Sweet Smelling Incense
We are home, and all is well. We weren't able to post any news at the hospital, and we thank David Pippenger, Steve's brother-in-law, for helping us out then.
Tuesday morning our whole family was up at 4:30 and out the door shortly thereafter. They whisked us into the pre-op room, and Shea was soon hooked up and ready for a long nap! Dr. Nunn came in and Shea said, "Did you have a good night's sleep?" "Well, as a matter of fact I did." Shea shared with him that many of us were praying that her surgeons would sleep well the night before. Dr. Nunn smiled and said, "Hey, would you please pray that I sleep that well every night?"
As they wheeled Shea away, Dr. McKay yelled over his shoulder, "See you in three or four hours." We saw Shea twelve hours later! The surgery took much longer than all the surgeons anticipated, but we are thankful they were able to take their time. At about noon Dr. Mills, Shea's dental surgeon, came out to report that all was well. He was able to direct the plastic surgeons and tell them exactly where to place the bone in her jaw so that he would have the exact amount of bone he needs to eventually do her implants. He reminded us again that Dr. Nunn and Dr. McKay are unbelievably talented and artistic. So waiting the rest of the afternoon and into the evening wasn't as difficult as you might think since we knew Shea was in great hands. After the surgery both doctors commented that all went better than they ever imagined. Dr. McKay said, "I felt like I had an angel on my shoulder the whole time."
The first few nights at the hospital were very rough as they had a difficult time regulating the morphine. Shea was in great pain the first night and the nurses were trying to convince her to relax and allow the drug to take effect. When the shift changed and the night nurse came in, she informed us that the morphine pump machine had been turned off for over an hour! So glad to have a nurse with 35 years experience watch over Shea all night!
Shea is home and improving every day. She has been seeing an alternative health care specialist, Dr. Marc D'Andrea, weekly for the past number of months. He called on Saturday and asked if he could make a house call! We couldn't believe it. He is working hard to give Shea the proper nutrition her body needs to rid her body of all the toxins, boost her energy and speed healing.
Once again, we thank all of you for your faithful prayers. There's a song by Matt Redman taken from Revelation 8:4 that Steve and I have been singing lately, - here's a line of the lyrics: "May the prayers of the saints be like sweet smelling incense to You, Lord." There are many of you whom we may never meet, but you continue to pray for our girl's continued healing; so many have not stopped praying. How could it be that doctors sense an angel's presense, that they are in awe of their own God-given abilities except for the prayers of the saints? Thank you again . . . and again.
Love,
The Hickoks
Tuesday morning our whole family was up at 4:30 and out the door shortly thereafter. They whisked us into the pre-op room, and Shea was soon hooked up and ready for a long nap! Dr. Nunn came in and Shea said, "Did you have a good night's sleep?" "Well, as a matter of fact I did." Shea shared with him that many of us were praying that her surgeons would sleep well the night before. Dr. Nunn smiled and said, "Hey, would you please pray that I sleep that well every night?"
As they wheeled Shea away, Dr. McKay yelled over his shoulder, "See you in three or four hours." We saw Shea twelve hours later! The surgery took much longer than all the surgeons anticipated, but we are thankful they were able to take their time. At about noon Dr. Mills, Shea's dental surgeon, came out to report that all was well. He was able to direct the plastic surgeons and tell them exactly where to place the bone in her jaw so that he would have the exact amount of bone he needs to eventually do her implants. He reminded us again that Dr. Nunn and Dr. McKay are unbelievably talented and artistic. So waiting the rest of the afternoon and into the evening wasn't as difficult as you might think since we knew Shea was in great hands. After the surgery both doctors commented that all went better than they ever imagined. Dr. McKay said, "I felt like I had an angel on my shoulder the whole time."
The first few nights at the hospital were very rough as they had a difficult time regulating the morphine. Shea was in great pain the first night and the nurses were trying to convince her to relax and allow the drug to take effect. When the shift changed and the night nurse came in, she informed us that the morphine pump machine had been turned off for over an hour! So glad to have a nurse with 35 years experience watch over Shea all night!
Shea is home and improving every day. She has been seeing an alternative health care specialist, Dr. Marc D'Andrea, weekly for the past number of months. He called on Saturday and asked if he could make a house call! We couldn't believe it. He is working hard to give Shea the proper nutrition her body needs to rid her body of all the toxins, boost her energy and speed healing.
Once again, we thank all of you for your faithful prayers. There's a song by Matt Redman taken from Revelation 8:4 that Steve and I have been singing lately, - here's a line of the lyrics: "May the prayers of the saints be like sweet smelling incense to You, Lord." There are many of you whom we may never meet, but you continue to pray for our girl's continued healing; so many have not stopped praying. How could it be that doctors sense an angel's presense, that they are in awe of their own God-given abilities except for the prayers of the saints? Thank you again . . . and again.
Love,
The Hickoks
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