May 15
Posted by Andrew & Jessica on Thursday May 15, 2008 Under Mary Elizabeth
We’re going to Florida tomorrow, Friday afternoon.
Our church and other churches around here have let us in on the big thing going on in Florida- miracle healings taking place like wildfire. It’s called the Florida Outpouring.
Here are a few links:
Article on CBN
Florida Outpouring website
Ignited Church
God.tv – website in which we’ve been watching it from
Last week Andy felt warmth go through his hand after watching it and praying hard. He felt it go very warm and start to tingle. He went in and prayed for Mary Elizabeth and especially her nerve (as we found out that she had either nerve damage or a sleepy nerve from the injections- either way it would take some time to wake up – and we mean some TIME). She went from not being able to close her mouth (one side would stay open- best way to explain it is a popeye-look), to fully closing it after Andy prayed over her. Amazing!
So we continued praying hard for her and others have been joining us in this prayer and her face has gone down dramatically. And for skeptics- it has gone down in places that were untouched for a long time. I’ve never seen her cheek bones look so prominent before.
Our daughter is worth everything to us and we will do anything for her. ME seems excited to go on a plane. So off we go, we leave Friday and return Sunday after attending 3 services. Keep her in your prayers!
Ready for Florida?
Can you just pack me in here?
She’s just too precious!
Apr 30
Posted by Andrew & Jessica on Wednesday Apr 30, 2008 Under Mary Elizabeth
So we had Mary Elizabeth’s follow up visit yesterday at the hospital. Sclerotherapy this time around did seem to work in some areas. It’s been 7 weeks and we found last time it took a few months to see the full result so we really aren’t sure how much it really worked until some time has passed. Also, to get a better picture- they will do an MRI and we are trying to schedule that as we speak. Probably will end up being a month from now.
Not all of it may be seen with the naked eye. There are a lot of cysts in there we don’t really "see". So the MRI will really help get a good picture and tell the Dr’s what they need to recommend as a next step. Sclerotherapy is good only for the large cysts, and Mary Elizabeth does have a lot of areas that are very small cysts clumped up to appear as a large mass – so those will not be injected.
She is having some lazy-ness on the right side of her mouth resulting in her mouth not fully closing on that side. You will see her use her hands to close it more while eating and whatnot. This may be from swelling and nerves falling asleep from the work that has been done. We are praying that this is temporary. We have seen something similar in the past as her smile was crooked last time she had a procedure done but then healed and her smile was back to normal.
Aside from the MRI, she is going for a procedure next week- Thursday, May 8th. She is going under anesthesia and Dr. Waner will do some tongue & gum lasering and her specialist/dentist will follow to check and do any work on her teeth that may be needed.
Lately Mary Elizabeth has been asking to go swimming and anything more than a shallow kiddie pool or sprinkler – she will not be in- so no real swimming will take place. The risks are far too great for a child with a tracheostomy. We tried to explain this to her in the best way possible and of course she asked for us to take her trach out. She wants to be free of it, as do we. Thankfully she’s so very loved and adored so she is a happy little girl and remains strong but still, please keep her in your prayers, she sure could use a miracle.
As for other news- she’s doing fabulous as she’s potty trained. She’s gotten better with her listening skills- though she still is at that age!! And she’s been enjoying all the events and visiting we’ve been doing. So lots of happy times!
-You’ll see what I mean as I will be putting up pictures very soon 🙂 … here’s one cute one for now…
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!
