Surgery...& some other info

First of all...i am overwhelmed and soooo blessed to know EVERY single one of you! i have such AMAZING people in my life, and God has TRULY blessed us with people who love Him, and are so committed to praying for His people...like sweet Asher.

It has been a VERY emotionally draining day for me and Donny...so i cant imagine how it has been for Asher. Thank you thank you thank you for all your prayers! They were felt, despite how imperfect we were by worrying about our baby, KNOWING full well that our God has him in His hands.

Asher's surgery went well, no complications, which is a big praise.

checking his groin area where the cath went in the femoral

this is him in recovery, just after surgery. He was wide awake, and under anesthesia. 

The bad news is his VSD (hole in his heart) is quite large for his size (4.5mm), and although they will keep monitoring it, and hope the hole will begin closing on its own, they still think he might need open heart surgery in the near future...we will know pretty quickly how long he can tolerate the hole without assistance. 

The other part is that the pulmonary valve could begin narrowing again, and IF that happens, he would either need to have this same surgery performed again, OR have his valve replaced...which unfortunately means he would have to continue having surgery until he stopped growing to make sue the valve that was replaced is the right size, since it wont grow with him. 

Please continue to pray for him...pray for his VSD to heal on its own, and for his pulmonary valve to stay open, and not stenos again.

We cant thank you all enough...we feel so incredibly loved, and cared for. We had SOOO many people interceding for him today in prayer....amazing...we are beyond blessed. 

My tears are now tears of joy...but this is not over, please continue praying when you think of it! 

Thank you!

still out of it after surgery

 resting after a long, rough day...
 sweet boy...so tired.

its been awhile...update on Asher

its been awhile....
so we HAVE tried posting on this thing in the last year and a half, promise...but we couldn't login...which i have now figured out! :)

A few of you have asked me to update the blog...mostly due to our sweet 2 week old, Asher who needs surgery this coming wednesday on his little heart.

To update, he has a VSD (ventricular septal defect) which is a hole in heart between the right and left ventricle, and a pulmonary stenosis (which is a narrowing of his pulmonary valve), and each time he goes to the pediatric cardiologist, it has gotten more and more narrow, which is a bad thing.

This coming wednesday, we will be heading to Denver, CO about 2 hours away, to the Children's hospital for a surgery to correct the stenosis. The doctors believe the VSD will close on its own eventually, which of course we hope for!

Please be praying for our family...we have been fortunate enough not to have huge health issues with our kids (besides the febrile seizures), up to this point, and a 2 week old having surgery is heart-wrenching for  me as his mommy. I will try to keep this updated once we know more! :)