2 month Birthday

I can't believe it, but Judah was 2 months old yesterday! These last 2 months have been the hardest, most painful, fastest, most overwhelming, most educational, most challenging...and yet I have a feeling that someday God will bring me to the place where I also see them as the most beautiful in my life to this point. I've seen God in amazing ways and am not the person I was 2 months ago. And I have the most beautiful little boy to show for it! Judah's labs came back showing too much thyroid...basically. So, the endocrinologist cut his sinthroid medication in half, and in 2 weeks we'll go back to the hospital lab for more blood work. He goes to the endocrine clinic at the end of August, too, so we'll also have everything checked out again then. A little bit of a wake up call for me. This will be a regular part of life for a little boy with Hypopituitarism (underdeveloped and non-functioning pituitary gland). Trips to the lab for blood work, regular visits to the endocrine lab, and medication that directly affects the way Judah acts, behaves, and functions. Too much or too little of his hormone replacement meds makes a difference...potentially a big one. But right now I'm thanking the Lord for these medications that keep Judah alive and well; excellent doctors, nurses, and clinics; labs that have the technology to look at his blood and determine exactly how much medicine he needs; and all of this just 10 minutes from our back door! It's extremely difficult for me to keep a positive attitude about all of these things - seems like I'm still in overwhelmed mode all the time - but this is something else that I can trust the Lord to help me with, and thank Him for His faithfulness in doing so.