Alexis Grace Douglas’ PrayerSite

Maybe now Santa will make a late stop to our house to visit Austin (she had wonderful Christmas parties & spent the afternoon with us at the hospital)…

Alexis’s counts are great, she is acting amazing, rolling all over the place! And so happy to be home. Her abcess looks better, we still have special care for it, and the surgeons will look at her again next week. We could only leave after training on how to give IV antibiotics; we only have to administer them for a few days. It’s not too difficult, one of her medications, we have to make/mix. I wasn’t prepared for that, but were doing alright with it. Everything has to remain so sterile, because it goes into her central line, into her chest. So, we are spending a couple days practicing at home, then we will go to the theater tomorrow night- have IV- will travel!

The next few days are spent, packing up and saying good bye to the theater. For those of you that don’t know, 16 years ago, I started singing at the Auburn Avenue Dinner Theater, a year later I met JB there. On Jan 26th, 1996 he proposed there, On Jan 26th, 1997, we were married at the theater. We started running it around 2000. I went into labor with Austin there, and have performed there almost every weekend since 1992. The City contacted us back in Feb. about leasing the facility from us, we spent many sleepless, emotional nights discussing this option, With a lot of prayer, and meetings, Deanna & Wayne (grandparents to Alexis) and JB & I, decided it was the best option for our future. It has been more than a “family business” to us. So this weekend we say good bye to the memories, the stage, the hundreds of friends, thousands of customers and Alexis & Austin will be there by our sides; while we do.

God works in mysterious ways. He opened the door with the City, knowing what our future would hold. We would never be able to run that business with the passion, the money, and the time; under our current circumstances. Thank the Lord, the door opened, thank the Lord, that Alexis is healthy this weekend. Thank the Lord that he knows what is best for us, inspite of ourselves. He is in control of “the big picture”- It will be another sad, yet exciting weekend. Please pray for our family and Alexis as we say good-bye to our second home, and that God will give us the strength to “move out” and the insight to endure this next week.

We will be going for appointments and ultrasounds this week; her biopsy on the liver is scheduled for Friday to find out what the future plans will be in fighting this horrible monster in Alexis’s body.

One MOMENT at a TIME!!!!