Isaac has been doing better and better each day. Yesterday he was playing, smiling and acting more like himself without the pain medicine. This video is from this morning. It shows just how well he is acting. He was making funny faces with his mouth because he is teething.

They took the bandages off of his stomach and left them off. Later they will take the central line out and hook up a regular IV because they think that the central line is causing a little bit of an infection, which in turn may be affecting his appetite. Thanks again for all your prayers and keep in touch.

On Wednesday, James and I took the girls to the zoo for being such good girls while brother was in surgery. Here's a couple from that trip.

This is Isaac the morning of his surgery. He was having a great time jumping in his bed.

Grace took this picture the afternoon after his surgery.

First of all...sorry about not posting anything sooner, but we've had some technical difficulties. Isaac is doing great. He got the NG tube out of his nose today. He then starting pooping like a pro. He's still struggling with a low fever, so the surgeon ordered a chest x-ray, urine culture and a blood culture. He just had that done tonight, so we won't know anything until morning. He is feeling pretty good, but needs an occational dose of morphine. He had his dressings changed today on his central line and his surgery site, which looks great. When he is on the morphine, we can get a smile out of him and he tries to talk a little bit. Hopefully tomorrow he can start drinking a little Pedialyte.

Thank you to everyone who has prayed for Isaac and the rest of our family. They are felt and appreciated. We couldn't make it through this without them.

With much love...Alisha

Sorry it's been a while since the last entry. I (James) came back Wednesday night and worked Thursday so I haven't been able to update as soon as I would have liked. That being said, we have a huge PRAISE THE LORD!!! This one is kinda weird, but I'm amazed at that things we take for granted. OUR SON POOPED HIS PANTS TODAY!!!!!!!!!!! After potty training two other kids, it feels weird to say that with this much excitement. God is good. Again Isaac's digestive system starts up very quickly. He also got to have the tube in his nose taken out today, and Lisha said that they changed the dressing on his stomach and where they made the incision looks really good. Continue praying for him because God is answering them. I will try to get some pics of him on as soon as possible. Thanks again and I pray that God will bless each of you who are praying for our son.

Isaac is now out of surgery. He did great and is resting comfortably. The doctor said that where he reattatched the small intestine was a little ways up from the rectum. So he still has just a small amount of his colon. He said that little bit of colon should slow down the flow of stool and help absorb some water. We are not for sure at this point how long Isaac will have to be in the hospital, we are hoping no more than a week. Thank you again for all your prayers.

To Brooke who wrote a comment, I'm sorry I have not responded sooner but I just saw your comment today. We would love to converse about treatments and what we have gone through.

Isaac is in surgery right now. I just talked with the nurse and she said that they had the results from the pathologist and they came back negative for the cells. So they are continuing on with the total colectomy. He has been in for 2.5 to 3 hours and is still doing great. Thanks for all your prayers.