More but we are still trusting

The past two days have been filled with new things to deal with. Zeke has been making strides in some areas but new things have emerged. He continues to work on getting rid of the phlegm in the back of his throat as we help him sit up but we’ve noticed that when we hold him up or try to help him sit up his feet turn dusky purple. He went for an ultrasound of his legs and he has blood clots that have developed in his arteries and venous veins. Hematology will follow him and determine if he needs to get his blood thinner dose increased. Right now Zeke has not been holding up his head well and so neurology wants to make sure there is nothing they are missing. He will be getting a CT scan of his head tomorrow to follow up on the bleed that was at the front of his head. Please pray the scan comes back clear. He’s had some hard nights and days of weaning his morphine, with a missed dose. Please pray that tonight is a better night.

We will be talking to the team tomorrow to determine what the way forward with Zeke is. Please pray for wisdom and a productive meeting. Please pray for energy and endurance for me as the nights have been long and tiring with Zeke struggling through his weans. Thank you for your prayers.

Psalm 42

“As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the day long. These things I remember, as I pour out my soul how I would go with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God with glad shouts and songs of praise, a multitude keeping festival. Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God. My soul is cast down within me; therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan and of Hermon, from Mount Mizar. Deep calls to deep at the roar of your waterfalls; all your breakers and your waves have gone over me. By day the Lord commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life. Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.”