Jaden's CP Brain Shunt Stay / Update

Jaden's Neuro Surgeon came in last night and said that we needed to bring Jaden home to recover since he hadn't had anymore IV morphine. Urine, sats, heart rate, and blood pressure was all stable. The risk of him catching something on top of this major brain surgery would be life threatening. He is extremely weak but we are home. PRAISE THE LORD!!! We go back the day before Thanksgiving to have all of his stitches removed.

Jaden slept pretty good through the night and is acting more and more like his self. He is Still so weak. He can only stand to be out of bed about 15 minutes.

We thank everyone so much for all their daily prayers and especially through this last surgery.

Jaden and daddy

Jaden trying to play patty-cake

Jaden's boo boo

Jaden's IV

Jaden looking at mommy

Jaden's shunt incision

(the shunt went through the brain stem and into the cyst)

Jaden just hanging out, being so strong

Jaden's Mr. Puppy has the same boo boos as him
(puppies IV)

puppies shunt and belly incision

Jaden and Mr. Puppy scheming on how to break out of the hospital

Partners in crime

"Hey puppy, maybe my paci will help us get out of here"

Jaden using his fingers to make noises with his lips

Pain medicine kicking in

Tummy incision (this is where the tunneled tubing from
the shunt goes into his stomach cavity)

We are very thankful and so blessed that the Lord has carried us through yet another mighty storm and now we are on the other side of this. Just trusting in him for a full recovery without any complications and that this is and will be the last surgery ever....As Thanksgiving draws near, James and I were praying so hard we would be home for this great Holiday and it's just only 4 days after his surgery we got to come home...Praise the Lord..We are clinging to this verse

In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you

I Thessalonians 5:18

Surgery #15

Just made the first incision at 11:50...Took awhile to get IV lines placed.....Please continue to pray for our baby, it's so hard being so far away from him......

In Our Time Of Trouble...

As James and I pray, we find that the Lords incomparable peace overshadows all of our worries and fears. So thankful He's our Hiding Place and when we call upon Him in truth He's our Song of Deliverance. No matter how bleak things seem we know that He'll never let the righteous fall...

29 and Holding

Thanking the Lord for Ten Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-One and 1/2 days He has given me, now 29 doesn't sound so bad...My heart is so heavy...I'm not asking the Lord I'm begging Him, Not requesting but imploring that my sweet baby is gonna be better after this up-coming surgery and no more...That's all I need...

Jaden's Brain Surgery has been scheduled...

Got the call that we have been praying about tonight...James and I will meet with Jaden's NeuroSurgeon this Wed Oct 28 and his brain surgery is scheduled for Fri Oct 30 he will be getting another shunt called Cyst Peritoneal Shunt IMRI we will know more when we meet with them Wed..Please Pray this will be surgery #15....

~Pumpkin Patch / Pumpkin Carving Night~

We braved the chilly weather and headed out to the Pumpkin Patch...Nate wanted to tag along to get a pumpkin since Shelby Ann had already went and got hers...We picked out the perfect one's to carve and went home to do just that....James loves to carve pumpkins each year and Shelby and Nate was so excited to get to help do theirs.....After drinking our Pumpkin Spice Lattes we got started. Despite the mess we sure did have a great night hanging out in the garage.....

~Pumpkin Patch 2009~

Uncle Nate holding Jaden

That same night had to come home and carve out our Pumpkins...Shelby and Nate was so excited...They especially loved cleaning out the pumpkin....We had pumpkin slime and seeds everywhere but it was all worth the fun....

They picked which face they wanted to carve and then they got busy....

Nate chose the spider web with a Ghost...Which needless to say it was the hardest one out of all the faces to carve...but James didn't mind because he loves carving pumpkins...

Shelby chose the Happy Face the same one that Jaden picked.....Uncle James and Shelby working on hers....

This one's Shelby's

Shelby and Nate's lit up....

The Proud Pumpkin Carvers...

Nate's turned out really great...He already has his face picked out for next years Pumpkin...

After they carved them out we shinned them up with some clear spray paint...It also helps to make the pumpkin last longer before having to toss it out....

Our Lil Pumpkin.....This one's Jaden's....His daddy did a great job carving it out for him....

It looks so good lit up at night on our front porch.

First Frost of the Year

Frost By: Valerie Bloom

Overnight, a giant spilt icing sugar on the ground,

He spilt it in the hedge rows, and the trees without a sound,

He made a wedding-cake of the haystack in the field,

He dredged the countryside and the grass was all concealed,

He sprinkled sugar on the roofs, in patches not too neat,

And in the morning when we woke, the world around was sweet.

Had to capture the beauty of our First Frost...These Pictures were taken behind our house on Sunday October 18th, 2009