Getting Discharged This Week!

If you haven't already heard, Cordelia is doing SO well that she will be discharged from the hospital either Monday or Tuesday!

As you can imagine, this is HUGE!!

Cliff and Dani were telling me this weekend that Cordelia's surgeon was incredibly worried about her pre-surgery. So worried that he thought if she would have gotten an infection her body might not have been strong enough to fight it off.

Now, he is so happy with her progress and how she is doing that they should be discharged early this week and will begin their next portion of the journey at the Ronald McDonald House full time for another 4-6 week. Their discharge date is 3-4 days earlier than the average for this kind of surgery. A huge praise to God for this incredible outcome!

What this means is that Cliff and Dani are learning the details about becoming Cordelia's primary caregiver-- everything from giving her her medications, to continuing some of her nutrition through the feeding and many other details that seem a little bit big and overwhelming right now, but will hopefully all fall into place once they begin to settle into this new phase of recovery.

Dani's recovery has been slow and steady. Please continue to pray for her healing. There has been some relatively normal pain associated with the surgery that she has been experiencing...The doctors have given her orders that she shouldn't be doing much of anything for a good month...hard for a new mom with a recovering baby, but she's trying! Pray for her healing and strength.

While all of this is VERY good news, Cordelia's next phase of life and recovery comes with new challenges. She has been started on her immune suppressant medications...she will likely need to take these throughout her lifetime so that her body does not reject the liver. This means that Cliff and Dani need to be very careful about where they go and who they see.

Cordelia will not be able to receive any of the normal baby vaccines because they would make her very sick...She actually cannot even be around a child who has just had a live vaccine because it poses a threat to her.  They are not allowed to take her into public places for 3-6 months and will always need to steer clear of things like public pools, etc. (Places where a child could easily pick up a virus).

Please continue to pray for protection over them all as a family-- over Cordelia especially as she will be prone to getting sick easily. And for wisdom, strength and energy for Cliff and Danielle as they continue to navigate this sometimes tricky road they are on.