Light at the end...

Because I am short on time right now, I just want to give a quick update for all you wonderful people who are following our story. I believe the reason for all of our blessings is the amount of prayers from our amazing friends, family, and even strangers. I will write in detail the process and everything we went through yesterday, but today I will just let you in to our fantastic news. Delaney did amazingly well getting her first cast. Everything went VERY smoothly with her being put under. She did not vomit or get sick in any way. She was a trooper...and is insanely strong! I am so proud of her. The doctors got her curve from 23 degrees down to 10 degrees in the cast. That is amazing!!! But the VERY best part of it all is that they think she may only need 1 more cast!!!!!! That would mean she would only have to be in it for 4 months instead of 1 year. She is very flexible and they were impressed with the amount of correction they got in her first cast, so the doctors are EXTREMELY encouraged. Everything went very fast and so much better than we expected. Her surgery started at 7:45 and we were in our own room by 9:15. Then they released us at 1:45. She just did so well...we are so blessed! The cast weighs about 3 lbs so it is very heavy for her. But she even did much better with adjusting than we could have hoped. When we got home she could still crawl and pull up to standing. Sitting is harder and she falls over a lot. She gets SO mad that she has to support the cast and everything she does is much slower. She has always been very active, so she does cry out in frustration...but she will be back to her old mischievous self very soon. We could not have imagined such success!! It is all because of your prayers!! Thank you all soo much from the bottom of our hearts!