Long day

But all is great! She did super. No surprises. Cast is totally doable. Imagine a broken leg plus it's wrapped around waist. That's it! 

She's having trouble keeping anything down, but hopefully that will wear off by tomorrow.

Off to some sleep. I hope.

Surgery's going

God made Mamie a special kind of patient. 

We arrived at the hospital at 8:00am, with surgery planned for 10:15. And since she couldn't eat or drink past midnight, we were hoping for earlier rather than later. But later it was. 1:00pm later. Charles and I were a cranky starving mess but Mamie acted like we were on a special play date or something. Never a whine (well maybe once or twice to play with the phone) and only once she did she tell me she was thirsty.

So now she's in surgery for anywhere from 3-6 hours. Praying 3!

Stay tuned...

A quick update

Well it wasn't pretty, but we arrived! For those if you that followed our blog during China, you will not be surprised to hear our flight was delayed. Because they were painting the runways at the B'ham airport. For real. So our 6:55 pm arrival turned into 12:00am and a 1:30 bedtime. But we arrived in one piece... Luggage in tow!

Thankfully Mamie is amazing at late nights. It's so odd... She won't sleep but she is as happy as can be until bedtime. We won't question and just thank Jesus!

This morning we were able to sleep in and didn't have to be at dr until 10. Then it was bloodwork and pre-op appointment. Where tons of questions were answered. And we really feel peaceful and at ease with this whole cast thing. Then off to a late lunch at a snazzy little French cafe (the foodies in us were thrilled). And now is nap time. On our lunch excursion we found Whole Foods, Starbucks and spas and nail places galore... Ahh if only this was vacation. Maybe we can each take a little break for something fun though :)

Would love your prayers as Mamie goes into surgery tomorrow around 10am eastern time. It should take around 3 hours if there are no unexpected surprises. And for a great nights sleep tonight (as it could be the last one we see for a while). But heck, let's be praying for great sleep the whole time too!

No pics for today... All we've got are random shots by Mamie in the doctors office. Not worth the effort :)

Surgery FAQ's

Because I've been away from blogging for a bit, lots of you have no clue why Mamie is having surgery. Well, in other posts, I've shared that she has PFFD. Where one femur grows slower than the other. Down the road she will have leg lengthening surgeries to even the legs out. (Although we are still praying HEALING!). In order to have lengthenings, her hip must be in perfect shape. So she will have what's called a Super Hip surgery, just to ensure her hip socket/ positioning is strong and secure enough for these major surgeries later.

Sunday we will fly to Baltimore, where she will have hip surgery - on her 3rd birthday.Thank goodness she's going to be 3 and not 7! Thankfully we can still pull off the "birthday is on the day of the party" trick. She will then be in a body cast (or possibly a PARTIAL body cast- everybody pray with us!) for 6 weeks.

Now for those of you who know Mamie, she's a touch feisty. And I do believe this is a situation where that will serve us well! We fully expect her to be walking in the cast within days ;)

Now that you have the nitty gritty, here's how we would love your prayers.

1. The surgery is smooth with no complications
2. Seriously... that the cast is as "partial" as possible
3. Her recovery in hospital is as pain free and sleep filled as possible
4. The boys- they will be here with family and friends, while Charles, Mamie and I are in Baltimore
5. The flight home in a body cast- for us and mainly for those sitting on around the plane with us. This may or may not be one of the most pleasant flights they've ever been on.
6. For both me and Mamie when we are home for the remaining 5 weeks. Neither of us do well just sitting around the house. Not sure what this time will look like. This is the part where I take volunteers to do anything and everything you can think of. Come visit, play, make me go exercise, come dance a jig... Entertain us!
7. Our true prayer is that this time is a "non-event". That it would go so smoothly, and God would give us such a peace and joy, we wouldn't even see this as a struggle.

 Thanks so much for joining your hearts and prayers with us on this journey!

2 weeks and counting

so my plan was to hang this blogging thing up. but i decided i like to keep up with major events. and 2 weeks from today, we have a kind of major event.

mamie is having hip surgery in baltimore. and will be in a body cast for 6 weeks. this may (or may not be) my updating place and outlet.

so without further ado, i'm sort of back in action.