Beautifully Healed

Dear Friends & Family, this week Morgan saw her surgeon Dr. Durrani for her 3 month follow-up. We looked at her new x-rays and he looked at Morgan and said "Morgan you are now beautifully healed up". Tears filled my eyes. I could not believe my ears. Morgan had come a long way since August 18. Dr. Durrani looked at Morgan with such a big smile. He told her he was very proud of her. He told her not to restrict nor "baby" her arm. But instead, to shoot basketball, swim and punch her brothers. Her arm will tell her where to stop. She will see Durrani again in three months.

On Monday 2/23 and Tuesday 2/24 Morgan will be at Children's Hospital for her routine PET Scan, CT Scan and bloodwork. She will also be seeing her oncologist Dr. Wagner. Please pray for Morgan. She hasn't been to Children's since mid December. Being there is a huge reminder of many unpleasant times of days gone by.

On a happier note, we finally took a road trip!!! Yay..........last weekend we went down to TN to visit Papaw Hugh & Susan and down to Cleveland to visit with Kevin's family. We had a wonderful time. It was a short trip but it sure was fun. We are looking forward to many more of those trips. We will be going back down in June for sure. Our neice, Katie, is getting married in Cleveland, TN. Can't wait.

Thanks for keeping Morgan in your prayers. Love to you all.
Reena

Philippians 3:13 - 14 ...forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Finally February

Morgan has had another very good week. Her shoulder movement is fantastic. She has been doing some light weights to improve her tone and it is paying off. Her remaining left bicep is visable for the first time since surgery.
With all the good news it is sometimes easy to forget that Morgan is still healing from her surgery. During the surgery Morgan did lose the long head portion of the bicep and the anterior part of the deltoid muscle . She also lost her axillary nerve. This is the nerve that supplies muscular and sensory innervation (nerve supply) to the deltoid and rotator cuff muscles. Although she has had no complications since surgery, her allograft, the bone from the bone bank, is supposed to fuse to Morgan's bone at the shoulder. She will have an X-ray in two weeks and it should reveal how much growth has taken place. I will keep you posted on the progress.
Psalm 139:13-14 For Thou didst form my inward parts; Thou didst weave me in my mother's womb. I will give thanks to Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Thy works...
Love,
Reena