Well, before some of you have a heart attack, I am not talking about me! This is how our story begins....... It was a quiet evening at the Sikorski house (hahahahaha.......for anyone who has ever been at our house, you know it is anything but quiet, right? But for the sake of the story, I shall continue). The rain had been pleasantly coming all day. No thunderstorms, just a steady pleasant rainfall. Supper was finished, dishes were being washed when all of a sudden we hear a loud crashing sound outside. We all run to see what happened and this is what we saw.....
A very large tree branch had fallen!!! Too bad it didn't fall on the van, huh? LOL! Anyways, back to my story....... Daddy and Austin went to go check out what had happened when they hear little screaching sound. They found 3 little, tiny, eyes-not-even-open, baby squirrels! Of course Austin, being the animal lover that he is, had to show Mommy. I found a box and old towel to put them in and we brought them inside. We were saddened (doesn't he look sad?) to know that 1 of them was already dead, either from the fall or the cold.
A very large tree branch had fallen!!! Too bad it didn't fall on the van, huh? LOL! Anyways, back to my story....... Daddy and Austin went to go check out what had happened when they hear little screaching sound. They found 3 little, tiny, eyes-not-even-open, baby squirrels! Of course Austin, being the animal lover that he is, had to show Mommy. I found a box and old towel to put them in and we brought them inside. We were saddened (doesn't he look sad?) to know that 1 of them was already dead, either from the fall or the cold. We had to put him back outside.
Baby #2 was definately alive and #3 we just weren't sure about. 
I called a lady here in town who takes care of wildlife and she instructed us how to keep them warm through the night and to take them to the University of Tenessee in the morning to their small animal and exotics office. Come morning, we realized that baby #3 was definately dead, so we put him outside too, but baby #2 was still very much alive. 
Jared had a dr's appointment this morning which is near the UT drop off, so Austin was able to miss about an hour of school to take baby squirrel to his new rehab. 
Baby #2 was definately alive and #3 we just weren't sure about. I called a lady here in town who takes care of wildlife and she instructed us how to keep them warm through the night and to take them to the University of Tenessee in the morning to their small animal and exotics office. Come morning, we realized that baby #3 was definately dead, so we put him outside too, but baby #2 was still very much alive. Jared had a dr's appointment this morning which is near the UT drop off, so Austin was able to miss about an hour of school to take baby squirrel to his new rehab. 
Austin has such a heart for little creatures, wether it is a turtle, frog, fish or baby squirrel. I know the Lord put this love in his heart and I wonder if he will, one day, be an animal doctor.
Jude 1:22
And of some have compassion,
making a difference:
The first morning.
Bethany, 1st grade
Alana, 4th grade
Austin, 5th grade
Caleb, 7th grade
I think she was also feeling left out, with 5 kids going to school, then the attention a newborn gets. She decided to get her fingers slammed in the van door so she can get a little attention herself. Well, ok, maybe she didn't decide to do that, but it made for a good blog story. She did get her fingers smashed in a heavy 15 passenger van door, but thank the Lord, they were not broke or even fractured, which we found out after yet another trip to the dr. 
