God is Good!

Liam is out of surgery and is in recovery! 

Everything went exactly as planned! 

Although the next 24-48 hours are critical, God is good and the power of prayer has been nothing short of amazing! 

Angie is doing great and resting quietly now!  They should be able to see Liam when he gets to the NICU around 4:30! 

Thanks to all of you for all of you love and prayers!  We have felt nothing but love and support!

Liam is here!

Liam was born at 9:57 weighing 6lbs 6oz. They took him right to surgery and it will probably take about 4 hours! Thanks for your continued prayers

A Prayer For Liam

Hi Everyone!  This is Angie's sister, Dana!  I will be updating Angie's blog over the next few days to keep everyone up-to-date on everything!  We are all in MI now and Angie's c-section is scheduled for 9am tomorrow.
I wanted to share a prayer that was read and written by Sara Dickey at our fundraiser last Sunday!  Please keep Angie, Chris, and Baby Liam in your prayers!

A PRAYER FOR LIAM

Let us bring our hands to our neighbors & know that love is the reason for our gathering today.

This love is alive in all of us & together we walk for the love of Angie & Chris's heart.

May this love be returned back to Liam's family & friends.

We ask today to have our sights set in the realm of faith.

As Hebrew 11.1 assures, "Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see."

So let us be certain today that this little boy has brought us together to grow our faith & our love.

With each step we travel today we move towards the miracle of Liam's birth.

We ask that our union today would radiantly create hope & restoration.

We have been awaiting Liam's coming and in the center of that waiting we have discovered patience, compassion, gratitude, community, and humility.

We ask that these gifts of the Spirit travel into each of our lives today, and may we remember that it is in these times that we are never more sweetly held.

Liam's life has joined our hearts in love & we pray that as his birth approached his love will will help us to shine our own lights.

Liam has brought us into the realm of nature today to expect, or to look forward to his arrival.

May we utter blessings in our conversations, and may our prayers be that thanksgiving.

May we notice the beauty of nature and truly be present for its miracles.

Liam's name meaning "Strong Willed Warrior" gives us purpose as we take each step today.

So today, let us celebrate him and let us close with a blessing upon Liam & his family.

May the Lord bless you and protect you.  May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you. May the Lord show you his favor and give you peace.

~Number 6: 24-26 NLT

Amen

Thank you all for your support!  We are so blessed to have so many people in our lives that love Angie, Chris, & Liam.  I read a quote on a blog that I follow that really touched me and I will keep it close to my heart over the next few days.  

"Remove any of your fear with faith.

                  Trust the power of God to guide you"

taken from here

Family FUNd Walk

To look at all the pictures from Sunday's Family FUNd Walk/Run check out my sisters blog

 HERE

Our superhero!!

How sweet is this face!! This is why we are fighting!!!

I just wanted to tell all of you how much Chris and I appreciate the support you all have given us!! You have taken time out of your own lives to show us so much love that there is no way we could ever repay any of you! Without all of you, your prayers, and the constant outpour of support we would never get out of bed in the morning! All of the love and kindness fills our hearts with happiness! I wish I could thank each and everyone of you personally with a hug but I will promise you that once this little very special boy of ours is born and well enough he will show you his own thank you's!!!!!!! We love all of you so very much!! :)

Our trip to Michigan!!

This weekend was our big trip To Ann Arbor, Michigan. We left on thursday and got there in four hours. We were blessed to have both of our amazing and supportive parents come with us. On Friday, June 15, we stepped into CS Mott's children and women's hospital at the university of Michigan. This place was gorgeous and everyone was so friendly. We started our day with an 8:00 ultrasound. We had our first 3-D experience and I have to admit, he is just gorgeous! Next, at 9:00 we had another 2 hour fetal echo. We met with the cardiologist, who was so awesome and down to earth, we liked her instantly. She had all of our records from when we saw the Cardiologist in Akron. She had to admit the picture that was laid out for us was identical to what they saw. The good news with this is no more bad news to add to our already broken hearts. There was no hesitation or question on them taking our case. They were going to give our baby a chance! They have seen these types of heart defects and have successfully repaired them. Our prayers are being heard! I feel this is gods plan and this is the path we should be on. At 12:00 we met with the surgeon, she gave us a step by step plan of our surgeries. I will be having a c-section at 39 weeks. This is so the situation can be maintained and everyone involved will be prepared and ready to go. I of course have my own personal fears of surgery but I will do anything to give my boy the best outcome I can! We have not gone this far to jeopardize anything! He will immediately be taken away and sent to surgery. My heart becomes heavy hearing this, just knowing I will not be able to hold him just kills me. He is required to have three surgeries, one at the first day of his precious life, which is the most critical for survival. If surgery is successful he has a 90 percent chance of survival. Wow....... Our chances went from 10 percent in Akron to 90 percent in Michigan. No words can describe how all of us felt when hearing that percentage. I just looked up and thanked god!!! In the first surgery they will immediately repair the total anomalous of the pulmonary venous return along with placement of a pulmonary artery band. This is so they can adequately adjust the blood supply to the lungs. Over the following weeks, the surgeon will need to adjust the band to the proper tightness. She explained possible complications and how the first few weeks of his precious life are most critical. If the surgery is successful and he remains stable with little issues, we will be sent home. At 4-6 months of age he will have his 2nd surgery. They will perform a hemi-fontan, with removing the band and correctly repairing the way the upper portion of his blue blood circulates through his body. Third surgery is at 2 years of age, a repair of the lateral tunnel fontan, which is the repair of the lower circulation of blue blood. After the final surgery our percentage of survival increases to 97 percent! Complications can happen with possibly experiencing more surgeries but these our the most critical for survival. He will have a long and hard road but we will all fight. Medication will need to be given everyday of his life and risks of multiple hospital visits our possible since his immune system is unlike other normal heart babies. We just hope and pray that he is in the percentage of stable babies with congenital heart defects. Our hopes and dreams have been restored, Michigan has given us an outlook that is positive! To all my die hard Ohio state fans, you know I love you but this child will so be a Michigan fan. If these surgeries our successful and Chris and I will have our little boy he will be saying "Go Blue" all the way home!!!!!!!!!!!!