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a good day

I know that every day that God has created is good, but then has been a very good day. Our first gosling for 2008 (pictured above) has survivd its first night and day and seems to be doing well.

The low-oxalate diet that Bobby has faithfully followed for the last year +, is NOW OFFICIALLY OVER!!!! I love good reports from the doctor. We'll return to Duke in 4 months for an evaluation.

And even better, we stopped to see little Lauren. (For those not familiar, with CBC, she's a beautiful young child in our church with spina bifida.) She is such a hoot! The doctor was in the room when we arrived; and he told us to come on in as he was finishing up. When Lauren heard him say something about sitting up a little more and she might go home that night, she wanted her wheelchair! She even talked to Bobby today (a first) and was quite thrilled about showing off her presents and going home. I hope that whatever I face in life, I will always handle it with the spunk and enthusiasm that she showed today.

And the craziest thing today...Lucy and Linus have corned a turtle under Bobby's back ramp. It did manage to turn around during the time we fed the animals, but they're now back to alternating yelping and howling at it. From head to tail, its shell is probably about 6 inches. We're just hoping they might forget about the fish & gosling eater during the night.

Comments

Jennifer said…
awww...so cute!
Lydia said…
Wonderful that the special diet is over- wow, Bobby did it for a whole year. We loved your visit yesterday! Lauren and Kimberly watched the Strawberry Shortcake movie VERY late last night (we didn't get home until 8) in order to wind down. I plan to sit down with the magazines today after housework is caught up and totally de-stress! THANK YOU!
sara said…
That gosling is so cute!!!!

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