January 29, 2011 in Uncategorized with 9 Comments

PRAYER WORKS!!!! The same day that Gray woke up so upset and so sick and we asked for your prayers, God touched Gray’s little body giving him energy AND an appetite!! He ate lunch and played with his toys!! Something usually taken for granted, the simple fact that Gray was able to keep food down and had the energy to sit on the floor and play trains is a miracle!! We are so thankful!! It gives us the hope to walk through even one more day when we see our baby boy doing “normal” things. It’s refreshing. Even as our world continues to swirl around us and our days are unsure we can still see our three-year-old little man somewhere inside a sick body. We took Gray back to the hospital on Friday for another round of blood tests to see if he is up for his surgery scheduled for Monday. While his blood counts are still climbing they are doing so very slowly and so Gray’s surgery has been pushed back yet again. He is now scheduled for surgery on Thursday, February 3rd. We hope and pray that this date holds. We assume that Gray’s blood counts aren’t bouncing back as quickly this time because of his RSV. His little body is doing its best to fight and keep up but sometimes it’s just too much to handle. Please continue to pray for a healing in Gray’s body, for his blood counts to recover so he has the health to undergo surgery and for the health of our entire family. Seth, unfortunately, came home sick from school on Friday and while we are all feeling a bit better we just can’t seem to kick this flu/cold. We’re praying for health, rest, peace and energy. While caring for ourselves and most importantly for Gray, life continues to move forward and we all have a very busy couple of months ahead of us with work and statewide youth events. While we’re still balancing it all right now it’s not easy. Rest would be beyond helpful at this point. Sigh. We’ll keep you posted on Gray’s surgery date. Thank you all for sticking with us and offering up your constant prayers! You can’t know what it means to our family!

“Therefore let everyone who is godly pray to you while you may be found; surely when the mighty waters rise, they will not reach him. You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.” Psalm 32: 6-7