God is amazing!!!

I know you might be surprised at the title. How can I title this blog that considering the last week with our beautiful rose? God moved through so many. Here is how:

1. Our doctor: Dr. Cheeks took swift action when she noticed jaundice. She did not tell us to return Monday and see what happens. We immediately got blood work done and then, without hesitation, Dr. Cheeks had us go to Scottish Rite Children's Hospital. We thought going there was a bit extreme, but once again, God's hand was on the situation...
2. State of Georgia testing: I am not sure which states require newborn's to be tested for multiple diseases, but for the state of Georgia the PKU blood test is actually testing for 36 different diseases. One is hypothyroidism. When it is not discovered early, hypothyroidism can cause mental retardation and stunted growth. It was caught earlier enough so these will not be an issue with us.
3. Scottish Rite: When we receive a phone call from the pediatrician from Piedmont Fayette about Roselyn's test results it was scary. We were asked to immediately go to a hospital to have her retested. Luckily, we were already at Scottish Rite. We passed our cell phone to the doctor at Scottish Rite and let the two doctor's work out what to do. We were able to get the bloodwork done quickly and get the the results back in a couple of hours. It was devastating getting the results (who wants to hear that their child has a congential diease?). But because we were at Scottish Rite we started meds THAT NIGHT and were able to get all our questions answered by professionals.
4. Yancey: The night we discovered the hypothyroidism the doctors kept assuring us that on meds, Roselyn would be a perfectly normal child. Still, I prayed all night that I would find a story on the internet or meet someone who has a child with hypothyroidism that is perfectly normal. Monday morning our nurse came into our room stating there was a reason she was our nurse that day. Her daughter has hypothyriodism and is a perfectly beautiful, normal 20 month old. This is amazing since hypothyroidism only affects 1 out of 4,000 children. She assured us that things will ge fine and that this is just a minor situation- just a pill is taken once a day. She gave us bunches of tips and left us with her phone number.

It is amazing to me how a difficult situation God can show his grace and love. We could have not had the test done, we could have gotten the phone call about the results outside a hospital, we could have not met Yancey and received the reassurance we needed. But we got all of that. Our beautiful rose is truly a miracle and a gift from God. Rob and I feel so lucky and blessed that God chose us to be her parents. We look forward to seeing all God has in store for her. We can't wait for all to meet her and see how wonderful she is. She certainly is a testimony of how amazing God is!!!