In Recovery

Janessa is safely out of surgery and being kept comfortable with very small doses of morphine (sounds scary...but it seems to be helping)

Everything went exactly as it was supposed to (once they got started!) and the surgery was almost exactly 2 hours. She woke up from anesthesia calmly which is apparently unusual for a child so that was a pleasant surprise!

She is now in a pediatric room overnight and I am expecting a rough night ahead. There probably won't be much sleeping happening so pray for this pregnant mommy that I don't go crazy! 

Janessa is now snuggling with daddy and resting! 

We plan to be here until tomorrow afternoon at this point!

Again...thank you for all of the prayers...they are/were certainly appreciated!

Surgery Day...So Far

Here we are, waiting in the waiting room for Janessa to get out of surgery. Here is a synopsis of our day so far:

9:30--We arrived at Strong and Janessa played in the waiting room until about 10:00

10:15 am-- the nurse came and checked her vitals...they were perfect!

10:20 am-- Our Youth Pastor, DL, and Worship Pastor, Mike came to visit and pray (they also happen to be good friends)

And then we waited...and waited...and Janessa fell alseep in Daddy's arms before realizing how hungry she was...

11:30 am-- Janessa woke up...and she was hungry...so we entertained her...

...and she continued to be hungry until they FINALLY came to take her at around 1:00 pm

Thankfully she likes strangers and this wasn't heartbreaking!

At 1:30 pm, the ENT came out and told us that she is doing great. Her ear tubes were in and VERY necessary!

That is all for now but will keep you posted. Thank you for all of your prayers!

Cleft Palate Surgery

It's here...well it will be here tomorrow

We will be taking our sweet baby girl into Strong Memorial Hospital at 9:30am to have her Cleft Palate repaired and tubes put in her ears to prevent future infections (or at least many of them!). Prayers are appreciated.

I do plan to update throughout the day on her progress for those who are interested in following along. Right now, we really do not know what to expect in terms of recovery but supposedly it won't be too bad. This worried mama would like to be sure of that!

So....here is a picture that my cousin (Thanks Christi!) managed to capture on accident a few weeks back and it actually allows you to see the hole in the roof of her mouth: (Don't mind the drool)

Tomorrow morning, God willing, her is a picture of what they will do:

Seems simple enough to me. As far as we know, Janessa will wear elbow restraints for 2 weeks to prevent her from touching her mouth or putting anything in it. They say that she will be uncomfortable just for a day or two with soreness and pain but it will be easily controlled with medication. She will be unable to use her pacifier (sad for mommy and daddy). 

That is all we know for now. We will keep you all updated and appreciate the prayers!

New Surgery Date

Janessa's surgeons are awesome. While I was happy with the fact that her ENT was going to do the tubes this week to prevent more infections, they still rearranged their  schedules and the hospital accommodated them. They are able to do BOTH procedures on February 28th (2 weeks from now) so she will only be under anesthesia once. I believe if the same problem happens again, we will not be the ones that are rescheduled so I am thankful for that and am thankful that I trust in the Lord and am able to see that somehow this is his provision and protection for us...


....but man am I tired!