Yesterday, Jeremy and I spent the entire day in Nashville at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital. We met with the International Adoption Clinic Doctors and I'm still not sure what we paid for. I guess it will be on the bill. We also met with the Pediatric Cardiologist and had an ultrasound of Shelby YiLin's heart. We had the report from May showing a PDA, small hole that never healed at birth, and it also showed that the right side of her heart was significantly enlarged with the pulmonary branch being extreamely underdeveloped and measuring 2mm. That is what the report said. Then we had the second report from September that was given to us by the nanny that still showed the PDA and another problem which we assumed was the same as before but it was in Chinese and we couldn't read it. The interpreter and head nanny told us that she still had the PDA. China had volunteered twice to do the surgery for us prior to arriving but we declined and wanted Vanderbilt to test her and do whatever was needed. The team at Vanderbilt had read and studied the report from May and said that if it was accurate, there might not be anything they could do for her. They could repair the PDA, but the other was very unlikely repairable. None of it made any sence, she appeared to be healthy and why didn't they find it sooner if it was that serious? Jeremy and I prayed and felt like the Lord was going to take care of it. We would wait until she was incountry and have her evaluated. Yesterday, they took 115 pictures of her heart and said she had a beautiful heart and they couldn't find anything wrong with it. Well, that's my God! Whether He healed her or allowed Satin to bring confusion, I don't know. But I do know that He has cleared our path and brought us through. I give Him all praise.
Next we had see the cleft palate team. They told us that her palate repair was done well and the holes that are in her mouth now are normal. She will require 1-2 more surgeries but not until she is 9 or so. He told me to get her in to see a pediatric dentist asap so they could evaluate the 2 broken teeth on top. I had not noticed that they were rotten and probably broke off from that. He was concerned that they might get infected. We will go back in 6 months and he will evaluate her for starting speech theapy. We also had blood work done. She was stuck in both arms and didn't show any signs of pain.
Things are still going well at home......I thank God for it all and thanks to all of you who have been praying.
I was pretty sure that was you I saw at Vanderbilt! How cool! I was sitting in the waiting rooma s you came out and started to say something but I couldnt remember your name. We had brought our daughter to the International Adoption Clinic last week and I was bringing back some things for them. Now I wish I had said something...
ReplyDeletePRAAAAISE THE LORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh Mary, we're so happy to hear that!!!! I'm crying right now I'm so happy! This is also a sign to you that He can heal not just our physical wounds but our emotional, mental, and spiritual wounds as well. Shelby YiLin will continue to grow to love you and know you as her mother. May your entire family be able to rest in this miracle and bask in His grace!
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