We head out around 4:30 tomorrow morning for Isaiah’s tenotomies (achilles heel releases and possibly hip tendon releases – to be decided in the OR). We are blessed that our doctor decided to do it at 7:30pm last night and has him booked in first thing Wednesday morning.This is what we came for, so onward we go.
Things to pray for?
Peace. That we would receive the peace that God has waiting for us. We are not doing so great at receiving. It’s a moment by moment act of the will, and well, that doesn’t sound too peaceful does it?
Isaiah. He has a lot of bruising on his feet. The casting is getting tougher and tougher. He is fighting even me now. I’m his soft spot and he’s stopped receiving comfort on my terms. I have to hold the line with him while pouring on the compassion. (No one slept ALL night last night.) His heel bones have always been really, really high, making his heel pads super soft and spongy. This will allow his heel bone to drop and gain flexion on his foot pad. His tenotomies were not successful in China and we knew we had to go with this type of procedure versus the one offered to us in Portland in order to try to prevent irreparable damage, but it is still risky because of the prior failures. We are believing God’s care over Isaiah. He is so precious to Him and we are doing the best we can as parents to choose wisely, but at the end of it all, it is up to God as to His plan for Isaiah’s walking. Of course we ask and believe that he may walk here on earth, but if not in the now it does not lessen his importance to God. We can’t explain all of this to him and it is tough to see him feeling betrayed when he begs me to make it stop. I choose to accept God’s care for him in this. It’s too big for me to try and process on my own.
Stephen. He has back trouble from a multitude of things in his teens, but the stress and long hours driving has blown it to pieces. He spent last night on the floor. He’s just spent the past couple hours at urgent care and now he’ll be on meds so strong that he can not drive for the next week. He’s frustrated, in agony and tired and there have been headaches at work. On the plus side, I found us a network chiropractor nearby. We’ll give that a try tomorrow.
The kids as a herd. They are managing to zone out on copious amounts of screen time. We catch schoolwork as we can and try to offer options for something other than a screen. Reality is though, they are tired of it all but the least affected because, hey!, what’s not to like about screens? For now. Perhaps I need prayer that this enjoyment will last until we get a breather. This is only a season has become my chant.
James. Trying to cover for us as we run hither and yon. Also trying to keep up with his college courses. It’s a lot. He’s tired.
Faith. She tends towards internalizing her stress at the best of times. She has had a bump in her back reappear. It is the same bump that she had as an infant and the one my brother-in-law (a network chiropractor) fixed when she was tiny. She’s hurting. hopeful that the chiropractor can offer some help tomorrow.
Grace, Garnet and Samuel. They are doing really well. Okay, they are exhausted from not sleeping last night and they are getting over their colds, but they are doing well at their schoolwork and enjoying the downtime. We have to keep drawing them out when we get home, but overall they have done alright considering the upheaval.
Colds. Each of us has had one form or the other. I’ve been chugging greens and Achillea, but the rest of the family turns their nose up at them. I was smugly healthy, but started the ay with quite a scratchy throat. So far so good. I’ll keep on with the Achillea.
And me. I’m nervous about driving into the city for the surgery tomorrow. I have a feeling the ride home will be tough. I will probably ask James to come with and try to help Isaiah on the way back to the house. They will do his casting post surgery while he is under, but that doesn’t mean he’ll be happy on his way home. The traffic is so much more aggressive here. I am thankful we drive a tank, but the speeds are always higher than posted (120-140 miles per hour). And people don’t often signal. And they tailgate. A lot. Saying this stuff, giving it over to God to deal with and choosing to accept His peace instead of the anxiety.
Just keeping it very, very real.
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