Addison Hope wearing her big flower headband (courtesy of 'Aunt' Brooke)10/25/06: 3 weeks old today – Sorry for the delay in updating the next chapter of our journey with Addison Hope. As you can tell, it has been harder to find the time to sit at the computer since we brought our little girl home from the hospital. Can you believe that this journey only started three weeks ago, it seems like it has been months?
Addison is making progress already. Since we brought her home 12 days ago, we have already had 3 doctor appointments – all of which have been positive. As of yesterday, the pediatric orthopedic, Dr. Herndon, showed us x-rays that both of her femur fractures are healing well. I can tell through the daily handling and diapering that they are causing her less pain everyday. We will just have to wait to see if the Pavlik harness(brace) will also heal her displaced hip and her little feet. She will have to wear the harness for approximately 10 more weeks before they can determine the next step. WE ARE PRAYING THAT THE HARNESS WILL HEAL HER HIPS AND THAT SHE WILL NOT REQUIRE FURTHER SURGERY, which would require a hard full-body cast for several months.
Our exciting answer to prayer was seen on Sunday morning when we saw movement in her left leg for the first time. I was stroking her foot to show my brother how she would move her toes and Addison decided to show us that she could move her leg ever so slightly. It was a very subtle movement of pulling her knee in, but it showed us that there is some movement there. Then Dr. Herndon actually got her to move both legs a little when he was stroking them during his weekly examination. He hopes that we will continue to see improvement as her fractures continue to heal. PLEASE PRAY THAT ADDISON’S LEGS CONTINUE TO HEAL AND MOVE!!!!
For now, we remain in the waiting period for any additional diagnosis. We have her first neurologist appointment scheduled for 11/8/06 (two more weeks away.) WE CONTINUE TO PRAY THAT THE DOCTORS WILL BE ABLE TO CLEARLY DIAGNOSE ADDISON’S UNDERLYING CONDITION AND DETERMINE A DEFINITIVE PLAN OF TREATMENT.
To close, thank you for everyone that continues to pray for our family. Thank you to all of the sweet families at church who continue to bring us meals to enjoy. Most of all, thanks and praises to God who continues to heal our baby girl!
I'll close by sharing some pictures with you.
Megan is giving her little sissy some kisses and love.
First Bath at Home (Yes it took me an entire week to build up enough courage to do it. She can only be sponge-bathed for the entire 12-weeks that she is in the harness.)
2 comments:
Dear Julie,
Thank you so much for the updates! She is darling and I am so excited and thankful for what our incredible God is doing for her and will continue to pray for even more specific healing that brings glory to His name. I had hoped that the fact there was no news was due to the fact that you all were adjusting to all the changes in your daily life, but I was about to call your mom and make sure-so thanks so much for the update and the pictures. Love in His powerful name, Jodi Muenker
Well it sounds like things are progressing really well! We will continue to pray that the harness heal her hip displacement and for your family as you make adjustments of having a baby as well as the precautions you take with daily activities. She is just so darn pretty! Both of your girls are! I can just hear your voice as I read your words and am so glad that you have a blog so I can know what all is going on in your life and things I can be praying for!!!!
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