Hello – Leslie and I are writing you from Leslie’s sisters house in Elizabethton, Tennessee. Because Evi’s wounds had to heal, we were given a week break before we can think about fitting her for the prosthetic. We decided that this would be a great time to visit family and friends in Tennessee, although it was a little last minute. We left Saturday morning and arrived in Tennessee on Sunday afternoon. We had a safe trip, and the kids did great throughout the journey.
Please continue to pray for Evi. The bandage changes have returned and Evi is struggling with the open wounds. Evi is still doing great and practically running everywhere she goes. The removable “cast” that the doctors gave her has improved Evi’s spirits dramatically. We will be departing Tennessee for Dallas on either Friday or Saturday of this week. Please pray for safe travel for the entire family.
On Friday we had a chance to visit with Brad and Kristian Westom, fellow missionaries with MAF in Lesotho. They have three little girls and it was great to see Evi playing with them again. Please continue to pray for MAF Lesotho over these next several months. There are currently three of seven MAF staff that are out of the country. This is leaving the four remaining staff with high workloads and keeping them extremely busy. Once again thank you so much for your prayers and your commitment to lift up our family before our Lord Jesus Christ.
In His Service,
The Hulls family…
Monday, January 29, 2007
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Evi Update: Jan 17th
Yesterday Evi went to the hospital in order to remove her cast and begin the molding process of her “little foot” in order to fit her for a prosthetic. When we first got to Dallas on the 4th her wound was looking great, although a little bit dry. Because her skin was very dry, the doctor put some petroleum embedded cloth underneath the cast, on top of the skin to keep it moist. We have often used this in the healing process. As we removed the cast yesterday the leg looked much worse than it did a week and a half earlier. As a result we will still have to wait until we can fit her for the prosthesis socket. We think that Evi may have had some sort of allergic reaction to the petroleum cloth. But once again we have reason to praise God that we are here in Dallas. Evi’s surgeon and prosthetist were both able to visit with us together as we make another plan to help Evi’s leg heal. We are going to be making a removable cast for Evi to wear at home and when she wants to walk. We are also going to begin twice a day physical therapy. They will be able to remove her cast, while working with Evi getting used to seeing her leg and gradually being able to touch it. This will also open her leg up to open air, and allow the wounds to heal faster as well.
The rest of the family is doing well. We are keeping busy keeping track of Evi and enjoying our time together. Leslie and I are both anxious for me to get back to work. =) The latest news of Evi’s leg turning back into an open wound is discouraging, but we are thankful that Evi is doing so well in her cast. She continues to await the day when she can wear her new foot, but amazes us every day with what she can do without it.
Please pray for the MAF team that is currently in Lesotho. We have two families that are on furlough leaving only four out of seven families there. We are anxious to return and help with the workload. Pray that God would encourage us as a family as we continue to wait for Evi’s new prosthetic.
The rest of the family is doing well. We are keeping busy keeping track of Evi and enjoying our time together. Leslie and I are both anxious for me to get back to work. =) The latest news of Evi’s leg turning back into an open wound is discouraging, but we are thankful that Evi is doing so well in her cast. She continues to await the day when she can wear her new foot, but amazes us every day with what she can do without it.
Please pray for the MAF team that is currently in Lesotho. We have two families that are on furlough leaving only four out of seven families there. We are anxious to return and help with the workload. Pray that God would encourage us as a family as we continue to wait for Evi’s new prosthetic.
Saturday, January 6, 2007
Evi's Dolphin Foot
Hello and happy New Year!! Our family made it safely back to Dallas after two days of driving. And once again the Lord has provided housing for us while we are in Dallas. We want to thank all of you who have helped us to secure this new apartment. And speaking of our new housing, what an incredible place it is. Evi has her own room, and Caleb gets to sleep in the large walk in closet. Today Evi and I were walking around the 2 lakes that our apartment borders and spent a while watching the ducks and squirrels, and even got to feed the ducks. There are miles of walking trails that will be perfect as Evi learns to adapt to her new foot early next month.
On Thursday Evi took her 15th (and hopefully last) visit to the OR. This involved removing her cast, manually stretching her knee and then putting her in another cast. Praise the Lord that Evi is making progress and the doctor thinks that she will not need additional casts after this on is removed on January 16th. The doctor was able to stretch her knee to 5 degrees of deflection. This is almost perfect and she should be able to gain the last 5 degrees after getting her new foot. Also, for the first time in 4 months we no longer have to continue her daily bandage changes. The leg has healed to the point where there are no longer any open wounds. This is a major praise and we are so thankful to be making progress.
You are probably asking about the title of this e-mail “Evi’s Dolphin foot”. Over the last month Evi has talked a lot about her new foot. Her main concern was that her new foot would match her other foot. Leslie and I were unsure exactly what Evi meant by this. Someone let us borrow their prosthetic foot so that we could take it home to Evi. We came home and showed Evi a sample of what her foot will look like. She was very excited and wouldn’t stop thanking mommy and daddy for showing her this foot. She then proclaimed loudly. “Look at my dolphin foot!” Leslie and I were a little shocked and unsure what Evi was talking about. We figured out that several weeks earlier Leslie was trying to describe what Evi’s foot would be like by telling her that it was like a dolls foot. Evi didn’t quite understand and figured it was a dolphin foot. Well, maybe that was why she was so concerned about it matching. =)
Evi continues to make progress walking on her cast. Our prayer is that this will make it easier to adapt to her new foot once she gets the prosthetic. Please continue to pray as there are still lots of steps to be accomplished. While in Flagstaff we were blessed to be able to visit three of our supporting churches, and to spend some quality time with family and friends. Thank you once again for praying with us and standing beside us on this journey with Evi.
On Thursday Evi took her 15th (and hopefully last) visit to the OR. This involved removing her cast, manually stretching her knee and then putting her in another cast. Praise the Lord that Evi is making progress and the doctor thinks that she will not need additional casts after this on is removed on January 16th. The doctor was able to stretch her knee to 5 degrees of deflection. This is almost perfect and she should be able to gain the last 5 degrees after getting her new foot. Also, for the first time in 4 months we no longer have to continue her daily bandage changes. The leg has healed to the point where there are no longer any open wounds. This is a major praise and we are so thankful to be making progress.
You are probably asking about the title of this e-mail “Evi’s Dolphin foot”. Over the last month Evi has talked a lot about her new foot. Her main concern was that her new foot would match her other foot. Leslie and I were unsure exactly what Evi meant by this. Someone let us borrow their prosthetic foot so that we could take it home to Evi. We came home and showed Evi a sample of what her foot will look like. She was very excited and wouldn’t stop thanking mommy and daddy for showing her this foot. She then proclaimed loudly. “Look at my dolphin foot!” Leslie and I were a little shocked and unsure what Evi was talking about. We figured out that several weeks earlier Leslie was trying to describe what Evi’s foot would be like by telling her that it was like a dolls foot. Evi didn’t quite understand and figured it was a dolphin foot. Well, maybe that was why she was so concerned about it matching. =)
Evi continues to make progress walking on her cast. Our prayer is that this will make it easier to adapt to her new foot once she gets the prosthetic. Please continue to pray as there are still lots of steps to be accomplished. While in Flagstaff we were blessed to be able to visit three of our supporting churches, and to spend some quality time with family and friends. Thank you once again for praying with us and standing beside us on this journey with Evi.
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