Lori Kietzke Oehlhof uploaded a new video.
His ambulatory ability is returning day by day and his spirit comes through with a few smiles now and then! 6 . The overwhelming love and support we have received. Thank you to everyone. We feel very loved. Things to pray for..... His stomach and intentional issues. He is not being fed any food through his feeding tube. Only clear liquids and fluids right now. Amazing how he moves after two weeks living only on fluid. His intestines need to start absorbing nutrients and accepting food. Pray for the Drs and us as we decide if a surgical intervention is needed to tack down his malrotated intestines. (Ladd's procedure). Pray for his fluid in his lungs to continue to clear out. We have a long long way to go before chest tubes can come out!
Lori Kietzke Oehlhof uploaded a new video.
News of the day!! Praise for Feng YuS ability to eat food after 16 long days post surgery! And keep it down!!!!Amen for that! Still planning on a ultrasound in the am to check anatomy. Pray now for plural effusions to dry up. Thank you to the body of Christ who has shown so much in loving us in tangible ways. It's hard to accept help at times, but so comforting to know we don't walk this road alone. Romans 15:13. Has been my go to verse.
Our hope is in the Lord
Our hope is in the Lord
Getting our kids back on a bike is the best PT! Runs in the family.
Lori Kietzke Oehlhof added 3 new photos — with Ryan Oehlhof.
Day 18 of our hospital stay. Yes it is getting long, and some days things seems to move more backwards than forwards. I am reminded to step back and look at the big picture. Only three weeks ago, lived with 80% oxygen and ran around until his stats fell to 60's and he would fall to the ground in exhaustion. Now he is at 100 % with limited support! His heart is now functioning in a sinus rhythm and he will not need a pace maker! His spirit has returned and his spunky little self it showing more often. Today I even heard his sweet voice tell me "mama, you're pretty", as he stroked my face. It's moments like that, that make me continue, make me fight for him and all those left behind! There are thousands in China, Millions of children around the world waiting to know that they are loved! Waiting for a mama and dada to love them through the hard times...... and so many times it's us who are rewarded over and again!
Feng Yu has returned to eating (AMEN!!!), but his body is not processing fats well at this point. The second picture shows his drain tubes. That is called chylothorax. Basically the fat draining from his plural space in his chest. So he is limited to 12 grams of fat.day. He has excessive drainage and we are days, if not a week or more, from taking the chest tubes out. He has been putting out between 550-670 ml of fluid a day in his chest tubes. We need to below 40 ml for a few days in a row to remove them. Pray, pray for this!
Please pray for perseverance for our family and other children at home. This is such a long period to be apart from one another. Especially the newly adopted kiddos to understand home will return to normal once again. Ryan has been blessed with help with meals and cleaning from church friends and neighbors, and grandparents closeby help things go smoothly too. He has done an exceptional job with managing school schedules, dr appointments and continuing to work from home. Not to mention the daily running of the house. Thank you for your prayers and support.
Adoption is not about us! It is not about growing a perfect little family (or in our case BIG family). We are growing and learning that in all circumstances our strength comes from the Lord. And in these moments when things seem hard to see our son suffer, I can know my God suffered so much more..... he sent his own son to die so that we might live. Ryan and I are called to adoption and we live in faith of the true healer who can heal our son.
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