God is good!

God is good! We are thanking God for His grace, for His mercy and His steadfast promises! Will is doing so awesome. He continues to have fluid reduction in great amounts, over the last two days he has lost over 550 cc's of fluid! The Peritineal Dialysis (acting as his kidneys) is really working. He is really starting to look like our little baby, again! As the fluid reduction continues, it inches us closer and closer to the physicians removing Will from the ventilator. He does an excellent job of breathing over the vent, but as mentioned before, until the fluid comes off, the vent stays on b/c they do not want to put any unneccesary pressure on Will's lungs until all fluid is gone.

His kidneys are working not like they should but he does urinate, usually about 10 to 20 cc's per day. So, his kidneys are not functioning at 100% but we do know they are working and it is only a matter of time before they are fully functioning again. We are standing and believing by faith that God will show up and show out, in His time.

Will's labs continue to be excellent. Today, they will stop giving him a steroid medicine called hydrocortisone, that is great news as sometimes this drug, which helps alot, can also hinder the kidneys from working as they should, so another milestone reached, another medicine gone!

We are excited about Will's progress but we must admit we do grow impatient because we want to hold our baby and bring him home. However, yesterday the Lord sent an angel to visit with me in the form of Will's kidney doctor. We were talking about the slow but steady pace of the fluid removal and my wanting it off so Will can come off the ventilator. He said to me without hesitation, " I want you to remember that anything that happens quickly in the PICU, is usually not a good thing, so you should want slow and steady." Boy, did that bring it home for me. Later, yesterday, I was able to witness what the angel had said to me earlier in the day, two families lost their babies yesterday, one was a baby and the other was a 14 year old girl. As this was going on around us, Lil Will and I just happened to be singing, CeCe Winans song, "Comforter". We prayed at that moment that God would offer comfort to the families of their loved ones lost. I know how blessed we are even though Will is still in the hospital, at least he is here, God is making him stronger everyday and we are very thankful.

Prayer focus for this week:
1. Kidney functions return to normal.
2. Continued fluid reduction.
3. Removal from ventilator.

Our prayer for each of you is that God continues to strengthen each of you where you may be weak. That He will bless your homes, your finances, your health and that of your loved ones. That He will continue to keep you safe and in His care. We love each of you and thank you for continuing to intercede on behalf of our family. To God be the glory for the great things He has done!


Miracles and many blessings,