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One year ago yesterday we handed our 4-month-old to an anesthesiologist and said a prayer.

One year ago yesterday we had more individual viewers on our blog in a single day (by over 300) than any other day before or since.

One year ago yesterday we experienced something that, even today, we don’t like to look at the pictures of.

But God is so good.  Though we deserve none of it, he brought our son through surgery to repair craniosynostosis and now, a year later, he’s doing extremely well.  We are so thankful for how God works.  He doesn’t treat us as our sins deserve.

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(Worth the) Waiting rooms.

September 30, 2008

We just got done at Benjamin’s followup appointment, and are excited by a good report! We thought things were going well, but as always it is good when the professionals agree with my amateur diagnosis. The best point in the appointment (well second best to the moment the doc showed up after making us wait [...]

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Rough days.

September 23, 2008

Little Ben was doing so good there for a while that all we had was good news.  But if you’ve been keeping up with the Twitter updates to the right, you know that the last two nights have not been as easy. It all boils down to the swaddle, if you ask me (which you [...]

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GOING HOME!!!

September 19, 2008

By home, we mean just here in Winston, but it’s a cheaper room to stay in!  We figured that we are the primary caregivers here at the hospital anyway, and so why not take this show on the road. Thanks for all the prayers.  They worked.  Now pray for Benjamin Sr. for when the bill [...]

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More Good News

September 19, 2008

The doctor came in just a little bit ago.  The nurse just took out the last tube!!!!  Now if we want to we can walk around with him!!  Benjamin is steadily improving and we can go home today if we want. Currently Ben is sleeping (yes, Jacq is posting this one:).  So, we have not [...]

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Moving down the hall…

September 18, 2008

We just got our marching orders, and we don’t have to move far, just down the hall to B-603. We should be making the move in the next 30 minutes. Woo-hoo!

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Milestones

September 18, 2008

We haven’t traveled anywhere, but we sure have passed some significant milestones in the past 24 hours. Jacqueline and her Mom stayed here all night at the hospital while the rest of us got some sleep. This morning around 8:00 I got here and later my mom got here and Jacq and Brenda went to [...]

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All done!

September 17, 2008

Well, they said to expect 4 hours, but it only took 2. Benjamin did fine, and the surgeon said the only thing that did not go exactly as planned was that he needed some blood. All else went well, and the surgery was a success! They are in the process of moving him to the [...]

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The surgery has officially started.

September 17, 2008

We just heard from the nurse, that the surgery just started. It will be 3-4 hours from right now until they finish. Keep praying!

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Prayer request

September 16, 2008

Blue Cross is currently denying the spring surgery, stating that it is too new or “experimental.” Please pray that they would reverse that decision. I have been on the phone with them for the past few minutes, in search of some answers. If they refuse to cover the spring surgery, we will go ahead with [...]

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