Good news on Zoe

Dear Friends and Family,

Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.

Psalm 95:2

Praise Jesus the surgery went well! All three of Zoe’s defects were fixed with no complications during her surgery. No she is in recovery in the ICU and is being watched very closely. She is stable (quite stable the doctor said) but we were told that with this kind of surgery the infents tend to get worse before they get better. So we are still praying, praying, praying for our baby girls little body to be healed.

At this point the main thing they are concerned with now is her lungs. Because of the damage done by the defects in her heart as well as the invasiveness of the surgery there is a lot of swelling and that is putting more strain on her lungs. So for now she is heavily sedated and breathing with a ventilator (all standard). In a few days (if all goes well) when the swelling goes down they will try and when her off the ventilator.

Even though the operation is over and went well we are not out of the wood yet. And even though it was not the first time it was rough to see our precious little girl with so many tubes coming out of her. Still because if the intensity of the operation she is going to need to be in the ICU for at least 7 to 10 days. We know that she belongs to Jesus and he is going to take care of her, but it is still going to be a long recovery.

Thank you all so much for the prayers! God is good!!!!!!!

Last moments before sending her to surgery

Chello, Meghan & Zoe Johnson