My Facebook memories showed me a video of Abby from 5 years ago today. It's a sweet little clip of her nearly 3 year old self yelling, "No more tubie!!!" and showing me the band-aid that covers where her gtube was. I remember that day so well. We went to a feeding clinic appointment hoping that we would get the okay to pull the tube, since she hadn't used it in over three months, but figuring we would need to come back for a separate appointment to do it. I was ecstatic when the GI told us he could take it out right then! This was momentous because it was the first day in Abby's little life that she was officially free of all medical devices. I cried many happy tears that day. When that video was taken, we didn't know that she would be getting that tube surgically put back in just a little over a year later, thanks to a major jaw surgery that would make her completely tube dependent for many months. We had no idea how far she would regress i...
Choosing joy and trusting God!