Well...Hello Again...So Sorry It's Been So Long....

OK, so I left off last with saying I'd give a post surgical update and of course that didn't happen...so sorry!! We've been home now since the latter part of October. Selah did well for both her stoma revision(around her trach) and her hand surgery. We've since gotten the big green(her color choice) cast off and then the hot pink splint(also her color choice) off. She's now free of any type of support for her hand. She's been attending Occupational Therapy (OT) since we've been home from Boston. She's doing pretty well with it...given she's a three year old:) She is trying. She and her "new thumb" are becoming better friends. She is starting to use it more. She's getting better with her pinch and doing some fine motor task. There isn't much strength in her grasp or her thumb though. The doctor monitoring her here, locally, said it can take a very long while for the strength to come...if it does at all. So, I wasn't expecting to hear that. I'm not sure what I expected...I think for her to heal up and begin using scissors, being able to button and zip, etc. That's not the case though. The doctor said "clinically" she is healing well and we need to give it some time. I'm trying to be hopeful and thankful for the praises we do have...healthy and safe surgery and recovery without complications, God orchestrated local care from a specialist....just sweet Selah as she is...:)
We plan to go back to Boston in the later part of Spring to have the surgery on her other hand...I believe that's what we're thinking...
As far as her trach site goes, the surgery really went well and she's healed nicely. The stoma revision has helped hold her trach in which is a relief.
I wanted to post some updated pictures with her cast and splint free but I will have to work on that. My faithful Blackberry has just been retired and Ive been forced to conform to the iPhone movement....haha. So, maybe I will at least be able to post some pictures and video a little more easily.  I will work on that...
For now, we are attending OT and working on the fine motor task and strengthening task for her grasp and thumb itself. She's a tough cookie and is much more tolerant than some other kiddos her age would be. My mama's heart just wants to know it was all worth it and that we made her go through the surgery and everything for a reason. I just have to try to release all the uncertainties and concerns to God...just trust and hope....
I really will try to post again very soon...really I will...I hope that there are some of you that have stuck with me...:) Your continued support and prayers are valued so much more than you will ever know..... I'll leave you with a recurrent message God has been reminding me of recently...until next time;)

"...And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge; that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power at work within us..." Ephesians 3:17-20