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Journal Entry 12-14-11 A childlike value system. The sound of playing children is important. In Matt 18:4 Jesus talks about humbling ourselves as one of the children. He said that those who do that will be called greatest in the kingdom of heaven. We can't enter the kingdom of heaven without being converted and becoming like children. We can't even get in without becoming like a kid. I

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Every breath we breathe is a gift from God. Now is a gift. Tomorrow never comes for anyone. Yesterday is a memory. It's always a perpetual state of today. We can choose how to spend today. We can waste it, complaining and bickering about and pursuing what we don't have. Or we can be grateful for the gift of today. We can come at today with a grateful heart and joyfully unwrap the present

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I was cooking eggs this morning for the family before they all woke up and I was talking with the Lord. I asked Him about being a new creation when I was baptized and born again. Was I really born again and am I actually a new creation since then? Why then do I still struggle and why does it not feel like I'm a new creation? Are we actually a new creation in Christ when we are born again? Is

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Isaiah 61 9-5-2011 I had a dream that I was at the Burning Man gathering. In the dream, there was a room full of “burners” and there were Christians mixed in with them. I began to preach Isaiah 61. I began to declare why the Spirit of the Lord was upon us. As I began to preach, all the burners began to leave. They didn’t have time for another preachers sermon. Very soon, all that was left

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You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. -Matthew 5:14-16 The Church = The Light of the World In Matthew 5:14-16, Jesus calls those

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The Latest on the Bond family Life has been going at an even pace here in Bond Family as of late. I’ve been running sound in the Global Prayer Room with Marcus Meier and the team and leading worship for the Foundations department (The inner healing department here at IHOP-KC). Erika has been ministering at a new mom’s group, teaching new mothers about breast feeding and ministering to new moms

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Our Year in KC in ReviewWe have been in Kansas City for one year now and I can say that it has been a great year and everything has gone as planned so far. We came here about this time last year and we went through the intro to IHOP-KC internship. After that Erika got connected with the natural childbirth/natural mama's community here and she is thriving and walking out her calling with

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So I am posting some pics and commentary on our trip to Florida and what not. I wanted to share the highlights of this trip with you all out there. The trip has been really long, but GOOD and I really can't wait to be back home to catch KC in the Fall. ;)."Get out of my eyes sun!!!!!"Asher chillin watching baby Einstien on the portable DVD player w/ his massive headphones.We found the best rest

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Greetings from The Bond Family!It has been a LONG TIME since our last email update so I figured that since we have done so much and so much has happened in the last 7 months that it was about time to update you all. So here it goes.We have moved to Kansas City!!!For those of you who do not know, The Bond Family have moved from Orlando, Florida to Kansas City, Missouri. We moved here to join

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This is a journal entry that I typed up last night. It's definitely not meant to be proffessional by any means but I really wanted to share this with those of you that would be interested in what's up with me lately.Bless you all in Jesus' Name!!!!M@The whole flight was quite a divine appointment. At the gate in Kansas City, I went to the restroom and I wept that I was going to miss my family. My

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This is a bit in rough form as it was meant to be more of a journal entry than a blog post but I really feel that there are some that will be blessed by what has happened to me over the last few days. I pray this blesses you and that your lives are enriched by the testimony of what God is doing with us.Blessings in Jesus' Name,M@Journal entry 6-7-10Yesterday I finished putting to gather my action

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We are here, FINALLY, at day 3 of our internship. We have been wanting to move to IHOP (honestly, Matt has been wanting for the both of us until about 3 months ago when I got on board too) and now we find ourselves here....and on the other side of countless financial testimonies and personal battlefields. This past year has NOT been an easy one and I find myself feeling strangely like a

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I came to the realization that there was a God and that He was good was about 7 years ago. I had been on a spiritual journey in search of the truth. I had been a angry satanist at one point, then after being sick of being angry all the time I searched elsewhere for the truth and peace. I search through wicca, taoism and a whole other slew of belief systems that left me as empty and depressed as I

