Evangeline is in surgery now.
I was able to talk with the surgeon before she went back regarding the integrity of Evangeline’s foot and the results of last night’s MRI. The first metatarsal bone and toe are 75-85% gone. There is a 90% chance that he will have to amputate the toe and […] Read more…
Surgery Day
Evangeline is all ready for surgery and playing a Play Station. We are waiting to hear from the surgeon that he is ready for her. It could be any time today, but we are expecting it will be late morning.
We really appreciate all of your prayers and suggestions. Your faithful support has been such […] Read more…
Admitted
I’m at Children’s Hospital with Evangeline.
The Orthopedic doctor decided to admit her immediately and do surgery tomorrow to try to get rid of all the infected bone. He said it is like cancer. It eats away at the bone and he has to be certain he gets all of the infection because it spreads. […] Read more…
Medical Issues
I just got back from the wound care specialist’s office with Evangeline.
We had X-rays done on her foot last week and we just got the results today. There is significant degeneration of the bones in her right foot. The doctor is not sure what has caused the disintegration. It may be […] Read more…
Cape May Zoo
Too Easy
As I have gone throughout these first couple of weeks home, I’ve been overwhelmed with the feeling that it’s been just too easy.
Oh yes, I’ve written about concerns that Eliza wasn’t bonding with me. I’ve wondered when she would let down the walls she has built over the years. But even with all […] Read more…
Sweet Eliza
Today was a better day for sweet Eliza!
We are on day 21 with Eliza, and I really can see improvement. She smiled so frequently today, I was just amazed at the change. She just seems to be so much more comfortable. Today she even tried the fish we had for dinner.
Tonight I was […] Read more…
The Little Girl Inside
I’m sitting outside Eliza’s bedroom folding clothes. She is inside with the door closed. I like open doors, but this is not a battle I will fight today.
I need to go downstairs to fix lunch, but the children are happy playing, and I don’t want to leave Eliza.
She is on the other side of […] Read more…
Transparency
As far back as I can remember, I have been a writer. I wrote through my adolescent years of loneliness and illness. I wrote through the years of college and graduate school as I dealt with re-entry into the world of health and wholeness with a compromised body, and then through the years of my […] Read more…
