February

February is turning out to be a pretty busy month for the Jones family. I worked twice this week and will work again on Sunday. David has been studying like a mad man for two big exams. He took the second on Thursday and feels good about it. We have a lot of family members who have had procedures this month, thankfully all have gone well. Please continue to pray for their healing.

We took Elijah to the eye doctor to have his clogged tear duct checked out. The doctor confirmed that he does in fact have a clogged tear duct. Something I learned is that your tears do not come from the corners of your eyes but from the top of the lids. So in the corners is where the tears are supposed to drain down into your nose. (You know when you cry and your nose runs) What is happening with Elijah is his draining duct is blocked so the tears just sit in duct and get funky which produces the gunky green goopy eyes. Poor buddy wake up with a pirate face most of the time! We call him pirate face because his left eye is usually gunked shut :( The doctor have us two options. The first being possible surgery now. Possible because the doctor is participating in a national study to see how beneficial it is to do surgery at 6 months compared to a year. Elijah name would be submitted to a computer in Florida and it would choose whether he had surgery now or at a year. If they were to do surgery now they would only give numbing drops in his eyes and probe them with a wire all with him tied down! David and I both decided for Option 2. Option 2 is to contuine with the eye drops, try some massages to try and open the block and wait and see if it clears. There is a chance it will clear but the doctor could not give us a percent. That is another reason they are doing a national study, there is almost no information about the benefits of surgery at 6 months compared to a year. So for now Elijah and I have our battles of me cleaning his eyes out with wet cotton balls and then the dreaded eye drops.

On a more exciting note my sister is expecting a baby girl! She is due March 1st but we all think Abigail Lillian will come much earlier. She is already experiencing irregular contractions. Her baby shower is tomorrow and we are all excited! Unfortunately I signed up to work and could only get off for a few hours so I can only come to the shower for a little while. Someone has to answer the 911's :( So please keep Lauren in your prayer for a safe delivery and a healthy baby girl!

With Love,
Mrs. Jones

P.S. Elijah has his two bottom teeth now!!