posted by Todd & Christy Osterberg @ 2:01 PM
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We are so excited to be able to share this with all of you! We have
finally scheduled Gillian's dedication at our church (Adventure
Christian Church in Roseville) on October 29th at 9am. We know that
many of you live out of town, but we wanted to invite you all to come
celebrate with us. We will be hosting an open house after church that
day, and would love for you to come. Please let us know if you can
make it.
Gillie has been doing really well! She's even starting to stand
during therapy sessions with her braces on. We were also so excited
to watch her climb all the way up the stairs in our friend's house
the other day!!! Wow! God is good! As you know, she had a shunt
placed in her brain in June. We really think this has made a huge
difference in her development. She started crawling the day after we
brought her home from the hospital! She is also able to do things
with her hands that she had previously had trouble with (holding and
releasing objects, etc.). She started talking about a month ago too!
She loves to imitate words and sounds. She will even pause while
she's drinking her bottle to say a new word she's learned (today it
was... drink, drink, "bus," drink some more, "bath," drink again,
"elbow..." and on an on with a HUGE smile on her face). Feeding time
is taking a long time now!!
We also discovered during one of our UCSF visits that her bladder
hadn't grown since she was born. We were able to start a new
medication to help stretch it out and hopefully decrease the chances
of a future bladder surgery. We were having some trouble with night
wakings after staring this medication, but it seems to have leveled
out. Hooray!
We hope all is well with all of you. We thank you again for your
prayers and words of encouragement for our family! We would
appreciate your continued prayers for Gillian's motor development.
Love,
Christy, Todd, Jordan, and Gillian
posted by Todd & Christy Osterberg @ 9:41 PM
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posted by Todd & Christy Osterberg @ 7:55 PM
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Hi everyone,
We are writing to ask for prayer for Gillian once again. She had an
MRI in San Francisco a few weeks ago that showed she is developing a
syrinx (cyst) at the top of her spinal column. Her neurosurgeon
believes that the syrinx is being caused by the extra fluid in the
ventricles of her brain (hydrocephalus). Because of this, he's
decided that she needs to have the shunt surgery after all. We have
her surgery scheduled next Tuesday (June 20th) at 2 pm. We would love
your prayers for her health between now and then. She just got over a
cold/ear infection, and has now broken out in small patches of hives
two times in the last few weeks. We have no idea why (possibly caused
by a virus or an allergic reaction to latex or ??), but the doctor
didn't know if she'd have clearance to have the surgery if the hives
are still there next week. Please also pray for her on the day of the
surgery, since she won't be able to eat all day (which is really hard
for a one year old).
On to happier news... Gillian is an amazing baby! She had her first
birthday on June 1st (can you believe it?!) and ate almost an entire
flower cake all by herself! She just started "commando crawling" and
is now able to get into a sitting position. She has some sort of
therapy (physical therapy, occupational therapy, sensory motor gym,
etc.) almost every day, which we think has really helped with her
development. On top of all of that, she's really cute too! She's
still a very happy and content baby, although she's starting to
become more vocal about her wants and needs! We had to take her out
of church yesterday because she had decided that the singing time
needed to continue well into our pastor's sermon!
Thank you all so much for your support and prayers. We really
appreciate all of you! We will try to update her blog with pictures
and more updates as we find out more information
(gillianosterberg.blogspot.com).
Love,
Todd, Christy, Jordan, and Gillian
Please pray for:
* Gillian's surgery at 2pm on Tuesday, June 20th
* Strength for her (and us) to deal with not being able to eat the
day of the surgery
* Her health between now and then
* A quick recovery without complications so we can get back home to
Jordan as soon as possible
* Protection from infection along the incision sites (one on her
head, and one on her stomach)
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