Surgery and Phase II of 2015

We welcomed Ivy Faith into our family last Friday, March 13th.  She has been such a delight.  Her older siblings cannot get enough of her.  While in the hospital, the kids saw an alarm band on her leg.  They asked what it was for.  A few days later Isaiah asked to sleep in our bed near Ivy's bassinet.  He whispered to me, "I'll keep an eye out for...you know...the baby robbers and scare them away!"  He takes his big brother role very seriously and she is one lucky girl.

Surgery for Isaiah was rescheduled for April 17th.  We expect that everything will go well and Isaiah will be able to be "noodle" free and also finally be able to stop taking an antibiotic, which he has been on since Dec. 28th!  He also takes another medication to help with the side-effects of the stent and he is more than ready to stop that medication.  He purposely doesn't remind us about it if we forget. Besides medication, Isaiah has been running around doing typical five-year old things with no complications.  

We are so thankful and blessed for what the Lord has done in our lives throughout this journey.  It is difficult to comprehend how protected Isaiah was from permanent injury during his accident.  Our time in the hospital was fast, in the scheme of things, and furious, but over now.  From ventilator/hospital discharge to holding his baby sister all in the span of just two months.  I think I'm the only one in the family still a little shell shocked and continue to turn my fears of Isaiah turning a corner for the worse over to the Lord.  The Lord has done great things for us and we are filled with joy...Psalm 126:3