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Our Trip to KCPart 2So before we left Orlando, I was praying and talking to the Lord about the desire in my heart to minister at the place where we stop along the journey to KC. The only place that I knew of that I may be able to set up some small ministry type things was in the Carolina's and that was way out of the way. We decided that we were going to be stopping in Huntsville, Al to visit my

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Our Trip to KCPart 1It has been a long journey to get to KC. It has been a long journey indeed. I am now sitting in the prayer room at IHOP at 11:17pm during Matt Gilman's set updating all of you all with the details of our trip up here.Our digital camera broke shortly after we got to Huntsville Alabama so I apologize for the lack of pictures in this post. Though I used Ted Amey's iphone to take

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The Long Awaited Photo Update of the Bond Family (mainly the boys anyways)I don't even know where to start with updates on Asher, but I'll give it a good try. Our appointments have gone down to every 3-6 months with the docs and still 3 times a week with the therapists. Things are going well...he is completely off of the feeding pump and is taking all of his liquids by mouth with thickener

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Hello friends and family,I wanted to give you all an update on our progress with the move and in our lives.The Mustard SeedI have been working to get the first edition of the Mustard Seed ready for print and mailing. It is finished and now I just need to get it printed up and sent out to anyone that is interested in receiving it. My vision for The Mustard Seed is to be a resource for the body of

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So here it is. Finally a new update to the blog. I hope it blesses you.Here is an email update I sent to our partners while I was in KC this last month.Bless you all.Greetings from IHOP-KC!!!!Happy new year. I pray 2009 was a blessed one and I pray that 2010 is a greater blessing on your lives!I've been here in Kansas City Since this past Sunday and it has been an awesome time in The Lord as He

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I'm sorry for not updating this sooner, but life has been in a bit of a tale wind since last week. For those of you who do not know yet, Daddy passed last Thursday afternoon. He never wanted to be kept alive on machines without a hope and that is where we found ourselves last Wednesday. After speaking with the doctors one last time, my mom came home and spoke with all of us kids. We all

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Last night was a rough one. We were awoken at 3:30 am by a call from the nurse saying that dad's blood gas levels were not looking good at all and we needed to come in. When we got there they were in the process of administering agents to completely paralyze him so that they could force him to breath at an un-natural rate, in hope of forcing his lungs to dispel the collecting liquid. He was

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It seems that dad is wavering between getting better and getting worse. He has been moved into the ICU at Health Central and they are having a hard time keeping his heart rate up. His oxygen saturation levels were very low and they had to intubate him (breathing tube) and they are still having a difficult time balancing out his fluids. Apparently, he is retaining water in some areas while

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Mom called this morning and said that he had a rough night. His mental clarity got worse and he began hallucinating. She didn't get any sleep at all and is now back home this morning to get a little rest before going back. From the little bit of info that I have, I'm guessing that because his kidney's aren't processing fluids efficiently that the toxin build up is becoming a burden to his body

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Dad went in to surgery on Wednesday night to have the large mass/tumor removed from his Colon. They ended up removing half of his colon to ensure they got it all. We are still waiting for the final lab results on the mass to tell us exactly what type of cancer, etc, we are dealing with here. Dad is now having a rough time post surgery. He is dealing with quite a bit of fluid retention and is

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Dad had to go back to the hospital a few days ago due to some complications with fluid retention and some bloating in his abdomen. Because of the complications, they have decided to go ahead and have the colonoscopy done in order to find out exactly what they are dealing with. Results came back today positive for cancer. They are going in tomorrow (Wed) afternoon to remove it and find out

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I have a prayer request for my father that I wanted to make known. He has been feeling poorly for the past month or so and decided to go to the ER on Friday. He was severely dehydrated, which further weakened his already weak body (he has Muscular Dystrophy). They did a CT scan and found an "impressive infection of the ascending colon"....hope I got that description right, but at least you get

