
woohoo! what a thrill to hear how well Aria is doing! Yes – praise to God who is so good. Also a big ‘Well done’ to you, Anita and Hamish!
# 14 Sep at 1:39 am
Wonderful news. Well done Miss Aria.
# 14 Sep at 2:08 am
this is all so encouraging, exciting and awesome. What a mighty God who does all things well. Overflowing with thankfulness and joy. Keep up the great work Team! We love you.
# 14 Sep at 6:01 am
Oh my goodness! Our mouths dropped open in awe!!! What an amazing change from the little girl we saw not that long ago! Tell Aria we are so proud of all her hard work!
# 14 Sep at 6:46 am
We were so happy to meet, at “outdoor church” last Sunday, the little girl we have been praying for for so many months! What a blessing to see this amazing miracle. Your entire family continues to be in our prayers. God is so good!
# 14 Sep at 7:01 am
Thanks just does not seem adequate for all the Lord’s goodness that has been poured on your family and those of us who have followed your journey. What a testimony to God’s love.
# 14 Sep at 8:36 am
Miss Aria is full of surprises! Praise God for all this progress. Love and prayers to all of you!
# 14 Sep at 1:59 pm
That is so awesome! Good girl Aria! I’m so happy for your family, that Aria has been doing so well, despite the cold she recently had. I love hearing good news about her! God Bless!
# 14 Sep at 2:24 pm
A total miracle.
Big loves to all of you.
xxx
# 14 Sep at 9:09 pm
So fantastic to see Aria and the rest of the family doing so well !!!
# 15 Sep at 5:16 am
So fantastically amazingly heart warming to read all this progress…. well done Team MacDonald! The girls piano teacher ripped out the article from the magazine to see if we new you guys! We shall keep our copy for you to sign on your return! Much love and enjoy the many lovely moments. X
# 15 Sep at 7:18 pm
that is mind blowing news.Well done Aria for all you have achieved
# 15 Sep at 8:35 pm
WOWEE FANTASTIC ARIA!! little honey, you are doing so well, and how neat that Dr E is in omaha and can see a happy well little girl, instead of the sick little girl she knew.
praise god for his goodness.
# 17 Sep at 12:01 am
Have seen the article!!! love the happy pictures!!! Glad you have the marvelous Dr E with you .. She will be thrilled with Arias progress and how amazing you all are!
# 17 Sep at 4:07 pm
i have read the article now, i don’t usually buy that magazine, but i did yesterday.
lovely photos & a well written article, but why the heck are they calling aria BABY aria? she’s not a baby, she’s a beautiful child.
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