An answered prayer!

O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me. Psalm 30:2

I can't believe it ... after 5 years, I have finally heard the words I have been waiting to hear ... "His ears look great!" If you have been reading my blog for a while, you know that my youngest son, Mackenzie, had a pretty serious ear operation last March. And at the time of the operation, we were told that he would need a second operation in 9-18 months to reconstruct what was damaged during the first operation.

For a while last year, his hearing started getting a little better but then earlier this year, it started decreasing again and we could just tell he was not hearing well. I wanted to wait until after summer (because of swimming) before I made a decision on the operation so our doctor told us to come back when school started. Well ... we just got home from the audiologist and his ENT and he can hear! In fact, the hearing in his right ear (the one that had the operation) is just minimally lower than in his left ear. The doctor even went so far as to tell me that he would perform the reconstructive surgery if I wanted but that if we do, he is doubtful that he could achieve the level of hearing that Mackenzie currently has.

This is all amazing to me because when Mackenzie had his operation, the doctor removed two of the ossicles in his ear that are necessary for hearing. So I asked the doctor how it was possible for him to be hearing so well. And he told me that we were just lucky and that every once in a while, everything just heals well and the scar tissue does something (insert a lot of big words here that I have no clue what they mean). Anyway, I don't really care about the explanation. All I care about is that my son can hear and is not going to need another operation! God must have been listening to me. And I am so happy! Our doctor still wants to check him out every year or so but for now, everything looks great!

This picture of Mackenzie was taken on our last night in California this summer after a bath. It cracks me up. That boy is so funny. And take a look at the picture and compare it with mine ... don't you think he looks like me? I have noticed that in a couple of pictures lately. I think he's the only one of the kids that resembles me at all.

And for music today, I thought I would give a little praise to God for blessing my life more than I deserve to be blessed. Third Day: God of Wonders