Musings of a mother of many
It is 9:30am here in ICU.
I’m waiting for the doctor’s to make their rounds.
Evangeline had a peaceful night.
Here is her best attempt at a smile.
Her pain isn’t too bad. She has to stay flat on her back for at least 48 hours which would be late afternoon tomorrow.
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Things did not go well. She lost the use of her right leg. Surgeon does not know if feeling and function will return. We are praying it will.
He had to stop the surgery when he lost all signal in her right leg.
I’m with her in ICU. She is not awake and still […] Read more…
Amanda was the first child the Cross’s adopted from China.
She is bubbly and sweet, and has quite a sense of humor.
And she fits in wonderfully with our fun loving, crazy kids.
Amanda came home from China with a curve in her spine and reduced lung capacity that would have most likely ended her […] Read more…
We have been home from China with our girls for six months.
Every single day I have chosen to love, to be patient, to welcome endless pleas for attention with outstretched arms, to soften words that would lash out in frustration and exhaustion with gentle loving tones, to hold back the disappointment and the anger […] Read more…
As I have shared before, we know very little about Evangeline’s past.
I have a few pictures of her life as it was right before she came to us, and a couple very poor pictures from around the time of her finding add in 2010.
It appears that a file was prepared for Evangeline […] Read more…
Please pray for Evangeline. We are rushing her to CHOP. She may be septic.
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I know posts have been few and far between around here.
There is so much to say, but I am just too sick to write. The kids have been sick for a couple weeks in varying degrees.
Most of them seem to be on the mend, but now Mark and I are down.
Evangeline is […] Read more…
