He will have more surgeries later to fix other things related to his cleft lip and palate, such as his nose and his lip, as well as replacing some teeth with dental implants. Today's surgery will allow there to be enough bone in the roof of his mouth to let the dental implants hold. So as you can see, he's just at the beginning of a journey that will probably take a couple of years. I'm happy for him and look forward to seeing him smile confidently someday. Just imagine how different he's going to look by the time we move back to Wisconsin in 2016!
Last night we ate dinner at Fuddrucker's (yum!) for his last meal of solid food for two weeks. I took a short video of him making his "dolphin noise," because today it's going away. While I will miss it, I'm glad for him. I told him he's like the penguin in Toy Story whose squeaker was broken, only instead of having it fixed, he's having his squeaker removed. :) Here's the video I took last night. (Sorry for the loud background noise.)
I wish I could be in two places at once: at the hospital with Shane and at home getting the kids ready for school. After dropping him off at the hospital at 5:30am, I came home. I plan to go back to Johns Hopkins once the kids are off to school and stay with Shane until mid-afternoon; then home to get the kids so they can see Dad. I'm not sure if they'll let Allie in to see him because she isn't 12. Please pray for God's will to be done here - on the one hand, she would be super sad not to see him but on the other hand, it might be scary for her to see him out cold with tubes sticking out of him. God knows best.
I texted this verse to Shane this morning and am holding it near and dear today:
Isaiah 26:3
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Thank you for lifting up Shane and the kids and I in prayer. We can feel it. May you also feel God's love through us.
Cindy
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