03/17 Recap

These past 3 days have been very crazy as most of you know. Some of you know more than others so through this blog i hope to give you all the same story. Annie was paged for a possible liver Wednesday evening. She went into Children's Hospital at 11pm and stayed overnight while they ran several tests. The donor was donating all their organs so it took a while for them to extract the organs and transport them to all the hopsitals. Annie's friends were able to be with her onThursday morning/afternoon, and we then found out the liver was a perfect match and the surgery for her transplant would take place at 8pm.

Annie was in surgery for a total of 19 hours. Though it was expected to take 8-10, it doesn't mean there were complications, it just means that they took their time (which is a good thing!)There were about 6 people total in her operating room throughout the night, nurses and others who rotated. The main surgeon, Dr. Healey, remained in the operating room the entirety of the surgery. He is our HERO so be sure to remember him in your prayers as well.

Annie was moved into the ICU at around 3:30 yesterday afternoon. Miraculous things are happening, she already opened her eyes and her liver is already starting to filter the toxins in her body and producing bile. She remained completely stable throughout the course of the surgery and is still going strong in the ICU.
These are wonderful first signs but we have a long road ahead.

40% of people who receive liver transplants, experience complications and end up going back in for procedures within the first couple weeks of their new liver. So complications are expected and these next couple of weeks will be a roller coaster. So keep the prayers coming. Thats whats moving this in the right direction. So praise God for this new liver, for the surgeons and all helping Annie, expecially Kathy Ross who is a nurse at Children's hospital and has been helping Annie throughout this entire process and who continues to give us amazing and wonderful updates. Also pray for Paul & Jane that Christ continues to give them strength.

Please again, email this new blog website to all who are interested checking up on Annie. This will be easier than emailing because everyone has access to this one website! Thank God for technology!

Once again, Paul & Jane thank you so very much for your prayers, they have been brought to tears several times these past couple of days because of how many people are praying for Annie. Keep them up...as the liver specialist said, "Wrangle your prayer troops" Let's keep wrangling them for Annie.

Jesus, we trust in You.

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, on your own intelligence rely not.
In all your ways be mindful of him, and He will make straight your paths."
-Proverbs 3:5-6