Hey Everyone! Update first: Things are going really, really well with Mercy. She's crawling, she’s beginning to eat solids, she’s happy,...

It’s always fun to be able to post positive updates, and many things have gone well since my last update. Life with a G-tube is so much...

Mercy’s surgery on Friday to place a G-tube directly into her stomach went well. Praise God! We were worried that her previous abdominal...

Mercy is scheduled for surgery this Friday to place a longer-term gastric tube. Since coming home, her ability to eat from a bottle has...

It’s good. Deeply good. Despite feeding tube challenges and constant concern about weight gain, it’s simply good to have both parents and...

She was released this morning. Praise God from whom all blessings flow!!! I'll post more updates periodically about how she's doing, how...

Mercy is scheduled to come home in less than 48 hours. The boys and I (and their Nana) brought her car seat to the hospital yesterday as...

Mercy is doing well today. Praise God! She’s surprised the doctors with how well she’s taking feeds, and we’re back to increasing her...

I had a couple of other title options for this post: “Mercy’s Dip,” “A Bad Day,” “Here We Are Again,” or even, “This Faulty Pulse Alarm...

“So I've been hearing this phrase y'all got over here that I ain't too crazy about. "It's the hope that kills you." Y'all know that? I...

Mercy is out of surgery. It’s the best news we could have hoped for: they found a huge problem and fixed it. When the surgeons opened her...

Mercy was just wheeled out of our room to have emergency, exploratory bowel surgery. She has a blockage of some kind. We’re not sure if...

For parents in the NICU, bringing in the car seat for the hospital staff to inspect means you’re about to leave. It’s a rite of passage:...

Erica's had a few amazing days with Mercy - we're getting close!! Here's what she has to say about where we are right now: Yesterday was...

We’re in the home stretch. Mercy needs to receive all of her nutrition through feeds so that the doctors can remove her central line....

Many things have gone right with Mercy since arriving at Lurie Children’s at the end of November: successful surgery to fix her...

I just got this from Erica, who's in the hospital with Mercy(!!!): Praise the Lord!!!!!!!! Surgery went better than we could have...

Pray today - Mercy is having surgery in less than an hour to excise her hemangioma. The surgery will require a skin graft from her groin...