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Well, I had a free moment and was able to borrow Matt's computer while I pumped so here is a very brief update just to keep you all informed ;)Asher is growing and growing and growing....I almost don't believe the pictures of him from his stay in the hospital. It feels like a movie I watched once. I'll try and post some soon so you can see what I mean. We have been released from his Ear, Nose

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Here is a photo update about our amazing beach getaway last weekend, compliments of our dear friend Karen who allowed us to use her beach cottage, as well as our fellow intercessors at OHOP who donated to our gas/food money fund! The getaway was so much needed. God is really working in our hearts right now about turning our ministry focus towards our own family first and this time away

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ASHER:Alright, we underwent the long test to see how efficiently Asher's kidney's are functioning and emptying and they are doing GREAT! The Ureter connecting his left kidney to the bladder is still HUGE but the urologist is willing to wait and see if things even out as he grows. Thank God we aren't having to go the route were he has to pee from his hip....that was just too weird!!! As long as

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Asher found his feeding tube...I can't believe it has just been 2 weeks since I posted last!!! Life is just moving too fast now a days. Quick update on Asher. We have been following up with his kidney doctor to find out what exactly is causing the swelling in his kidney's and haven't really gotten any real answers. We had our first visit with the urologist on Tuesday and he gave a good

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This is Joel, my beautiful 2 year old with a knack for getting into interesting predicaments. Instance above....suctioning empty fruit cup to face and all with a graceful flash of his unbelievably long eye lashes!!! This little guy is wonderfully brilliant and full of mischief. I partially blame myself for allowing him to become to independent, but it was so cute watching him explore his new

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Waiting for Hubby to come home from leading worship at a conference out in Sanford. Kids are asleep....as I should be...but I'm waiting up for him. What, oh what will I do with all of this quiet time? Pump and write a blog of course. Not much to report on, but we did have one rather eventful milestone reached in the Bond household recently. Joel pee peed in the potty for the very first time

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Alright...confession time. I didn't want to do it..and really had all good intentions of not doing it, but caved in the end. When offered a chance to see the movie Twilight, I gave in. "What's the big deal" you ask?Doesn't seem like one to most people, but I have personally been trying to give up my love of tv and movie watching (especially romance stories) and although this one peaked my

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This is off an e-newsletter that I subscribed to ages ago. I had actually forgotten about it, but just today there was an email from Amanda Rose apologizing for the lag in updates...and letting me know about a giveaway she is promoting. Check it out below...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Twice weekly I am giving away a package of brain-buildingsupplements. In the two contests this week you can

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Today was a busy day... waking up early to shower and get a few minutes in the word before waking the family, then dropping Joel at "Momma Glenna's", Matt at OHOP and then off to Asher's appointments. All before 9 am this morning. First we saw his speech therapist who encouraged me to resume the small trial oral feeds with Asher....she didn't hear any aspiration this morning, but it is

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Our little trip to the neurologist went very well today. In fact, despite the heat, the car didn't even shut off while driving...which is always a concern nowadays. Asher was sleeping peacefully when we arrived. I had done all I could to keep him awake until we got there because they wanted to read his brain activity while he was sleeping and we only had a 45 min window. Well, he didn't

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We are just about ready to leave the house for the morning....perfect time to do a post right!?! It's off to the chiropractor for the family's adjustments and then we are heading over to Asher's neurologist to have his EEG done. Good news about today is that if the scan test doesn't show any seizure activity then we are going to try to have him weened off his anti-seizure meds. I'm really

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My hubby, the ever self scrutinizing daddy... who really does a pretty good job even if he himself doubts it.... had a few moments of appreciation on Sunday. I wanted Father's Day to be a nice and memorable day for Matt, mainly because of all this family has been through, but mostly just so that he would be able to hear and feel how much I appreciate him being a good daddy. So, I started

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Early Steps is a program run through Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital which focuses on testing children's developmental progress and employing early intervention / therapies to improve low areas. The wonderful thing about this program is that it is state funded and it will pay the bill for treatments if you insurance will not! The ladies were all very nice and seemed well educated in each of

