Eleonra's Surgery

Dear Family and friends,

Eleonora is doing very well and getting closer to being ready to go home! Feeding seems to be her last big hurdle and due to her paralyzed vocal cord, being on the ventilator for several weeks and prematurity the Doctor has decided a G-tube (feeding tube surgically placed in her stomach) will be best for her continued growth and going home.

We ask for prayer as she goes over to Arnold Palmer (the children's hospital attached to Winnie Palmer) this Friday, May 22nd for the surgery to place the G-tube and at the same time repair 2 hernias. Please pray for the Doctors, Anesthesiologist, and all the hands who will be a part of this - that all would go well and Eleonora would stay strong and recover quickly. Also; please pray that she will be able to come off the ventilator quickly after surgery with no complications.

As Eleonora will be coming home on Oxygen, an Apnea monitor and the feeding tube we will begin receiving training for all of these things and preparing for our daughter to come home. These weeks have been long but we have been sustained by His grace.
Thank you for your prayers and encouragement!

May the Lord be with you,
as He has been with us
Sarah and Philipp