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Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Josiah

Recent posting from his family

Josiah is back in the NICU, in the same room (41) but in a different spot, a sperated side room where he can be watched and kept isolated for the next few days.

Josiah is well doped, though he did try to arch his back on his way back from the OR (catching the nurses by surprise, but he didn't do any harm to himself!) Josiah will be on IV for at least the next day, but may be able to get back on milk tomorrow. As long as Josiah is sedated like this, he will also be on a ventilator since he isn't alert enough to breathe on his own yet.

Everything has gone well up to this point. It's hard for Marie and I to adjust to the fact he'll have this appliance attached to him for a while, but it's so wonderful to see his full face again.

Prayer requests: that Josiah will heal fully and quickly, that he will be able to breathe on his own when that time comes, that the community nurses will be in place for when we are ready to go, for strength for Marie and I through these days, and that Josiah will be protected from harm, injury, viruses and infections now and throughout his time on the 'trache'. I have mentioned it before, but Josiah is now much more vulnerable to viruses and infections now that he's on the trache. This is part of the reason there is a 15% risk of Sudden Death for those who live with a trache. Yeah, talk about living under God's mercy.

We may post later in the day, but who knows. Right now we're just adjusting. In ending, I'll post the lyrics to a song that's been on repeat for me. Kudos and back-slaps for anyone who knows the band!

I know one day, all our scars will disappear,
like the stars at dawnand all of our pain,
will fade away when morning comes

and on that day when we look backwards we will see,
that everything is changed
and all of our trials, will be as milestones on the way

and as long as we live,
every scar is a bridge to someone's broken heart
and there's no greater love,
than that one shed his blood for his friends

on that day all of the scales will swing to set all the wrongs to right
all of our tears, and all of our fears will take to flight
but until then all of our scars will still remain,
but we've learned that if we'll
open the wounds and share them then soon they start to heal

as long as we live,
every scar is a bridge to someone's broken heart
and there's no greater love,
than that one shed his blood for his friends

we must see that every scar is a bridge,
and as long as we live we must open up these wounds
when some one stands in your shoes and will shed his own blood
there's no greater love. we must open up our wounds

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