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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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