Things and people I'm thankful for this week (Colossians 1:3)...people who love and care about Zoe - Jenna (a fabulous baby-sitter, house cleaner, care-giver, and helper in general), doctors and therapists, Bethany (my incredibly supportive and understanding best friend and co-worker), my parents and in-laws who would do anything for Zoe, and of course my wonderful husband who loves me unconditionally regardless of how little I've slept and how short-tempered I have the potential to be. I haven't been myself this week, but with all of that said.......
We got the news about Zoe's pending surgery. It's no longer pending. It's definitely happening. Next month on February 28, Zoe is scheduled to have decompression surgery. From my current limited amount of knowledge of what's going on internally, Zoe's got some extra spinal fluid pooling in the base of her neck. Information was taken from a routine MRI, and Dr. Swift (her neurosurgeon from the beginning) made the decision to proceed. From a separate test (her barium-swallow study), results showed her swallowing challenges are also worsening. Spina bifida takes its toll on growing children and it sometimes doesn't do them any favors. Not everything in her body was in the right place to begin with, and now as she is growing things are shifting in the wrong direction. We are obviously not thrilled with the news that surgery is necessary, but we are hopeful that this will help her out in lots of areas, developmentally and physically. As we learn more, we will communicate with you all. Thanks to all of our prayer warriors out there!! We are thankful for you!! God is faithful and he will be with us throughout this next chapter of Zoe's life.
In addition to that bombshell dropped on us this week, we got a call from our realtor strongly suggesting we try to get the house on the market soon. He has seen quite a spike in house sales and new listings which suggests more traffic in showings. With the help of Jenna, we are on our way to re-listing the house!
Jay is on daddy-duty this weekend, as I will be in Commerce with a few extremely talented Lovejoy singers auditioning for the Texas All-State Choir. Bethany and I are very excited for our kids! Each of them are incredibly deserving of this recognition.
Thanks for all of your support during this time. Hope y'all have a nice weekend!
But you left out the best part of the week. I noticed that during a recent diaper change that Zoe seemed to lift her right leg with purpose. So I said, "Zoe, lift that leg." And she did. Again I said. "Zoe, lift that leg." And again, she did. Well now we had a new game, and it was game time.... We've repeated it numerous times since and she loves playing "Leg Lift." It may be a small step, but so was the step a guy named Neil Armstrong took...
ReplyDeleteWill keep Zoe in prayer for the surgery. Know it will do good things. Love the new game "leg lift". That's exciting. Love your new blog.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the update! I'll certainly be praying, as will others.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the beautiful music this weekend!
Love you, sis!