Friday, May 11, 2012

Guess Whats Happening Tomorrow...

After
37 Nights away from home
26 Days in the NICU
17 Days since his first open heart surgery
WE ARE GOING HOME!!!
I can't even begin to tell you how excited, and nervous, we are!!!  As long as nothing changes tonight we will be discharged sometime tomorrow =0)  To be a family of 6 for the first time in our own home will be the best Mother's Day gift EVER!  The people here have been like a family to us and it is bitter sweet to say goodbye.  We have promised to visit and they want to come see Stephen in a few months when he comes back for his next surgery.  The team here is INCREDIBLE!  Rady's NICU will forever hold a special place in our hearts.  Their expertise, dedication, and love for their job is evident and we thank God daily for the care he has received and for the people who gave it =0)
And thank you all for your prayers.  We know they made a difference and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for lifting our family up.  Please continue to pray for this little guy as he still has away to go on this journey.  And Praise God that tomorrow he gets to see day light for the first time!
Such a sweet blanket...THANKS MICHELLE!!!

“Praise be to you, Lord,
    the God of our father Israel,
    from everlasting to everlasting.
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Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power 
    and the glory and the majesty and the splendor,
    for everything in heaven and earth is yours. 
Yours, Lord, is the kingdom;
    you are exalted as head over all. 
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Wealth and honor come from you;
    you are the ruler of all things.
In your hands are strength and power
    to exalt and give strength to all.
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Now, our God, we give you thanks,
    and praise your glorious name"

God is so good and we give him all the glory!!!

PS  He is wearing clothes for the first time today!  
I will have to get some pictures of it when he wakes up =0)

6 comments:

  1. Yayyyyy!!!! So happy for all of you, congrats! What a wonderful mothers day present :) continued prayers coming your way...

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  2. Awesome! Praise to our God! We are rejoicing with you.

    Love Jim,MaryEllen, Samantha and Sabrina

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  3. Rejoicing with you!!!

    The Lagunas

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  4. That is the BEST Mother's Day gift! Thank God!! Continuing to pray for you all!

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  5. Tears of joy as we rejoice with you! Happy Mother's Day!

    Chris & Joyce

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  6. God is the best. Welcome home Russels. Linda Pedretti

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