Day 628 - March 5 - Bits and Pieces

A bunch of short items I've been meaning to mention but haven't blogged about yet - I'm gonna number them for later reference. I hope you don't mind...

1) I want to take a second to say how extraordinarily proud of my daughter I am. She and her husband are finishing up their Bachelor's degrees at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago this Spring - their hands are overflowing with work, and school, and studying, and getting ready to move their household back to California in May, and trying to find jobs out here, and a million other things. And she is is sensitive, intelligent, and compassionate enough to recognize that she may have impacted someone in the wrong way, and courageous enough to do something about it. If you didn't see her comment on the last post, all I can say is "what she said". Way to go, Joélle! Your Pops is so proud of you!

2) I'm pretty proud of Connor this week as well. He handled himself so well through two different doctor's sessions - so much better than anybody could have asked for. On Tuesday he saw his SCI doctor, which was a good visit all in all. Amongst other things, she's going to be ordering some physical therapy for him, assuming we can find a therapist that is covered by our insurance and will work with someone on a ventilator. There's a prayer request for you!

She was also frankly a bit astonished when she examined him. After looking at the state of his muscles, his lack of atrophy, and his breathing, she shook her head and said that Connor's body is not following the path for SCI patients - he is limber, his muscles are toned, they aren't atrophying, and he doesn't breathe or talk as if he were on a vent. She has decided to get the original MRIs from Fresno (she's actually been trying but they haven't been willing to send them) and order some new ones because, in her words "there may be something that's causing the nerves to act this way (in these unusual fashions) and we need to find out what it is". I am praying that there will be some clear, physical cause to Connor's situation that can be addressed, and that when taken care of will remove his paralysis. My God is a mighty God - He miraculously repaired Connor's arteries back in Fresno - and He can do this. Pray with me...

3) Connor saw his pulmonologist yesterday because of trouble with his lungs. He seems to be having some difficulty staying saturated with O2, and so the doc wants to do some X-rays and stuff to see what's going on in that department. Please be praying for that situation as well - even with a machine breathing for you, that whole oxygen thing is still kinda important...

4) If you only check the blog occasionally and spend all your time on Facebook instead, the ConnorWatch Community has a presence there as well. Search the Pages for "ConnorWatch" and you'll find us. So far, it's been a sort of annex to this site. It'll be interesting to see what becomes of it!

5) We're in the market to hire a trained massage therapist to work with the boy a couple of times a week here at the house. If you're local, and either are or know of an experience massage therapist looking for some more work, we want to talk to you! Contact me directly through the "Contact Us" page on the site, which can be reached from the bottom of each site page.

OK, enough. I know that as soon as I stop blogging, I'll think of something else I should have posted, but it's time to get ready for work. Thank y'all for sticking with us. Continue to trust God and wait with us!

Eric

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