Today is my day with Mercy. I love these days. Makes me long for the day when she’s with us all the time. She had a good weekend. Her...

Mercy is up past 6 pounds! She’s handling her current challenges well, and her feedings are increasing about every other day. She’s up to...

Mercy has a broken arm. As far as the doctors can tell, her right radius broke approximately 8-10 days ago - about the same time she had...

Huge news this week - Mercy is eating again, and it’s VIA A BOTTLE!!! We had assumed that she’d need to prove that she could handle...

Mercy is healing well and her belly looks amazing. It's been a while since we've seen it this small and not distended. The surgeons are...

She's out! No stoma, surgeons found a stricture at the end of the small intestine and also a narrow, unhealthy-looking portion of the...

Mercy is in surgery this very minute as I, Erica, write this. It’s hard to sum up the distress, anxiety, and sheer terror of the last 24...

Mercy has her second exploratory bowel surgery tomorrow around 2 pm. The first surgery was laparoscopic; this surgery will be a much...

A few positive notes to start the update since last week: Mercy is now over 5lbs, and a biopsy conclusively ruled out Hirschbrungs...

Today is Mercy‘s due date. As of right now, there’s no expectation that she’ll be home anytime soon. Doctors are re-looking at several...

Two pieces of good news over the past few days: First, Mercy transferred to Lurie Children's this afternoon! We've been in administrative...

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, and today Erica and I are thanking God for all of you. You've prayed for Mercy, loved our family...

Mercy’s PICC line stopped working correctly yesterday. The PICC line has been the primary way she has received nutrition for the past two...

After an encouraging couple of days, this week is starting to feel like Groundhog Day: Mercy’s intestines are way too full of air,...

When I drafted this post I originally titled it “Bad News Tuesdays.” I’ve noticed that the bad news we get happens to come to us - mostly...

1) Mercy is doing well! She’s recovering from surgery nicely and her airway does not seem to be too affected by the difficulty the...

They give you a buzzer as you wait for your surgery patient. Like waiting for a table at a restaurant. For some reason, I found that...

One day I hope to sit down and list all the mercies that our family has been given on this journey with our daughter. They’re why our...

Mercy is scheduled for surgery tomorrow morning to fix her intestinal blockage, ow scheduled for 8:15 CST. If you'd like to pray with...