Is this not a beautiful picture? For those of you who have seen my son, our son, Adam, he did not have eyelids the first 10, maybe 12, weeks of his life. It has led to a total of 6? surgeries where amazing doctors and specialist surgeons have attempted to create eyelids. And even moreso, […]
“chart and compass come from Thee, Savior pilot me”
Update on appts: We met with ophthalmology, plastic surgery, and pediatric surgery on Tuesday. A day full of pretty good reports;) Cornea’s look well, eyelid may need a revision in February, skin above eyes has healed well, and feeding tube was replaced in Adam’s stomach. Thank you so much for your prayers. Plans still remain for […]
i should be silenced
Surgery last night went well. Adam’s left eyelid is sutured almost completely shut due to the ulcer that continued to worsen as the cornea was exposed. The glue was replaced and the contact lens placed. For 3-4 weeks it will be so. We have a meeting with plastic surgery tomorrow to discuss the skin grafts. […]
today
So we did have surgery today. Basically, a third or so of his eye was exposed from the eyelid being pulled up by the skin grafts. This caused the previous ulcer to reopen. Not good. I think every eye doctor on duty today saw Adam. It was quite a hustled and stress filled morning. Surgery […]
shaming the wise
One of my favorites. This is me with Adam in Aizawl, Mizoram. This is the precious woman who hosted us during the adoption process. I absolutely adore her. This is an email I wrote a few months ago as we continued to hear God answer prayers for Adam. As I am writing out prayers this […]
day 1 after surgery
Hello to all. It is a frigid North Carolina evening here. Raja and I had a wonderful night of sleep and much needed time together. Thank you for those prayers. We came in this morning and have been here all day. In the morning we were told Adam was breathing over the ventilator, and by […]
perhaps the Lord will act in our behalf
Adam’s mom here. It is a chilly Sunday evening here in Chapel Hill. Adam is doing wonderfully. He has started cooing like crazy, following our voices, and we are convinced laughing (by the look in his eyes). His appetite is increasing and he is being loved by so many. It was so wonderful to surprise […]