Friday, July 12th....

Six weeks....wow.....it's hard to believe it's already been six weeks since Addison's surgery.......on the flip side it's hard to believe it's only been six weeks.
Addison has been amazing through this whole process. She is such a strong, beautiful young lady and I am very proud and honored to be her mother. 
There will never be enough thank yous Thomas and I could say to express our gratitude for everything that has been done for our family.  We are blessed and humbled.
The Lord has brought Addison and us through this very difficult time and answered so many prayers.  He is a
Good God!
Fats were added to her diet yesterday so now we we'll just watch and see if her belly swells. If it does then the cut lymphatic vessel isn't healed, if it doesn't then it is, I'm counting on the latter. 
Returning home is getting closer and closer!
Pictures today provided by my silly daughter on the kiddie playground here. Lol

Wednesday, July 10th....

Thank you for answered prayers.....Micah had follow up appointment with the surgeon yesterday and she changed all sorts of meds around and he already seems improving this morning. :) Thank you Lord!  Still have to watch and see, but a really great start.
Addison is still doing awesome, pain from time to time but nothing like before surgery. :)
We are off to the movies today to check out Despicable Me 2, hope everyone back home is happy, healthy and loved. :)

Monday, July 8th.....

Today was a doctor day. Addison had three appointments today, as did Micah.  Addison gets to try and add fats back to her diet on Thursday.  The hope is that the cut vessel has repaired itself at this point.  If it isn't fixed, when she starts to eat fats her belly will swell up.  Then we'll have to revisit surgical options to repair the vessel.  Pray for no swollen belly this weekend please.  Also, please pray for Micah, they are discussing putting him back in the hospital, his nausea and vomiting is still pretty severe and he has dropped two pounds this week.  They will know more after seeing the surgeon tomorrow.  Happy Birthday to Caroline!  Miss you guys! Wishing I was Dorothy with her red slippers and could click my heels to get back to North Carolina.

Sunday, July 7th......

The visit from Thomas and Bailey was amazing! Love you guys sooooooo much! It was so hard to take them back to the airport yesterday. :(  Thank you Lord for giving them safe travel back home!  Addison is doing so great, it was so good for her to see her sister and daddy!  Hopefully, another three weeks and we will be back home for good.  I know you shouldn't wish time away but these three weeks can just disappear for all I care.  :)  Hope everyone back home is happy and healthy!
Notice in the picture lol, Addison is terrified of the Ronald McDonald statutes all over the place! LOL. Can't say that I blame her.

Friday, July 5th.....

HAPPY, EXCITED, THRILLED.......YAY!  THOMAS AND BAILEY SURPRISED US AND JUST SHOWED UP YESTERDAY!! Addison and I are so happy to see them!  Thank you to all who made this possible, this is the best medicine in the world.  Addison and Bailey are so sweet, they have missed each other so badly.  Bailey would never admit it but you can see it in her eyes. :)  Also, seeing them together confirms that I thought Addison had hit a growth spurt while here, they use to be same height but now next to each other Addison has a good inch on Bailey, sorry Bailey. :p No more time to blog, got some important family memories to make :)  Thank you Lord for this awesome surprise and their safe travel, and please bless those who made this surprise possible. AMEN

Wednesday, July 3rd...

Had a nice day in the sun. Everybody was feeling pretty good so we went to a beach on Lake Harriet.  It was a beautiful day for it and the kids enjoyed putting their feet in the water.
Really thankful the Lord has looked out for them and us through this whole journey. He truly is a Mighty God.  Thankful for all the prayers and love from each of you as well. Hope everyone has a wonderful July 4th!

Monday, July 1st....

Today was one of those all day doctor fests. Between Addison and Micah we had six doctors appointments and an hour at the pharmacy refilling meds.
Excellent news today, the doc feels Addison is doing well enough to go to tube feeds only at night and not twenty four hours now, Yay!
She is so glad to be free of the carrying the feed pump during the day.  It's the little things :)
Miss you terribly Thomas and Bailey....