So Thankful....

A week ago this time, we were waiting on Dr. Ohye to give us the run down on how surgery went....now I am sitting back at home folding laundry while J sleeps....life is pretty much back to normal! We are so so thankful for the blessing that God has placed on our life. and we are so thankful for the blessing that each one of you was/is  to us! The prayers, cards, gifts, and meals really brought us through the difficult days.

Please continue to pray for:

1. Healing for Josie
2. Josie has become really attached to us through the process.....now, she is not okay if
I am out of her sight...pray that she becomes comfortable again. I think she just used to someone holding her all the day....but, I would have changed how we did things either.
3. Josie hates taking medicine! She is just on Tylenol and Motrin for pain, but it is difficult to get her to take them...gums get locked! Pray that she takes them to help with her pain...

When I started the blog, I titled it Enlarging our hearts....and that has defiantly happened. Our hearts have been enlarged! We met many new friends at U of M , many other mamas and daddy's who were being the strength for their kiddos....if you can...add Abby, Sawyer, Samuel to your pray list...Praying for a miracle in their lives as well!

Thanks again for the support!

Love, Sarah

We are home!

Yes, it is pretty unbelievable! Josie is clearly happy to be home!

So much more to write, but thank you for the prayers!

Chest Tube

Josie's chest tube is coming out at 10 am, this can be a bit painful, so she will be sedated a bit.

Prayers apperciated.

All is well!

I started a email about all the adventures of this weekend, but realized I do not have time to write the whole story yet...so I will give just a quick update of the latest ...

*josie was breathing on her own at midnight the night of her surgery!

*josie ate 10 oz in the 36 hours after surgery!

*josie was out of the I C U on Saturday at 3:00 pm, just 32 hours after surgery!

*she did have a nasty reaction to the morphine and Benadryl, but since then has been doing great!

*chest tube is hopefully coming out tomorrow

*sounds like we will be home Tuesday or Wedmesday....

We have been so blessed on this journey by the love and prayers of others. Thank you for showing us love in some of our hardest days!

Much love! The Sobels

We should be able to see Jose in about 30 minutes...

She did great! No surprises while we were in there!

Thanks be to GOD!

The fix is done...

The surgeon has made the fix, Josie 's heart is beating on its own..

Surgery Update Number 1-....

We made great friends with Kelly (a nurse practitioner with the anesthesiologist team) yesterday....She is a God sent! Laurie was on prayer duty for the nurses that we came in contact, so thank Laur for praying hard for the jewel she is...

She is not on Josie case today, but has taken it upon her self to friend Josie, and she followed her to the OR, and watched her be put to sleep...She said Josie went to sleep in the Josie way that she would..One minute, looking around at around, pulling on the caps of the nurses, and the next minute, just went to sleep for a little "nap"...

I wanted to share with you what Kelly wrote in the book, Zip Line (thank Brown Family!!), that I am having people write in for Josie...

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Josie-

Happy Solstice beautiful girl! It is so perfect that a girl so full of sunshine gets her perfect little heart fixed on the brightest day of the year, Thank you for letting me be a part of "team Josie" for even just a little while! Love, Kelly
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