The First Step

Hello all,
Well we haven't posted in a while so here's the latest...
We all went to the beach last week and had a great time with our families. Ellison enjoyed relaxing with his pops and grandma in the infamous swing. He also enjoyed sleeping on the beach in his own personal pop up tent and shopping at the flea market with his MaMa, Aunt Dana, and Carolyn. Unfortunately, I left my camera at the beach house so I can't post any pics until Jerry and Carolyn go back to the beach.:). All of you with kids know that you have to pack your house when you travel with a baby so forgive me for forgetting the camera.

Last week, we met with Dr. Abrams...he said let's schedule the first of the two surgeries. So, Ellison will have his surgery on August 17 at 8:00am at Greenville Memorial Hospital. PLEASE be in prayer for us on that day. We may be in the hospital for the better part of that week depending on Ellison's level of pain. In this part of the surgery, the colon will be pulled down to the correct place. He will then have to wait for the incision to heal and then we will schedule the second part when the colostomy will be reversed. Please pray that Ellison will do well with the surgeries and that he will experience as little pain as possible and that he will not have any side effects or complications afterwards.

Tomorrow mommy goes back to work:(. Please pray for me as I am very nervous about this change. I have really enjoyed the summer and taking care of my big boy. He is so sweet and and such a blessing...I don't want to miss any new thing that he does while I'm away. Thankfully, he will be in good hands with his MaMa and Grandma.