Brent and I are sitting in the icu completely overwhelmed! It is 9:00 and we are just sitting here looking at Maddie. I know I have sent a lot of updates today but since we can't really "do" anything I'm just typing on the computer. Hey, it keeps me occupied! Once we move to a regular room I don't know how often I'll get to update! Hopefully it will not be alot and I'll be holding my sweet baby. It's really hard to not be able to hold her!!!
Maddie seems to be doing much better! Praise the Lord! They have her on her new pain meds and them seem to be working. She is sleeping so peacefully.
We are so thankful for all the prayers and encouraging words from all! Brent and I decided to go down to the cafeteria to eat dinner while the nurses were changing shifts and Maddie was sleeping. While we were there, a man came over and was just such an encouragement to us. He was actually in the surgery waiting area yesterday while we were waiting for Maddie to come out of surgery. He told us he had been praying for us even though he didn't know anything about what our situation was. God is so good to send encouragement when you least expect it. John was definitely a blessing to us. Please pray for his nephew and his recovery from his surgery.
I talked with my mom and Brent talked with his mom and they seem to be holding down the fort at home (with the supervision of Pop and Grandaddy of course!) . Emma, Molly, and Miles were all in the bed and hopefully the grandparents can get some rest (that they probably really need!) Especially after taking care of three wild kids all day! Thanks Mary Jane for taking dinner to our family. What a blessing you are!
Brent and I are also thankful that the charge nurse gave us a parent room again tonight.
I forgot to post in my afternoon update that I had the opportunity to talk about Jesus with a nurse that we only had for 3 hours. Usually you have a nurse for a whole shift (12 hours) but they brought in a new patient that needed our male nurse. So, he left and Erin came in for only 3 hours. As we were talking and I told her I was from Memphis, she told me that her boyfriend lives in Midtown in Memphis. This opened the door for me to share why we are here in Marysville and to tell her about Jesus.
Well, before I close my blog down for the night I'll share a funny story. Brent and I went to eat lunch and we decided to eat outside at the picnic table. As we were walking toward the table a big wind came and one of the BIG blue patio umbrellas started flying toward me. All I could do was duck down and it flew right over my head. Brent said it barely missed me. I wonder if Children's hospital would stitch up an adult if their patio umbrella busted open my head?
One more thing...we just found out that the 6 month old baby in the room next to us has been here since Feb. 14. She was moved back to ICU tonight from the step down floor. Please pray for her and her parents. We don't know her name or what is going on, but God does!
Also, our nurse, Brenna told me that her husband and some of her children are not saved. Please pray for Brenna as she shares the gospel with her family and pray that they will be saved!
Thank you for being so faithful to pray!
Good night!
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