Doing well!

Emma is doing well! She was out of surgery around 11:30. It took a while for her to come out of the anesthesia, but they let me go wait until she came out. She did great, much better than last weeks eye surgery. She drank a lot and even ate some crackers. The Dr said it went well and that he was successful in separating her fingers. He had to graft skin from her groin, though, so she'll have to heal in two spots. She doesn't seem to be in any pain now, but they said the numbing will last for 8-24 hours. And he gave her a tylenol with codine. She slept her normal nap, ate dinner and just went to bed! We'll see how the night goes. I don't do anything with the bandages, just leave them on for 2 weeks until we go see the Dr again. Crazy.

Thanks for praying. Pray for Emma to heal quickly!

Megan

She really is just acting normal. I looked away and found her in this crate:)

Emma's in surgery

Hey friends,

Emma is in surgery and the Dr is probably starting right now. Will update you later on how it goes!! Thanks for praying for her and me!

Emma is well

Thanks for praying and asking. Emma is doing great! This surgery was a good preview of what next weeks more intense surgery will look like. God also gave me grace to deal with a tired/groggy girl and a sick Lawrence(woke up in the middle of the night with the bug last night). God continues to provide in the midst of the craziness!

Excuses

I've got lots of em. I finally got the bug that everyone but Mark and Caroline skipped(on Juds bday week) and then got it again. Both times we were out of town at other peoples toilets. Phew. How can I be in the best shape in my life and be getting sick all the time? We went to VA last weekend for Marks brother Matt's wedding and Judson and I couldn't go because we were sick:( Such a bummer. Needless to say I had a little breakdown last night with being so sick and tired, and missing out and just thinking of all that the next month holds.

I do feel better today, as seen in my posting on this blog, and seen in my taking my 4 little ones to Target to get pedialyte for Judson.

I am struggling though, to be patient and slow to anger. Would you pray for those things for me? And for me to really believe that God will help me in my time of need? And that I will actually go to Him in my time of need?

Pray also for Emma. Many of you have asked about her surgeries. Sorry for the delay in response. We did get a second opinion and he said that he would be more conservative in what he would do with her hand. After we left, Mark and I were pretty convinced that we would NOT go ahead with the surgery. However, after some more research and back and forth about it, we have decided to go ahead and go for it, hoping that separating her 2 fingers(now webbed) will give her more function, long-term. There is no way to tell if her second finger actually has tendons, or will work.

She also has to have eye surgery, just to clear up her clogged ducts. That surgery is TOMORROW am at 8. Pray for her and for me!

Her hand surgery is one week later, Wed. April 27th. This is indeed more intense and the surgeon is not sure all that he will have to do until he gets her on the table. Pray for wisdom for him and again for Emma's perseverance through all this, and for me to not be anxious, but to rest in God's great control.

I leave you with some great photos taken by our friend Laura. I have more I want to post, but with have to settle for these for now. Thanks Laura!!

Celebrating Judson

Judson is 2! I had such fun making a slide show for him and remembering these past 2 years. He is such a joy to us! He loves giraffes so that is what is on the cake.

Everyone needs a microphone. See below video for Jud's understanding of how to use one.Judson the police man. Our neighbor is a police man so the kids are all having fun pretending they are "Bill".