This past week has been very Philpottish...in other words: BUSY!
We ended last week by having Christine Walker, the Owner and Editor of Searcy Living Magazine come take our families picture. With Chewlie being sick, we wanted her (Chewlie, not Christine) in the family picture this year. We weren't sure if she could walk to where we wanted to take the pictures and Christine (the animal lover that she is) was going to bring a wagon for Chewlie to ride in, but it turned out, Friday wasn't a bad day for Chewlie. She walked around our neighborhood with us and only assisted with a leash. Afterall, the last thing she needs is to get hit by a car! So we tok our time and had to stop often, and Christine was so patient and so was Chewlie. We managed to capture some great memories the camera.
David had a really good week. He completed his first MBA class block at Harding and found out he made an A!! Not only is that freakin' awesome; let me tell you something, that is a wonderful feat for a kid who had ADD and Dyslexia (and still does) in school and was told he would never even graduate from high school! He has worked his butt off...and yes, I help him an awful lot, but the bottom line is David and hard work-which are also Philpott traits! I'm very proud of him and I know the kids are too.
Speaking of grades, let me also brag about Presley. She has been struggling academically, and not really because she couldn't perform, but because she refused. I guess you could say she just didn't see the importance of turning assignments in. After a meeting (intervention) with a couple of her teachers, her grandmother (David's Mom), a come-to-Jesus meeting with Mama and Daddy and a talk with my best friend and someone she looks up too so much, "Miss Stormy" not only has her attitude changed but also her grades! She now has a B in English and has raised her Social Studies grade to a D and I think even it can become a B or better!! We challenged her and bribed her with a toy for her American Girl Doll and it worked. She improved so much and now I think she is back on track! We're going to do the same thing for next week; there's another toy she wants for her AG doll and after a couple weeks of weekly goals, we'll move to bi-weekly and so on. It's working because tonite she came home and got right to her homework and studying and really didn't pitch much of a fit. Thank goodness!
I enjoyed my 2 days off from the Police Department, for sure. I always do! Went with Presley's class to the Municiple Airport and got watch her class (and about 325 other 5th graders) fly their model gliders they made and also she got to ride in a small Cessna! Presley was so funny...I watched her make friends with a new student (?) that didn't speak any English and Presley insisted they were amiga's and ride in the same plane together! It was awesome to see her heart open up to someone else-truly a Christian spirit! Even though I had to leave a little early to go work on Philpott Builder issues, it was fun being with her!
Also, last week was my last official meeting as the President of the White County Foster Parents Association. I resigned and we voted on new leaders. I served two years and feel like we had a good run of it. I did my best and I pray I made a difference. I sure gave it my all. I had lots of good help, including the previous President, Dr. Penny McGlawn (who I now consider a friend), Lucy Stewart, Kim Smith and Andrea Boozer, DHS employees and of course our network of foster families in White County, The Mallonee's, The Moellers, the Shepperds, the Baines, Miss Lanelle for sure, and I'm sure I forgot some to mention here, but we realy have such an awesome group in our county! Wow! It made my job so much easier! Shawn Moeller is the new President, Chasity Moeller is the Treasurer and Miss Nancy Malonee is the Secretery. And David, what a support system David was. He was like my cheerleader. Attending the meetings and telling me what I did good, better and best. It all really encouraged my spirit. But now, I am so happy to spend my time and focus on my family and their needs. We may even slow down on fostering-at least till we build our new house and move in-in about a year.
So, back to Chewlie, cuz a lot of people ask me how she's doing. And here's the deal. We chose to bring her home and let her finish up her meds and see what happens. We are not going to biopsy anything because the Dr seems pretty certain it could be cancer. Regardless of the "what it is" we know that she doesn't feel very good and she is still bleeding. He says she won't bleed to death, but when she begins to be in pain or when she is no longer eating and drinking, then our next obvious option is putting her to sleep. The kids are spending as much time as possible with her and we're keeping her comfortable. She has quit eating her dog food for the most part and only eats the hot dogs I hide her meds in. She's losing weight. But we still have hope. We're still praying. Poor dog. I really wish there was something more we could do, but truly, there is not. I don't want her to be in pain but we don't want to put her down just yet either.
Hope y'all have a good weekend! Thanks for reading...
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