We have quite a few routines around here.
I find life goes so much more smoothly if we have a schedule to our days. Children just seem to thrive when they know what comes next.
For the past week or so we have been transitioning into our summer schedule. That change has been really […] Read more…
A Rough Night For Teresa
Last night tiny Teresa defied the odds again.
As the nurses were turning Teresa, the cannula to the ECMO machine that is supporting her life cracked, and Teresa was bleeding out.
That has never happened before and is an extremely anger ours situation.
BUT she is alive and recovering this morning.
You can […] Read more…
Baby Steps For Teresa
From Ann…
I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES !
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Baby Steps
Teresa is taking baby steps. She is still teaching me so much on this journey. Right now it is patience and giving complete trust and control to God.
Teresa is stable at the moment. We will let her heart rest a few more days and then […] Read more…
Latest From Teresa’s Doctor
From Ann…
Based on the meeting with the surgeon the echo showed good results BUT Teresa will have to have another surgery on Monday to repair her left atrium.
She will stay on ECMO until Monday. Dr. Fuller wants Teresa’s kidney function to improve first. Right now her numbers for her kidney function are very high.
She will […] Read more…
Still Waiting
Teresa had her echo this morning . We are still waiting to talk to the surgeon . We will update as soon as we can . I know Teresas biggest advocate right now is her Heart Hero. This chid who gave Teresa an unbelievable gift lives on in her . I can hear him/ her […] Read more…
Keep Praying
From Ann…
Teresa has people praying for her from almost every country. The world has surrounded her in prayer. Surely God hears our cry. We pray God will keep her here in our arms to spread His love through the endless hugs she gives so freely to everyone .
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Hope For Teresa!
Just now from Ann!
Jesus has given us hope! Teresa was taken off the paralytic and morphine and was woken up for 5
Minutes . She squeezed my hand . Wiggled her toes and tried really hard to breath and open her eyes . This is great news! Our girl is fighting hard to live […] Read more…
ECMO
From Teresa’s mother…
ECMO
This morning Teresa came out of surgery with her right ventricle struggling but not too bad. A few hours later she went into full cardiac arrest and had cpr performed for over thirty minutes. She was put on life support (ECMO).’ Her left and right ventricle are not functioning at all. At this […] Read more…
Sometimes I Forget
I have a special guest blogger today – my husband Mark! He shares some of the feelings and emotions he’s experienced since bringing our girls home from China. You can find him at MarkMcCaslin.com. I hope you enjoy it!
It’s been 8 months since we returned from China with our two new teenage daughters. Overnight, our […] Read more…
Unfamiliar Paths
I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them. Isaiah 42:16
I read this verse today in my Bible reading, […] Read more…
