We have been doing great since coming home from the hospital on January 10th. Selah has had quite a few follow-up appointments with her doctors, but nothing we aren't used to now. We also celebrated Sage's 3rd birthday and Selah's 6 month birthday this past week. They are both growing up so quickly.
Sage is such a sweet and smart little girl. She know her numbers from 1-20, knows all of her letters and knows most of their sounds. She can write her name and Selah's name and can spell many other words. She is also very good at counting and is starting to learn basic addition. She amazes us with how fast she learns things. She also went on her first backpacking trip with daddy. She even carried her own backpack. The campsite was about a 1/2 mile from the parking lot, but they had a lot of fun. I think one of her favorite parts was playing flashlight puppets in the tent. She is such a great big sister and loves Selah soooo much! She loves singing her songs and reading her stories, and Selah will just sit and listen and watch her for quite a while. She also loves to smother her baby sister with kisses and hugs.
Selah is getting sooo big, too. She is doing great holding her head up while on tummy time and is working hard at learning to roll over. She can also pass a toy from one hand to the other. Her first two baby teeth have come in on the bottom. She loves to play peek-a-boo and will laugh quite a bit when you play it with her. She is also very vocal, and her therapist is just amazed at how vocal she is and how much she interacts with people and how social she is. We started her on rice cereal, but so far, she is not that interested. She takes 2 naps/day and is sleeping through the night (10-12 hours straight most nights). Being in the hospital for almost three weeks didn't hold her back for long. Within a week of being home from the hospital, she had already surpassed her milestones that she had acheived before going in the hospital.
Carey and I are so blessed to be the parents of our 2 beautiful girls. They remind us daily of God's blessings and His goodness and mercy.
A new favorite verse to add to the list is Psalm 63:1-4
O God, You are my God; I earnestly search for You. My soul thirsts for you; my whole body longs for You in this parched and weary land, where there is no water. I have seen You in Your sanctuary and gazed upon Your power and glory. Your unfailing love is better than life itself; how I praise You! I will praise You as long as I live, lifting up my hand to You in prayer.
Just an example of gazing upon the power and glory of God and watching Him work miracles...Selah's blood clot was a good size in her left leg, and the hematologist wanted to treat it with blood thinners and even postpone her shunt surgery. However, the neurosurgeons said that the shunt needed to be put in ASAP, and so the blood thinner medication would have to wait. The difficult part, though is that she couldn't have the blood thinners right after brain surgery due to the increased risk of a brain bleed, but if the blood thinners weren't given in a timely manner, then they wouldn't be effective. Well, we put our trust in Jesus and prayed that He would dissolve that bloodclot without the need for blood thinners. Sure enough, Selah has gone back for 2 ultrasounds to check the size of the bloodclot and each time, it has gotten incredibly smaller. The last ultrasound, the tech said she wasn't even sure if she saw the bloodclot or not, and the hematologist has said that she does not need the blood thinner medication anymore! Lord, I have seen You in Your sanctuary and gazed upon Your power and glory. Your unfailing love is better than life itself; how I praise You as long as I live, lifting my hand to You in prayer.
We are continuing to pray for an infection-free and problem-free shunt, and for her brain to continue to heal and expand. We are also praying for her left hip to continue to ossify in the socket and that she would have the muscle control to keep it in the correct spot, and we are praying for her bladder and kidneys to continue to function well and for no more UTI's. We know, though, that if God doesn't choose to answer our prayers the way we would want, then He will do exceeding abundantly beyond what we could ever ask for or imagine!
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