God Has a Plan

Today, Mom took B up to see Dr. Gupta for one more round of tests to confirm that he has celiac disease. Many of our friends and family have been praying and worrying right along with us throughout these past few months of tests and we are so very grateful to them. It's funny that this diagnosis is almost welcome because of all the things God has done for us prior to it.

When you have a disease, one of the most difficult things to handle is the lack of control. When your loved one is sick, it's absolutely maddening to not be able to DO anything and when you have a control freak Mother, it's an absolute relief to be diagnosed with a disease over which you have full control.

When you are facing a celiac disease diagnosis and told you must eliminate any and all exposure to gluten, it can be very overwhelming! But when you've had dear friends in your life for the past 3-4 years who are gluten free and you have a cabinet full of gluten free foods for your best buddy at home, it's not all that daunting. Add to that the fact that every grocery store in town has gluten free options and it's pretty manageable.

When you're going through 6 months of testing for some of the scariest diseases under the sun, you can lose hours and hours of sleep and become almost paralyzed with worry. When you have a Dr. who calls you at home to walk you through every last line of every last test, gives you his cell phone number and emails you articles he thinks you'll find helpful, sleep comes so much more easily. Thank you Dr. Gupta!

Lastly (because Mom can't write this one without tears), when you have two kids at home and one of them has to make dramatic changes to his lifestyle, it's very tough to ask the other to do the same. But when you have a kid who requests gluten free "because Brycey has to" even when he's offered a choice and his family isn't around, your heart literally breaks from gratitide.

Within the next 2-4 weeks we'll have the results from B's genetic testing and blood work which we hope will confirm the findings from his biopsies done on Dec. 26th.  Then we can start the process of making him better!

We are so very grateful for all of the things God has done to help us handle this one and equally thankful for the awesome friends and family in our lives (Chailles and Overtons esp!) who have given us so much support.