Post-Surgery Update

Oh, what horrible bloggers are we. We've become very dependant on facebook for throwing out quick updates. So once surgery was over, that's what we did. For those who only see us on here, sorry for such a long delay after surgery.

Everything went great - surgery, recovery, coming home. Audrey is in great spirits and has handled everything beautifully. We're all home as of last Friday, and we head back down to Nashville on Sunday for a Monday morning follow-up with the plastic surgeon. Monday is also Alex's birthday, so we're letting him skip school and go with us. So we'll be celebrating number 17 with him in Nashville.

Thank you for all your prayers.

2 days after surgery

6 days after surgery

same picture, just closer so you can see her lip, which gets less puffy each day

Surgery Today

Audrey is set to have surgery to repair her cleft lip today at 12:00pm, local time (that's 1:00pm back home). Her palate is intact, so this is just to repair the lip. The surgery is supposed to last about 2 and 1/2 hours. The surgeon has told us to expect for her to be in the hospital for about 4-5 days.

Please keep her, the surgeon, and the surgery team in your prayers. We'll post again tomorrow afternoon. Thank you for your prayers.

All four grandparents and Alex came down Sunday and we walked around the Opryland Hotel and went out to eat. Here are some pictures.