When they went back in to a brain ultrasound today, it was discovered that Christopher has had some significant bleeding in his brain in the past four days.
The effects of a brain bleed never really heal. It's going to be a long time before we can see what damage the bleed has caused. The doctors are also not sure if the bleed has stopped, or if it is still continuing.

This is obviously not good news. Prayers are appreciated.

Pretty much right now in my life...this is all that is worth talking about.

I have been in constant reading on Christopher's care page that has been set up online to get updates and I think I check it more than anything.

First, my cousin is still in the hospital. Her blood pressure is still too high for her to be released, but we are hoping she will not be there too much longer. While she is there, it is a great blessing for her to get to be so close to Christopher, and she actually got to change his little diaper yesterday. But, my thoughts keep gravitating toward her in this hard time---as she wants to return homw to her two other children, but is not yet healthy enough.

Christopher is still staying strong. They have to limit his movement, so he doesn't lose too many calories, but from what I understand--he is a little sqwirmer. Our concerns right now are with his brain and his heart. So far, there has been no bleeding in his brain, but he is going to go in for another brain ultrasound today to make sure that remains the same. There is a valve in his heart that needs to close, and they are working on getting that achieved with IBprofen treatments. If that doesn't work, surgery is always an option, but obviously not the most favored one. Good news--they were able to let off a little bit on the support given to him through the ventilator, because he is becoming a strgoner breather.

It is hard to be so far away with all of this going on and the stress that is the end of a semester, on top of that. I cannot wait for the semester to be over and to hear more good news from Georgia.


Please, keep praying for the Watson family and sweet little Christopher.

This is my new third cousin, Christopher Lloyd. Yes, a famous name for a boy who is destined to be something special.
Christopher was born at 24 weeks, on Thanksgiving Day, weighing in at 1 pound 5 ounces and 12.5 inches long. His parents have been trying for a long time for him and after two adoptions were finally blessed. Leigh (my cousins and Christopher's momma) developed preeclampsia two days prior to his birth. After pumping her with steroids for those 48 hours, he was finally born. They say he has been strong so far, but that it is going to be a long, hard, difficult road for Christopher. Leigh should be out of the hospital in a few days, but between hospital visits she has a 5 year old and an 18 month old at home.

Please pray for this family. Eventhough they are my second cousins, we are pretty close and I am really longing to be with them now.

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Disclaimer from the author:
In December I plan to spread myself between all the families in PUMP and love on everyone during my visit. I am in no way attached to one person for this visit. I want to see and spend time with all of ya'll. So no assumptions about what I'm doing...just ask and I'll probably say yes to what you want to do!

I also plan on sleeping on many couches and hanging out at many different houses....

YAY

I took part in an All Saints Day worship in one of my classes today when we were asked to light a candle for a person who made a huge impact on our christian walk.



Belinda, this candle is for you.

I kind of wish I could show this to every teenager in the world today. I remember those days and it was a tough choice between these two things. Even today, it still is...

I have not really even written anything about life on here in a while. It seems that college is pretty repetitive, which is okay with me. Here are a few points of the past few weeks to sum it all up...

1. Work is better this year. I trained the manager and from that experience she has been kind enough to give me the utmost respect this year. It really makes my whole work environment entirely different and a lot less stressful. I do still work what some would consider "a lot" (about 26-28 hours a week). After Thanksgiving it will go up to about 41 a week or so if I choose to work every day. I figure for three weeks I can handle it. All of my tests are over the first two days of testing, which means I can get in some good hours before my parents come on Dec 15th for my cousins wedding.

2. Apartment life is good. Whenever three girls get together, there is bound to be some drama....but we work it out and live among each other just fine :) Out of all my roommate situations, this is definitely the best one. I have become better at the whole domestic thing. I scrub my bathroom every Saturday and straighten my room the same day. Cooking still has not come full steam ahead, but with working and pledging and learning....who has time?

3. Our pledges got in last night. Its cool to have 10 new faces. I definitely have a special place for a few of these sweet sophomores and am really glad they chose GATA.

4. I have got to stop making kids cry. We have been teaching jump rope at a local school for my elementary physical activities class. My class got put with the kindergarten class. My two jump ropers were Madison and Jeremiah. Madison let me call her Maddy after the first day...something she told me she only lets her mom do...it was pretty funny to watch her classmates' reactions when I called her Maddy---you could tell they had not heard it before. Jeremiah is a typical boy and concentrated on being the best boy jump roper in his class. Maddy focused more on me. She learned jump roping by jumping with me in the same rope. Eventually, she got out on her own...and it was a sweet thing to watch her face light up when that rope went under her feet twice without stopping. We went there for 6 days. Today was the last day and it was an event called Jump Rope for Heart. Finally, I had to leave for my Bible class---I didnt want to, but I knew there was a quiz waiting for me and I could not miss it. I walked up to Jeremiah and told him I had to go to class. He gave me a quick hug, said "bye", and jumped back in line to jump rope. I walked over to Maddy and she started bawling and would not let go. I love that I have this effect on kids, really it is a blessing, but it is so hard to see that blessing through those kids' tears. That little girl was the sweetest part of my week these past two weeks and I'll miss her a lot, but I am so thankful for the experience I had.

5. Oh I finally got my car back last week. I dealt with everything myself and after a little glitch in the whole process I felt grown up in the end. I am definitely more confident in myself as an adult than before I went through this. I am really glad my parents put it all in my hands---even though I got quite frustrated at times. Now all I need is a new silver A&M emblem and we are READY TO GO!!!

6.What else? Oh yes----I am flying to Portland on December 28th. I am pretty pumped (no pun intended, but you know...). I have come to really like plane rides and cannot wait for fun at PUMP. Oh and with PUMP people too----and REAL snow doesnt hurt either :)