PROJECT LILY : Dad's Turn

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Dad's Turn

After a long day of flying cross country, I was sooo excited to see this little angel and get to hold her and play with her. Such a blessing and such a relief to have the end in sight.

9 comments:

Unknown said...: You look so happy with Lily, Benny! And she is adorable!; July 16, 2009 at 8:33 PM
JJuracan and family said...: she looks happy to see her daddy! :-); July 16, 2009 at 9:46 PM
Unknown said...: It's good to see you holding Lily. I am so glad you are with Laura. Lily is looking really good and happy and precious and adorable.; July 16, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Lisa Gwilliam said...: Give her millions of hugs and kisses for us! We'll see you soon!!; July 17, 2009 at 9:49 AM
camille said...: Alright, Benny! You made it! Can't wait to have the whole family home and together! Only the weekend to go, really! FINALLY!!!! Lily looks so cute in her little bed. She really has grown up a lot out there! xo; July 17, 2009 at 4:14 PM
Cat said...: I am so happy for you to have made it through,it was a pleasure coming to work almost every day and taking care of Lily.; July 17, 2009 at 6:44 PM
SUMMER said...: Yeah for Benny coming to bring you two home! And Lily looks SO happy and SO beautiful!; July 18, 2009 at 12:06 AM
Alicia said...: What a doll she is! And what a sweet daddy. Glad you guys made it through.; July 18, 2009 at 12:46 PM
Roney Family said...: So glad that Benny got to be there and hold her! Those pictures are adorable!; July 19, 2009 at 4:10 PM

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Lily (age 5 1/2) will have major bladder reconstruction surgery on Oct 29th at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. It will be an intensive 8 hour surgery, followed by 6 weeks recovery and therapy. Lily was born with Bladder Exstrophy, a very rare and complicated birth defect, and has had many surgeries and procedures in her life so far. This surgery will be an important step for her future. She will finally be continent after having to wear diapers, pull ups, and pads till now. It will not come easy though, as it will take many weeks of hard recovery in a city across the country from our home in California. I am making this blog/journal for my friends who also are dealing with bladder exstrophy, and also so that me and Lily will have a record of our experiences during this trial in our lives.