Continued prayer – yes indeed. Lord heal this beautiful little girl. Help her to grow strong and that her organ’s and healing are perfect in Your will. Please comfort Josh, Tina and Ella as they climb all of the different mountains and reach the top successfully through your strength.

We too will continue to pray for Baby Ella. I live here in the land of 14ers and I’ve never even climed one. That already makes Ella stronger than me. You go sweet baby. Stay Strong and get better.
Lots of Love to the Three of you.

Thanks be to God for a successful surgery. Continued prayer for a strong recovery and strength for mom and dad in the coming weeks.
By the way Ella…scars are SO cool!

Tina and Josh, Thanks for the update. And now I will continue my prayers for Ella to make the same steady progress although slow sometimes. I am so thankful for you and Dr. Kays and staff. Rest well my granddaughter you had a good day… Love, Grandpa

Many steps on this special journey so hold fast and know we all take them with you in thought and prayer. SHe loooks beautiful and He is always holding her – Get some rest for yourselves so you refreshed for another day – our prayers continue and we send many hugs – Lord Bless – Steve and Joan

We just want to reach through the computer and give our Sweet Ella a kiss. She is simply beautiful and inspiring. Sweet Ella is going to climb mountains, one small hill at a time!
Go Ella, Go God!

We love you!

Rick, Shannon, Megan, Richard, Claire, and Ryan

Lord Jesus, please heal this child, from the inside out. You are the God of miracles. . . and she is! Praise you! Bless her with supernatural healing and peace!

We keep praying for you that God will give you strength and hope for the weeks ahead. We are thankful for this surgery being in the past but know that recovery can be the longest road….know that you will get there! May He hold you each step of the way. How do you eat an elephant??? One bite at a time : ) We praise God for bringing you this far!!! We cry with you for little Ella’s scars and the trial she must face yet even so, rejoice, knowing that she rests in the hands of God. Trusting and asking Him for her healing!

Yea Ella! Yea GOD!! Tina and Josh…just think…she’ll have the coolest “show and tell” in kindergarten with her scar! Actually, you’ll be amazed at how it will fade over the years…we have a hard time finding Luke’s! Get some rest and get ready…God has amazing things in store for all 3 of you!!

C’mon, little Ella! And c’mon you two. Time to rally! Pulling for you, as always. So glad that everything went well with the surgery. Thank you for the continued, thoughtful updates.

Sweet Ella, prayers are with you for your continued healing. Rest dear one, the Lord is watching over you. Mom and Dad you have had a hard day as well so try and get some rest.
God has done wonders and He will continue to show us His will by helping Ella climb those mountains! Much love, Fran

We are thankful for the continued progress of sweet Ella. We are blessed to have Dr. Kays and his wonderful nurses and staff to care for our precious girl. We give thanks to her wonderful parents who know our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Carry on dear Ella. Your family and spectacular loved ones will stay the course. We love you. We will pray always for your steady progress. Love, Aunt Char and Jim

we are with you in all our prayer as we come to Jesus who invites our burdens and to rest in him. we are so deeply grateful with you and baby ella for success and hope. we love you so much, monika, family, friends GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU EACH AND ALL

Just checkin’ in on Ella before bedtime, I see she’s hangin’ tough and keepin’ an eye on us too! Will continue to keep you guys in our prayers ~Hug & Kisses to Ella, Nurse Angie

Amazing. God Bless Ella and all her friends and family. Sleep peacefully and heal baby girl.

Praise God! God Bless Ella. So comforting to know our Lord and Savior understands the suffering in the flesh. Please Jesus be with Josh and Tina and Ella. Show your beauty in healing and love. You are the light of the world. Please shine on Ella. Amen.

You don’t know me but I am a mom of a NICU graduate. Our daughter was born at 30 weeks and had a life-threatening heart defect that required surgery when she made it to 4 lbs. As I read your story I was touched deeply and consummed by my own feelings that instantly brought me back into the NICU. I can remember praying for my little Emma to fight and for God to protect her while sustaining my husband & I through our journey. We were so tired and as I look back, although our journey continues at home, I still praise God for getting us through even our darkest hours. Your sweet little miracle is so strong and from what I have read her parents are two tough cokies too. May our Lord lift you and your Ella up in His Great Healing arms and hold you close. And may this time in the NICU become a time,that you will hold dear, but be a distant memory as you share Ella’s story as proud parents. If you feel like checking out Emma’s story her website is mdford1973.blogspot.com.

Good night Ella. I hope you have a restful night. God bless you little one.

Lord you are so amazing. We thank you for bringing Ella through this surgery. Thank you for blessing the doctors and each and every person who has touched Ella since she made her way into this world. Father God, we thank you for blessing Tina and Josh and her family with this beautiful little girl and all the 14ers they have overcome. We thank you in advance for keeping her fluids low and all her healings. We thank you for your love. Rest, repair and restore Sweet Baby Ella. Rest, repair and restore yourselves Tina and Josh. We love you. Kristin, Marques & Lauren

I linked up to your site through a friend asking for prayer for your sweet little one. I will be checking back often for updates. We are praying for Ella and for you both. In Christ, Laura

Lord, I echo Kristin’s prayer to rest, repair and restore Baby Ella. Lord, we trust that You who began this good work in this family will be faithful to complete it.

Josh and Tina – we continue to lift you up in prayer throughout our day. We thank you for sharing all the details with us. It has been a great spiritual encouragement to read. I spent a good deal of time yesterday reading your blog from start to finish once again. What a wonderful story Baby Ella will have…she will start her life KNOWING that HE saved her life. We should all be so spiritually blessed.

Love, Lesli

Good Morning – I pray our sweet Ella had a good night and the two of you were able to get some rest. Anxious to know about her night and this morning. Lord Bless and hugs – Steve and Joan

What an incredibly scary journey, and to see that giant incision – unbelievable how God can work thru modern medicine. Like you, we are so grateful for Dr. Kays and his staff but still gripping our hands tight in prayer for continued progress and health and strength for your precious girl. We know God is gripping you three tight also – praying strength and rest in him for you, too, Mom and Dad. We’re with you in love as always. Hugs, Kerri, Mark and kids

You are all in my heart and prayers.