Update: Sorry to leave so suddenly without many details. Here's what has been going on in our family since last Tuesday.
As you may know, we welcomed our third little girl into the world a few weeks ago. Upon her birth and at her subsequent pediatric check ups, a slight heart murmur was detected. Every doctor and nurse who heard it reassured us that it was "probably nothing", but we should just have it checked out. We are fortunate to live within 30 minutes of Mott's Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan, so we had an appointment on Tuesday to have it "checked out".
It turns out the heart murmur was caused by a partially collapsed aorta. Our poor baby's heart had been working so hard for her three weeks of life. So, we were shocked to be told that we wouldn't be leaving the hospital that day, but instead our daughter Brielle was to be admitted and would need heart surgery!
You can imagine the roller coaster we've been on since. The last few days have been a fog, out of which we are slowly coming. I can hardly believe I survived those initial days. I've never been so scared or sad before. Minutes seemed like hours and my tears just couldn't stop coming. Nothing pains a parent more than having a child who is hurting, much less a tiny infant. I prayed without ceasing.
Praise God, the surgery is over and it appears to have been successful. We are still back and forth at the hospital, relying on friends and family to help with our other two daughters. We should be home soon and hope to return to some kind of normalcy.
Thanks for bearing with me and the blog. As much as I miss sharing deals with you all, I am totally focusing on Brielle and trying to get some rest in between driving to and from the hospital, pumping, spending time with my other kiddos, and just getting through each day. I hope to be back with you all soon!
Thanks for your prayers!
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Dear Savvy Spending friends,
please be patient with me as I take some more time off from the blog.
My sweet little 3 week old baby is needing some serious medical attention. Please keep us in your prayers.
Thank you,
Meghan

I will be "out of the office" again... UPDATE on Brielle