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And no sooner had it begun and it seemed over! Matt and I have agreed to stop giving Asher bottles until we see the oral motor ladies again. For two mornings in a row now, he has aspirated thickened milk and had a tough time breathing through it afterwords. He still sounded a bit congested last night so we are thinking he isn't ready yet and don't want to force the issue and get him sick out

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Asher likes to hold / stroke his nose when he is sucking on fingers or a paci. I think it is his way of self soothing...kind of like a baby kitten kneeding it's momma while it nurses.I finally got the OK to begin small oral feeds and I tried Asher on his first bottle yesterday morning. He eagerly gulped it down, but I did notice him sounding a bit congested afterwards so I didn't give him any

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Still haven't gotten the "Official" Ok about feeding Asher a bottle, but I hope that will come tomorrow. I really think he misses it ;( I did, however, get the test results back on his Kidney Ultrasound which was checking to see if the fluid around his kidney's had gone down. It has not...in fact it has increased. It also looks like the kidney stones he had from all the calcium supplements

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I headed out to Arnold Palmer with Asher this morning to have his swallow study done and was surprised by the radiology staff's willingness to try and get ALL of his tests done today. I initially had to reschedule his kidney sonogram and voiding cystogram, which had been scheduled for later that day, because the barium they have him swallow would interfere with their ability to accurately see

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Time for Praise Reports!!! As most of you who are following Asher's miraculous progress should know, we have been waiting for Asher's swallow study to be scheduled so that we can move forward onto oral feeds. Well, it has been almost 2 weeks since his ENT appointment where they said his vocal chords were now fully functioning...and no call regarding the study. Well, I called again today to see

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Well, Asher's pinky isn't broke OR dislocated. It seems to be soft tissue that is making it curl up like that ...probably a short/tight tendon. I asked the doctor if this kind of thing just happens, or if it looked to be the result of an injury and he said in most cases where this presents in children, it usually takes around a year to show up. Since this is showing around 3 months, it could

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I just came back from Asher's first follow-up with the Neurologist and things are going better than expected. Since he hasn't displayed any seizure activity since early in his hospital stay, they are listening to my desire to ween him off of the Phenobarbital. We have an EEG scheduled the end of this month and that should tell us if he is still having seizures or not. If that is clear then we

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After pretty much getting shut down the first time I called Arnold Palmer about Asher's poor little finger, I had backed away from pursuing them to get help. The woman I spoke with told me to go to my pediatrician and that is what I did. I was fortunate enough to get in the very next day and had him seen last Friday. Dr. Crispin then referred me to a handful of orthopedic surgeons and told

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I took Asher to the ped today to have his finger looked at...and yup, now it is OFFICIAL. It is indeed crooked!!! But for real, the doctor said that it could either be a dislocation or an issue with a short tendon. We are both hoping for the dislocation because it would mean a less invasive repair. He referred me to a pediatric orthopedic surgeon to have them follow up with it and see how bad

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I finally spoke with a social worker at Arnold Palmer yesterday to see if there was anything they could do about Asher's little pinky finger and my usual lady wasn't there. The fill in seemed to think there was nothing to be done and told me to take him to my pediatrician...I guess I just wanted them to fix what went wrong on their watch. Don't get me wrong...that is an AMAZING hospital and I'm

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So sorry for all of you waiting to hear how the ENT checkup went yesterday. The internet wasn't working this morning when I usually type up my blog updates....but now it is so here it is ;)Wednesday morning came....finally! Just a little earlier than I had wanted...Joel woke at 6:30 and crawled in bed with us and cute as can be fell back asleep on top of us. VERY Unusually for him.....he never

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Today is the long awaited ENT appointment for Asher. I have quietly been champing at the bit to meet this doctor and see exactly how Asher's vocal chord progress is doing in regards to possibly being able to nurse. It has been wearing on me lately....the desire to hold my little guy tight and nurse him....to love him back to health and wholeness. I feel like that beautiful bonding time has

