Boaz's Miracle

 With all the fun to share from our California vacation in the last post I forgot to share what has been going on with Boaz. When the kids were with grandparents Boaz had his 6 month Dr. appointment. At his check up the Dr. found that he had a hernia. The Dr. showed it to me and had me feel it. It was a hard lump on Bo's right side and his left side was squishy. He explained that this is fairly common in boys and is just something that happened when Boaz was created in my womb. It is something that wont go away on its own so we need to make an appointment with the pediatric surgeon to set up surgery. Upon getting the news we have been praying and asking family and friends to pray for God to heal Boaz before the meeting with the surgeon. God healed Bo's belly button and we had faith He would heal his hernia as well. Not only did we want Bo to be healed so we wouldn't need to do surgery, but for the miracle to be a witness for us, others, and Boaz (when he is older to understand) to show God's glory, that He is real and performs miracles in our lives today. Yesterday was the appointment with the surgeon. The dr. couldn't feel the hernia, but he could feel secondary signs of a hernia. He told us that when those are present 98% of the time there is a hernia, but if we would like we could get an ultra sound to confirm. So we went straight down to have an ultra sound. The ultra sound showed that there is no hernia! Praise God that he completely healed Boaz of the hernia. The surgeon called today to explain the ultra sound. He confirmed that there is no hernia. They did find extra fluid around his testicle, which is called a hydro-seal. We have known he has had this since it was seen on an ultra sound before he was born. Every nurse, pediatrician, and ultra sound technician has told us about it followed by how it is no concern, fairly normal, and will just be absorbed into Bo's body. The surgeon also said that it will most likely be absorbed, but if it hasn't by a year it could be a sign that something else is going on and would need surgery to repair it. We will just wait and see what God's plan is for the hydro-seal. We pray it is nothing and will be absorbed by his body and time will tell. We are so thankful and in awe of the greatness of God in healing Boaz, and overjoyed to share in this miracle. Praise God!
 Here are some pictures of our sweet Boaz. Cassia also had her last day of dance on Tuesday. I am not able to upload the video of her dance on here since it is too big, but I will try to upload it to facebook. It is so adorable you will have to check it out.

Boaz in a bucket with a ball!

There is a turtle in our front yard so of course we need a picture of Boaz with it.

Boaz is getting better about sitting on his own and is enjoying playing even more with the other kiddos. Cassia was cooking for Boaz and continued to bring him lots and lots of food, which he did chew on.

Cassia with Miss Sunnie, her dance teacher and good friend of ours, at the end of her last dance class.

The greatness of the news above makes other stories seem little, but I do have a funny quote from Davey to share. Earlier this week Davey was playing with Boaz on the floor and he told me " Mommy, Bo has REALLY big knee muscles!" Our kids are constantly talking about how big their muscles are and how they drink their milk to get big muscles. So, it is a huge compliment even if Boaz's "muscles" are just his chubby thighs.