Waiting Rooms

We've been sitting in a lot of waiting rooms over the past few weeks. Sarah has had at least one (usually more) appointment a week for the last month. She is still making good progress.

We took a break from that on Wednesday and drove up to Roan Mountain National Park for a hike. Grandmother and Sarah prepared a picnic lunch for us and we all had a great time enjoying the beauty of God's creation.

Jacob spent some one on one time with Grandmother in the kitchen today. She taught him how to make an apple pie from scratch. It was yummy! Needless to say, the pie plate is empty!

Deborah is doing a great job in keeping us all moving forward as she organizes the lessons for school and activities to keep us feeling as close to "normal" as possible. We are very thankful to her parents for allowing us to invade their life and home with all of our "baggage."

I got the opportunity to speak at a local church this past Sunday as a "fill-in" for Deb's dad. It was a great opportunity to share about our journey over the last few months.

We appreciate all of the comments and posts that each of you are making in response to our little blog. The prayers you are offering on our behalf are being felt by each of us as well as being answered by our gracious Heavenly Father. He is teaching us so much about Who He Is and how much He loves us through this experience.

PDJ&S

Improvement

We began to see some significant improvement in Sarah yesterday. While we were shopping for shoes (all the kids had were sandals) she suddenly stopped, looked at Deborah and said "I don't need to do this anymore."

Sarah was referring to her need for "evenness" that she has been displaying for the last month. Then she suddenly jumped into our arms and began hugging and kissing us. This is very significant in that for the last month Sarah has been unable to do this.

At dinner it was almost "normal" around the table with no outbursts or extreme behavior. It appears that God is using the antibiotics to bring some relief to Sarah's condition. The meds run out on Friday and we are consulting with the doctors on the next step.

We are cautiously optimistic about what we are seeing. After the last month we are holding our breath but thankful to the Lord for what we see as progress.

Thank you for praying for all of us.
PDJ&S