Update from Michael - 9/16/2008; Comment from Robin

INTRODUCTION BY ROBIN

We continue to thank God for the miracles in Melissa's life and pray that her healing and recovery will progress. Thank you Lord for such patient and wonderful parents! Please grant them peace, guidance, courage & strength and all the support they need from family and friends. Special thanks to those that have provided meals and resources for the Yu family. It is all appreciated beyond words we can express.

Robin


UPDATE FROM MICHAEL:

HealthBridge Children’s Rehabilitation Hospital
393 S. Tustin St.
Orange, CA 92686

Dear friends,

Melissa was discharged from CHOC today and went back to HealthBridge to continue her rehabilitation.

Last Tuesday (09/09/2008) she had undergone her 15th surgery, this time to replace the shunt in her brain. Following the surgery she experienced three days of vomiting. For the past two days she has not been able to sleep. The doctors don’t know why but will give her a sleeping pill if she cannot get to sleep tonight.

Things For Which We Give Thanksgiving to God:

1. Melissa is more alert and more able to communicate clearly.
2. She smiles every day.
3. She always shows “thumbs up” when asked how she’s doing.
4. She is ready to start drinking some liquid.


Things to Pray for:

1. That the rehab. program can fit her needs and help her recover better.
2. Her heart can tolerate her current heart rate.
3. That she will be able to sleep well every night. This is very important for her recovery and so that she has sufficient strength for the next day’s rehab. program.
4. That she can have at least 30 minutes of school time every day at rehab. center, that she will enjoy the class, and that the school district will assign a special teacher to come every day.
5. That she will either gain sufficient strength for her damaged heart valve to be replaced or that God will perform a miracle and heal the damaged heart valve so it can close properly and tightly.

In Him,

Michael