Surgery Update

Well Addie had her hip surgery yesterday. It went extremely well. The doctor was able to loosen the tendons around the ball of the hip and then cut the leg bone underneath the ball in order to move the ball into the socket. They had been worried about her losing blood due to cutting the bone, but the blood loss was minimal! God has his hand on the surgeon and his team and all were pleased with the results and ease of surgery. Her pain yesterday and through last night was bad, but she was in a much better mood this morning. The doctor was in and we are going to be able to go home this afternoon after her third dose of antibiotics. We are looking forward to sleeping in our beds! The body cast is loose around her belly and goes to her ankle on her leg but only to her knee on her left which is nice. The plan is for her to come back in 2 weeks for X-rays and then 6-7 post-op the cast should come off and she will go to a brace for an un determined amount of time. We are so grateful for God's touch on her and the surgeons who he used. And in the middle of this while the night hasn't been easy and this cast will pose its own set of difficulties in the next few weeks we are trusting God that he is using this for the good. We can't see the whole picture but we do know that God loves her even more than we do! Romans 8:28 "We know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them." He has been good to us and we are so thankful for His presence in our lives through the good and the bad!