Gong Home

We got out of the PICU last night due to some overcrowding. So we are now in a regular hospital room. We saw the doctor this morning and he said we are going home tomorrow! We're not sure what time, but we are just excited to be going home. Thank you all for your prayers and support. We will keep you posted as much as possible. Take care and God bless.

-Jason and Corin

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Day 1 after surgery

We are in the pediatric ICU and she is recovering well. She was throwing up last night so they had to stop her feeding but other than that no complications!!! She is very swollen (her eyes are swollen shut...the picture above was taken yesterday afternoon so she looks a little more swollen and bruised today). The swelling will start going down tomorrow. We will be transferred to a regular hospital floor either today or tomorrow (yay! a bed and a bathroom!) She is mostly sleeping and only wakes up and cries every once in awhile. We are so happy that everything is going ok and we are on the other side of the surgery! Hopefully she won't need any more surgeries until she is 2 or 3.

Finishing Up

Praise God everything went well. The doctor spoke with us and said she is doing great and they took her off the breathing tube. This is very good considering last time we couldn't take her off for a while because of complications. She will be a little swollen for the next couple of days. The doctor wants to keep her in the ICU for a couple of days just to be sure she will be fine. She's in recovery right now and we cannot wait to see her. If everything goes according to plan Amarie should come home on Tuesday, just in time for Thanksgiving and boy do we have a lot to be thankful for. Thank you all for your prayers and support. God bless.

-Jason and Corin

First hour update

The doctor's just called to say the intubation went well. Only 4 more hours to go.

Surgery Day

As most of you know Amarie is having surgery today. The surgery will last about 5 hours. They began around 10:30am today. This is the third time we've had to hand her over, and it does not get any easier. The doctors are going to give us updates every hour, so Corin and I will be at Children's Health Care at Scottish Rite all day. We will do our best to post updates as much as possible. We are asking everyone to pray. Please pray specifically for Amarie to heal, the doctors to have skill and wisdom, and for us to have faith. Thank you all for your care and concern.

-Jason and Corin

Lamb picture

[The Lord] tends his flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart; He gently leads those who have young." Isaiah 40:11
It is so reassuring to know that during Amarie's surgery the Lord, who loves her even more than we do, has her in his arms and is carrying her close to his heart!

~Corin

Surgery info

Amarie's surgery is this Friday, November 20 at 11am. She will be in surgery for 5 hours. A neurosurgeon and a craniofacial surgeon will remove pieces of her skull and then use those to create cheekbones and eye sockets for her. They will also do some slight adjustments to her eyelids. She will go to the ICU after surgery for a few days and then to a regular unit of the hospital. If everything goes well we will get to go home on Tuesday...hopefully we will be home for Thanksgiving! Please pray that Amarie doesn't have any complications (we don't want a repeat of the first surgery!), wisdom and skillful hands for the surgeons, quick healing, and grace/rest for us as we go through the third hospital stay and surgery. We will post updates here to let everyone know how things are going and updated prayer requests. Thanks so much for your support!