Saturday - April 21
As always, we've had a busy few weeks. Our biggest news from the past few weeks is that Bethany had her appointment with the Cleft Team at Children's Hospital this past Monday. We had a good – but long – visit and met her doctors and other specialists that will be working with her through the years. They were all really good with her, and we were grateful for that. Her plastic surgeon, Dr. Moses, will be doing the surgery to repair her palate on May 7. We are glad to finally have a surgery date, but were surprised it would be so soon. Dr. Moses could do surgery May 7 or July 2, so we opted to go ahead and get this out of the way. Of course, we're thrilled that her palate will finally be repaired so that she won't have so much trouble eating, but we're also nervous. It's a big surgery and is going to be so painful for her. Dr. Moses will be repairing her hard and soft palate and also tweaking her lip to minimize the scar. The doctors in China did a really great job with her lip repair, and even Dr. Moses was impressed when he saw her in person, but he feels that he can make it look even better, so we're on board with that. We'd just ask that you continue to pray for Bethany – especially with the upcoming surgery. We're trying not to be anxious about it, but it's definitely a battle. J
Other than that, we really haven't done very much other than visiting family here and there. We were really busy the weekend and week before Easter and also the weekend of Easter. We think we were doing too much because Bethany started having a lot of nightmares that week, not night terrors, but she woke up crying every night of the week. Finally, the Saturday night before Easter, we had apparently done way too much with her and she was hysterical that night. So, the week after Easter, we did very little. I kept her in and we didn't do much visiting or have anyone in. She needed down time, so I made sure she had a very laid back week. After that, she's been fine. Sometimes we still forget that she gets overwhelmed after too much activity, and she'd had WAY too much for way too long. Other than that one week episode, she's doing great. She's so sweet and continues to show us that she's attaching with spontaneous acts of love.
I've worked my final day, last Friday, April 13. I went in for the day to clean out my office and process out. I haven't worked since December 30, so it was quite an adjustment to leave my little sleeping beauty home with her Daddy and go to work. It really cemented in my mind that I made the right decision in staying home with Bethany permanently. I just couldn't imagine having to leave her every day when we've already missed so much. She sure enjoyed her day with her Daddy though. J
Guess that's all for now. We're planning a trip to Audubon Zoo later this week, so we'll post pics from that day. Thanks again to my friends at CNMOC for a gift we'll enjoy all year! J
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