What a lot can happen in a week! We were musing last night that, just seven days ago, life looked very different. This morning I’m thinking that, last Wednesday, things just looked pretty dire and hopeless, but from here we have so much to be thankful for. God has answered our prayers beyond what we could have hoped, he has brought hope and healing, and he is even working through what look like complications and set-backs. We remain faithful.
Today’s news is positive, and a testimony to the many, many prayers that have been offered for Jo.
Yesterday they took Jo’s nose-tube (I’m sure that’s not the technical term for it…) out, which made her much more comfortable. They also moved her off ICU onto a high dependancy ward. This is great news. Originally they were talking about her having to stay in ICU for a whole week after surgery, so this is fantastic progress.
Her face has started to swell up, which is a normal result of the surgery she had, and she is very bruised and tired, but everything is on course and she is in good spirits.
Some prayer points for today:
- Please continue to pray that the muslin acting as a cap to the aneurysm bonds well, and that the whole area heals well and quickly.
- Please pray for energy and strength for Jo, and that she settles into the new ward well.
- Please pray for the Norton kids – Ben, Sam and Ruth. They’re doing well but it has been a lot of stress for them.
- Alan had his bike stolen yesterday, which is just rubbish and bad timing – he uses it a lot. Please pray for him, for strength and energy and that he will know God’s sustaining and provision through this time.
Thanks everyone for your support, comments, prayers and the unity of prayer and community we have experienced over the last seven days.
John Ager put me onto your blog because I wanted to know how Jo was getting on. We met her and her husband quite a few years ago now, and haven’t really seen her much since but nevertheless there is a bond that you share when you’re colleagues.
I found your blog tremendously uplifting and informative and as I read your posts backwards chronologically it was amazing to see the journey you’ve all come through. Our God is a great big God and I’m pretty glad of that – bigger than all of our problems and heartaches and worries, and bigger than death and all our fears for this life. He is our cornerstone, our solid ground – in Him we stand. God bless.
Thanks for your comment and your prayers. So right about God being bigger than all of this. Bless you.