Texas Scottish Rite 90th Birthday

TSRH 90th birthday
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(The base of the cake was real – I don’t know about the rest)

Last week we attended the “Treasure Street” event for Texas Scottish Rite’s 90th birthday. We love this hospital!! It’s completely astounding how much the staff there cares for the children and families! It’s also amazing that in 90 years they have never charged a patient for care. If you haven’t been reading our blog for long, go here and here to see why we have been so blessed and wanted to give back.

Treasure Street - TSRH 90th

Darwin, Kaye, Paula, Roger, Me, Mike

Our group had so much fun! The party was in a giant air conditioned tent set up in the parking lot of the hospital. They had a cheese station, pasta station, salad station and taco station plus drinks. They had a very large silent auction area and we won a few items. The event was sold out and one of the employee’s said they were expecting 1400 people.

Treasure Street - TSRH 90th

Treasure Street - TSRH 90th

Treasure Street - TSRH 90th

Lee Ann Womack was in concert after the birthday toast and cake cutting. She was great even though I knew exactly 1 of her songs. The best part was seeing Kaye so excited about seeing her in concert and having such a great time.

Treasure Street - TSRH 90th

Treasure Street - TSRH 90th

Treasure Street - TSRH 90th

Cute shot of Kaye and Darwin watching the concert.

The entire night was classy and fun and we were so blessed to share it with people we love. I can’t wait to see how much money they raised once the online auction for big items closes!

Happy Birthday Texas Scottish Rite and thank you for all you have done for sweet Amelie!

Amelie hand update

So I have received several requests to do a “before” and “now” post showing Amelie’s hands. She was barely home 6 weeks before her surgery so it’s hard to remember what her left hand looked like before.

Hand Update 9.8.2011
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Here is how it looked from birth. All 4 fingers on her left hand fused together sort of like a mitten. Little crevices for food to get stuck in and so on. From the day we met her we were amazed at the great use she had of it.

Hand Update 9.8.2011

Here she is playing with stickers a few days ago.

Hand Update 9.8.2011

Hand Update 9.8.2011

Look at the detail work here – the pinkie on her right hand is astoundingly strong.

Hand Update 9.8.2011

“See! See! See!”

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I took this last month. She has the pieces of a nesting sock monkey on her fingers. (thanks Tricia!) I think this is one of the best shots of her left hand and how far she can separate her fingers now. Her hands get stronger every day and she continues to amaze us. In truth when we are going about our daily life I hardly ever think of her hands. It takes seeing her drop something due to her fingers being short/not strong enough OR some stranger staring/commenting about her to make me think about it.

Thankful Thursday

We are so thankful for the glowing report that Amelie received at her hand clinic check up at Scottish Rite. They said that everything looks great and to bring her back for a check up in 6 months. They won’t do any more work until she grows some more. Praise God that everything went so well with her first surgery.

Amelie’s Hand Video

I have been getting lots of questions from people who can’t “see” Amelie in person how her hand is doing. I took this video of her hand 2 weeks and 2 days after the cast came off. AMAZING!!