Newell News

Molly's doctor did his rounds this morning and said that her face swelling was normal. Her eyes are now completely shut. She's not eating or drinking much yet, but a little and no vomiting. He said there was a possibility of her going home tomorrow??!! He wants us to take walks and encourage her to eat and be active to help with the swelling...so that's what we're doing. Please keep praying as we'd all love to have her home and I know she'd be so much happier. It seems like a long shot, but I'm hopeful!

Molly made it through the night with a lot of restful sleeping and doesn't seem to be in pain, which is wonderful. Her eyes are swollen shut, which they told us to expect...it could last 2 days...it is frightening to her, but she is handling it beautifully. She's not eaten yet and did vomit several times last night, but they gave her anti-nausea medication and she is now able to hold down apple juice. Thank you for your continued prayers...this is the harder part for HER now, the recovery. She is a strong little girl. Her brothers and sister will come later this afternoon for their first visit.

She's here. She's got a big turban of a white gauze bandage around her little head. She's still beautiful. She's on morphine, so she's sleeping. I think she'll sleep most of the evening and tonight...she's been through a lot! Thanks for your prayers, don't know what we'd do without our prayer Army out there and our Awesome God! God is good!

Please keep your prayers going, we're so thankful and grateful. We still have not seen her, she is waking up in recovery and has been a little tearful. But we hope to see her soon! My cell is dead and I forgot my battery charger, so email is the best way to communicate! Thanks to all, God is good!

The surgeon just left. He's pleased with the results. They did not have to remove any part of her skull, they were just able to shave down the bumps. They saw the fracture and said that at one time it had gone through the dura, but her own scar tissue had closed up the gap and there was no need for them to repair. So they were able to stay on the outside layer of the skull. We are so pleased. That is what we were hoping for. We can never thank you all enough for all of your unceasing prayers and we can never thank God enough for this big miracles and all of the little ones leading up to this! God IS good.

We've been getting updates from the nurses in the OR. We figure she's been under for about 2 hours. They have told us that all is well and she's fine. They told us to expect 2.5 hour surgery, but not to worry if it went longer. We're just praying that they can fix the fracture and that she will not need another surgery. She's a trooper and we've never been more proud of her than we are right now. She has been such a tremendous blessing to our entire family. She is full of love and life. God is good.

Once we got the blood match, everything happened pretty quickly. At 1:00 they gave her sedatives by mouth and we held her until she got silly...she was laughing and happy...then we helped wheel her to the doors of the OR and they took her in. We got a call at 2:10 that she had gone under general anesthesia without a hitch and she had been under for about 20 minutes. They'll call to update us every hour, they're expecting 2.5 hours at this point. We're waiting, praying and keeping ourselves occupied. The hospital staff have been amazing so far, we're tremendously pleased with the care she has received so far, and so thankful for God's mercy in providing the blood that her body will tolerate. Thanks so much for all of the prayers! It is an amazing experience to watch the Lord at work in her so deeply.