Tuesday, 5/14/13 @
4:45 pm
Wow….wow!!! What a
day!!! It is almost funny to think of
what a whirlwind we’ve been on today.
Basically, you can take out every time the doctors and nurses said, “a
few days” and plug in “a few hours” and then we are working in God’s
speed! Less than an hour before this, I
was talking with a pastor from Chapel Wood that visits us every couple of
days. He was here last Friday when
Samuel was heading back to surgery again.
We had explained what all had went wrong and what that meant for Samuel
long term. We prayed together as
usual. Today he came to see how Samuel
was accepting things and how he was feeling.
When he asked me about all the procedures and I told him they didn’t do
most of that after all, I thought he was going to fall over. Last week he was here when the doctors were
telling us that these procedures were his only option. It hit me at that moment what all God had
done to spare Samuel a lot of heartache and set him back on the right path to
recovery. That was a miracle in itself and
no one has really ever been able to explain exactly what changed in that
surgery process, but we know our Lord was at work.
While I was talking with
Bill from Chapel Wood, Julia and TD Casey stopped by. Then Chris Phillips came to see Samuel
too. While we were visiting, the receptionist
came to tell us that they are requesting that Samuel’s mom come to the
back. My heart skipped a beat and I must
have looked terrified. She quickly explained, “They are moving Samuel to a new
room.” The four of us were so happy, I think
we screamed and jumped for joy! Then I
looked around and felt guilty seeing all the faces of those who are new to
STICU and still in that critical place we were at just days ago. I told our friends to wait for me because we
were just moving to SIMU (Intermediate ICU) and it was basically just moving us
to a different pod just down the hall from STICU. You can’t imagine how shocked I was when the
team of nurses said he was headed to the floor instead of SIMU. I went
with Samuel upstairs with the biggest smile on my face!!! I’m sure everyone was thinking, “Why is that
lady so happy? This is a hospital!” They have no idea that we’ve spent almost two
weeks here in STICU and just a few days ago we weren’t sure he would even pull
through this…..but God had a BIGGER plan!
Chris, Julia, TD and I packed up everything in our little “nest”
in the waiting room and we headed back up to Samuel’s new room. A few wrong turns, but we made it! Samuel is tired now and he is sleeping. I think he is worn out from the move. Tonight I get to sleep in a chair that
converts into a bed in a private room with just Samuel. I can hardly wait to hear this kiddos
testimony! Surely God has something
amazing planned for him. Thank you for lifting
him and our family in prayer. God is at
work!
PS – Bobby’s brother (my dear prayer partner in the STICU
waiting room) was also moved to SIMU today and Lani’s husband, Clyde, was
discharged to TEAR Rehab after more than a month here. We all have so much to be thankful
for!!! It was a day of healing miracles
and many praises!!! All three of the
longest term patients in STICU/SIMU were moved out. Amazing day!
Trusting in Jesus!
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