Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. ~Mathew 11:28
NO WORD YET. I sent a “check-in” email to Dr. Urion this morning. Hopefully we will hear something back, even if it is just to say we need more time. It’ll be six weeks tomorrow.
Resting & Waiting
Kyli has been extra restful, which means we all have. Sleep is a beautiful thing! Preceding the healing service on Thursday, she slept like an angel for nearly 36 hours straight. I suspect she was being prayed for, thank you. The service was beautiful. There are no words to describe it. Kyli responded to the music by smiling and looking around as if she were watching the angels around her. We have seen smiles, but only glimpses. On Thursday, Kyli sustained a big smile for a good half hour and was quite alert for the entire service, taking it all in. It looked as if she wanted to say something. When the hymn “Here I am Lord…” was sung, her tone and posture perked up and she smiled big as if to say, “Yes, here I am!”
All this waiting is giving us the opportunity to rest up for what is coming next. We’ll be ready! Thank you for your continued prayers.
Summer ’09 is Off to a Great Start!
Kyli has a new friend, Sara (14) who has volunteered to come over on Thursdays to spend time with her. Kyli is thrilled. When we think of all the things Sara could choose to do with her time this summer, we are so touched she wants to hang out with our Kyli. Sara is a gift to our family; bringing energy, joy, hope and laughter back into our home!
Over the weekend we had the pleasure of going out as a family to Kyli’s cousin Olivia’s 7th Birthday Fiesta. Usually either Andy OR I go. This time all three of us went! It was a victory to be at a family function together. We are attempting to inch out little by little. Timing is everything. Sunday afternoon Andy wanted to go to the driving range, so since Kyli was doing all right, we ALL went. Kyli did quite well keeping an eye on Dad and we enjoyed just doing something “normal” together.
The Remarkable Human Body
As we wait news, I thought I’d share something I read recently (forgot to copy the source, sorry). It illustrates just how intricate the human body is and helps put in perspective why finding the answers for Kyli is not such an easy task.
“You are the greatest miracle you know. Your body consists of 206 bones, wrapped with 650 muscles and seven miles of nerve fibers. Your eyes possess 100 million receptors, while your ears contain 24,000 fibers. Your heart beats 36,000,000 times every year and sends blood pumping through more than 60,000 miles of veins, arteries, and tubing.
Your brain contains 13,000,000,000 nerve cells. Picture the possible number of interconnections in your brain this way: the number of atoms in the universe is 1 followed by 100 zeroes. The number of different patterns possible in your brain is 1 followed by over 800 zeros. And your unconscious brain database, that which your unconscious brain knows and stores, outweighs your conscious brain on an order exceeding 10 million to one. You literally cannot imagine how remarkable you are.”
