January 27, 2011 to January 31,2011

We went in on Thursday for Megyn's cast to be removed. Her feet were straight and looked so beautiful. I was so happy for her and for her to be free of her cast. WOW, God is good and takes care of his children. We were told to come back in a month and he will check on them and for us to stretch her feet in the mean time. Our appointment is for March 3, 2011.

Saturday, 1/29/11, Megyn started crawling. She doesn't really know what to think about it but she is crawling and it is so sweet to see her doing that.

Yesterday, 1/30/11, Megyn's right foot is turning again!!! :o(

What to do? Well it is a waiting game ... we must wait until 3/3/11 and then see what we will do. Megyn came out of her cast on Thursday but I felt as if it wasn't over and I know we still have a long road ahead of us but with God with us it will be so much easier. Please continue to pray for our sweet little Angel!

Casting ... 1/13/11

We went in for Megyn's cast changing. While in there I listened to an interpreter talk to Dr. Capehart about this little girl ... it broke my heart. This dad that could not speak English is crying trying to understand why his daughter, now 2 1/2, has needed 4 surgeries and is going to need another one. She has had 2 on the right and 2 on the left and is needing another one on the left. So please pray for this little girl and her daddy. I have no idea her name nor her fathers but I know he is hurting and that little girl is too.

Now with all this going on I was anxious about have her cast cut off and seeing if the right one was still turned. We cut them off and right away I noticed that her right foot is still turned and that the cast have not done any good and we will need another one. The story before with the little girl bruised my faith a little knowing what I prayed for may not happen ... right now ... BUT IT WILL IN DUE TIME (I felt this right away). I am so upset that she has to continue to go through this pain and that she may need another surgery but she is a strong baby and continues to thrive.

Please continue to pray for Megyn and her feet but pray for this little girl and her dad.

Megyn's Feet ... See the right one :o(

Megyn trying to take off.

PIctures of Megyns Feet ... after surgery

She was one happy baby to get the cast off!

As you can see the right one is still turned but that left one looks great!!!

Changing of cast

Megyn went in on 12/30/10 to have her cast changed. Her cast had been slipping and I felt they needed changed.

Well needless to say ... MOMMA WAS RIGHT.

When they cut the cast off Megyn's feet looked great as first glance. Her left on is straight but the right (the stubborn one) is still turned as if the surgery did nothing.

They re-casted her and said to make a two week appointment and we will see what Dr. Capehart wants to do. It looks like she will need another surgery but I know God will get her through this and she will be a strong little girl.

Please continue to pray for her and feet as God continues to heal her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Update after surgery and healing time

Well it has been 6 days since the surgery and Megyn seems to be doing GREAT!!! She in rolling and sitting up and with no pain at all.

She plays with her cast and pulls the cotton out of them .... She yells at them.

She will have these on until we change them out next week on the 3rd. Then she will have another set of cast on for two weeks and we will repeat the cycle until Dr. Capehart see it necessary to take them off.

We are continuing to pray for her healing and that she will walk and not need another surgery.

I WILL POST AN UPDATE WITH PICTURES AFTER HER APPOINTMENT NEXT WEEK.

Surgery

Megyn went in for surgery on 12/21/10 at 7:15 AM. She did so good waiting to eat. She woke at 3:15 and wanted to eat so I let her play in her walker then we headed to the hospital at 4:30 ... I worried it would take forever to get there because there was fog and it was very thick. Well, it took about 15 minutes to get there and we played the waiting game for the surgery to begin. On our way there Megyn feel asleep so we didn't have to worry about her being hungry. The nurses let her sleep up until 6:45 and she did well ... she played with her panda she got from the hospital. She started fussing at 7:07 and the came and got her at 7:12.

I remember she looked so tiny going back in the nurses arm as she walked down the hall. I worried for a second and then remembered that she was in capable hands and God was with her. The time ticked by and I waited and waited and waited. Finally at about 9:10 I said "The doctor should have called me by now". Everyone with me said just wait. At that time the phone rang and it was Dr. Capehart. He told me that she did good and it took awhile to get the IV started in her chubby arms. Next, he said that she did really well and her left foot look really good but her right tendon is really tight. She should heal really fast and we will see you in two weeks. At the end of our conservation he said I could go see her when she is ready and out of recovery.

Well, Squishy wanted her momma and they came and got me. I walked in and saw this big baby looking at me and screaming. She seemed so big and I still don't know why but Craig even commented on the fact that she looked bigger for some reason. I was holding her and talking to her as she screamed in pain but I knew that she would be okay and I prayed silently to God begging him to let her sleep so she would stop hurting. She finally feel asleep and I sat there holding her and rocking. They moved us to a room after that for the next 4 hours, that was the procedure because she was a preemie. She cried each time she woke up except at the end ... about 30 minutes left ... I gave her to Craig and she laid there talking to him and putting her hand on his mouth so he cold kiss it. It is amazing to see the love they have for another.

We headed home with some medicine for her and with mommy feeling a little nervous about her little Squishy Bear!

Update on Megyn's feet

Well, it looks like Megyn's feet are not doing what we hoped. For the longest time I struggled writing this because I thought it was my fault and I caused them to turn in again. I did the braces for the longest time then started taking them off, it seemed like they hurt her. Then I let everyone else take them off if they too thought that they hurt her. She weighed 9 lbs. when we got them now she is weighing in at 14 lbs., so I am guessing she got too big for them.

We went in on December 2, 2010 and Dr. Capehart looked at her. He actually said about 75% of babies born with club feet need the surgery even after the casting and braces. Also, she is six months so she will do fine with the anesthesia now.

We go on December 14th and I will find out more on the time ... but I am thinking around 7:00 AM.

PLEASE PRAY WITH US FOR OUR BABY AND THAT GOD GUIDE THE DOCTORS HANDS AND HE FIXES THIS ONCE AND FOR ALL!!

This picture was taken today (12/12/10) of her feet ... it looks almost as bad as it did the day she was born ... I know she will walk I just have faith but as a human and mommy, I AM SCARED FOR MY BABY GIRL!