A Clean Bill of Health for Grace

The week of Thanksgiving, we took Grace to a pediatric surgery center to have an umbilical hernia repaired. She has had it since she was born, and early on our pediatrician pointed it out to us. She told us that it may heal on its own, but cautioned us then that we may need to consider surgery if it didn't correct itself by age 4.

It was a minor surgery, we were home with Grace resting on the couch by 9:30am afterwards, but it was still pretty scary to watch a couple of nurses wheel your baby girl into an operating room on a gurney. She did great and rebounded very, very quickly. The surgeon told us that we would likely have a hard time containing her after the first couple of days, and he was definitely right. I can't tell you how many times Brenda or I had to remind her to take it easy, she had stitches in her belly!

There is no keeping a 4 year old down. I asked her teacher to try keep her from jumping off the top of the monkey bars on the playground. That seemed like about all we could ask. This morning, during Grace's chapel service, the kids all performed their Christmas program for parents and grandparents. Grace did really well and made an adorable bunny. After school, we took Grace for her follow up appointment at the pediatric surgery center. The surgeon was quite pleased with how Grace is healing. From what we can tell, aside from a bit of bruising that is fading away, you can't even tell she had anything done.

Its been a busy holiday season so far, as it seems they always are. While we always have no shortage of things to be thankful for and to celebrate, a happy, healthy little girl is a great place to start for us.

I haven't uploaded the pictures yet, but I will post some pre and post surgery pics and some pics from Grace's Christmas program soon.

Merry Christmas, Y'all!

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