Boredom is a Good Thing

Dear All,

Well, we are very excited to say we are nearing the end of Daniel's hospital stay. It may be a few days but we are getting signs that he will get to go home soon. He had 3 solid meals today. Paraphrasing, he said he knew it was cafeteria food so wasn't great but tasted really good to him. He had small portions of eggs and bacon for breakfast, chicken and mashed potatoes for lunch and chicken and rice and apple pie for dinner. Can you imagine eating solid food after basically living off of IVs since July 2nd?

Yesterday he asked us to bring his guitar to the hospital. He's played a little each day. Today, before Jonathan headed out of town, he stopped by and played a quick board game with Daniel and me. Daniel's attention span gets better each day. In fact, today he seemed a little bored. He has been too sick to be bored before today. We praise the Lord for simplicities of life. So taken for granted normally but not today.

So, we praise the Lord for continued recovery of our precious son, Daniel. He still has a drainage tube that will have to be removed, he's connected to wound care and IVs and his pneumonia is still being worked on. But, the doctors have said he should be fully functioning in all ways after some time of recovery. What more could we ask? Thank you Lord.

We pray that none of us will ever be the same again. Forgive us Lord when we forget your many blessings and continued care that is always there regardless of our circumstances. You have provided so many blessings. Simply amazing.

Thank you for caring. We can not thank you enough for all your love and prayers. We have learned so much from you.

To God be all the glory. May He increase your faith and richly bless you.

Love,
Eddie, Marilyn, Daniel, Sara Ann, and Jonathan (and Aunt Sara)