Answered Prayers

Our God is so good. So good. Yesterday we went to the Amputee Clinic at Children's Hospital. They of course : ) fell in love with Marianna. She's quite the charmer. So engaging. So sweet. They loved her determination. That joy that just comes from her.... what's not to love : ) We found out that she will not need surgery on her knee right now. In fact that little area behind her knee will not need to be removed till she's much older (8, 9 or maybe 10) It's not in the way of the prosthetic at this age. We are so grateful for that news. Can you imagine keeping a three year old off of her knees for 6 weeks. No way.  So, next Tuesday she will be fitted for her prosthetic and by Thanksgiving our daughter that is almost 4 that hasn't walked a day in her life will be WALKING. Yes, get the Kleenex because I'm already in tears. Visions of our girl walking just brings tears to my eyes. Our Lord has some amazing things planned for this little one. I can't wait to see what He has in mind.

We will spend about 10 days in the hospital having physical therapy twice a day. That will be a little tough. Izzy can come during the day and go to therapy with us. We can even home school while we're there. They are wonderful about accommodating us.... family and all. Ten days of sleeping at the hospital will not be fun, but a small price to pay though for the results. Mari is so excited. She thought when we went to the ENT she was getting her leg and was so disappointed when she found otherwise. This time she asked the doctor "Are you giving me my leg?" Then she said "I want to run". I can see her doing just that. Not walking, but running right away. Thank you all for praying for us. We appreciate that so much. Much love.