~Amanda & Thanksgiving~

For 2 weeks in November Amanda had another terrible flare up. We hadn't seen her this bad since our first time in Belize, 2011.. She had no appetite or energy and was in terrible pain much of the time. We were able to control the pain with some medication.. otherwise, she just spent the whole time in bed. Because of her condition and not knowing how she would feel by Thanksgiving Day, we had to cancel our plans with our family in McMinnville. Instead we celebrated by ourselves. That turned out for the best since we ALL came down with a terribly painful bronchitis type of cold. To the point that we all felt too terrible to make a trip to the grocery store for cranberries and stuffing fixins'  We were blessed to have a huge 28 lb turkey that Grady's work had gifted him and a few Thanksgiving-ish items already in the pantry. We were so grateful that by Thanksgiving Day Amanda was feeling much better and was able to enjoy the day.

           

       Much of November was terrible for Amanda.. :-( It lasted 2 weeks.. she is doing much better as of the time of this post, which we all praise the Lord for! Thank you for your prayers.