Treasured Gifts of God: Visit with Mommy D

Yesterday I had text our social worker to see if she had any updates on how Mommy D was feeling (she had been sick with what the social worker thought was bronchitis). I didn't hear anything back, so just continued about the rest of the day. This morning when I got up I saw that the social worker had text me at about 2:00 a.m. and said to call her on Saturday for an update. So about 8:20 a.m., I called her and she said that Mommy D was in the hospital. She was asking to see us, so we scheduled a time to go when the social worker could be there with us. I had thought it was just a regular hospital...it was a mental health hospital. She had gone to the ER for her bronchitis, and had also been tested, which came back positive for drugs. :( So now she has violations of her parole and we should find out next week if she will go back to jail.

I wasn't quite sure what to expect from a mental health hospital, but at least this one was a very positive experience. The staff were super friendly and helpful and went to go find Mommy D once we got there because she wasn't in her room. It was kind of like going to jail, where we couldn't bring anything in with us (like a cell phone, purse, etc) or we would need to lock them up. We had to have id so we could get our visitor badges. Doors had to be unlocked for us to enter and then unlocked for us to get back out. Plastic bags and anything with strings were not allowed. We brought some goodies along for her such as snacks, the little Bible that was donated, some personal items and some clothes. While we were waiting for them to bring Mommy D to us, we were having all of the items we brought inspected to make sure that they were all ok. We were behind one of the doors, my back to the door, when all of a sudden I heard someone excited on the other side saying my name. When I looked through the window in the door, it was Mommy D! She was so excited to see us! The hugs we received from her were amazing! I am so glad it worked out for us to be able to go see her, and I hope it was an encouragement for her! Skeeter shared from his heart with her before we left letting her know that we were/are praying for her and the baby. He also let her know that we care, not just about the baby, but also about her as a person! It was so neat how the social worker told us before we left that we had honored Mommy D by coming to visit her and that when she talks with the social worker Mommy D will often tell her to tell us that she loves us.

We will see what next week will bring. It sounds like a decision could be made on Monday as what might be the next step for her. If I don't hear anything Monday, I will check with the social worker on Tuesday.

There is also starting to be a bit of a discrepancy as to when her the baby's due date will be. They are now saying it could be September 11, due to the baby measuring small. However, we are not convinced that the baby isn't small due to the diet, drugs, etc and lifestyle of the mommy. We are hoping to get some more confirmed medical records.

Before we left this morning we went to a garage sale where everything was free. It was a HUGE blessing as we were able to find quite a few things for the baby as well as shoes and clothes for our other kids! God is so good!