Waiting

After we talked to the doctor on Saturday, we are still waiting to hear. She was an on-call doctor, not a regular, and said that she would email the team, but we might not hear anything until today. She did say that if she thought it was an emergency, she would get back to us, so I think it is pretty safe to say it's not an emergency. If I don't hear from them this morning, I will call again to talk to someone. As for the spot, it looks a little better. It's real close to the incision site and it is puffy and red, but it is looking less red today. We've just been trying to be real careful and gentle in that area. She doesn't seem quite so uncomfortable as Friday and Saturday...she even sits on her bottom occasionally which is a really good sign. Please continue to pray that it would resolve itself and that the doctors would have some good insight on how to care for it or what to do next.

Mia did get weighed today and she is 19 pounds 11 ounces, so we are making progress gaining the weight she lost, Praise God! Thank you for praying for that also.

Please pray for Mia, yesterday I noticed a red spot near her incision and was slightly concerned, but wasn't sure. Today Brad looked at it and was also concerned, so we sent photos down to the doctors at UCLA to look at. Pray that it would heal on its own, she still has a very hard time in the carseat and often chooses not to sit directly on her bottom at all, so pray that whatever is irritated down there would heal quickly and it wouldn't become anything serious.

Here's a photo from today with her love, Daddy. We joke about the fact that she says Mama for everything...even when we ask her to say Daddy, she'll say Mama, but the truth is she loves him dearly and adores everything about Daddy.

Today we took Mia to the pediatrician for her 18 month check up. She thought Mia looked great. She's gotten a little bit longer, she's now 30.5 inches, and she weighed in at 19 pounds 8 ounces. She was pleased with how her incision looks and it continues to heal nicely. Thank you for praying for no infections! We're not out of the woods yet, but we are encouraged that her incision site continues to heal so well.

We've turned a corner on feeding also. Not feeding more, just feeding differently. She now does fine with pieces of pasta in her food and she has started to self feed! Yay! She will now bring food to her mouth and she likes to taste Ritz crackers. She does just fine with pieces of banana also, so I am so encouraged by this. Pray that she would continue to feed better and be able to eat bigger solid pieces.

The car ride to and from the pediatrician wasn't her favorite, and we managed to get there without tears, but had a few tears on the way home, so I know her bum is still sore, but it's getting better. Pray that riding in her carseat would get better real quick as we are going to start back up with therapy in a few days.

Mia continues to heal from the operation. She's still sore and does not like riding in her car seat or sitting on her bottom for too long, so we try our best to not do those things. She also lost some weight from the surgery, today she is 19 pounds 8 ounces, so pray that she would continue to eat well and regain that weight. We worked so hard to get to 20 pounds and I know we will get back there eventually, I'm always a bit disappointed when she loses weight.

She started getting a cold yesterday, this morning she woke up with a cough, but appears to be doing much better this afternoon, so pray that she would get over it soon.

Mia is doing great, so far no infections, so Praise God! We'll keep praying that she heals quickly and doesn't get any infections. She's crawling around all over the place. Her favorite stop is the bookshelf where she pulls as many books as she can down. And the other day she found the door stop on the back of the office door and thought that was a fun noise! We are taking a break from therapy for just a bit to let her heal up. Thanks for continuing to pray!