When Life Gives You Melons...



Zechariah and Alexandria showing off the Kindberg Family Advent Tree Calendar

When life gives you melons...we've all heard the famous quote,
"When life gives you lemons, make lemonade."

 But, what do you do when life gives you something you never expected, something you never asked for, something you never anticipated, wanted, desired, liked, loved, looked for, smelled, or even had on your radar? Melons.

You know what I mean, right? Have you ever felt like life was going well and then you keep on getting knocked down. What is your plan to get back up? Do you have a plan? I mean, even in everyday life have you spilled mustard (or your favorite condiment) on your work clothes on your lunch break and have to finish the rest of the work day with yellow stain on your shirt until you can get it into the washer. What about life?

Sunday, November 28th was a great day. We just said good-bye to my (Scott's) parent's, from IL. Our entire family celebrated a wonder Thanksgiving holiday with both sides our families. The next day, Monday, Nov. 28th Zechariah had a scheduled cardiac cath procedure. This is where he has the biopsy to test for rejection and to get a closer look at his heart and see how it is doing. Typically, we receive a call the next day to let us know how the test resulted. Later that night Kathy received a call to say Zak needed to come in the hospital because he was in rejection.

Zak received an extra dose of steroids for the next three days to combat any rejection occurring. After the three days Zechariah was home and ready to get back to some sense of normal life. I thank God for Zechariah going through home school at this time. We are using the www.k12.com curriculum. Zak loves to learn and has been doing very well with it.

The very next morning was Thurs., Dec. 1 and Kathy and I were woken up by Zak complaining of headaches then throwing up shortly afterwards. In a matter of few short hours Zechariah continued to throw up and was not able to keep down any of his medicines. Our Transplant Coordinator said that we should bring Zak back to the hospital to have him looked over.

While he was in the ER he did not throw up any more, but his Ped Cardiologist had mentioned his headaches may be caused by the tachycardia (high heart rates and irregular heart rythmn) he has been experiencing. His medicine has been regulating his heart rate and rythmn, but that was up for question now.

Today is Sunday, December 4th, 2011. As I write this blog post we are working with the doctors every step along the way.

This was going to be the week we put our Christmas tree up, but life gave us melons. This was going to be our week to....life gave us melons.

WE THREW A PARTY!!

We decided to make the best of every moment. On Wed afternoon I took Zechariah and Alexandria outside for a sledding. Check out the [VIDEO] The Kindberg's First Snow Day 2011 video here.

Plus, we made a great Advent Calendar while still in the hospital.

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WHEN LIFE GAVE US MELONS...

...WE MADE FRUIT SALAD!

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Alexandria celebrating her first day of sledding. Hallelujah!

Zechariah enjoying a day of sledding this week. What a great smile!

Zechariah and Alexandria showing off the Kindberg Family Advent Tree Calendar