Surgery day, 2 months later

 Keith and I are not sitting at the beach, but this picture was from our time in Daytona at New Staff training where we were there.  Nathan enjoyed eating some sand and covering himself in it too.  What a dear little guy he is.  

 

Instead, we are sitting in the waiting room at Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital waiting to see Nathan after his 2 hour surgery.

 This morning around 10:45 he was wheeled away from us to undergo 4 procedures and we're gratefully reporting that he is sitting in the recovery area and doing well.  He had, of course, his palate surgery but another Doctor first checked his trachea to see for sure if it was wide enough for incubation.  It was.  [For those of you who don't know, the Doctor in China who fixed his cleft lip had difficulties incubating him and so this was an important thing to check].  He also had ear tubes put in his ears and had some blood work done.

All in all, it was quite a morning for him and for us.  

The two months we've had to be a part of Nathan's story have now moved onto a new depth.  Our little boy has been through so much already and now he is moving forward.  Now by God's grace Nathan will begin to hear sounds he has never heard and speak words he's never been able to form.  With his palate restored and his ear tube's in a whole new world will open up for him.  Praise the Lord!!!

So, for those of you who knew about this and prayed, THANK YOU and for those of you who are just getting the info now, we cherish your prayers for his recovery.  I'll be writing more in here the next few days while I'm in the hospital with him.  Until then.