Ezzy- casting take TWO

Ezra was a champ while the doctor casted his feet this past Tuesday. He will wear these for three weeks and then will go again for another set of "cowboy boots" :) These this week are a bit larger and heavier. He is such a trooper and handling them extremely well. We praise God for this blessing of Ezra allowing the casts to do their designed job! We are already seeing some results. The doctor was very happy with the level of flexibility he saw and felt so far when examing his feet out of the casts! Praise GOD! It was fun to cuddle and snuggle him without the casts on for about 20 minutes before they re-casted him. He was so LIGHT and skinny :) My growing mommy belly and his casts can be a bit of a challenge at times....but worth it all.

His sisters, along with Nana, came this time to experience the casting experience. They were wonderful helpers and were able to sit right next to him, to encourage him and whisper, "don't worry bubby, your big sister is here..." Is there anything more precious? They LOVE their brother so much, we are blessed by them daily and their love and concern for their bubby. They are his prayer warriers....just this morning, we had to stop eating to pray for bubby's brain....they simple humble me.

Ezzy, our big boy...just had another hair cut!

 

Ez Man with his big boy casts

Thank you to all who have been praying for Ezra in regards to our new adventure of casting his precious little feet. As you can see, he is adjusting well to his new "cowboy boots" as Nana calls them :) and able to rest peacefully during nap time. He has his moments when they seem to be a bother, but overall, he is doing amazingly well. During the casting process he did great and was very relaxed, he actually fell asleep for a bit and seemed to enjoy the massaging the Doctor was doing on his feet to cast them into place. We will go back every two weeks for new casting and continue until his feet are corrected. There are a lot of unknowns to us. We do not know how long this whole process with take or if surgery will be needed. We will just take it week by week and see what God has for him.
At first, we were told that we would need to go back to St. Louis on a weekly basis, which was a bit stressful for mommy to fit into her already packed schedule. I decided to give it to the Lord and pray for the strength needed week by week. The Lord really calmed me and totally encouraged me when the doctor said that due to our traveling distance, Ezra could be casted every TWO weeks instead of every week! I am aware that this might change, but for now REJOICE in this schedule. I know this may seem like a little thing to most, but for me, it was an answer to prayer and again God teaching me that HE IS IN CONTROL and will never give me more than I can bear!!! So with all this updating, the biggest area of praise is definitely in God's amazing grace and consitent control of all things. God continually uses my son Ezra and all that it takes to care for him, to remind me of how GREAT God is and that HE ALONE knows the future and I may plan my ways, but HIS WAYS are best!

Love to you all. We treasure your friendship and love for our Ez Man!

Ezzy's big sisters had fun writing their names on his casts! They LOVE their "bubby" so much.

Ez Man at the Zoo a few weeks ago

 

The world of HEARING.....

Many have asked how Ezzy is now doing after having his ear tubes put in and my response has been GREAT!!! As far as daddy and I can tell, we do believe his hearing is better. Even his speech therapist has said that she thinks he is turning his head more to sounds and is finding the source of sound with much more ease! Overall, we are very happy and still have to have a official hearing test done at Children's Hospital to specifically find out how well he is actually hearing and if any hearing assistence is needed for him.

He is very alert and taking in all that is around him. It is so fun to "play" with him! He LOVES to dance and loves to have his arms swung all around!! He is just a sweet little buddy and we PRAISE God for the blessing he is in our life!!! His sisters ADORE him and I love to see them interact with him.

Thank you again for all who have prayed for him and continue to....God is working and ALL glory to Him for our sweet little Ez Man!

The most recent St. Louis trip

Good Morning!

Mommy has written all about my foot and back check up in her blog.

You can check it out at:

www.jewelsofjoy.blogspot.com if you want!

THANK you for praying for me!

Love,

Ezzy