God is awesome all the time!

This is phone blogging so I apologize for the set-up...if it looks funny.

First and foremost, an Ellie update. Monday evening, Dr Fawcett called with Ellie's allergy panel results. She is allergic to whatever is typically high year round. :( there is no argument there because it seems like she always had a runny nose, no matter the season. She is allergic to ragweed, elm, mountain cedar and timothy grass. Also dogs. Since we haven't noticed her wheezing, we were able to take her off of the albuterol inhaler. Praise God, one med down! She remains on the steroid nose spray, steroid inhaler and oral allergy med. I asked what the chance were of her coming off of the steroids and Dr Fawcett said this is not an option now. We will re-evaluate things are her follow up appointment, which is now in 4 weeks. She continues to do well with all of the meds. Another praise! My hope is for her to be cured & not as sensitive as she is to pollen. Prayers will continue for sure. As for being allergic to dogs, the doctor said we didn't have to get rid of them. I'm
Not sure why...a question I'll ask at the follow up.

Ok next! On Wednesday we said goodbye to our doggie love, Raider. He had been suffering from renal failure since February 2011. He was well managed on a daily med until this week. His condition worsened and we had already decided doggie dialysis was not in our treatment plan for him. He had 2 rounds in early 2011 but we didn't want to put him through that again. I have always prayed that we would know when it was his time to go. We knew. He knew. I am so thankful for the controlled situation we got. It was peaceful. I called a work friend - a child life specialist to help me know how to explain this to Ellie. Bless her heart, she says things like - raider is in doggie heaven, his body didn't work anymore, he is with Jesus, it's a happy day. I am so thankful she is taking this well. The other day, she told jon that they needed to get him out of doggie heaven ;)

Pics!!!!!