Weekend Update

Bella has had a mostly restful and food filled weekend!  She was in great spirits today as we ate a whole bunch, did crafts and commenced in general silliness, singing and dancing in bed.  It definitely seemed that we were on the mend and on schedule to head home Wednesday.

And yet, the drama continues: once we thought that we were on the road to coming home, Bella's routine changing of her port-a-cath access revealed the possibility of another infection.  Mommy was skeptical about the security of the tape Bella's previous port access last Monday.  That skepticism today came to pass with Bella's port needle showing some puss and clear fluid dripping from the needle's wound.

We ask that you please pray to our Lord that His healing hands thwart any possibility of a new infection.  Bella deserves to come home!  Please pray harder than ever for this.  We are so humbly grateful for the promising news we received this past week, and so grateful that Bella's condition is not as severe as it could be.  However, our little angel is desperate to come home to her kitties.  To help, Mommy & Daddy are making arrangements for a visit from the mammoth kitty, Bella's Caya, tomorrow - we were told that we could do this (we would drive Caya up to the entry of CHOC and Bella would be granted an outdoor pass at the permission of the Dr.s).  Hopefully, this will put a little band-aid on this heart broken little girl.  But, Lord, please, not another infection, especially at the negligence of those responsible for caring for our angel.  How much more discomfort must she and we tolerate???  Please Lord, this can't be your plan!!!

Thank you all for praying with us.  Trust me when I write that we read through your messages and your prayers...they help and comfort more than you could possibly know.

With so many thanks and blessings,
Sam (Poppa)