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You all are the best! Hi, {NAME}! Thank you so much for praying for our boy as he went into surgery
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You all are the best! [image]( Hi, {NAME}! Thank you so much for praying for our boy as he went into surgery on Friday to repair his cleft palate. We felt your prayers in such a very real way and felt so carried and loved by you all! Our boy did SO well! In addition to the cleft palate repair, while he was under, they were also hoping to get some clarity on what we have thought was pretty severe hearing loss. They did a CT scan of his ears, put tubes in his ears, and did an ABR test after the tubes were placed. To our HUGE surprise, while the CT scan showed abnormalities in his ear bones, the ABR test showed that he was hearing almost normally after the tubes were placed!!!! I can't even begin to describe what a shock and unexpected gift these results were! In fact, Jesse and I just sat with our jaws dropped open saying, "You've got to be kidding me! What on earth?!?" There will still be lots of testing in the future, but we are thrilled for this amazing news of hope! The first half day of recovery was rough. Our boy was in so much pain, bleeding out of his mouth, writhing, struggling to breathe, and just really scared and upset. He was also still really out of it from the anesthesia. He fought so hard that he kicked his IV out of his leg and it bled everywhere! But then, he calmed down, was able to go to sleep, and woke up about 4 hours later in very different spirits. He was babbling a little, interacting, and not at all as anxious and upset. They were able to take him off supplemental oxygen and he did so well that they ended up letting us go home from the hospital on Saturday -- which was a big surprise!! He is still sleeping a lot, but in a lot less pain, much more himself, and not needing pain meds as often. And we can already tell a marked difference from the surgery -- he's able to say more sounds already and he is much more alert and interactive with his surroundings (because he can hear now!!). We are excited for him to start back to feeding therapy and speech therapy in the next week so that he can (hopefully) begin to learn how to eat more by mouth and slowly use his g-tube less and less! We're also excited for him to (hopefully) be able to learn to communicate better now that he can hear better and form sounds better! Your prayers were a GIFT to our family this past week. THANK YOU! -Crystal P.S. If you are interested more family updates and pictures/videos of our kids, make sure that you [follow me on Instagram and watch my stories](! I usually post stories multiple times a day every week day! [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Money Saving Mom, LLC 2020 Fieldstone Parkway, Ste. 900 #313 Franklin, Tennessee 37069 United States
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