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While visiting with my brother's family at our parent's house this weekend (he was down from Alabama), my mom told me about a dream she had the other night that had to do with Asher. I had her email it to me so I wouldn't forget it. I always pay attention to when my mom dreams because she so rarely does it that when she DOES remember one, it's usually has a purpose! Here it is, strange, but

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Well, I have to say it....I'm hitting the blog block. That mental barrier in my mind that tells me my life isn't interesting enough to write about anymore. Of course this is in comparison to three months ago where everyday seemed to hold it's own challenge regarding my son's health. Next to that season, home life seems just a little... dull. Don't worry, I'm not going to stop the blog, just

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Fwew....I finally made it back to the blog. I was so worn out from this past weekend's activities that I haven't been waking up to pump at my usual 4am.. . ..hence, no blog. It's the only time of day that I'm not being pulled in multiple directions at once and I can actually think!I want to do a little recap of last Saturday because that was one busy day and I have some good pics just waiting

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Hello excellent ones in whom is all God's delight!!!I really don't have adequate words to describe our experience last night and today. I feel like I got saved again or something. It was just amazing. I Love the presence of God and it was so there. His pleasure was felt so blatantly. The Lord has been speaking to me about this for a number of years now and it is all starting to come together and

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Friday was a landmark day! It marks the first day I have ventured out of the house with both boys......and no help! You heard me right. I have actually loosed my grasp on my husband and allowed him to begin getting back to his work with the OHOP prayer room... and it wasn't half bad. Here is a Synopsis Titled: Picking Up The Meds!Somehow in the process of learning how to dose up meds for

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Matt and I have always loved going to the Lake Apopka park just to enjoy the sunsets. We use to go to de-stress from my property management job, but now we take the kids and have fun time playing together on the playground.Asher keeping out of the wind in my baby sling. He LOVES that sling and usually falls fast asleep when in it. That small backpack over my shoulder holds his feeding pump...

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Today's appointment went well. So far, Asher is doing very well, but we still don't know if he will need the follow up heart surgery or not. His oxygen saturation levels were 98% which is Awesome and he has gained weight since our last doctor appointment last Friday....4 ounces in 4 days! And that is even after we took him off the formula booster. Breast milk is all this baby is getting

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Today is Asher's follow up appointment with his cardiologist at the Congenital Heart Institute. I'm hoping to have more good news regarding his heart and that there will be no need for a follow up surgery! It feels like we are just getting use to our new routine as "normal" and the thought of having to start all over again with hospital stays and pain med addictions is not a very welcome one.

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Alright....finally, a free moment! I hope all of you momma's had a special day yesterday, I know I did. Matt and his brother-in-law, John, planned a super special day for all of the "Momma's" in their lives: Me, both our moms' and his sister Erin who just had a baby a week ago. I knew the surprise was coming because Matt can't hold in a good thing for too long and spills ;), but Erin didn't

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I just wanted to take a moment to honor all of the mom's who read this blog. You are a blessing to your family and a gift to your mate! What would our families do without us!? Just in the past week alone I've changed more diapers than I can count, cleaned vomit AND spit up juice from the keys of my laptop, as well as manage a semi-functioning household on a half dose of sleep ... and I know

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So, if you have been following the Asher saga as it unfolds, then you are aware of the fact that Matt and I have not had a decent nights rest since he was discharged from the hospital on April 22nd. What with being awakened early by our 2 year old and being kept up late and throughout the night with feedings every 3 hours....there isn't much room for undisturbed REM sleep. Last night, out of

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Today is the first of many trips to the specialists. We are going to see Asher's GI doctor to have his G-tube looked at amid other things. So far we have follow up appointments with all of the doctors who treated Asher at Arnold Palmer.... 8 in all over the next month. I'm a little excited to speak with them all because they may hold the key to understanding a little more about Asher's

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Asher is doing really well. He still has the occasional cough, but it is less frequent than a few days ago and it is also dryer sounding, so hopefully my cold didn't get him. I was told by my ped to start taking Elderberry so that he could get it through the milk. It's an immune booster. I had already started taking Olive Leaf, which does the same thing and more. Good for what ails you, it

