Sunday 13th Sept. 8 PM

     Hi everyone!  Thomas said that I needed to get out of the room and take care of this.  At the present Micah is getting a bath by the night shift nurse and I am quite sure that he would be sooo totally embarrassed if he had any clue what was going on!  We have all had  a good day and are closing in on the final of the first 72 hours which is the most critical time.  He has slept most of the day as he has had to work harder today.  As Thomas stated earlier they were doing some testing with his breathing, it is called a C cap.  The Respetory Specialist has been turning his oxygen on and off in 2 hr. cycles since 10:30 this morning and he has done great!  This is in prep. to see how he will respond to getting tubes taken out.  Yesterday when the Ox. was on he would not breathe on his own while sleeping much unless disturbed, because his body knew it didn't have to and so would get lazy.  Today though he has been doing it all whether awake or asleep, praise God!  His temp. due to swelling has started to come down a little and the Neurologists were very encouraged by all that they saw today.   We have been blessed with great nurses and docs of all kinds while here.  We all have a great deal of peace today.
     God has been so good to us and has given us people all along the route from the very onset.  He has held us in His loving arms and protected us and we are very grateful.   Thursday evening I was in such distress and crying telling God this is too much to bear and He has been faithful to hold me up and help me to stand.  During the time when I needed help to stand physically there were so many loved ones present that literally every direction I turned there was a hand to hold, an arm to hug me and so many to pray for me and my child and for that I am thankful.  The ride up here was hard, but God spoke to me and gave me peace that only He can give.  I am now able to listen to the doctors without feeling faint because I know that they are only people and not God.  God is the Great Physician and the one who knit Micah together in the womb and He can put back together anything that satan tries to take apart.  My mind is still boggled by all of the who, what , when, where and why's of the situation, but I am not in turmoil.  I will never be able to answer all the questions (that's why none of you call me God) but this I do know...God was not surprised by this & He is going to use this in Micah life to draw people to Him.  I can't wait to see what God will do with this.    He knew beforehand all that would happen and all that is yet to come.  He knows how to stretch His children just enough to cause them to grow and not break them.  Thursday morning I read in Ps. 73  "Whom have I in heaven but You...."  He is the only one we can trust and with God in our lives we are more than conquerors.  What satan meant for evil.....
I love you all and appreciate you more than words can say.  Until tomorrow, blessings of the Father be upon you all.