Today we went to Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Davidson removed Evangeline’s stitches, and I shared my concerns about the surgery with him. I really don’t think he realized how well she can walk. He has so many patients with Spina Bifida that he sees, and Evangeline is really not a typical Spina Bifida patient.
We did […] Read more…
Long Day Tomorrow
Tomorrow we go back to CHOP again in the morning for the orthopedic doctor to remove the stitches in Evangeline’s foot. We have decided that we will get a second opinion before scheduling surgery, and either way, I think we have decided to postpone indefinitely surgery on her good foot. She does too well […] Read more…
Difficulties
I know things have been pretty slow around here for the past few days.
All of our children are homeschooled except our oldest son, Andrew. He attends a local Christian School and is in his Senior year. He has not been envolved in many extra-curricular activities, but has loved drama. He was in a […] Read more…
CHOP Tomorrow
Tomorrow we go to see the orthopedic doctors for Evangeline’s foot. The doctor is going to take out her stitches. He did not use the dissolvable kind because he was afraid of infection.
Evangeline decided tonight she would take the other boot with her tomorrow just in case she can fit it on her […] Read more…
A Sweet Presence
I want to thank everyone who shared your heart and wisdom with me after my last post. You are all such a blessing and a wealth of knowledge and experience. I am so thankful for all of you who have so faithfully followed our journey with the girls and have taken time out of your […] Read more…
Eliza Jane
Eliza has been with us for six weeks now.
She seems more comfortable.
She smiles a lot.
She points about things that need to happen on schedule.
She hoards pretty much everything in her bed.
She likes routines, and gets very upset when things don’t happen on time.
And, after six weeks, I have to […] Read more…
Medical Update on Evangeline
We have spent the last two days at CHOP with Evangeline.
We saw infectious disease yesterday for her bone infection. Her blood work looked wonderful.
Her foot is healing, and she will go back on Wednesday to have her stitches taken out. The dr. usually uses stitches that dissolve, but since he is dealing with […] Read more…
Living The Miracle
There is no question in my mind that we are living a full fledged, only God, bigger than life miracle.
Our youngest daughter, Olivia, was only three months old when God began to really break our hearts for the fatherless. Olivia turned three in August, and the very next month, we brought home BOTH of […] Read more…
Birthdays
On Sunday we Celebrated birthdays at my parents house.
We had a wonderful dinner.
Evangeline turned 14 on Saturday, and David turned 7 on Sunday.
Eliza turned 14 while we were in China, but since we hadn’t celebrated her birthday yet with my parents , we decided to celebrate her birthday too.
It was wonderful […] Read more…
Waiting
Today was a hard day for Eliza.
It was hard for me too.
Mark took the children to Nutcracker rehearsal this afternoon, and I kept Eliza, Evangeline, and Olivia with me. The girls needed shoes for Church, and since Eliza had been doing so well, we thought she might enjoy getting a new pair of […] Read more…
