Recovering & a Visit from Paul Cardall & Gracie's Dad

Today has been an amazing day. You can see the blessings being fulfilled in her life. Everyone that has had the chance to either bless her or to pray for her has prayed that her recovery will be quick with no pain to our little girl. As the nurse said yesterday she is still doing "stellar."

Around 12:30 pm she had her breathing tube taken out, she has been trying to get it out since right after the surgery. Her oxygen is at 1/2 a liter, which is almost nothing. She is going to get winged off of the oxygen hopefully tonight.

They are taking lines out one after another. Today they took out her central line (IV in the neck) because she is doing so good. She has also had a feeding tube put in so she can start receiving food, finally after a week and a day of being born she finally gets to eat something.

Tomorrow they are planning on taking out her right atrial lines (two wires attached directly to the heart to monitor it). The only thing left to take out is going to be the drain lines from her surgery and her pick line.

Paul Cardall stopped by the hospital today with the dad of a little girl also named Gracie, who passed away last year from a congenital heart defect, bringing blankets to the families that are going to be here for Christmas. They also left us with a book and Paul's Christmas CD. We had been told that Paul had stayed in the same room that Gracelyn is in. He referred to it as the "miracle room." Gracie's dad said that she also stayed in the same room and witnessed miracles as well.

Those of you that don't know who he is you can read his blog athttp://mytricuspidatresia.blogspot.com/. He is an amazing man who has had several heart surgeries and was not suppose to live more than a couple of days after he was born. With the faith of his parent and now his faith he is a walking miracle that has inspired my life and the life that our little girl will have. Paul posted on his blog the other day a scripture that I am now going to take into my life and grow on it.

Psalms 147:3 reads “He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.”

We also had a few other special visitors from our ward stop by, Dave and Rose Bell. If there is anyone we want praying for our little girl it would be Rose. :) She has so much faith! She is a great example to us all!

I want to thank everyone that has had our little miracle in their thoughts and prayers. I know because of your faith that the Lord is blessing my family and will bless yours.

Lets have a great Christmas and remember our blessings.

--Jeff--