Update 10

Well, today was a day we had really placed a great deal of hope in. Today was Liam's two week follow up visit with the orthopedist. We had high hopes that Liam would be well healed with regards to his femur fractures, and that we would be able to get him out of the harness he's been wearing, that makes everything so complicated.

We started off at the pediatrician's office, and had a routine weight check. Liam is doing well, he's up to 9lbs4ozs, pretty good weight gain. Then we were off to the orthopedists. Liam was taken in for x-rays, and for that I had to take the harness off of him. He actually tolerated that quite well. Unfortunately, his hips would not move. This doctor says this may just be from being in the same position for so long, or it may be more c...omplicated. Then the really tough news hit - although his fractures are healing great, the doctor says he needs to remain in the harness for another two weeks. This was the news we were fearing. The harness makes so many things so difficult. We really just long to hold our little guy without this contraption on his body, but that's just not going to be possible for another few weeks. In about two weeks he will go for another round of x-rays, and also some ultrasounds to see if we can gain some insight into why his joints won't move. We also need to see a geneticist to try to narrow down what condition(s) are impacting him.

After that, it was off to Erica's doctor to check on her C-section incision, which was infected last week. The doctors finds that the infection is clearing well, but there is a 1 inch section of the incision that has still not closed. So for now we need to keep that area clean and dry, and hope that it will heal up well.

As you can imagine, this reality crashed down pretty hard on both of us. Right now, it feels like we're barely hanging on. The future is so uncertain, and seems so dark. I feel like we don't know a thing more than we did before today, and we were really hoping for some news, some answers, and some relief. Both Erica and I are really wrestling some really tough emotions tonight. Our hope is so shaken, our faith feels so week. I keep trying to find God and His plan in all of this, but it's a real struggle. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers, pray that our faith would be increased, pray that we'd have peace, and please pray for Liam and Erica's continued healing, and all of our sanity.

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