To God Be The Glory: Thursday Update

This World Is Not My Home

I'm just a passin' through. My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue. In the meantime, we are so thankful to be in the center of our Lord's will and for the blessing of serving our Saviour and the people of Bible Baptist Church for the last 35 years here in Kalispell, Montana. This blog is a way of keeping in touch with our extended families, church family, and friends far and wide. We feel so blessed by each one of you and what you mean to us. We are thankful for your prayers over the years and especially now. More importantly, we encourage every one our fellow Christian soldiers to "hold the fort". Use both the joys and trials to tell others of God's amazing grace. It is our desire to give Him the glory in all things. "Wave the answer back to heaven, by Thy grace, we will"

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Thursday Update

A medical pow-wow was had this afternoon with Nathan, Louise, the boys, and the doctors. It looks like the earliest he would be released home is next Tuesday. At that time, they will all meet again and decide whether he is ready or needs more time. While the doctors agree he is ahead of schedule as far as the recovery process, he is still in a precarious spot and in no way are they willing to take any risks. For that matter, neither are we. We need to thank you all so much for your prayers as one thing they are amazed at is what little pain he seems to have at this point, and we know this is because of your prayers. His pain level has gone from nearly unbearable to uncomfortable, allowing him to participate more in his therapy.

The doctors are working to decrease his two main risks: a re-injury to his spine and poorly regulated blood sugar. Regarding his spine, the doctors say he is so lucky he is even alive, and that he is not paralyzed. To this he repied, "I am NOT lucky. I have the Lord Jesus Christ looking out for me. He gets all the credit for that." The doctors say many who present with the extent of his injuries at his age end up in a wheelchair for the rest of their lives, or they are just never able to recover at all. Due to the location of the vertebrae that were broken, a re-injury to his upper mid back especially (he broke T4) would be dangerous. Please pray the bones continue to heal well, that his body is able to rebuild the muscle support around them, and that he has no falls. With regard to his diabetes, well, most of you understand what a struggle that can be. They are working on medication adjustments to avoid the kind of thing that happened the morning of the accident. In addition, they are counseling him on diet changes. Just the mention of adding more vegetables to his diet makes him cringe, and we won't even mention the "donut" thing. The sweetest, prettiest nutrition counselor came in with some information, which he took without looking at and politely said"Ok, see you later". Please pray he makes the decision on his own to help monitor his diet better. We know Louise has been an excellent help in this area, but he has to be in cooperation.

That's all for now. More later. Thank you all for praying.