From the Carders

First of all, we want to thank Ann for keeping this blog updated. She has been doing a great job and we really appreciate it. She’ll probably continue doing it for a while as things remain busy around here.

We want to write more and we’ll never be able to thank everyone enough for all the support you have been throughout this entire pregnancy but especially during these past several days. Your prayers are being felt and God is filling us with peace. We have a long road ahead of us so please keep praying. Thank you for all the calls, visits, food, gift baskets, letters. We are overwhelmed at how God is taking care of us. I believe God looks down on His children and just loves watching them take care of each other. Everyone is just scurrying around and taking care of whatever we need. It is very humbling being on the receiving end of all the generosity. But we want you to know your generosity is resulting in thanksgiving to God and glory to Him.

We had a great day today. Ella started feeding through a feeding tube. We won’t know how her organs react to it for a day or so. Feeding is a very big hurdle for babies that have this surgery so be praying that everything works the way it is supposed to work.

The surgeon met with the “wound care team” this morning (a team of doctors and nurses who specialize in wound care – “wound care team”- fitting name). They will begin using a new type of dressing (ranch instead of thousand island – thanks Ann for that joke). Seriously, they will be using a new type of dressing that hopefully will help her incision heal quicker. It will provide negative pressure that will continuously suck out any unnecessary fluid in her abdomen. They will put this dressing on tomorrow and try it for a couple weeks. Pray that her incision heals quickly.

Again, thank you for all the prayers. We love all of you and we’ll continue to keep you updated as things progress.

Amy, Rick, Eva and Ella