Let me start out the post with pictures...
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| Last Kiss Before Surgery |
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| Spending Time with Zachary After Surgery |
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| Zach @ Night |
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| Close up of Zachary's IVs, Tubes and Battle Scars |
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| Two Perfect Feet |
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| Opening his eyes after the paralytic wore off. Hi Mom! |
We are now out of the 72 hour window that the doctors had said would be the toughest part of the recovery. The doctors are moving very slowly to wean Zachary off the ventilator. It seems like since the doctors are unsure of the path to take, they are taking all precautions.
On Thursday night, Zachary coded and needed
CPR because his heart was not beating normally. This was done right over his cracked chest and was probably very painful. He was then paralyzed and sedated (think medically induced coma) until Saturday midday. Since then, he is sedated to allow his body to heal.
We now have questions concerning the optimum window for removing the breathing tube. Obviously, he cannot be off the ventilator right away, but at what point does it become a problem to be on the ventilator. The ENT surgeon wanted Zachary to be off the ventilator 5 days after surgery. That would be Monday (2-24). His concern was that Zachary would never be able to come off the ventilator. Only God knows the answer to this one.
Can we really be hopeful that Zachary will come home? Can we really be excited about his progress? We are so very thankful to God that Zachary is a part of our family. We would not want it any other way. Did we choose Zachary? No, but he is an integral part of our life.
Please continue to pray for Zachary's healing. Please pray for Zachary to be able to breathe on his own soon. Please pray for the doctors to continue to have divine wisdom. Please pray that God will use Zachary to turn people towards Christ.
Lincoln and I are praying everyday for this sweet little one. Take comfort knowing that God has Zachary in the palm of His hand and that His plans for Zachary are good. We will continue to lift up the family in our prayers too.
ReplyDeleteDear Jesus,
ReplyDeleteI lift up little Zachary to you tonight. I know you are the Great Physician. You know exactly what he needs even before we speak it (or write it in this case). Now Lord, it is reassuring that you have paid the price for Zachary to be made whole, when you took the stripes upon your back for his healing on the Cross two thousand years ago (no need for Obama Care here, IT IS PAID IN FULL, PRAISE GOD!). The Bible declares You let it rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. We do not serve your because you treat us better or give us healthier bodies because we declare You as our Savior or Lord. You make it clear that Your grace is sufficient for us. I also know that You love Zachary very much and Your Hands are holding Him even now as I write this prayer tonight. Also those same hands are holding this precious couple who are looking for those strong hands to hold them in this difficult time of not knowing. Jesus, thank you for taking everything sin and sickness could throw at You and You arose victorious over them ALL. You are the Creator of the heavens and the earth. You knew Zachary even before he was formed in his mother's womb. I asked tonight You would comfort this family and reassure them everything is in YOUR hands. Zachary is in YOUR hands. They are in YOUR hands. Nothing surprises YOU. Nothing that has ever happened, surprises You. Please Lord, reveal the plans You have for this family and I pray especially for peace that passes all understanding. May Your precious Holy Spirit fill the hospital room where Zachary is at tonight. I pray that you would touch his body right now with your healing powerful touch that has done so many miracles, ALL of the books of the world CAN NOT contain all of them. I ask for healing in his heart. I ask for his little lungs to begin to fill up with air and expand exactly as You have created them to. Lord, may Your fingerprints continue to rest on this precious little boy. May you receive all the glory and honor for what You are doing in his little life. I pray that same Spirit would fill the room where his mother and father are and that YOUR Peace would fill that room. We trust YOU! We know YOU are in control! We know YOU will never give us more than we can handle. THANK YOU LORD! Thank you Lord for carrying us when we feel like we can not take another step.
I do not ask for these things in my name or someone else, for these names mean nothing. I ask in the Name that is above every name. I ask in the Name of Jesus. I do not ask selfishly as well for Your healing power to come, but that only thing may be accomplished. May YOU receive the full reward for the suffering YOU paid on the Cross for Zachary's healing! May God be praised and glorified for EVERYTHING that has happened and will continue to happen!
I thank you God for tonight's opportunity to talk with You about Zachary! I love YOU Lord and I praise YOU for who YOU are and what YOU are doing for this precious family!
AMEN!
P.S. Worthy is the Lamb that was slain!
Love Kelby
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ReplyDeleteDan
Dear David & Becky, It's taken me forever to finish an autobiography on a lady missionary who was a POW during WWII, but in God's perfect timing I finished the book today & would like to share a thought from the book with you both..."I marvel at the wisdom & love of our God, Who controls the curtains of the stage on which the drama of our lives is played; His hand draws aside the curtains of events only far enough for us to view one sequence at a time." Good to know that we can rest in His hands as He reveals one "act" at a time until we can view the "whole play."
ReplyDeletePrecious pictures. Love the "two perfect feet" pic...1st thing that came to my mind was Rom. 10:15 "...How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!' And we know that God is already using Zachary to spread the beautiful story of God's love, mercy, & grace. WOW-Zachary is God's perfect creation & He's using him to share His story! Psalm139:13-17: "For You formed my inward parts;
You covered me in my mother’s womb. (14) I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. (15) My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. (16) Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them. (17) How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!"
Love & prayers to you all, Aunt Gale