Wednesday May 9, 2007
Mom and I went in to VGHÂ this morning at 9am.
Chris had another tough night. He was pretty tired and out of it while we were there.
He is in the Trauma Unit, but is still under intensive critical care. The difference is that now he is breathing on his own, and without any help from the respirator. In fact, they don’t even have him on oxygen any more. He does have a little mask over the trach, but it is just giving him humidified regular air.
His tempertaure is still up, and they are concerend about infection. We desperately need your prayers that either God would completely eradicate the infection in Chris’s body, or else show the Doctors where the source of infection is, so they can treat it.
They changed his trach tube today while we were there, and the good news is that they’ve sized it down a size. They also put in a different kind of trach, that makes it easier for them to help him clean it out if necessary.
He was on the wait list for an MRI today, as that will give them a better picture of exactly what’s going on inside his body. At 1pm, he was taken down, and it took a while, but about 3:30 he was finished, and headed back up to the Trauma Unit.
He is so tired out from not sleeping, and being fussed over, and poked and prodded and drugged and messed with and everything.Â
Thank you so much for praying for Chirs and Nina. Here are some things that you could be praying for and about.
- Please pray for the infection that God would work a mircle or that God would reveal to the medical staff what’s up, and give them the wisdom to know how to treat it.
- Pray that the right staff would be available to care for Chris, and that they would care for him as if he was their son, brother, husband, family meneber, or friend.
- Pray that Chris would be at rest, and that he would sleep in peace tonight, and be able to wake up refreshed tomorrow.
- Pray for perfect and complete function in every area of his body.
- Pray for Nina, for God to work miraculously in her body and completely heal her from the Grave’s Disease.
- Pray for strength, peace and rest for Nina, and that she would always know and feel that God is carrying her and Chris though this time.
Thanks for standing with us.
May 9th, 2007 @ 7:45 pm
Praise the Lord! Any little miracle is STILL a miracle. I’m glad to hear that Chris is doing a bit better today. I believe that prayer is working and all will see the Glory of God in the complete healing and restoration of Chris and Nina.
May 10th, 2007 @ 12:20 am
Chris,when Gabriel was born and fighting for his life,God gave me a revelation that, that boy is walking with the Lord in the very bright light saying I’m not going anywhere and I even saw him standing on the weighing scale as a young man.It was so clear and so true once you talk to God,He will give you asurance and promises that will never fail.He is always true and faithful.When I heard the news, on my quite time, He asked me to be on my knees and He shows me that He was putting His white robe on you and He was saying no power of darkness can touch you anymore. You will stand complete,whole,clean and untouch.So hang on, fight a good fight, never give up and most of all, lay everything in God’s hand and He will carry you throug.
May 10th, 2007 @ 8:34 am
The plastics looked at his arm yesterday and are pleased with it. Yesterday Chris got a bed fit for a King. they have a cadillac of beds that was ordered in special for him.. when we got there last night they had him resting on it. It is like a air-filled bean bag… It will cause less pressure points and it is not a hard vinyl bed… Praise The Lord… this is a miracle and will bring him not only more comfort but it will make healing easier also. Please pray as he goes through all the procedures today, changing tubes and lines ect. x-rays and what ever they do looking for the source of infection that today will be not so hard as yesterday. And that in the doing of it, the source of infection will be eliminated. They were able to get the MRI done yesterday but it was very traumatic for Chris and the family. What ever is traumatic for Chris is hard on the family and especially Nina. WE love her so much. We look to God as our strength.
May 11th, 2007 @ 7:17 am
I was so blessed to be able to go home for 2 days and rest in the arms of God and my supportive family. What an incredible feeling to sit in a waiting room with the ones I have been corresponding with for these past weeks, merely by email and blog comments. With a busy hospital all around, rushing, honking, obnoxious traffic of Vancouver, and a hurting husband, brother, son, cousin, and friend in a room not too far away – I felt God’s peace.
Our God is so huge, so strong and so mighty. I can’t believe how evident his presence was in that waiting room, how wonderfully calm those closest to Chris were. I can’t believe how the faith and peace shines out of their eyes and smiles and rests with them as they pass through this valley.
It was incredible to see Chris, to hold his hand to dab his face and unbelievably, to laugh. To those of you who have not had that opportunity, I encourage you: he is still Chris. His eyes sparkle and he smirks and scoffs like none other. There is no questioning his cognitive ability and it is miraculous to see the progress taking place. All I can say is Praise God.
I know it’s selfish, but I feel strengthened. It was such a release to feel the ones who have been praying with us all wrap their arms around me; to laugh with them; to sigh and rest with them; to sit in peace and quiet and know that God is working in VGH, in Chris.
I wanted to encourage those that are more distant from the situation that YOUR PRAYERS ARE WORKING. I am in kelowna, 4 hours away, and often feel helpless. Whatever it is – a designated hour or two, a whisper uttered on your way to work, a mention in your prayer before meals, God is listening.
Know that every prayer matters and whatever He lays on your heart to say, whenever it is and no matter how long or intricate: this prayer is shaking the heavenly realms.
Thanks for that. We love you for it and are so excited to raise up arms against the devil and forge on, press forward, and break through walls of
opposition. In this battle, every prayer is vital.
May 11th, 2007 @ 8:23 am
Hey Chris,
I was reading the comment from your mom about them ordering a special bed for you… I realized that nothing is too small or too big for the King to take care of his kid. You have the treatment fit for the king of kings. God is orchestrating the whole process.
When you look back… it will be the right people at the right time, the right prayers at the right time and the right places and things at the right time.
The enemy has sort to destroy you but he will not win.
We are so encouraged by the progress that you have made so far and we will not quit until we see that it is complete.
Chris you are loved by the father and by us.