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I got away from the house a bit today. It was still very tiring but it was a blessing to me. My future brother in law, John, is a mechanic and offered to look at our car for us. He fixed a few things he thinks it may be and hopefully we got it. We were driving all over Ocoee and Winter Garden looking for parts and doing this and that. It was a good time to get to know him better. It was awesome

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I wanted to thank everyone who has been praying for my son to get better. He was starting to exibit symptoms 2 days ago and I was afraid he was catching my head and chest cold. That started me on a frantic chase to head the germy's off at the pass and to find natural immune system boosters. I switched from giving him frozen milk to freshly pumped milk so that he could benefit from my body's

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Okay so the last few days have been trying but God has given me keys to being victorious in them. So yesterday, I wake up and instantly feel ridiculously overwhelmed with everything (it's how I have been waking up almost everyday for the last week or so.) I was just feeling miserable and tired and overwhelmed. I decided that it would be a good time to start a 21 day water fast on this day as well

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Alright, it's about time Matt and I get our butt's into gear and start actually SCHEDULING our day instead of waking up and just Holding On for dear life until it's bedtime again! I think we are comfortable enough with Asher's care now that we can "attempt" to regain some of our pre-hospital era lives...mainly Matt's prayer room schedule, or a revised version of it. I have needed him here with

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Well, I've decided to take one more day of rest and not blog today. I really needed some emergency sleep catch up and hopefully this will top me off. I'm aiming at getting back to the blog posts tomorrow night. Please stop back by to see how everything is going!Blessings!~Erika~

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So, last night, I completely slept right through my alarm again and didn't get a chance to update this here blog. oops......but oh, was the sleep heavenly....that is until little man woke me up with his cries looking for breakfast around 8:30! I guess my body needed the extra sleep again and took it! I'm still pretty tired today and keep falling asleep in between typed thoughts....very weird..

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I hope all of you are doing well. I was able to find some time before Erika and the boys woke up so I figured that I wold get on here and post some stuff that has been on my heart for a while.I have been carrying a word for a while for someone out there that reads our blog. So I"m going to just let it out now that I've got my fingers at this here keyboard.Fighting an Uphill Battle/The Battle for

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I'm not sure if Matt and I mentioned our wanting a nanny on here, but over the last 3 or so days that is all we kept saying around the house. This, of course, was a wish...a fantasy...and a dream because our finances don't have room for a mommy helper in the budget. That didn't stop us from dreaming however. Well, just yesterday afternoon, while I was reading Emily's daily OHOP news email, she

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Well, I feel it is time to do an Asher review in pictures of the last couple of days home. He has been a busy little man and doing so well! Aside from his feeding issues, and being so skinny, you would think he had been here his whole life.After his first sponge bath at home. We were having a great ole time....that is until mommy accidentally pulled on his g-tube.....OUCH!! He wouldn't stop

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So, every time I open up my firefox browser, it brings up my yahoo homepage. Sad to say that is where most of my awareness of current events / news is coming from (I know there are many, MANY better sites, I just haven't set them as Home yet). So, one recurring news thread is going on and on about the Swine Flu in Mexico and how this could turn into a pandemic threat. Not doubting that, we

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It's 6:15 in the morning and I actually enjoyed a rather substantial sleep cycle last night. I think my body just decided it NEEDED some sleep and sleep it did, right through 2 scheduled pumping sessions and a 3am feeding for Asher. I awoke to the cries of my son and a milk drench t-shirt...but feel pretty good :) Asher is fine, I got his feeds going right away, thanks to the preparedness of

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Okay so it is 1:28 am and I have to still clean up after Asher and get to bed so that I can wake up at 6 am to feed him again. I wanted to put up another post so that you all know that we are still here and we are starting to get some footing. Not there just yet but we are on our way.God spoke to me today about a way to get myself and Asher as well as Erika and Joel in the HOP. I don't have the

