Surgery Details

Details of surgery forthcoming. My camera recently died and so I am going to try to take some before shots of her balloons at the hospital with my moms camera and then I will have something to compare to the after shots and then I can show you before and after pictures later. First a few cute pics from our cell phone!

I am getting in to dressing the girls alike lately! Its fun and girly!

Riding with her sister
(Disclaimer for those of you who are shocked and dismayed, Mom was at work, Dad was in charge, Dad assures Mom that while no they don't have helmets on when the tricycle was in motion Dad was right behind said tricycle, Mom insists that while the picture is pretty darn cute Sophie still could have fallen and cracked her head open on the pavement. Then Mom wonders what else happens when she is at work...)

Well here we are at another surgery again. Fridays the big day, Sophie is scheduled at 11 am and we have to be at the hospital at 9. I of course hope the fasting goes ok for Sophie, I just finished making her jello jigglers for the morning of surgery but it seems that the last surgery she did better in this area than I expected so I pray that trend continues.


For any of you who get lost in all "this" and need a slight review of what surgery she is actually having, she will be having her two tissue expanders, (one in front, one in back), removed and the Dr pulls down the clear stretched out skin and cuts out as much mole as he can remove. She also has a few other little areas that need tweaking, she has a large hypertrophic scar that itches her side and limits the tissue movement and he is cutting that out, she has two very large sattelite moles one on each shin (one already partly removed) that he plans to take out.


One area that could use a lot of prayer which we didn't know about until right up until we got in there last time was the issue of blood perfusion and tissue death. Please pray that the reconnection of blood vessels would allow for healthy blood flow to the reconnected skin so it doesn't run the risk of dying and having a complicated wound that needs healing. Craig and I have been here many times, this is little Sophies 6th surgery and 7th time going under anesthetic. So we have some peace in knowing we have been through this before. However on the flip side, Sophie has made some changes, she can walk now, she can talk now, so these changes may make it easier for her to tolerate what is happening or in the very least communicate to us how she feels.


There is one last major issue that needs prayer. The main reason the Dr was apprehensive about squeezing in a surgery with his busy schedule was that he added this day of surgery on for Sophie but he has to leave Sat to go up to Mackinac Island until Thurs so he is hoping and praying that Sophie will be ok to go home the next morning and won't have any problems (at least any that we couldn't handle by phone) until he gets back. This is part of the stress of having a specialist who is the ONLY one who does what he does but luckily like I said we have been through this before and we have lots of support. Praying for God's blessings on little Sophia for a quick and speedy recovery and that she wouldn't suffer in too much pain. Thanks for all your prayers and support. We love you all, you carry us!