Thanking God for Today

 

Dear prayer Warriors, 

I just said goodnight to my bride who went to sleep in the hotel. Earlier in the day I checked us in to the hotel and took an epic nap. As we said our goodbyes I told her that I felt so comforted by how the day has gone. Sometimes you need trials to remember what supernatural comforting from our loving Lord looks like.

Now that I see Anna’s pain and discomfort, I am tempted to remember that it was our decision that brought this pain on her. Instead of turning that temptations into sin and wishing away my circumstance, The Holy Spirit reminded me that God knows how I feel: It was His will to give His Son to be the sufficient sin sacrifice restoring the lost to Him forever.  

The surgery side of things went so well. Blood loss was half as expected. The images that Dr. De showed us accompanied by his explanation made us praise God. 

We are however struggling with breathing. Perhaps its the meds, the transition off of the anesthesia, or her fatigue but pray the Lord to restores her. She has been on supplemental oxygen for 6 hours and triple the air pressure. As of a hour ago they are weening, she is responding well keeping the Oxygen saturation up. With only double the pressure. We need wisdom to know when to make these weening moves. 

There is water retention going on (swelling) due to the IV fluids, we have not tried anything through her feeding pump yet because of the breathing issues. Pray that the swelling reduces. She has a full face mask but is used to a nose only one, at times she is doing a uppercut jab to the mask let us now she wants the nose only. 

We are suctioning a bit more than normal but its productive and Anna rests better after. On average she is waking up every 30 minutes, crying and moving around for about 10 and then back to sleep. 

Some obvious signs that the Lord cared and carried us through today besides the medical include:
-A encouraging visit and time of prayer with the Pastor who married us. 
-A chance encounter in the cafeteria with friends we haven’t seen in years. Their kid was having an MRI done. After I got saved, I met them at church, God used them as a godly example of being a young adult seeking to live for Jesus. 
-Our ICU Doctors were both named Grace (Anna means grace in Hebrew). Our night nurse is named Sophia (wisdom) which is just what we need right now for these decisions. 
-Simon and Renee had an epic day of fun, sun and love from our dear brother and sister in Christ.
-God’s Word opening up to us. Lindsey and i had our minds wondering about what the “Sun of Righteousness” means in Malachi 4. Pastor and I marveled at God’s power and control.
-mini hymn sing bedside. 
-I had more worry yesterday than today.

*May the Lord build on the many the good things from today because He loves Anna and has good in store for her!!!

For His fame, Glory!

Nic, Lindsey, Anna, Simon, and Renee