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So, last night Erika and I both got about 3 hours of sleep and Joel decided that he didn't want to take a nap and that he wanted to scream all day long. Yep that's right. He wanted to scream at the top of his lungs at the drop of a hat. He about drove me crazy today. We really need prayer for grace and stuff. Though Asher is home, it's only the beginning of yet another uphill battle. Erika and I

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Well...I'm finally starting to get the hang of this feeding tube stuff; the challenge is that it just drags on all day long. He is fed every 3 hours, but it takes the pump over an hour to feed him...and then by the time I clean our the tubing, burp his line and administer any meds...we are down to an hour before next feeding....so I have to get the next bottle of breastmilk warmed and ready and

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Well, today has been quite a long day and we are both emotionally DRAINED! Asher is resting right now in his little bed and Matt is running around half asleep in his boxers trying to get our room put back together so we can pass out! I didn't want to leave you all hanging though, so I put together some pics from today. Hope you enjoy! There will definitely be more tales to tell now that Asher

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So, we were met in the hallway of the CICU today by Kelly, a nurse who has looked after Asher on and off throughout his stay at Arnold Palmer. She gave us the good news that Asher can come home TOMORROW!!! We are picking up his prescriptions around noon and then heading in for the rest of the afternoon so that we can learn how to feed Asher and administer the correct doses of his meds. Then,

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Well, today was quite a special day! It started off normal, with the exception that I was actually able to get some housework done. My immediate task is to get my house cleaned and put back in order so that it will be ready when Asher is released. We have all been sick and the house just needs a good scrubbing / airing out! So, I tackled the kitchen today and started working on some of the

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AsherThanks to the ever selfless nature of my Momma, who watches my 2 year old son everyday so we can slip out to the hospital, we were able to spend some time with little Asher this afternoon. He was fussy when we came in the room....not sure why because they had resumed his feeds and he was getting his Methadone again. He should have been right as rain. I asked the nurse if I could hold him

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Asher was starting to level out a bit this afternoon compared to yesterday. It was really throwing him for a loop not having his methadone to curb the previous drug withdrawals and last night he was also in pain from his surgery, so he was fussy. Today, they had been giving him regular morphine through his IV and he had mellowed out again. Tomorrow they are going to try feeding him again....

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Here is some of the stuff that God has been teaching me recently. It's not finished at all though. I was hesitant to send it before it's completion but I realize that this is most likely part of the book God has me writing so it won't be done for a while. I wanted to share it with all of you because many of you have helped me to pray this in. I stared typing an e-mail in response to a friend of

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Hello all of you blessed saints of God!!! I hope you are all doing well. Well here is some more news on the Bond Family.OnethingSo last night Derek (our amazing room mate) and I went to Onething Orlando. It was really amazing. I had a great time. It was good for me to get away for a while and be in the midst of a lot of friends I haven't talked to since this whole dilemma with Asher started.Erika

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He is doing well as far as I can see. The nurse told me that the paper work says that everything went okay. He is shaking and is on the ventilator again but other than that, everything seems to be good. I got a bit overwhelmed a little bit ago. I don't realize how much Asher's current condition affects me. I get these times where I am overwhelmed and need to get alone with God and let these

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Tomorrow is the day of what will hopefully be Asher's last surgery for quite a while. Matt and I have discussed and we want at least one of us to be at the hospital praying for the little guy and just letting him feel our presence...so, Matt is going while I spend time with Joel. He has been very momma focused ever since he got sick and we felt it was better for everyone if I stayed home.Please

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So, today's news is very brief, because there isn't much to say. Asher's nurse told me that the doctors have decided to go ahead and do the g-tube surgery, even without doing the swallow study. Reason being that they don't trust his reflexes enough to even try letting him swallow barium for the test...thy don't want him to aspirate it into his lungs.......not the place you want to keep your

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Well, the nurses are still saying that he is most likely going to end up with the G-tube AND probably a "Nissen" which requires a little more invasive surgery. The nissen is a surgical procedure where the upper part of the stomach is wrapped and sewn around the bottom of the esophagus to discourage refluxing the stomach contents when fed by tube. The procedure is necessary since his stomach is

