Dear Family and Friends,
Well, it has been exactly one week since our lives were changed forever. It is almost mind numbing to try to process all of the events of the past week. However, what we do know is that God is so good and so full of miracles. We are looking forward to experiencing first hand all of the wonderful and amazing things He still has in store for our family.
We experienced MIRACLE NUMBER 8 shortly after Randy was put into the care of the nurses in the Neuro ICU. I was originally told that I would only be able to see Randy for a few moments and then had to go home. I prepared myself to go into see him and once I did, I really didn’t want to leave. I talked to the nurse (Michael) and he was more than happy to allow me to stay with Randy for the night. It was obviously God’s hand at work yet again because the other nurses Randy hand during the day wouldn’t have allowed this to happen and Randy really needed me to be there. We spent the evening making minute adjustments with his bed and pillow every 5-15 minutes. Thank you God for putting compassion into the nurses heart to give Randy the comfort he needed during this time.
MIRACLE NUMBER 9 also occurred during Randy’s stay in the Neuro ICU. As you know he had a tube placed into his head to drain the ventricular fluid as needed…well, he didn’t need it for long. On Saturday morning they were able to take out that tube along with two others. Randy was THRILLED!! MIRACLE NUMBER 10 followed shortly thereafter and he was sent to a regular room in record timing. Praise God!
Randy is doing incredibly well. He is determined to press onward and praising God every step of the way. We are working on restoring his range of motion to his neck and increasing his level of independence in small ways each day. He has already gone on 3 walks on his floor and is very ready to return home. Each day we see tremendous growth and are overjoyed at how God continues to provide healing. He is still very tired which we expect will continue for some time. However, the doctor’s are thinking that he may be able to return home on Monday or Tuesday (most likely Tuesday). Yeah God!
As I wrap up this note, Randy and I would like to take a moment to say thank you to everybody. I have spent many hours trying to figure out an appropriate way to thank everyone for their constant prayers and never ending support. I simply have had to come to terms with the fact that on this side of heaven I will never be able to adequately express my gratitude. We know that we have a journey that we will continue to walk for a bit longer and that we will be calling on many people that have offered their help in the days ahead. Knowing that we have people there to support and help us out has been overwhelmingly comforting as we go through this chapter in our life. Thank you!
Keep praying, keep believing for more miracles. We are still waiting for lab results and preparing for radiation treatments. God has given us confidence to know that “no weapon formed against us will prosper” and that His hands are so big and so capable of providing COMPLETE healing.
Until we chat again – Love,
Randy and Rachel
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