Thursday, April 26, 2012
April 2012 四月２０１２年
It is now April and we are settling into life as a family of three. :) Yoshiki is 3 months old now and is growing very quickly! Looking at pictures from when he was first born, I can't believe he has already gotten so much bigger! He loves drinking lots of milk. haha :) He has continued to sleep through the night and seems to have a very easy going personality. He smiles and coos a lot to us and his "animal friends" (on his mobile above his crib) He can pretty much hold up his head by himself now too. He's pretty cute if I don't say so myself. ;-)
His mouth with the tape on it has come to a good position for the corrective surgery. And he is getting close to the 5 kg goal, so we were able to schedule the surgery for May 10th. We are supposed to check in on the morning of the 9th. Last Friday he had to have a x-ray, heart test, and blood test preparing for anesthetic. The surgery will be about 1 1/2 hours and we will stay in the hospital for about a week. They are going to fix his lip, nose, and the front part of the palate in this first surgery. He may develop an underbite, because of fixing the front part of the palate now, but if they waited to fix the palate all at once, he could develop holes in it and have more speech problems, and it is harder to sew it all together well. The doctor said that he has never seen a baby that had a cleft lip and palate not get an underbite anyways, and he will probably need braces anyways, so this seems like the best way to go. The doctor seems very kind and is a very cheerful guy. We are thankful that God will help him with the surgery and are thankful we can trust God to protect him even though the thought of general anesthetic and the whole surgery process on such a tiny baby seems a bit scary at times.
We would appreciate your prayers for wisdom and skill for the doctors and quick healing for Yoshiki. Also I will have to stay in the hospital for a week with him and Keisuke will be at home, so it will be a little boring and long feeling I think, but am praying for opportunities to reach out to people around us in the hospital. Please pray with us!
Keisuke and I joined back into our music team for the Gospel service. It is fun to be back on the team.
The weather is finally starting to feel a little bit like spring. It has been close to 60degrees F recently! woohoo. :) God's creation is so wonderful! I love seeing the new life of buds with flowers and other creation! God is so awesome!
Also my sisters Susie and Debbye had their babies (as most of you know) safely too. Mara Elise was born to Chris and Susanna Gordon on February 18th (4 weeks and a day after Yoshiki) and Declan Patrick was born to Aaron and Debbye Biermann on March 23rd (exactly 8 weeks after Yoshiki). It is so fun to have cousins born around the same time! We can't wait to have them all together in the same room when we are able to visit!
Until the next post, have a great spring! May God's grace in each of your lives be very evident to you in many ways!
四月になって、家族３人での生活を大分慣れてきました。喜基は生後三ヶ月になって、早く成長してます。産まれたばかりの写真を見たら本当にびっくりするほど大きくなったですね。彼はミルクが大好きです！（笑）喜基は夜中寝てくれるし、おとなしいな子です。最近は私たちによく笑ってくれたりベッドの上にあるおもちゃにはなしかけたりして、可愛いです！首も大分すわってきました。
口にテープを付けて、今は手術しやすい状態になってきてるし５キロのゴールに近づいてきてるので手術の日を決めました。５月９日に入院して、１０日に手術という予定です。先週は麻酔のための検査をいろいろされた。手術は１時間半くらいかかるそうで、入院は１週間くらいと言われてます。今回の手術で唇と鼻と口蓋裂の前の部分を直す手術です。今の時で口蓋裂の前部分を直すと今度残りの口蓋裂を直しやすいし後で全部一気に直すと穴とかができてしまう可能性ありますので最初に前の部分だけすると良いだと言われました。もしかしたらウケグチになるかもしれませんですが口唇口蓋裂でうけぐちにならない子は見たことがないと先生が言いましたので、いつかきょうせいする必要があるそうですが保険の中でその費用も出るので良かったです！先生は良い人だそうで優しいので少し安心します。手術の時に神様はその医者先生の手を導いてくださると信じていますので感謝して神様に委ねましょうと思ってます。
圭介さんと私は音楽チームに戻りました。楽しいです。♬ そしてやっと春の感じになってます神様が造った自然界の春の中の新しいものが咲いて本当に神様の造られた自然は美しいと思いますね。神様はすごい！
そして私のお姉さんたちでスージーとデッビーに赤ちゃんが無事に産まれました！
マラー エリースは２月１８日（喜基の４週間後）が産まれて、デッケレン パトリックは３月２３日に産まれました（喜基の８週間後）すごいですね！いとこたちが同じ年で楽しいです！そしていつか皆をそろって会わせるのは楽しみです！！！
では今度の更新まで、良い春を過ごしください！そしてひとりひとりに神様の恵みが明らかにわかりますようお祈りします。
His mouth with the tape on it has come to a good position for the corrective surgery. And he is getting close to the 5 kg goal, so we were able to schedule the surgery for May 10th. We are supposed to check in on the morning of the 9th. Last Friday he had to have a x-ray, heart test, and blood test preparing for anesthetic. The surgery will be about 1 1/2 hours and we will stay in the hospital for about a week. They are going to fix his lip, nose, and the front part of the palate in this first surgery. He may develop an underbite, because of fixing the front part of the palate now, but if they waited to fix the palate all at once, he could develop holes in it and have more speech problems, and it is harder to sew it all together well. The doctor said that he has never seen a baby that had a cleft lip and palate not get an underbite anyways, and he will probably need braces anyways, so this seems like the best way to go. The doctor seems very kind and is a very cheerful guy. We are thankful that God will help him with the surgery and are thankful we can trust God to protect him even though the thought of general anesthetic and the whole surgery process on such a tiny baby seems a bit scary at times.
