to be certain of what we do not see

"Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need." -Hebrews 4:16

Today was a different kind of day. I had to be at work today from 1-5, so Angi decided she would take a much-needed break and go home for a bit, pick up Gaige, visit coworkers, etc. Plus our favorite and most dependable nurses were on during the day, so Angi was confident that if anything went bad, they would notify us. So we went and grabbed something to eat (at Qdoba, which is very tasty, in my opinion) and headed home. Pretty soon after we left, however, things with Jack started to get a little worse. His blood pressure started to drop, and his medicines had to be upped several times. At one point (and even still to this point), his medication was at a .5 concentration, which is used for children and babies with no blood pressure at all. Even at that, his blood pressure was still dropping. Being the awesome nurses that they are, they called Angi to let her know, and so Angi started a text chain and with a lot of prayer, his stats started to recover. So thank you for your prayers!

Right now, his stats are fluctuating, and we can still use all the prayer we can get. Pray that the blood pressure can be maintained with a lower dose of medicine successfully. Pray that his lungs will continue to do their job, and that he will breathe past the ventilator as much as he can safely. Pray that they would fully expand. Right now he's letting the vent do all his breathing, and his CO2 levels are rising again because of it. Pray that we would not need to do a second treatment of the tPA. Dr. Barton would like to do another on Monday, and he wants to do a stronger dose this time. We really don't like the idea of that. I feel God blessed us with no side effects with the first one, and of course we believe that God is God of all, and in control. But I'd rather not push our luck. Also, please pray for Gaige, Jack's big brother. He has been home with his grandpa this whole time, and he's starting to feel rather lonely. He's come up and visited during spring break, and a couple other weekends, but that doesn't make going home away from his mom any easier. Tonight he's staying with his Uncle Greg. Please just pray that Gaige would be comforted and that he would have his brother home soon. :)

"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." -Hebrews 11:1

God bless you all.

Tony and Angi