Our God Is an Awesome God
We just got a call from Kelly. They just met with the doctor that they had met with on Thursday morning. After evaluating Max this morning, he told Kelly and John that he believes there is little to no damage from the bleeding. As you can imagine we are filled with hope, encouragement, and thanks. We want our prayer warriors to continue now and pray even harder. Beg God that when they do the ultrasound on Monday that the blood will have clotted as it should have. Pray that all of the blood will have disappeared from the ventricles and brain tissue like it was never there leaving healthy brain tissue. As of now they have done no type of definitive test to tell us that there is no damage we are only going on the doctors evaluation and his years of experience. We feel that he would not tell us this if he was not fairly confident. Kelly couldn't talk long so we don't know much about the rest of their conversation. We do know that they are going to start weaning him off of his phenobarbitol and she is supposed to try to nurse at 10:00am. I assume that if he is not yet strong enough to nurse they will put a tube down his throat and feed him some breastmilk through that.
Specific Prayer request (please print if you are able and keep them with you)
~that the ultrasound on Monday will show that the blood has clotted as it should
~that the blood has disappeared from the ventricles and brain tissue, leaving the brain tissue like the blood was never there
~that as they wean him from the phenobarbitol he will experience no seizure activity or stress
~that he will do well nursing and that it won't be too stressful for him
~that Kelly and John will have peace and rest
I will update more when I have more information. We can never put into words what we feel for you who have brought our precious angel before our Heavenly Father. We are confident that God is working overtime on little Max. As someone reminded us in a comment, He is the Great Physician after all!
A special thank you to Northside Elementary. You all mean so much to Kelly and we thank you for your acts of kindness. You went above and beyond with the items and money that you have collected. Thank you so, so much for your overwhelming support.
We keep praying,
Karie
posted by Max's Family @ 8/26/2006 06:34:00 AM
13 Comments:
Kelly and John,
Praise the Lord! What wonderful news! We know that prayer changes things and this is just another example of His Grace and Power. I pray that you will continue to feel God's comfort and peace. We will also continue to pray that the ultrasound will show even more improvement and that he will be able to nurse well. Praise the Lord! God is working for our good!
God Bless,
Shelley Faulkner
Kelly and John,
PRAISE GOD!!!! I used to pray and hope that God would answer, now I pray knowing that he will answer. God, in His wisdom and power is answering the prayers that have been going up for little Max. Our prayers will continue for all of you. Know how much you are loved.
Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lam. 3:22-23
Know that we are with you in spirit.
Love,
Uncle Bill and Aunt Frances
Praise God! What an amazing testimony to the power of prayer. We will continue praying each time with think of your sweet family. I am excited for Monday to see how God is working through Max.
Praise God from Whom all blessings flow. I echo what one comment said about your ministry and the faith that you and your family has. I know that I have been truly blessed by you all. I will contine to keep praying for Max and John and Kelly.
Praise God,
Sarah Sanders
Kelly and John-
God is so good! We are thinking of ya'll and will continue to pray for more good news.
Love,
Jeff and Missy Hoggard
Thank you, God! This is such awesome news! I will continue to pray even harder for the ultrasound to show no damage.
Kelly, looking at the pictures of you holding Max, you look so beautiful and content. Max is so blessed to have y'all as parents and I know y'all are so blessed to have precious Max! He is so adorable!
Thanks again for keeping us updated with this blog. I can't wait to meet little Max in person!
Love you all,
Carol
Praise God!! Prayer does change things -- I'm thankful that so many prayer warriors are submitting and petitioning God on little Max's behalf. I pray that you will know God's comfort and that we will continue to hear good news.
Love,
(Aunt)Dana & (Uncle) Don
The power of prayer is amazing and God is awesome. Max is in great care because God is working in him. I'll continue to pray for you all. I love you all three.
Love,
(Cousin) Katie Howard
Kelly and John, I am a friend of Karie's in Southaven, MS. I will lift up you and your sweet little one before the Lord. It was encouraging to hear the latest update! May God bless you today with His comfort and peace. Theresa McPhail
God is great! With the thousands of prayers already brought to our Father thus far on behalf of Max, He has only just begun...
"Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen."
We love you and pray fervently for this new child.
Brian and Laura Schwieger
"And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it."
God is great!
John, Kelly and Max, Praise God for this wonderful news! Their have been many tears shed for all of you in the Chism house! Tears of sorrow and tears of JOY!!! For the last couple of days it seems as though every time we begin to fret, Aaron sings the words to Jesus loves me with big smiles on his face. He seems to repeat, over and over,the verse: "little ones to him belong, they are weak but He is STRONG!" What an awesome reminder it has been for us as we pray for baby Max. WE will continue to lift Max up with these prayer requests. We love you all and our thoughts and prayers are with you constantly!
Kevin and Jenni
Kelly and John,
Those are sweet words to my ears. I will surely keep praying for baby Max and his tests to come back great. Keep your hopes up and get lots of rest. You will need it for when he comes home.
Kelly,
The pictures of you and Max are awesome. You are going to be a great mom and Max is very lucky to have you and John.
Kelly,
I heard about baby Max from some North alumni. You and your family are in My prayers. Brandi's too!
For everything there is a purpose..
God BLESS YA'LL
Jerrod Williams
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