So many blessings just happened and I don’t even know where to start…we drove to San Diego (for the 1st time since coming home in December) to take Beauden to Rady Children’s for a doctor’s appointment with the infectious disease dept. As we pulled up to Rady, the tears started streaming down our face. Knots formed in our tummies. (Let’s be honest, the knots formed the moment our car backed out of our driveway in LHC!) When we passed Ronald McDonald, even more tears! The memories flooded our bodies. But…..His appointment went really well! He began his appt with his BP at 188…his fear was nothing short of real. But I tell you what, his ID doctors are superheroes. The best of the best. Warm, welcoming, caring humans who we will always love.
This was supposed to be a quick turn and burn trip. Otherwise I would’ve reached out to family and friends…annnnnnnd then we ended up staying longer than we were supposed to because it instantly became the redemption trip…
Strawberry picking
Legoland (Brian told me I was crazzzzzzy for letting him go on the car ride himself…I thought…no way…he can do this. I showed him how he’d push the car pedal with the back of his prosthetic. I figured if it didn’t work, I’d grab him and he tried…but it worked! It worked, it worked, it worked. People
Cheered. I cried! He did it!)

Beach days
Lots of family snuggles with the 5 of us
Sweet friends who decided to meet us for the 4th!
Beauden met the world’s sweetest gentleman with a prosthetic leg who just took him right under his wing!
Meeting with some anonymous friends, who feel more like family, for pizza on the beach. These are the ones who got us through the lowest of the lows. These ones were the light in the dark. These ones brought smiles to our faces when there wasn’t anything to smile
About. These ones we love more than they’ll ever know. These ones are forever in our hearts.
Blessing- turning our turn and burn trip into a heart felt redemption trip. Redoing the things that Beauden was stopped in his tracks from doing. Watching him thrive as if God was shining right through every single one of his little pores.#sepsissurvivor