Big news....Huge News.....

Well it's been a few days since I last updated the blog, Maizy has been doing great, and still working on eating.  She is now weighing in at a hefty 7lbs 6oz! 

And finally Aunt Kathy Poore got to meet Maizy!!  Kathy and her family came by to see us on their way to Orlando for vacation.  It was great to see our fantastic friends who have done so much for us while we have been gone.  I have been told that Kathy, Allison, Piper and Traci  also had a late night spa in our room at the Ronald McDonald House. 

Piper came back from her stay with Papa and RaRa on thursday, I met them in Junction City where not only RaRa came to drop off Piper, but so did Great Grandma Dodo!!  She also bought us ice cream at the A&W at the truck stop where we met them.  For those you who know Dodo it's of no surprise that she bought us ice cream...that my friends is what Dodo does!  Also it worth noting that yes indeed A&W Rootbeer restaurants still exist and thrive...in truckstops in Kansas.

It's also worth noting that we have been informed that after over a month....WE ARE GOING HOME!!!  That's right, Team Ferrell is going home.  We both learned to place the little feeding tube in her nose last night, and other than that...Amaizing Maizy is all good and ready to get the heck out of here.  Piper is eager to show here the garden, her toys, the peach trees, the grape vines and introduce her to Scout and Kya!!!  Needless to say we are all ready to be home!!

The last 5 weess has been a trying and tough time, so much has been jammed in that it seems like its been 3 years.  Piper and Traci both turned another year older, we celebrated Father's Day and the Fourth of July, Austin Doering was born (Traci's brother Scott, and his wife Jess's new little boy) and most of all Maizy was born, went to the NICU, Had open heart surgery, went to recover in the PICU, came off her ventilator, had her chest wired shut, was finally held by her love ones, and learned to eat as well!!   It's safe to say Maizy has had jammed into her life in the first month more than what most of us have to deal with our whole lives. 

I would say that this month has been quite eventful, but through it all we made the best of our situation, and we are eager to finish up this adventure that life has given us.

As I have stated numerous times before we couldn't have done it without all the love and support of some many fantastic people, we even had people we don't know praying for us...it was truly moving to know how many people were thinking of Maizy in this difficult time.  In a time where the world consistently seems like a terrible place filled with terrible people, our family was shown that in fact that is not the case.  This world has amazing and caring people in it, who in tough times will take time out of there busy day to pray for you, say a kind word, or simply hope that things are going well.  We will never be able to pay back the kindness that so many people have shown our family, but I promise you we will pass on that caring to others. 

I plan to continue the blog to let everyone know what is going on as we take our adventure home, so I guess I will continue to be a daddy blogger!!

In closing, there are just too many people to name that have shown our family love and kindness so I will end this blog post by simply saying that every single thing that every single one of you did helped us along the way, help in the healing process and gave us strength to get through one of the toughest times in our lives...we love you all.  From the kind words and prayers, to the all our visitors, from those who offered their time and homes to us, and everyone back home who cared for our animals and our home...we love you all so very much.

Thank you to every single one of you.  We will be seeing you all very soon!