Hi everyone,

They discontinued Natalie’s medications at 2:00 this morning. So far, Natalie’s heart is functioning very well. She will remain in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and will be closely observed for the next few days.

If all goes well, it sounds like they will need to perform some less major surgeries than we had expected. If her heart doesn’t respond well in the next few days, then they will have to perform the same three-stage surgeries that we had been expecting all along. So, we will continue to pray that her heart continues to function properly so that we can get her home sooner rather than later.

Heidi is doing very well, and is feeling better every day. We did some shopping today and bought some clothes for Natalie. The doctors and staff here have been tremendous, and we are very thankful that Natalie is here.