Could That Dream Possibly Mean Something?
                             

A gift from my friend Julie a fellow dreamer!

     Several years ago I had a dream that was so strange I thought perhaps God was trying to tell me something. I dreamed that my husband was in a Children's Hospital and that they were running tests on him for a week. At the end of the dream as the medical staff walked out of the room they said next week we start the treatment, which they said in a very matter of fact like way. My immediate thought was "What's the treatment?" and I woke up!

     These type of dreams can have you wondering was that the pizza or the potato salad I ate last night or can there be something that is trying to be communicated to me from beyond my mind and greasy junk foods? So I kind of put it on a shelf for a while and then one day I was talking to a friend and I told her the dream. We both were puzzled, especially since my husband was an adult. Why in the world would an adult be in a children's hospital and could there ever possibly be a treatment for my husbands ultra rare disease, hypophosphatasia?

Our family on the hpp journey with Dave

      We had been told back in 1994 or so that because the disease was so rare never in my husbands lifetime would there be a treatment for it. Well, we knew the doctor was telling us the truth but we left that doctors office, looked at each other and knew we were going to pray for a treatment not just for my husband but for others that we don't even know around the world that need that treatment as well.

     Several years later we began to hear about a clinical trial for a treatment and it was having positive results. As time went on it was so amazing even many of the researchers and doctors were saying it is doing good beyond what they even expected! Fast forward a few years and I am watching a video of kids before and after treatment and they are so much better that I am weeping and sobbing! My husband and I were totally amazed and so happy for all who were getting the treatment and making great progress on it! One day my husband told me that if the kids on treatment didn't have to go through what he has in life with this disease it will all be worth it even if he never got the treatment.

     As time went on I remembered the dream that I had had and pondered could this mean that my husband will someday get the treatment? Well as the trials moved forward one day we found out that some of the places that had trials were Children's hospitals and they were now opening up for adults to join trials!!! Oh my goodness! Was my dream coming true? This dream gave us hope to hold on that eventually my husband would get treatment. That day of treatment came for my husband two years ago today!
                                               

The book my dream is in.

     Its been an interesting journey to say the least but we are extremely grateful for the treatment and the positive results we have witnessed in my husbands life. I have come to pay closer attention to dreams in particular that I can't seem to shake. A dear friend of ours, Michael B. French, was writing a book last year about dreams, their interpretations, and can dreams really mean something beyond pizza or their face value. I'm honored that in Michaels book Dream Stories, he included my dream that I just shared with you along with many other dreams and interpretations. His book is available here or on Amazon.
     Today we celebrate two years of progress, breakthrough, and dreams come true for my husband, our family, and hypophosphatasia patients around the world. Rare disease patients around the world hope and dream of treatment and cures. Keep dreaming....