Sorry for the late update! Bella made it thru the surgery beautifully, NO vent necessary. Another one of God's great miracles. We are incredibly thankful to Dr. Wallace, Nurse Susan & Nurse Mary for getting her thru it. It was a labor of love! Dr Wallace felt like it was great timing, aside from wearing glasses by preschool age we are hopeful that the surgery took care of the ROP. If this had happened over 20 years ago there is a big chance that Bella would have gone blind with the disease. Praise the Lord for modern medicine & miracles.
Today she is on 65 % oxygen and resting comfortably with tylenol to ease the pain. Her eyes are a bit swollen and red but a small price to pay...
Dylan & I are having a mommy/Dylan date today. We are headed to Huntsville to see the Treehouse exhibit at the Botanical Gardens. Twelve different treehouses (including an Star Wars Ewok Village...) to play in. We are excited to spend some quality time & get out for the day.
We hope that Bella has an uneventful day full of rest and recuperation. Thank you again for helping us pray thru it!!!
Much love to you all
Telisha
Praise The Father in Heaven. Thank you again and again for yet another miracle...God's lil solider is marching forward with more strength and vitality each day.Now you rest and heal sweet Bella cause you have got a whole wonderful world ahead of you to see and explore and show them all what our Father in Heaven is capable of through you . You are gong to do wonderful and miraculous things little lady...Love to All and Prayers from our home to yours each and everyday. God Bless the little children and God bless all whom have a hand in the care of your angel Bella.God Bless the Cobb family.
ReplyDeleteTelisha,
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes time for corrective lenses, see if she can be fitted for hard contacts. They did that for my cousin who was also a preemie, and they stay put way better than baby glasses. My cousin will be 18 in November and has always worn the contacts along with hearing aids (he's legally blind at over 80% vision loss and 50% hearing impaired)... but he can ride a bike; drive a truck on the family land (will never have a license though); has been on horseback down the Grand Canyon; rode a zip line in Brazil; and just climbed part of Mt. Rainer this past summer. So don't ever think that Bella might be limited, because her will to fight is a strong indication that she will be able to do whatever her little heart desires.
If you are interested, my aunt won't mind if you contact her on FB... Jo Clancy on my friend's list... and my cousin is Vincent Clancy III in case you are interested in seeing what a now teen-aged miracle looks like. Also, my aunt is a published writer, she wrote a book about her experiences with Vincent's birth.. it's called "What Love Is, Lessons From the Heart" and you can find it at amazon.com ... it's a good read if you're feeling up to it.
Blow a kiss to Bella for me and the kids and kiss Dylan for us.