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Asher is doing GREAT! We walked into his room to see him being lovingly cuddled and played with by one of the nurses. That always reassures me that he is well taken care of even when I can't be there ;) (big sigh of relief). Apparently, he is learning how to get his way by crying and has caught the adoring attention of quite a few nurses on the floor. The CICU is rather "uneventfull" at the

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Sorry for the late post.....I try to post every night but last night I was just so exhausted from battling this illness that I went straight to bed. I'm feeling better by the way and can get up and move around the house, but my stomach still isn't right and I"m not eating a whole lot more than liquids right now. Thank you for all of your prayers!Asher is doing GREAT! He is such a strong little

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Hello All,Just thought I would share some pics from today. We had a wonderful time with Asher before they took him in for his Cath procedure. We initially thought he was going in around 9am but they didn't come get him until 2:45pm. Matt's mom, Sue, came to wait with us and since I was sick (and didn't want to pass my germs to Asher) she got to hold him for hours!!! Much to her joy! Check

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Asher is in surgery in the cath-lab right now.They are going to see about the pressure in his aorta. they are looking to see how bad it is in there. They are going to see if another surgery is dire and needs to be done as soon as Monday or as long as a month or maybe even not at all (please God!!!!!!!!!!!!). Please keep us in prayer. We still need it now more than ever.We will keep you

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So Asher is going into the cath-lab tomorrow for some diagnostic stuff. He will be in need of your prayers. Pray that the surgery goes well and that the Dr.s come back with a good report. Other than that everything is as it has been the last few days with no really big monumental events or anything. I went over to see him today and we got to hang out in a sweet recliner that Asher's nurse brought

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Hello Faithful Blog ReadersYou are all awesome and amazing. Thank you all for keeping up with us and taking time out of your day to check on us. You're awesome! Thank you for your faithfulness. Thank you for praying for our family. We were thanking God for all of you today in the car coming back from the chiropractor. It really is awesome to have you all with us and praying for us.And Now The

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"Momma Sue's" first time holding Asher in the Hospital.(Matt's Mom)News on AsherI had a great time with Asher though it was quite short for me because grandma (my mom) came to visit today and Erika and my Mom spent most of the day holding him. The time I got with him was amazing. I can so tell that he likes me!!!! It's so encouraging.They moved the swallow study back to a yet to be determined

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Asher UpdateWe went to see Asher today and it was encouraging. He was so awake and full of life. I got to hold him and be with him for about an hour. We fell asleep together in the chair for a little while and I declared the Word of The Lord over Him speaking healing and wholeness over his body. God really Loves this boy and I am falling more and more in Love with Him as every day passes. He

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First off, Asher is doing well. I couldn't see him today because of meetings and not having a baby sitter for Joel...but Erika's dad did get a chance to stop by and pray for him. Later in the day, my dear friend/spiritual mother stopped by to pray over him and read the word in his room. Lorraine even got a chance to hold him. She called us later and said she just wanted to keep him and hold

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I have a short blog excerpt tonight. After my mom and I got our FREE haircuts today at the Aveda Institute, we stopped in to see how Asher was doing. I didn't have a lot of time today because Matt needed the car for some errands, but I had to drop off some clean onsies and a little bed snuggly as well as pick up some more breast milk storage bottles. Anyways......we got to Asher's room right

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Ok...some updated news on Asher's condition. I spoke with the doctor tonight and had him clarify the news we received earlier because I was a little confused. Yesterday, Dr. Aldada was saying that a stint wouldn't work and Asher would most likely need another open heart surgery...and today they were saying they could take care of it in the Cath-lab next week. Well, what they are planning to do

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Okay, so I called the hospital a few minutes ago to get the skinny on Asher and came back with some promising news. They told me that they are going to watch him for this week to see what happens and then send him to the cath-lab to do the surgery from a major artery in his groin instead of opening him up again. That is promising and WAY better than having to have him go through open heart

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