Miracles never cease...

He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.  Job 5:9

Glory to God!!!  I am alive!!!  I am still in shock over the turn of events in the last 2 days!  God is so good... And has truly touched many lives through this whole situation.  And that's His goal - to use ordinary people like you, me, Ezekiel, my doctors, etc. to make Himself known on the Earth... And He has proven Himself faithful once again!  Praise Him!

Thank you Elaine and Dakota for keeping up the blog while I was "busy"!  It was such a blessing to so many (I know this because of the tons of e-mails, Facebook messages, texts, etc)!  The blog just hit 3,000 views!  That blows my mind... And to all those that have been praying and standing in faith with me and my family - God heard your prayers!  Thank you!

As Elaine previously posted, after Dr. Sullivan came back into town on Monday, they decided (the urologist and himself) decided to go back to plan "A" which was to perform all three surgeries in the morning.  I was feeling pretty anxious about starting Monday night and was relieved to go back to plan "A".  I hardly slept at all Monday night, but was ready and felt such peace when they came in at 4:30 a.m. to start prepping me.  Tom was there by 5:15 and the morning went very quickly.  They started 2 more IV sites on me and talked me through everything they were doing and planning to do.  One of the things they decided that morning was to give me a spinal (like an epideral) for the first two surgeries so that Ezekiel had less exposure to the general anesthesia.  That was such an answer to prayer, cause that was the heaviest thing on my heart!  I went back to the operating room at 7:30 and was given the spinal.  The first 2 procedures took 2 1/2 hours and went very smoothly.  I was awake and aware of everything that whole time.  Once again, the team of doctors and nurses were incredible - catching my vomit, holding my hand, talking me through each procedure, and even itching my eyes!   It all went like clockwork and there was incredible unity and peace in the rooms (3 different procedures were in 3 different rooms).  By time they got me to the operating room to deliver Ezekiel, it was 10 o clock.  Praise God I wasn't under general anesthesia that whole time!  Everything started moving pretty quickly and before I knew it, in was asleep.
I woke up in a daze... And slowly came to.  As requested (I made sure everyone knew that I wanted to wake up to pictures of baby Ezekiel), someone was right next to me with phone in hand showing me pictures of sweet little Ezekiel.  It's all kinda a blur, but I remember everyone being amazed how quick and easy surgery went.  How I didn't have any blood transfusions, never went to ICU, how Ezekiel came out crying (meaning the general anesthesia didn't get to him yet), and the whole surgery only took 1 1/2 hours!  Glory to God!  I've heard repeatedly how it couldn't have gone any smoother and that the blood loss was no more then a "normal" delivery!
Ezekiel is doing well, but needs prayer!  His lungs are not keeping up with the demands of breathing and instead of slowly decreasing the amount of oxygen he is on, they are having to increase it.  They just gave him a second shot of a drug that is supossed to help his little lungs catch up.  They are also taking a sample from his lung tissue to rule out a possible viral or bacterial infection.  His stats go way down whenever he is upset or when they "mess with" him at all.  Nobody can hold him until his stats are stabilized.  So please pray that happens soon.... Cause I can only imagine that he wants to be in my arms almost as much as I want him in my arms!  Sweet little guy just wants his mommy!
Dr. Sullivan came in today and was blown away by the ease of the surgery and was thrilled with the outcome!  Several of the nurses that were there have also stopped by to check on me, many with tears in their eyes at the miracle that they witnessed!  They (the team of doctors and nurses) had a debriefing today and asked my permission to "publish" my case, because it was a "phenomenal" success story!  I said "Sure, just make sure God gets the glory!"!  I praise God for the incredible talent, wisdom, and knowledge of all the doctors involved!  They all did their parts perfectly and the "plan" was perfectly executed!
I am doing well today, about 30 hours post surgery.  The incision they made is huge - a little above my belly button to my pelvic bone.  I am in a lot of pain when I try to move, but know that moving will help my body to heal faster... So I'm trying.  I'm not taking the morphine because I want to be able to give Ezekiel my milk, so the other pain pills are helping some, but I'm amazed at my pain level (I usually have a very high tolerance for pain).  Please pray the pain subsides!  Also, my body is  not making much milk.  I've tried pumping 5 times now and have only gotten a little over an ounce all together, so that's another prayer request!  My body is recovering and making milk isn't on the top of it's priority list.
Thank you all so much for being my prayer warriors during this time!  Thank u for the phone calls, texts, Facebook messages, e-mails, etc - they have meant the world to me... And I knew was never alone in all this!  We serve a living God that is eager to pour out His love on those who diligently seek Him!  :)

