"I lost my dentures!"

Sara's new expression. We call it her "grandma face"!


She loves her toes, here she's talking to them!

The Bunny & Butterfly

All dressed up to go out! The play group here on Quadra had a costume party so I dressed up the girls! The bunny ears didnt' stay on Sara's head too long, she kept pulling them off! Instead of carving a jack-o-lantern for Halloween, we carved Bob & Larry from Veggie Tales!
I think it looked better in the dark!

Jolly Jumper

Sara loves her Jolly Jumper, and it's been entertainment for us all. We took this video & picture last week, it was the first time in her Jolly Jumper since her heart surgery. It's nice to see her improve, and have more & more strength in her legs everyday. I'll post another video later on this week to show you how she's progressed.

Victoria

Sara and I went to Victoria to meet Dr. Sinclair. She had an Echo on her heart and all good reports from the Doctor. We talked about getting her in for a Cardiac Cath sometime in the next 3 months. Her health and oxygen sats are good (83). She weighs 13lbs. 9oz. We were there for just a short time, from 12pm to 2:45pm, so I was able to get in a little shopping! :) Our next appointment will be in December and in Nanaimo, because Dr. Sinclair does clinics there. We're happy about that, it's only 2 hours away.
Joel & Hailey had a great day together. There's a camp in right now, and they gave the campers buggy rides.
Thanks for praying for us. It's great to hear good news. Thank you Lord!

So Sweet

Here's Sara & Hailey today. We had a great afternoon,
I got caught up on some housework while Sara napped,
and Hailey had some quite time reading in her room.

Appoinments...

Sara came home with the NG feeding tube because she wasn't eating enough, and on Thursday she pulled it out an decided to play with it-yuck! I wasn't worried because we were to see the Pediatrician in Campbell River on Friday. The Doctor decided to see how she does without the tube, and go from there. If she isn't gaining well, they'll put the NG back in. We'll go to the clinic here on Quadra to get her weighed each week. As far as how Sara looks the doctor is pleased, and we'll see him monthly. Today I made an appointment with the Cardiologist in Victoria. They'd like to see Sara on the 21st of October for an Echo on her heart.

We are doing well here at camp, Joel is enjoying working with the horses. Hailey, Sara and I are working on getting a routine going while trying organizing the house! We try to get out of the house because the weather's been fairly nice here, but it doesn't always happen! We're also looking forward to Thanksgiving here, although it will be a first without family! (Maybe I can still convince them to come!)

Home Sweet Home!

I'm home with Sara! We travelled on Monday, it took 12 hours to get here, we waited for & on ferries for 5 hours, and the driving time was only 7 hours! Sara was a great little traveller, she slept & played with toys for a lot of it. It was nice for her to have the ferry ride for a break from the car seat.
I spent 2 days in Salmon Arm, and it was awesome to see my family. I had a great time, and I wish it was longer. I was away from home for less than a month, but it felt like so much longer. Joel & Hailey went ahead of me to Salmon Arm for a week, and then Quadra. So we were apart for the longest time ever and I was so impressed how well Hailey did! She was content to hang out with Dad while he was at work here at camp, doing things like feeding horses & working with the tractor in the field. Daddy's girl.
Sara has an appointment with her Pediatrician in Campbell River on Friday. After that we'll find out when we'll be headed to Victoria to see the Cardiologist there.
Getting home to Quadra was such a great feeling, home at last!

Travelling tomorrow!

Sara and I will be going to Salmon Arm tomorrow! Sara's doing well. She isn't feeding that well, so she still has a feeding tube. We'll be going as soon as we can in the morning. You can pray for safety as we drive, and hopefully it won't take us too long to get there! Thanks for praying.

No Surgery tomorrow

Sara's Cardiac Cath surgery is cancelled. Joel got the call from the hospital this evening, after I had left. The doctors think she is doing well, her Oxygen sats have come up. So we're going to work on getting her to feed better and hopefully out this week!

I was so happy to go to Red Deer this afternoon to visit with Heidi & Paul and the Boyes family. It was nice to see them for a short time. Short but Sweet! Thanks so much.

On the weekend I didn't post anything because there was no news about Sara. But I did have a great time with the Germann's. Thank you Maria, see you Thursday!

prayer

Thank you all for your encouragement! I can't even count the number of people praying for Sara anymore. God is so good, and we are so blessed by the body of Christ. Thanks for being committed to praying for us, we love you! Joel, Karey, Hailey & Sara <3