Another day, another dollar spent!

Today has been a good day. Preston did not wet himself once all day. We are so proud of him. His check came in the mail today, his SSI, and we had promised him to take him to Easley to the Huddle, to eat. He loves their lemonade and likes to eat there. So Jr. came home, and we left and went to bank, then to make Preston's computer payment, and out to eat. We decided to go to Dollar Tree and he had such a good time. He was not nervous like he would have been before this illness, and we pushed him in his wheelchair, and he had so much fun picking out stuff he wanted. He got a couple of toys, and then he found some cookies, Little Debbie cakes, candy bars, drinks, etc. that he wanted. It was such a joy to see him so relaxed and happy, and enjoying himself. Then to top it off, one of his special friends from church was in there too. And he had his dog with him in his car and Preston got to see Blackie. So when Jr. was loading Preston into the car, Preston told Jr. he wanted to go to Walmart. But Jr. and I didn't want to go to Walmart, and he was fine with that. His left leg was having tremors in Dollar Tree, so I figured he was getting tired, and mommy and daddy were! Oh to be 10 years younger!!! Everything like this makes me soooo tired. If I have to go anywhere in any given day, it wears me out. Maybe I will be like this forever??? Only God knows, I guess.

I can honestly see the hand of God in Preston's illness. He is not the same boy he used to be. We think the malfunctioning shunt and that tubing embedded in his brain had been bothering him for quite some time. I questioned it for a long time; especially when we were in the hospital, and I honestly hope he is never that ill again, but I can see where things are much different. Although our lives are harder in some respects, we had had a break in other areas. It could have happened without Preston having had the shunt infection and having to learn how to do everything all over again, but God worked it this way. We may never understand all of the reasons.

Missie was so exhausted from her weekend, that she didn't get dressed all day, and she stayed home while we took Preston to town. She cannot handle missing much rest and when she is away from home she doesn't get enough rest.
She is very excited about going to the youth challenge in IN. Her friend where she spent the weekend wants to go too; so I am hoping that works out. She is a sweet girl and I guess she is really Missie's best friend. She lives in Six Mile and attends a holiness church (pentecostal) and has many of the same standards we do.

So that is the good news for today!