Oh-me-oh-my-oh!!

Post -op Day 1

11:00 am: wow. Not a good morning for Chan the Man. He rested fairly well and didn't complain of pain in the night, but after they sat him up to check his epidural he turned into Chan the Very Mad Man like I've never seen! He was in so much pain, throwing things and screaming to get those casts off! I was literally dodging things flying through the air. It reminded me of Abigail's appendecitis pain and her screaming "take it out now!" He's resting now, thankfully. 

Pre-blue casts 

I've had a whirlwind of emotions these past 24 hours-grateful that Chan has his family to hold his hand and pray for him every step of his hospitalization and recovery yet such deep sadness for my daughter who had surgery prior to her adoption and went through that completely alone or thinking about what would've happened to Chan as he'd never get physical help. Can't even imagine- for either. Truly. 

12:30- another tough bout with pain. They epidural seemed to work through the night but I think it has lost the effectiveness. They weren't sure if epidural would be a complete success because the opening is much smaller for him. Oh well, thankful it helped him through the night! We are about to have some wheelchair transfer training. Fun times :-)

2:00pm

BLUE casts, pain has eased, did his transfer pretty much all by himself. He's determined!

Opening Nana and Papa D's gift via FaceTime!

All my munchkins...and they match! Ha. 

Thankful for pain relief this afternoon and praying for restful sleep for all! Hoping for Thursday discharge...could be Friday. 

Big Day for Chan the Man

Well, since last post in July a few things have happened in our family. We traveled to Texas via Oklahoma (long story!) to get a second orthopedic opinion for Chan, he went on his first beach trip, I tore ligaments in my ankle and still in a boot, Abigail had an emergency appendectomy, kids started school (2 "off campus" and 1 "on campus"), my oldest turned teenager, parent/child dedication for Chan plus I gave my testimony at our church, dental appointments (guess who has the first cavity ever? Our newest family member. Ahhhh, American diet!), Abigail's volleyball season ends this week, and... Chan is having bilateral ankle surgery today. Whew- guess I realize why I've not posted in awhile. 

Reading a "love note" from me in the way to hospital. He smiled VERY big when I signed "mama" in Chinese! He said I did very good!

Same steps in Florida but five years had passed. Audrey An saw the beach for first time in 2009 and Chan in 2015.

My handsome men!

First day of third and eighth grade

Teenager in the house!

Dedication Sunday...

Bawled my eyes out when David and Pastor Mel kneeled to pray for him. It was a very special time. We had asked if there could be an explanation of Chan and Audrey An's relationship in China- other than our close friends and family many people didn't know they were foster siblings.

1:30 update: Chan is having surgery right now to realign his ankle bones (will take about three hours). He will be in double casts and completely no weight bearing for at least four weeks then in walking boots for two weeks. He's so brave and has a great attitude! I told him we could be twins since I'm still my boot :-)

Hopefully, I'll get back on the blog band wagon and send out more updates.