Dear Prayer Warriors for Anna,
Praise God, He has granted Anna and us good health during the
last two months of faith testing times. I would have written you regarding Anna
sooner if this was not the case. By God’s grace we are well and the Lord has
stirred me during these months to recount five testimonies that God wrote in my
life to encourage friends who knew me but not God perhaps. I was convicted that
perhaps a testimony of my life is not what this group is about so I apologize
if you felt that way also. You belong to this group because of your love and
commitment to Anna, let’s bring her to the Lord!
God continues to glorify Himself through Anna, encouraging
believing nurses, doctors, therapists and softening the hearts of those
searching. It has been difficult at the Currat household because the routines
all stopped regarding Anna. Doctor appointments were canceled, for about a
month she was without key therapies that she did at least once a week. We
resumed three of them via zoom recently.
Sometimes Anna’s discreetness and calm, quiet presence is
taken for granted. Her sweet disposition is overruled often by little sister
and brother. God takes my breath away when I think of how he entrusted Lindsey
and I with three such gifts. It is Anna who keeps our hearts soft and
teachable. You can see it in Simon who wants to goof and wrestle with everyone,
but when it comes to Anna he only wants to help. Little Renee is learning how
to engage Anna, she will be the first one to pick up a toy that drops from Anna’s
tray and give it back to her.
I know I am being taught by God through Anna’s needs too. Her
needs are so basic to living and increasingly complex as she ages. But God
gives us the good we need to care and love her. So, who am I to grumble at yet
another diaper change or mucus spit up episode when God has given us the
diapers, the wipes, the suction machine, and the change of clothes? And His
favor over it all is Anna’s attitude as perpetually delightful. Thank you, God,
for making a way for Anna.
Lastly, I wanted to tell you that I have spent hours
rereading some of the emails written about Anna and our needs through the
years. I was impressed with how many trials, needs, and feelings God carefully
led us through; caring not just for us to get through, but to do so in
strength, hope and joy. We are beginning to see what a dependence on Him
brings! Jesus gets the victory. Our hearts learn to trust more. Be affirmed!
God’s Good Shepherd continues to be more than enough. A pleasing reminder to us
from the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir is “It will be worth it all when we see
Jesus’ face.”
Praise the Lord for Answers to our Prayers:
-Today was our first OT session in close to 4 months, God has
brought us a new therapist.
-Our main night nurse returned, we still have three nights or
so to cover but anna has been sleeping well.
-Once we got the new larger stander, the doors opened for all
her other equipment to be approved for a bigger size. We received an activity
chair that will be great for at least the next 5 years. A larger wheel chair is
in the final stages of approval.
Please Pray for:
-continued healing and purposing of Anna in the lives of the
people around her.
-Our home modifications to be approved, they are in the final
decision stages at the state level of Medicaid. That is for a chair lift
installed in our stairs, a door widening to the bathroom, and concrete pouring
to have accessibility to the back yard.
-either of our insurances to pay for a bath chair and a
mechanical lift because Anna is now on her way to 50 pounds.
-the Lord to reveal the source/cause of her excess mucus, it
comes in waves, where one week she is coughing up stuff day and night; and then
other weeks she is not needing any intervention.
-One of Anna’s canceled doctor visits was for more Botox in
her adductors (inner thigh). It helped when we first tried it. She has become
very stiff in her legs; we cannot even stretch them. We started using gait
training devices and the Upsee harness but it’s not enough. we need God’s
interventionist hand to break the muscle tone that prohibits correct movement
of her legs.
I leave you with the verse God gave us for Anna:
“Be gracious to us Lord, we wait for you.
Be our strength every morning
and our salvation in time of trouble.” Isaiah 33:2
Love,
Nic, Lindsey, Anna, Simon, and Renee
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