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 August 25, 2005 update on Caleb,
Hi everyone,  thank you all so much for praying for us.  Anke, thank you so much for that  passage from Matthew 8,  I appreciate it so much.  It has  been such a tremendous comfort knowing that there have been so many people praying.  We were thinking about it last night and trying to count it up and it seemed to be over 1`000, people.  Through  this whole ordeal I have known that God was right there all the time even though there was certain times that it was so rough.  At times like this, I needed to pray for God to accept my puny little mustard seed of faith and walk with him and trust him,  every time there was a crisis, instead of watching all the commotion and getting all stressed out from all the beeps and lack of beeps etc. I would just pray and not listen or watch.  Knowing that the real control was with him always,  I'm so glad he has placed Caleb in such a good place where he has received the best care and I know that is his doing as well.  Today has been a joyous day,  he has improved 1000 percent,  he is off most of his IVs Jenni has been able to feed him,  he is off of oxygen and he doesn't even need to be in a warmer anymore.. Bear got to hold him today and feed him a bottle of Jenni's milk.  That made my cry tears of joy  time.  He looks awesome, with lots of good color, and he was really alert and looking around, and being really responsive to our voices etc,.  He is again what feels like a normal baby.  How he was when I first got there.  I am soooooo thankful for each of these days and how God has met us in this time.  I have been amazed at the courage he has given Caleb's parents and I have already seen some outside blessing occur as a result of this and I know there will be more to come.  Tanya, thank you so much for praying for my little guy at your Christian group and  thank you Jodi and Sherry for being with me during some of the worst  moments.  Thank you Dad and Linda for getting all the information that you did about everything and then keeping everyone up to date as you did since my phone has been so unreliable right now.  It made things easier for me knowing everybody was communicating and so I didn't have to worry about trying to call everyone all the time.  Most of all though, thank you for the  prayers,  When Bear and I got to the hospital after Jenni and Caleb flew, it was around 2:00 a.m. and we were able to sleep in a family room right next to the NICU.   Even though I was exhausted, my mind was still spinning from all of the events of the day.  I would just close my eyes and picture each of your faces praying for us and it gave me unbelievable comfort and eventually a peaceful sleep.  We will meet with the Cardiologist today to discuss his care when he goes home.  For those who don't know, I guess  it looks like the same thing Bear had  only a little scarier when you're only 11 days old.  He may actually be discharged tomorrow or the day after so whatever is right thing, I'm fine with that.  So while mom and dad are up in the unit with him, I came down here to a Ronald McDonald room here in the hospital where you can have internet access so I can get everybody updated.  We have been staying at the Ronald McDonald house by the hospital and I can't believe how gracious and compassionate they are and all of the services they will provide you with for just a few dollars a day.  I am so impressed with this charitable organization now that we've been on the other end of it.   It makes me want to come up with a way to give back     Love you all,  I need to go now, will write later..  Dawn
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