Day 18

(Original appeared April 27, 2016)

I mention that number, 18, not because it is particularly significant in and of itself. I mention it simply because Big J is still with us and we are so very thankful for each of those days. These days have been both a sloth and rocket.
Today has been interesting. His chest xray of his lungs was decent again. His kidneys showed signs of backing off when they tried to wean him off the meds and so they will keep that going for now. The heart murmur is back and so his PDA hasn’t quite closed up yet. They will give it more time to close on its own.
His oxygen numbers continued to fluctuate all night. They think that could be caused by a blockage in the little tube that runs down his throat. And since that tube has been in for over 2 weeks, they changed it out. The new one went into place just fine but they’ve had to increase his oxygen percentage quite a bit to get him squared away. Hopefully he will settle and they can wean him down some.
On a side note, we’ve received such wonderful Bible verses and mini-prayers lately. We’ve also spent more time in prayer ourselves and contemplating all of those uplifting, encouraging verses than we ever have before. Thank you for those. But today one stuck out. Psalm 121. I invite you to read it with a new perspective. How wonderful it is to know that the makers of heaven and earth, someone so powerful, has this little situation in His hand. We know he will work this for good, somehow. We don’t know how, or when, or if the outcome will even be what we want. His ways are not our ways, and we have the great comfort that He’s got this.