Anna will be going to Chattanooga on January 12, 2009 to have her palate surgery. We went to see Dr. Sargent on December 15 and he had us schedule this next procedure. It will be the first of two surgeries that we anticipate for this coming year. Dr. Sargent felt like it was best to wait until a later date to do any repairs on the skin where she ruptured her sutures from the lip surgery. The skin needs more time to heal and grow, so we will probably not do any revisions to the scarring above her lip until he performs our second surgery for the year to lengthen the columnella (making a tip/point on her nose, as well as revising all the scar tissue that lies above her top lip.) That surgery will take place sometime next fall or winter.
Anna is doing well and growing and changing daily. She has just started crawling really well this past week and I am spending lots of time chasing her down so that she doesn't get into everything. Samuel spends time on the couch or on the far side fo the room reading his books so that Anna can't reach him. She wants to be with him doing whatever he is doing. He is learning to share his toys now that she can get to them. Samuel has been learning to potty train this past week and is doing real well. We have enjoyed the past few months with both of them just playing and growing. Anna has really developed a personality and we have enjoyed her being so playful. She has become quite the "Daddy's Girl" lately and lights up when her daddy walks into the room.
We look forward to the holidays and a few weeks to just relax before this upcoming surgery. (We will have the same restrictions as far as feeding her through a tube feeder for two and a half weeks and wearing the elbow restraints again, so it will take a few weeks for her to recover.) We are hoping and praying for a speedy recovery and covet your prayers. God has been so faithful to see us through all of her procedures and medical needs this past year-He is so good! We are sure that this year will be a testimony of His continued grace, too! We have been blessed beyond measure through the trials we have faced and praise Him for His goodness!
Thank you for remembering us and keeping us in your thoughts and prayers!
May Christ dwell in you richly this New Year as you seek Him and serve Him!
The Carr Family