We would appreciate your prayers for wisdom and skill for the doctors and quick healing for Yoshiki. Also I will have to stay in the hospital for a week with him and Keisuke will be at home, so it will be a little boring and long feeling I think, but am praying for opportunities to reach out to people around us in the hospital. Please pray with us!
Keisuke and I joined back into our music team for the Gospel service. It is fun to be back on the team.
The weather is finally starting to feel a little bit like spring. It has been close to 60degrees F recently! woohoo. :) God's creation is so wonderful! I love seeing the new life of buds with flowers and other creation! God is so awesome!
Also my sisters Susie and Debbye had their babies (as most of you know) safely too. Mara Elise was born to Chris and Susanna Gordon on February 18th (4 weeks and a day after Yoshiki) and Declan Patrick was born to Aaron and Debbye Biermann on March 23rd (exactly 8 weeks after Yoshiki). It is so fun to have cousins born around the same time! We can't wait to have them all together in the same room when we are able to visit!
Until the next post, have a great spring! May God's grace in each of your lives be very evident to you in many ways!
四月になって、家族３人での生活を大分慣れてきました。喜基は生後三ヶ月になって、早く成長してます。産まれたばかりの写真を見たら本当にびっくりするほど大きくなったですね。彼はミルクが大好きです！（笑）喜基は夜中寝てくれるし、おとなしいな子です。最近は私たちによく笑ってくれたりベッドの上にあるおもちゃにはなしかけたりして、可愛いです！首も大分すわってきました。
口にテープを付けて、今は手術しやすい状態になってきてるし５キロのゴールに近づいてきてるので手術の日を決めました。５月９日に入院して、１０日に手術という予定です。先週は麻酔のための検査をいろいろされた。手術は１時間半くらいかかるそうで、入院は１週間くらいと言われてます。今回の手術で唇と鼻と口蓋裂の前の部分を直す手術です。今の時で口蓋裂の前部分を直すと今度残りの口蓋裂を直しやすいし後で全部一気に直すと穴とかができてしまう可能性ありますので最初に前の部分だけすると良いだと言われました。もしかしたらウケグチになるかもしれませんですが口唇口蓋裂でうけぐちにならない子は見たことがないと先生が言いましたので、いつかきょうせいする必要があるそうですが保険の中でその費用も出るので良かったです！先生は良い人だそうで優しいので少し安心します。手術の時に神様はその医者先生の手を導いてくださると信じていますので感謝して神様に委ねましょうと思ってます。
圭介さんと私は音楽チームに戻りました。楽しいです。♬ そしてやっと春の感じになってます神様が造った自然界の春の中の新しいものが咲いて本当に神様の造られた自然は美しいと思いますね。神様はすごい！
そして私のお姉さんたちでスージーとデッビーに赤ちゃんが無事に産まれました！
マラー エリースは２月１８日（喜基の４週間後）が産まれて、デッケレン パトリックは３月２３日に産まれました（喜基の８週間後）すごいですね！いとこたちが同じ年で楽しいです！そしていつか皆をそろって会わせるのは楽しみです！！！
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
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