Saturday, May 13, 2006

Ella Update as of Saturday 10:30 p.m.....

Well little Ella has done so well today. She has had enough wet diapers that they have stopped reporting them to Andrea and Joe. All of her stats look very good and she seems to be fighting very hard. She is still critical, but is showing improvement. She is getting another blood transfusion in the morning and a new platelet transfusion. She has used up all of the platelets from he first transfusion fighting off this nasty disease, and it is perfectly normal. They say she is moving in the right direction and we pray she will be out of critical soon. She has had NO seizers for 29 hours now and counting. She has been almost 48 hours with a negative blood culture and that is remarkable. Her doctor from Children's will be coming tomorrow to do another spinal tap to check her spinal fluids for the disease. Andrea and Joe are in good spirits although you can only imagine how hard it is to see your infant go through this. They keep eachother going and it is remarkable to watch. I got to go in with Ella tonight and took a few pictures of her and one of me kissing her litle toes. She is so amazing !!! Andrea and Joe will take more tonight and I will post them tomorrow. I got to tell Ella about all of yalls love and support and that we love her and Jesus loves her and she is going to make it through this, God does miracles everyday and she is one of them. PLEASE continue to pray for her health and mom and dad's rest as they need it very much. Still no visitors or phone calls but Andrea and Joe will let you know when they are ready. Thank you again for prayers and support- Sara

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!

Debbie said...

Happy Mother's Day to you Andrea. The Lord has blessed you with a truly amazing little girl.

Anonymous said...

Happy Mother's Day, Andrea!!!!!!!! I love you SO much. We are praying non-stop for sweet Ella. Jack even prayed a special prayer for her last night in his bedtime prayers. You and Joe are an incredible inspiration to us. We can't wait to tell Ella herself what awesome parents she has. (And we can't wait to spoil her ROTTEN!!!) LOVE YOU LOVE YOU LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!

Katy said...

Happy Mother's Day Andrea! What a wonderful answer to prayer. I have not prayed this much in a LONG time and I'm honored to pray for you, Joe and Ella. Praise God!!!!

Unknown said...

Praise God and Happy Mother's Day! The best Mother's Day gift you could possibly have!! I am still continuing in prayer for Ella and that this will not have long lasting effects. God is so good!!

Anonymous said...

Happy Mother's Day, Andrea!!! We are soooo very happy to here little Miss. Ella is getting better. Chase prays for her every night, as do we! Miss Kylie can't wait to have a playdate w/ a girl finally!!! You guys are the best, and keep talking to her, it's the most comforting and supporting feeling a little one can have. God's looking over all of you, and we pray that everyone will be healthy and home soon.

Anonymous said...

Happy Mother's Day! I hadn't checked my email this extended weedend until tonight; I heard about the scare and the recovery at the same time. Brian and I send our love and support to your family during this time.