We did, in fact, make it home on Thursday. Dr. Young came by in the morning and told us that we were free to go. He said the ultrasound they did of the ventricles in her brain came back showing the ventricles slightly large, but that he wanted to wait and see what they did. We would've been able to leave immediately, but I had contacted Hope's pediatric orthopedist and asked him to come and see Hope in the hospital so that I would not have to make a separate trip to Indy. He was very obliging, and came around noon to see her. And, praise God, he said that while there is a slight click in her left hip, he believed it to be cartilage. He ordered an ultrasound of her hip just to make sure, and his diagnosis was correct. Both her hips look great--they both have very deep sockets, and there is no indication of hip dysplasia. Thank you, Lord! By the time we finished all that up, it was mid-afternoon. I finished up final paperwork, pulled the car around, and the nurse brought her out to me. We drove home through Indy traffic and pouring rain, but I was so glad to be home!
Since then, things have been normal. She's still eating and sleeping great. She's been a little cranky the past few days, but even that has been a little better today. Her incision still has a little bit of swelling, but it goes down a little more each day, and is already growing peach fuzz. Here she is, trying out her new range of neck motion with Grandma:
It has been blazing hot here recently. We went straight from cold, rainy spring to hot and humid summer. The kids and I got out the sprinkler and kiddie pool for Rose today, and they've been having a blast:
(The girl in the pink suit is our neighbor, not Ellie. Ellie is missing from all the pics because she was throwing a temper tantrum about not being allowed to turn the water on and off at her pleasure.)
Since I wasn't about to let sopping wet Carver hold the camera to take a picture of Hope hanging out with me, this is the best I've got:
5 comments:
Glad to have the update, Anna. We keep you all in our prayers, and rejoice to see God's good pleasure for Baby Hope!
Chris and Dave Finnegan in NM
I have been checking back regularly to see. Thanks for letting us know! :) And really, Anna, you have really beautiful children. Really. :)
Thanks for the update and pictures!!! So glad Hope is home again.
The part about Ellie not being in the pictures cracked me up! :-)
Loved the photos! Thank you so much--lots of people have been asking for the news! We are so grateful for how God is intervening in Hope's recovery! Still praying for you all daily (hourly!)I'm sorry Spring didn't stay around for long but running through the sprinklers has to be a highlight of being a kid!
Thank you for posting the updates, Anna! What a joy for us to see how richly God has blessed you. We miss you and continue to pray from Cleveland. Love, the Romeos.
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