Ezekiel

I think I'm making mommy a lil jealous :))

Trying to open his eyes. His eyes are a  swollen from all the fluid...so he looks a lil angry :p
We can't hold him yet cuz he's still breathing to fast and too much respitory distress. Everytime the nurses mess with him he cries and his oxygen levels need to be boosted up a lil...so they want him to just rest. They don't want to risk him getting stressed out if we try to hold him. But when mom was in there talking with him and rubbing his head his respitory went down almost half of what it was...he wants mommy to hold him! :)

pictures :)

Here's some pictures...not sure if they all uploaded or not.

Happy sleeping mommy :)

This is now Dakota updating. My Mom is now sleeping...she's sore and a lil nauseous but doing good. She got to see Baby Ezekiel which made her very happy :) I got to go see Ezekiel several times today...just stood there starring at his tiny lil self and taking billions of pictures! My dad and I just got home after an extremely long emotional day. But praise God for all the good reports and the amazing testimony this is going to be. I am so blessed by all the family and friends coming together and helping with my siblings, bringing meals, and especially the prayers to help support us in this time. It takes alot of pressure off me...being able to be with my mom and especially Ezekiel as my mom cant do much right now. Hopefully I can hold my lil baby brother tomorrow and I will write more once I know more about how they r doing :)

Rejoicing in the waiting room...

This is still Elaine posting, and now partying in the surgery waiting room!  We just got word from the doctor and the recovery room nurse. The whole team is so impressed with God's handiwork!  The testimony of Ezekiel Tomson Good continues to touch the lives of so many, even strangers!  

Jody's surgery lasted less than an hour and a half!  This is nowhere near the 3-11 hours that we all were prepared for. The 20 units of blood on standby just for Jody can now go to several other folks instead!  NO blood was given to her at all!  Her doctor felt great about the outcome all the way around and does not expect any issues as a result of the acretia. AMAZING!

It's 1:20 now, she's awake and talking in recovery. She's seen pics of the baby and is in good spirits! She's expected to be in a regular room within the hour!  Praise God!  

John and Dawn Bratcher brought lunch to those of us waiting...who were suddenly starving once we realized all was well!  What a blessing!

It's so exciting to watch God's plan unfold!  AND, it's so exciting to see the body of Christ come together to pray, to bless and to serve. God's provision of peace and of miracles in a very scary situation would be blessing enough, but God throws in a loving flock to come alongside to bless and support!

1:40 Jody just came out of recovery!  She's groggy but great!

Baby Ezekiel should get to come "soon" to see his mommy and have a snack!  We are learning that soon is relative here!  

About Jody!!!!!

Great news!!!  Jody is DONE!  She'll be headed to recovery soon!  Minimal blood loss - 20 bags of blood on hold - NONE GIVEN TO JODY!!!
Yay God!!!  He came through!!!

5lbs 12oz!!!!!!

Praise God!  All is more than well with baby Ezekiel!!!  Tom and Dakota walked their big new baby over to NICU!  He's breathing very well on his own. For 34 weeks, he's big!!!  Mia and Dakota are in  the NICU now. Pastor Don and Tom are here now to pray!
Just heard.... Minimal blood loss!!!
Go God!!!