It's been a long, long 8 months

April 26, 2008



I have so looked forward to actually having the time to start working on our blog. Life has slowed down enough that I have been able to take several, several deep breaths, and feel mostly sane again.



The last 8 months have been pretty intense.



* We (Sean, really) accepted a new client in San Antonio, TX - a new hotel/condo complex on a new section of the Riverwalk. It has been such a financial blessing to have God's provision through this last winter while things in Pagosa were at a housing development standstill.



* We started our "due dilligence" on the paperwork for our second adoption & looking under every rock in Taiwan to find the next little one that God had for our family.



* The first week of December, all three of us got sick. Camden had a fever of 104.6 for 5 days. Sean's pnemonia made a comeback & I had the sniffles. It was pretty intense, & then, just as Camden's fever was breaking & he was starting to feel better, my sniffles turned into a head cold. From the headcold, it went to a sinus infection, to an ear infection, to an inner ear infection & vertigo.



I honestly didn't know how completely dibilitating vertigo could be. I have a whole new compassion for those that suffer with vertigo, esp. long term.



The same day that everything in my world started spinning, I lost my hearing in my right ear. It was an incredibly miserable time!



Fast forward from December to the middle of February. I found a physical therapist that was able to cure my vertigo almost immediatley. I had been on the strongest motion sickness meds available for 2 1/2 mo. Later, I found that a person is only supposed to use that med for 2-3 weeks.



Everyone, including myself, assumed that once the vertigo vanished, my hearing would return. But it didn't. My audiologist is confident that my severe hearing loss is permenant.