Last month, Hazel had a very important and lengthy surgery on her right eye and part of that procedure involved relocating tubes in her right eye that previously helped control her glaucoma and eye pressure. At an appointment on Monday, Dr Smith was able to see that one of the tubes had shifted slightly and is out of position -- which needs to be corrected with a surgery. So tomorrow morning (Thursday) we will be back for Hazel's 18th eye surgery. This will not be terribly invasive since the plan is to cut back the tube and only leave the plate that is on her eye to use in case of future emergency. We have had great experiences with the anesthesia group at the surgery center but any procedure has risks and Hazel is old enough that she gets nervous in the pre-op area. In some ways seeing her mind race and struggle with anxiety is the hardest thing to deal with as her parent. Prayers for all this would be great if you have 5 spare minutes.
Apart from the surgery, we have some new adventures happening in our family. Namely, that if you haven't heard or haven't seen Aubree lately...our girls have a baby brother on the way! Baby boy is due at the end of May, so we still have some time but not a lot of time. A week or so ago we moved Hazel and Sawyer into the same room and we are talking more about little brother but it is still very possible that they won't like someone else getting all the attention. Especially Soy (Sawyer) who will only be 20 months older than her bro. Life is going to get even more crazy than it already is but we are really excited to meet our little guy.
Aubree has also started as a market partner for Monat, a company focused on all-natural hair care. She started using the products when this pregnancy started to damage her hair and she really loves the product. I'm not bringing this up to sell anyone...but instead to share an impact it has had on her spiritually. Aubree is excited to share the product, flash sales, before/after pictures and stories from consumers...in a lot of ways it has helped her discover a new boldness for sharing. Selling Monat has given her more confidence to share how God is working in her life personally. It's not all Hazel experiences all the time, some times it is something as simple as talking in our Grow Group discussions or checking in with friends to see how THEIR week is going.
I'm doing my best to summarize her feelings but I'll also steal one section from her Facebook post...
"He made us all, perfectly imperfect. I want to speak to our 'imperfections'. Those are from God y'all. It may be weakness of will, a physical ailment, a particular sin we struggle with. God allows these in our lives, not because he is vengeful or because he is picking on us. He wants to draw out attention to Himself, to show we need Him."
As per usual, our family has a lot going on but it never ceases to amaze me how you can see God work in your life...in all aspects of life...if you are prayerfully considering how his glory can be seen in it.
More updates to come on the procedure tomorrow...
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