Before I update on Rose's progress since her surgery I would like to introduce you to The Martinson's. The Martinson's will be sweet Rose Nacheca's "forever family". Brett and Vanessa Martinson and their 4 children Hannah age 10, Mackenzie age 6, Jackson age 5 and Carter age 4 are very excited to welcome Rose into their family. Dan and I have known the Martinsons for over a decade and think they are a wonderful family for Rose.
Some of you may be confused. There was always some uncertainty as to Rose Nacheca's permanent place in our lives. When we brought Rose here from Haiti our hearts were strongly convicted that we were to help this little girl get better. She was sick and we could help her. We heard God's call to action and we answered. It was such a blessing to welcome Rose into our home and watch her become such a sweet active little person. While we were always open to the possibility of making her a permanent part of our family, we really did not feel like that was God's plan for our life or hers.
The Martinson's heard God's call for that permanent action and they answered. While our hearts are sad and we will miss her terribly, she will have a wonderful home with loving parents and siblings. Even better than that she will only be about 15 miles away from us. She will still go to the same church and we are friends with the Martinsons so we will be able to keep loving her :) God could not have blessed us more in this situation!
I ask you to join me in prayer during this time for the Martinson's and our family to start to transition our families. Pray for the adoption paperwork to go very quickly and the USCIS to work with us to keep her in the United States during this whole process. They are moving at lightning speed getting all the paperwork going. God seems to be working out the little details. They will be doing some fundraising in the very near future to so if any one feels called to give please contact me and let me know.
As for Rose's progress it has been a little rough. About 11 days after her surgery she developed a high fever. This fever ended up lasting for 17 days!!!! We heard everything from she has pnuemonia, post pericardiotomy Syndrome, a blood clot in her jugular, staph infection in her sternum, infection in a heart valve, and the list goes on and on. They really had no idea what was going on with her. They were going to put her back in the hospital last monday if her fever was not gone. Luckily her fever started to go down over the weekend and she woke up on Monday fever free!!!!! I think the most likely cause was the post pericardiotomy syndrome after all. That usually last 14-21 days and is an inflammatory condition that can develop after open heart surgery. For those 17 days she did not eat at all and drank only what we forced on her so she lost a pound or so. She is back to eating and drinking normally now so hopefully she will regain what she lost and much more very quickly.
We go in to see the geneticist tomorrow. They will go into more details about the Noonan's syndrome. What we can expect for her future and things we can do to help her now that we know what is wrong. Vanessa Martinson will be coming along to start meeting her doctors and getting familiar with her medical issues. This is another great benefit of having her close by, she will be able to stay with the team of doctors who have helped her since she has gotten here.
Well I am tired, it has been a long fun weekend. Thanks for your continued prayers and support, and thank you for welcoming the Martinson's into our family :)
