Another Update

It has been a while since I have posted.  We are still here!  Homeschooling, family, Trey's senior year and last basketball season, and church have kept us busy.  Jonathan has been going to physical therapy twice a week. Speaking of Jonathan, tomorrow we head back to see his surgeon.  At our last visit (six weeks ago), there was not as much bone growth as we had hoped, his thyroid levels were off, and his vitamin D level was too low.  So, we have been busy with p.t. twice a week (one day in the pool and one day in the clinic), upped his thyroid meds, and added a vitamin d capsule to his daily regimen.  We are praying that all of these things will have contributed to bone growth. 

This has been a hard journey.  I will not say that it hasn't.  Seeing your child in pain, seeing him in a cast, a wheelchair, with a walker, not being able to run and play basketball, not play outside or jump on the trampoline...all those things that our guy has enjoyed, gone for the last seven months.  It has been hard as a parent. He has been awesome, please do not get me wrong.  We are not complaining or whining.  I know we will look back one day and see God's hand in all of it. 

Last night he fell.  He was playing and fell in our garage and cried in pain.  All day today, I have had to pray and ask God to take away my worry and the awful feeling in the pit of my stomach.  He has not been himself, but as I told a friend tonight, I don't know if he is afraid of the pain, sore from falling, or if screws have broken again or his femur has popped again.  I hate to even type these words.  I asked Harvey last night if it will be this way the rest of his life for me anytime he falls? 

I am so thankful for friends and family that pray.  I am thankful for our church and those who faithfully pray for our boy.  I am thankful that I can go before God and pray and He listens! 

So on this night before yet another appointment, I am reminded of God's peace and provision, of how He has carried us the last seven months and protected us when we needed it. He has encouraged us and given us blessings that are "new every morning."

Carried By HIS Grace,