Sunday...Day of Rest...

Growing up, and still to this day, a favorite verse of mine has been 1 Cor 10:31, "Whether, then, whatever you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God."  While I know I don't always get this one perfect, it still has a great reminder for us all that truly He wants every part of us to give Him the glory...In the good...in the bad.

And trying as many times have been, especially what we have encountered over the last two weeks or even this month, I am also reminded that in trying to give God the glory in all things that we are to go to Him in prayer.  Today was Sunday.  Our second Sunday in the hospital.  While this one was not in the ICU, it was still in the hospital and for a moment Princess and I turned our little room into a Sanctuary.  Thanking God.  Praising God.  A dear couple and great friends to our family gave a few years back Seeds Family Worship.  It has truly been an amazing gift and has blessed our family time and time again as we listen to their albums and sing God's Word.  You might recall I posted a link to their music last Sunday as we worshiped.

In listening again today and singing along Philippians 4:6-7 stood out for some reason.  I essentially 1 Corinthians 10:31 and this in my mind at the same time.  Philippians 4 tells us to not be anxious about about anything. But in everything, by prayer...by petition...present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus!  So therefore, when it comes to giving God the glory in the good and even in the bad, we don't have to be anxious.  The Bible says to simply present our requests to God- by prayer, by petition.  Then let Him do the rest.

And so it is, while we have journeyed these last two weeks we have to turn our eyes to God.  Today, we were anxious to go home.  Yesterday, our Doctor said that we were looking at a 1 to 3 day Window which meant that it would most likely be Monday or even longer till we could get home.  However, a good report was had and it actually looked like we were coming home today!  Praise the Lord...

 Well, as you can imagine we were pretty excited about the unbelievable possibility of headed home sooner than expected.  Each morning we have had a follow up with the physicians over our care.  And each morning Princess has made great strides.  From overcoming her nearly 14 hours of continuously seizing, to overcoming her 11 days in ICU, learning to walk again from muscles that had almost given up, working hard to swallow to just enjoy a sip of water, to battling pneumonia.  While all these accomplishments have been great our morning report was met with mixed emotions.

While Princess has made some great strides, it has become evident at this time that her voice and her throat healing have somewhat plateaued.  Her breathing is labored and her voice is just a faint whisper.  Early talk looks like she might have some laryngeal trauma.  Therefore with the recommendation of the Physician, we will stay at least another night and day.  This will allow Princess to connect with an ENT and get a very necessary laryngoscopy to see exactly what damage if any might be present that is not allowing her throat and voice to heal.  While this news is bittersweet, we then turned our minds into prayers and kept praying for God's peace to transcend our understanding.

Around 12:45 today, it all changed....While visiting with our Neurologist, our room phone rang and it was our Primary Care physician calling.  He then explained that he had reached out and contacted an ENT on our behalf and that the ENT would like to get us into his office possibly as early as tomorrow and that everything could be done in office for Princess...therefore, we would in fact be discharging from the hospital TODAY!!!

So, typing this evening, I am doing in from the comfort of our own home.  What a homecoming for Princess!  Critter was super excited by the surprise and even got some special snuggle time with Mommy just before bedtime.  So praise the Lord!

Now begins a new journey as Princess will have to limit herself while at home.  Our hope is to be with the ENT tomorrow and that what seems to be laryngeal damage, hopefully will not be too severe.  We'll continue to post...and now from the comfort of our home!  Thank you for continuing to lift us up to the Lord!