Apr 17
Mary Elizabeth– She’s doing great! Her swelling from the last surgery went down faster than we thought it would. Now we are just praying to see some results from it. We go to he Dr on April 28th and then we might be scheduling an MRI. She still has some bruising from the injections but other than that she’s doing and feeling fine. May 8th will be her next surgery. It’s a one day procedure – tongue lasering and some gum lasering too and possibly some work on her teeth.
She’s now doing AWESOME with potty training. M&Ms being her motivating factor, haha! Really she just woke up one day and decided that she was ready. She wears underwear at home and outside. When traveling and at events she wears a pull up just in case for now- but is doing pretty good with keeping it dry. When she is out playing she even asks to come in to go- so I’m glad that we didn’t push her too hard- because once she was ready- it became very easy. Going "#2" is still not 100% and she’ll hold it sometimes until naps or bedtime, but she’s getting there and I’m going at her pace to keep it easy.
September she will start pre-school at Trinity Preschool. And wow she’ll be 3 in about a month! 
Andrew, Jr- He’s doing well too. He’s been good with napping as we just lay him in the crib and he puts himself to sleep. Sometimes just turns over and goes, a little whining or crying sometimes but not for more than a couple minutes. He’s been a really good baby. Just recently had a few challenges with his teething but that’s to be expected. I think he’ll have a tooth before we know it- oye he’s getting too big too fast. He will be christened this Sunday so we’re excited about that. At 4 months 1 day old he rolled over from his belly to his back and 2 weeks later rolled from his back to his belly. So he’s on the move.
Both of them love to be outside and the weather has been beautiful so out they get to go out for some fresh air!!
Be on the lookout for pictures at the end of the month – we’ve had lots of fun at my cousin Brian’s Wedding, Andy’s cousin’s baby (Owen)’s Christening and soon Drew’s Christening too!
Mar 17
Ok so they only have a little bit of Irish in them… but still
nonetheless they are a bit Irish. Though ME is on the mend and still
swollen we were able to get some cute shots anyway…
Hope you all had a good day!
Mar 13
Posted by Andrew & Jessica on Thursday Mar 13, 2008 Under Mary Elizabeth
Mary Elizabeth’s surgery went well. She was in amazingly good spirits afterwards, so thanks for the prayers. She was sleeping on and off and in between she’d sit up and color, watch one of her favorite movies (The Sound of Music) and whatnot. It is also pretty great that she tollerated and listened to us about keeping the wires on her and all that. She was very good about everything.
Before surgery started, she did have a rough time in the OR, she seemed a bit scared and felt threatened, even though I brought her in she sorta fought off the nurses and didn’t want to be there- do you blame her? I bet it is overwhleming at her age- not really knowing what’s going on and feeling a bit nervous about her surroundings. But she did ok and I am thankful I can be there with her until she is asleep from the medication.
As far as how she is doing now- she’s still being a trooper and remaining happy through it all. She is a bit uncomfortable as you can imagine- so tylenol/motrin really helps. Her face is quite swollen as we knew it would be, but we are still praying the swelling resolves quicker than last time because it’s really hard. Her whole face and her mouth/tongue etc ballooned up- so things like talking and eating are hard to do right now and that’s a challenge as she wants to eat and talk- it’s frustrating for her.
We will go for a follow up visit with the Dr in 2 months. Last time it took about 4-5 weeks for the swelling to come down and we didn’t see any results for about 8 weeks, and some results even came after that. So we have to be a patient, and like many people- being patient is a hard thing to be.
After the follow up appt we’ll schedule an MRI to get a better look at what cysts remain.
As always, continue to keep her in your prayers and thoughts- and thank you!
Mar 10
WOW I certainly made my plate fuller than it had to be!!! I fit in
everything I could and had to do BEFORE surgery tomorrow that my eyes
are litterally dropping as I type this but this was on my to-do list
too!
Between christening invitations (which I still have about
10 more to do), Easter Bunny, Easter photos, Work, pre-op and doctor
appointments- it’s not surprising the last week just FLEW by!
So
please keep Mary Elizabeth in your prayers for a SUCCESSFUL surgery,
with NO COMPLICATIONS, with an EASY RECOVERY, MINIMAL SWELLING and so
on and so forth. Think of me at 5am tomorrow (oh that’s IF you are up-
doubtful huh) when I’m leaving the house with 2 children and my hubby
heading for NYC! But really, think of Mary Elizabeth – she’s getting
older, more aware and hopefully she’ll manage well as it must be
overwhelming and hard, ya know. I’ll be sure to update this as soon as
I can after surgery is done. As a reminder this is the Sclerotherapy
Injections to the cysts along her jaw/neckline and she had a great deal
of swelling and discomfort for a while last time, the swelling took
weeks and weeks to go down. So we’re definitely hoping for more ease in
that department.
Anyway here are some very very adorable photos- I must brag as I did everything I could to get this done!!!
