Surgery

Addie Mei's surgeryDate: 5/25/2006
Addie Mei had her surgery on Monday to remove the extra tip on her thumb. We had the surgery at Riley Children's hospital and everything went great.The doctor removed the tip and then repositioned some tendons and ligaments. He had to put a pin in the thumb to hold all in place. She come out with a soft splint up to her arm pit. I was a bit surprised, as I thougt she would only have a little thumb slint on. Getting her dressed is quite the ordeal. I have NO shirts that have sleeves that fit over this thing. I had to go to Goodwill and buy a jacket to cut the sleeve off from. She has to wear the hospital shirt that she came home in to bed. It is the only thing that would go over her arm that she could sleep in.She did have a hard time coming out of the aneasthesia. She had to have some medicine for nausea and that seemed to help. Only after three bouts of throwing up red popcicle on Mama's white sweater. Lesson learned!!!!!!!She seems to be handling it all very well. Only a little cranky the first day or so. I have taken her off the strong pain meds, as I think they made her very aggitated.We do have to go back to the doctor today, unplanned. She has broken the splint already. She falls a lot with the extra weight on hr already weaker right side. She catches herself on both hands, and has broken the splint. I hope they wil lput a smaller thumb spika on instead of this whole arm thing again. Whatever is best for her though!!Thank you for your prayers!! She is a little trooper!! Yesterday, we went into the garden and Addie Mei got to pick her first strawberry!! She did very well. She then proceded to eat the strawberry. Good thing I do not spray!!! I told her that we only pick the very red ones. he looked around and saw another and went right to it!! I think she is really understanding a lot more everyday!!! I got pictures of her in the garden in her album.On we go!!!

1st Mother's Day

Happy Mother's DayDate: 5/14/2006
What a blessing this little girl is t ome!! She wa sso sweet this morning! She woke up a bit earlier than usual for a SUnday, so I was not showered yet. We had breakfast and then she just wanted to sit on my lap and read book after book! It was precious. We would finish one, she would bring it back to the shelf and bring another. I loved every minute of it!! Once we were ready for church, I took out the video camera and she had a lot of fun hamming it up for the camera. We went to the full length mirror and she had so much fun watching herself. Thankfully my digital camera has a timer on it, so I was able to get some good pictures of the two of us together today!! They are in her albums. Thanks for sticking with us even after 2 months of being together!! Your support and prayers are so needed!!Love,Tamie and Addie Mei

2 Months together

2 Months alreadyDate: 5/10/2006
Wow,In less than 48 hours, Addie Mei and I will have been a family for 2 months. Time is flying by and I am loving every minute, well almost every minute!! She is so much fun and laughs so easily now.It is really hitting me that I finally get to celebrate my first Mother's Day!! For so many years I would cry as this day approach, thinking I would never get to celebrate it as a mother. God has changed all of that for me, and I am so excited to have this special day with Adeline!! I am sad that I can't be with my family to celebrate, but we wil lmake the trip up again in June to visit for awhile.Adeline will be undergoing her surgery to remove the extra tip on her thumb soon. It is scheduled for May 22nd. It is a minor operation, but she will have to go under general anaestesia(sp?) She will come out with a pin in her thunmb and a cast on her hand for a few weeks to allow all to heal up and to keep the pin in place. I am able to stay home with her for a couple of days after the surgery to make sure she is doing well and handling the pain medicine alright.She has been doing great in her therapy with First Steps. She is getting stronger everyday and learning new things everyday, not all good I have to say. She is almost 2 and is showing the signs of the terrible twos already!! She has gained 1 pound since we have been home!!!! She is still way underweight, but we are moving in the right direction. Thank you for continuing to follow along with us!!! I hope Addie Mei touches your life in a special way!!!Love,Tamie and Adeline