Today we went for Josiah's first cardiologist follow-up. They checked him all out and basically said he's healing perfectly! Dr. Milazzo said that Josiah's "as good as it gets" post-op for TGA. He's very pleased with everything. We follow up again in a month and then if things look good then we will space it out probably every 6 months or so. Josiah still has a small hole in his heart (which we knew) and a heart murmur that is completely normal and expected following his surgery. He said both should "self-repair" probably by age two (or possibly sooner.) He also said that he believes that his surgery is a permanent fix and we shouldn't have to have any more procedures (which can sometimes happen if valves leak or something.)
Nico news-- today he was supposed to have his visa appointment at 1:00PM Haiti time (2:00 our time.) He should have his visa in hand tomorrow afternoon and then we are just waiting for him to be escorted. So while the 12th (tomorrow) is not going to happen, it really IS any day now.
These past few days I have been very reflective about all this Josiah stuff, as well as the wait on bringing Nico home. I truly believe that God is sovereign and we can trust him. I believe things happen for a reason, which we may or may not eventually find out. But even so, I have been feeling so discouraged-- feeling like I am just waiting for the other shoe to drop... it's almost like I am expecting another problem to pop up. We've had incessant dealings with illness and injury in my side of the family over the past few weeks. I was scared today to go to the cardiologist and I am even a little scared to go to regular well-child visits because I am afraid they are going to find something is wrong. I know that God did not give me a spirit of fear, so I try not to dwell on these kinds of things, but sometimes I just don't know how to process it all. Anyway, I think I am rambling...
