Prayers, Please

If anyone happens to be reading this before about noon on Tuesday, please send up a prayer for our little Samantha.  We will be doing an MRI Tuesday morning, which for a little one means general anaesthesia.  I know they're very good at this, but it scares me to put such a tiny person under.

I am really praying that this MRI will show us a reduction in Sam's hydrocephalus.  She is doing so incredibly well. 

She is now saying some four word sentences.  Today, she said (in correct context), "Look, Ally, a ball!"

Her eating is improving.  We talked today with her GI doc and are holding off on further tests to see if her current level of improvement continues.  She has had a 10 day course of Flagyl, which should address any bacterial overgrowth issues she may have had, and we have increased her Prevacid to twice daily.  The result?  This morning at 10 am, she said she was hungry and asked for a snack!!!  That was, believe it or not, the first time that has EVER happened in her 28 months of life.

We were cleared from seeing endocrinology for another 3 months, because the latest tests show her hormone levels are improving or holding steady.

AND, opthmalmology decided last week to observe her for another 3 months, rather than patching her eye now.  It seems that her brain appears to be trying to correct her strabisumus on its own.

So, if you have a moment, please send up a prayer for Samantha.  And, given all of the above, be sure to say, "Thanks"!

And yes...  I owe pictures from a FABULOUS visit with Grandma and Grandpa last weekend.  Stay tuned to this channel for more information coming soon.  We love you guys!  Thanks for being patient!