Abigail

Thank you all for your prayers for Abigail! Thank you for the food, the visits, and the emails. It's been so encouraging to have so many friends during this time.

Many of you have asked over facebook or email about what happened.

Saturday morning Eric was letting me sleep in. He was taking the kids downstairs to play. He tripped on something and fell down the stairs while holding Abigail. The fall woke me up. I rushed downstairs and saw them all on the ground. Eric was pretty banged up. Abigail was having a hard time breathing and was obviously hurt.

When we got her to the hospital we originally thought that she had broken ribs or something wrong with her lungs because she kept gasping for air. But, now we think she was just in shock.

The doctors first thought that she would need surgery and be in a full spica cast for 8 weeks with physical therapy to follow. We were moved to a regular hospital room to wait for the procedure to be on Sunday morning.

So, we were incredibly relieved and thankful when they brought her back from the O.R. on Sunday with less than half the cast we were expecting, and only a 3 week period of being in the cast.

It's been a rough 4 days. Abigail is normally very active and independent, so she's having a really hard time adjusting to the cast. We've been able to rig the highchair for her to sit in and borrowed a wagon from work to ride her around the house. She's started sleeping in her crib again at night and for her naps. My mom has also been here during the day with me, which has been so helpful. I don't think I could do it alone.

My biggest concern now is that we can't get her to eat or drink much. She only had one wet diaper today. So, please continue to pray for her appetite and thirst. I really don't want her to end up in the hospital again.

Please continue to stop by. She loves having visitors. Be prepared to hold her and read her a book if you come over. :)