Thank you!

Thank you to everyone who has prayed for Ginger over the past week. She has made an amazing recovery thanks to all the prayers for her. It looks like she may get to come home today after 9 long days in the hospital. She is off her IV and catheter & unless something big changes, the doctor is planning to let her come home today. Her kidney values, which were 5 times the upper range of normal are now back to normal & her liver values are now decreasing. She'll be taking medication for her liver for awhile, but the doctor anticipates she shouldn't need it for more than a few months. I knew it before, but God reiterated it to me this week - He hears our prayers and He answers them. I know that it could have been His will for things to end differently, but through it all, He taught me that had it ended that way, He still would have been with us & seen us through. Ginger may just be a dog to some people, but she is family member to us. I'm grateful for all the prayers and for all the work God did in Ginger & in my own life too.

Keep Praying!

Keep praying for Ginger. We got our first piece of good news today. Basically, she has been in acute renal failure & has shown no signs of improvement until today. We are unsure whether an infection caused this or if it is something else that she got hold of somehow. The test to find out if it was a specific infection takes 5-7 days for the results to return, so we won't know for awhile. We had all but lost hope last night, but God has really been working since she has shown some improvement. We know that she has a long road to go still, but we are hopeful and trusting her to God's care. Thank you to everyone who has been remembering her & us in your prayers. We can't put into words how much we appreciate them.

Pray for Ginger

If you read this, please keep our Ginger in your prayers. She had not been feeling well for the past couple days, so Brandon and I took her into the vet this morning. After some blood tests, the doctor recommended that we take her to an emergency clinic where it looks like she will be for the next few days. We know that she has some kind of infection, so we ask that you pray that the antibiotics will do their job and take care of it. We miss her so much and those of you who have dogs know that our house is not the same without her here. Thanks for taking the time to pray for our sweet girl.

Back to School!

Well, it's official! We are back to school at the Spaeth house. Luke & I started this week. Brandon starts next week, but he is furiously working to get prepared, so it's almost like he's started too. We are tired, grumpy, and adjusting to being back to a normal routine, but I think we're starting to get the hang of how this works again. Here are some first day pics from Monday.

You can tell by this picture that Luke was pretty sick of getting his picture taken! He only has so much patience with pictures these days. I almost have to bribe him to get him to smile. :)

So sweet together!

Summer's End

It seems really awful that the beginning of August should mean the end of summer, but unfortunately, it does! With only a week before I head back to the grind of my work and 2 weeks left before Luke heads back as well, our sweet summer days are dwindling quickly. It seems when we get to this point we realize all the things we meant to do, but just didn't get around to for one reason or another. Today, we headed out to the splash and play at Tiffany Springs to enjoy one of the first hot days of the summer. Who knows what else we might manage to fit in before real life hits us full force once again all too soon?