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Up and down. Back and forth. On and Off again. This is life in the hospital. Doctoring is science, to be sure, but it is far from an exact science. When you really spend time around the medical profession, you realize just how many judgment calls are a part of it. Sometimes we're tempted to think of doctors as almost omniscient because of all their study and experience, but their work is far from infallible. This is why our dependence on the Great Omnipotent and Omniscient Physician is so stabilizing.
The neurosurgeons were marking Paton's head this morning in preparation for the shunt placement, when the word came back that there is still sign of possible infection. They are going to do a culture and hopefully get the results back by this evening. They're going to watch him carefully for the next couple of days, and try the surgery again probably Monday or Tuesday morning. So, once again, we wait on the Lord.
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My heart goes out to all of you at this time. The on again off again routine of doctors and hospitals can be almost overwhelming at times. Thanks for the updates and as always you are in our constant prayers here. Just hang in there and wait on the Lord my brother and He will surely sustain you. God bless you all.
ReplyDelete"I Am the Lord, I change not . . ." Malachi 3:6 When you are spending 24/7 on a roller coaster like you are now, how great it is to know that He is steady and unchanging.
ReplyDeleteI am praying for your family based on Psa 40:1-3, Psa 27:14; Psa 62:1, 2, 5-8; I pray that your family has His grace and strength to go through this trial, for the Lord to sustain your family and esp. baby Paton. I pray for the doctors to have the Lord's mind and wisdom to make decisions over baby Paton's health needs; I pray for quick healing of the infection baby Paton has.
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ReplyDeleteI highly recommend you to read the commentary of Matthew Henry to Psa 40:1-5, esp. part II. I read and prayed for your family based on that. Pastor Minnick was teaching us over Psa 40 and since then I love it and used what I learned in it to pray for your family now. I am sorry I don't know how to post a comment otherwise.
Thank you, Christine!
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