Sorry for the lack of updates. It has been kind of a crazy week. They tried reducing the oxygen from .3 Liters per hour to .2 and Samuel could not handle it. He was sweating and could not take a bottle. They had to bump up his oxygen back to .5 liters per hour. He was at three bottles per day and now he is at no bottles per day. All the feeding is being done from the feeding tube. This week they are planning to feed him with one bottle a day. The nutritionist will feed him instead of Leyla.
Leyla and I have been over to visit Samuel a couple times. He is a real cutie. He really liked it when I sang "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" to him. I think that is his favorite.
Both girls were sick with a fever for a couple days. Crystal still has a cold. We had to cancel a trip to COSI with my sister and her boys because the girls were sick. Leyla has mastitis again. Leyla is still bleeding since the birth. Our hamster died over the weekend. This was Crystal's pet. She took it really well. She wants to get a goldfish now.
As you can imagine, with the set back for Samuel and all the sickness we are emotionally drained now.
A big praise in all this is that I was requested by name for a new assignment. I will be there until the end of the year. It is in Dublin so it is a much shorter drive than Polaris since we live in Hilliard. I don't have to worry about getting laid off since I am making my company money by being out on assignment the entire year.
Thanks to all the neighbors that helped during the snow storm. Thanks for all the wonderful meals and cards.
Please pray.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
Greg, we continue to pray for those breaths to slow and for Samuel to progress towards coming home. It must be discouraging when setbacks occur. I am thinking of all that God has brought Samuel through thus far. You are weary and this point in the journey must feel so long... John 16:33 "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
Greg and Leyla...love you guys. I am so sorry for Samuel's setbacks. I know that progressing slowly would be hard enough but then to see that progress go backwards must be the hardest. Here is the verse that was on my flip calendar today and I love it: Psalm 103:1-5
"PRAISE THE LORD, O MY SOUL; ALL MY INMOST BEING, PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME. PRAISE THE LORD O MY SOUL, AND FORGET NOT ALL HIS BENEFITS-WHO FORGIVES ALL YOUR SINS AND HEALS ALL YOUR DISEASES, WHO REDEEMS YOUR LIFE FROM THE PIT AND CROWNS YOU WITH LOVE AND COMPASSION, WHO SATISFIES YOUR DESIRES WITH GOOD THINGS SO THAT YOUR YOUTH IS RENEWED LIKE THE EAGLES."
Oh how I pray you feel His benefits today and that your youth would be renewed like the eagles. So glad you are not worrying about a job crisis right now. We love you! M.
Post a Comment