Nick

Things are slowly improving for Nick. The Dr's are offering no hope, just saying wait and see what happens. Apparently the sedatives were still in his blood, so he was still doped from that. Now he is responding. Thank God! There is no other explanation as to why he is still here...believe it or not.


TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2006 04:28 PM, CDT
"Wait and see what I will do". When I heard those words back in December I really had no idea of what God meant by waiting. I thought I did but I didn't. Now I know. I still don't know how long we will be asked to wait or even what God plans on doing. I do know that He has been doing some amazing things even in our extreme sadness and exhaustion. He somehow enables us to get up and go through each day and that in itself is a miracle.
Nick had a neurological exam today. The last time he had one was two days ago. Today the doctor saw him react to pain stimulus, he pulled his fingers back and is gripping our hands. He flutters his eyelids in response to having his eyes messed with. He actually bit onto the tool that the nurse was cleaning his mouth with today! He also responds by breathing over the ventilator, and his pulse and blood pressure go up. So...the neuro guy tells us that even though he sees these things he can't tell us much more than that we must WAIT! I reminded him that two days ago these things weren't there at all. No one seems to have any answers except that we must wait. We have no idea how long. The doctors don't give us much encouragement for Nick's future. After all, he still does have leukemia in addition to all of the new problems. But we are asking you who are praying to join us in not giving up. As long as Nick has breath we hope in what God might do. Continue to pray for Nick's healing and deliverance from death (Psalm 6). He is still with us and we will be by his side every minute.
Pray that his lungs, kidneys, and other problems would continue to heal. That there would be no more new problems come up. That God would restore his perfect health here on the earth. We are asking (no, begging) God to give him back to us. I want to see his eyes and hear his voice so badly. Pray for safe travel for family and friends who will be going back and forth to be with us. Pray that Josh and Alisha will have safe travel as they get home and back to school. Pray for strength for me and Steve so that we will be able to go through whatever we need to in the coming days.
Trusting God with the outcome...Wendy