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Hallelujah Dancing
eriek and Angel Patterson experienced a Mother’s Day they will never forget.  Their experience with their daughter, Ava, reminds me that God’s angels are always at work protecting His little ones, especially when they are going through the oral stage!  Matthew 18:10 says, “See that you do not look down on one of these little ones.  For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.”  Below is the testimony of God’s faithfulness in Angel’s words. 

We were at Betty’s house (Deriek’s mom) and had just finished dinner.  Ava needed a diaper change.  She and I headed to the car to get her a diaper, and I noticed that she had something in her mouth.  I looked to see what it was and decided that it was a peppermint, the “chalky” kind.  As usual, just the time it began to dissolve in her mouth, she decided that it was “yucky!” So she wanted to spit it out.  I, on the other hand, wanted her to keep it in her mouth because it was making a mess.  She spit some of it onto my fingers, and I flicked the substance onto the grass. 
Something….(God)…. made me taste to make sure it was a peppermint.  It was bitter; it was not a peppermint. It tasted more like medication.  I went inside and told Betty what was going on, and we quickly discovered it was her blood pressure medicine.  A pill was missing!   Immediately, I called Poison Control.  The operator told me that a child her size would be prescribed a 2 - 4 mg dosage and the capsule that she had consumed was 50 mg. She said this dosage could potentially cause her blood pressure and heart rate to drop to a dangerous level.  She said that we needed to get her to the ER as quickly, but as safely, as possible. 
We immediately left for the hospital with our hazard lights flashing and driving the “safe” speed of 110 mph.  We passed an OHP!  Not a good thing.  He chased us down!  So now, we were in a dilemma–do we stop and let our child die, or pull over and get thrown in jail?  We made the obvious choice and kept driving!  I called 911 and told them what was going on.  The dispatcher informed me that we HAVE to stop, so we pulled over.  I jumped out and told the officer what was going on and that we had to go!  Fortunately, he let us.  I think he could see my panic (or he might have thought I looked pretty tough and I could bestow harm to his body!) 
We got to the hospital and the waiting room was packed.  Poison control had already called, and they were prepared for us.  The staff immediately started evaluating her.   Long story short, they gave her a charcoal drink to absorb the medicine and monitored her for 6 hours.  She never had any side effects from the medicine, and is perfectly fine today.  And that makes this Momma wanna do a Hallelujah dance!
  What I thought would be a mother’s day of R&R turned into a day of appreciation for the blessings God has given me.  I sat in the ER staring at my baby girl.  My child.  My little Friend.  I sat and thought about her and the boys (Carter and Cooper), and how much I loved them.  How much I enjoy being their mother.  How much I take for granted the health and happiness that my family enjoys everyday.  How blessed I am to have children and get to argue with them on a daily basis.  How blessed I am to clean up all the toys they scatter throughout the house, and the countless messes they make.  How blessed I am to wash their clothes and cook them dinner–even when they don’t want to eat it!  How blessed I am to hear their little voices call me mommy…even though I hear it a gazillion times a day! How blessed I am to hug and kiss them everyday and tell them I love them.  How blessed I am….that on Mother’s Day 2008…in an ER in Ada, OK….I had God on my side and felt HIS hand of blessings on my life.

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