Another Eye Update

I took Danae to the Dr. again yesterday morning. Everything looks good and she is off all of the medication. Praise God.

The only thing now is that part of the abcess is still there. He is hoping it goes away all on its own, but if it does not, it may need to be removed. If not it would be there forever I guess. You can see the remains of it in the picture above.

The abcess is still hard, but there is nothing "wrong" with it except not wanting her to live with it there the rest of her life. I am praying God heals it and nothing invasive will have to happen. He will be watching this as well as keeping an eye on her sight over the next couple years. He does not think her sight would have been affected, but wants to make sure.

If you look closely you can see her left eye is shaped different than her right. In the grand scheme of life this is not a big deal, but I am hoping this also gets better as her eye continues to heal and she gets older.

Danae continues to be the PERFECT baby and I am so grateful she is in our life. I am grateful for God's protection of her over the past month and trust he will continue to heal her.

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Surgery

Danae had surgery this morning to open up her left tear duct and remove a cyst in her left nostril that had apparently been there since birth. (She has had trouble breathing through that side since she first came out. It was finally found that was the problem.) The surgery went well and it seems as though this will fix the problems.

Thankfully she had no adverse reactions to putting her to sleep. Her opthamologist says we still have a long road ahead to make sure this fixes everything, so many Dr. visits are still going to be a part of my life. Please pray that God continues to heal these two areas, that the process would be over sooner rather than later, and that there would not large amounts of scar tissue in her nose where they cut out the cyst. Please also pray that a cold she picked up a few days ago would clear quickly, and now that the cyst is gone, the cold would leave so she could see what it was like to breathe free and clear!

I am praising God for protecting my baby and trust He will continue to heal her little nose and eye. Thank you for all of your prayers for her!

We Are Home!

Thank you to everyone who has been praying for Danae and I. I am sure most of my readers know what happened, so if you do not, you can email me and I will explain the whole thing.

Here is an update for those who do not know. The infection in the eye is gone. By God's grace is never made it to her optic nerve (they were worried at first) and as far as they know did not affect her sight. Although the actual infection is gone, her eye is still swollen and there is a place in her nose that is also swollen. Because of that, we are being sent to a surgeon specialist to find out if this will need to be surgically drained.

The Dr.'s do not think that the cysts are anything but fluid, so long term damage will be none. This I am thankful for. Please be praying that the Dr.'s are correct, it is just fluid in these parts, and that whatever needs to be done to fix it will be safe and effective.

Our hospital stay was as good as a hospital stay could be. There was lack of sleep, annoying things to be done constantly like vital signs, and lots of sticking my poor baby to get iv fluids in her. They must have stuck her 10 times at least during the stay. It was aweful. She had 3 collapsed veins during the stay, so they had to keep redoing the iv. It was difficult for me to see her in pain and being fooled with so much, but God and the best mother and grandmother in the world helped me through it. My mom helped me to realize that this was a great opportunity to get some reading, praying and thinking done. I was able to listen to worship music, read a great biography, and pray lots while I was there. It was a great way to pass the time!

Thank you to everyone who stepped up and helped me and my family. Thank you Tammy for being the best friend ever and organizing everything. Thanks Rachel and Tara for cleaning my house! And thanks to all who helped with my kids (Rachel, Rebekah, Amy, Erin, JJ, Janelle, Dad, Elyse. Did I miss someone?) I was telling mom that it amazes me how people rally around each other in time of need. It was awesome to see the local church in action!

Please continue to pray for us as the ordeal is not over. Things to be praying for are:

The infection stays away

Finances

Wisdom for all her Dr.'s

Rest for Danae and I

And most important protection for my baby girl in whatever needs to happen.

Last, thank you to my mom for being the most amazing person that I know. Thank you for sitting in the room with me for all those days. For holding Danae and comforting her when it was too hard for me to watch. For the many lunches and dinners you got me so I did not have to eat the food there. And mostly for being there for me. Just knowing you were there, or coming soon, helped me to get through this ordeal and I am sure it helped the baby girl too! If it were not for the fact I was her food source, I truly believe you would be her favorite person. :-) I love you!

Hospital

Update on Eye

Here is a picture of her eye today. She seems to be able to open it more. We are still dealing with the pain and not sleeping, but thankfully mom spent the night last night so I could get some rest. Tomorrow we have her follow-up appointment and I am praying all is ok.