Continued Progress...

Thank you all for your continued prayers and support! Kenzie's swelling has gone down remarkably from Monday's procedure and they closed her chest completely Friday afternon. The surgeon sat down with us afterwards and said that everything went very well. While he was in her chest cleaning things out, he noticed a major difference in the size of her heart (almost half the size as before) and also mentioned that her lungs looked so much healthier.

They are extremely excited about the progress she has made over the last 5 days. They've completely removed the pacemaker (before it was set at a low setting in case her heart rate dropped significantly), they've started  back up on giving her milk through the feeding tube, they've taken her off a few meds that helped her pee and lower her blood pressure, and lastly have started weaning her off her ventilator!!! PRAISE THE LORD!!! 1 Samuel 1:27 says "I prayed for this child, and the Lord granted me what I asked of him." Even though we're still early in our journey, we are so grateful for God answering our prayers thus far, and so thankful for each of your prayers! He is in control and His will be done! Maybe the primary purpose of all this is for everyone who reads this blog (and those who write it) to come before Him on our knees in prayer, with complete dependency (like little children to their parents)!

Through this entire time I've come to realize that it's what He's always desired. When we first believed in Christ, we realized that there was nothing we could do to "earn" our way to heaven because of our sin. But we learned through Scripture that we are saved by GRACE ALONE through FAITH ALONE, through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ! May we view life through the same lens, in complete dependence upon Him and the Holy Spirit! He knows and wants what's best for us, and we humble ourselves before Him and ask for Him to give us strength and bring healing to sweet Kenzie!

We love you all!

Talking with Mommy

Tiny toes

Hello beautiful eyes!