Roller Coaster

Well, the Micah saga seems to be pretty wrapped up now. Micah came home on Sunday, July 15th. He seemed to be doing quite well until Tuesday, when Emily noticed that his surgery site looked infected. Emily had to take Micah back down to University of Maryland today, which was complicated by the fact that I could not get off from work (we were already running two people short today). Fortunately, my sister Sarah was able to come out and take care of Gabriel and Adalia, so Emily could take Micah to his appointment without dragging all three kids down to central Baltimore. On Tuesday, the nurse practitioner had prescribed an anti-biotic for Micah which he had started taking. By his doctor’s appointment today, the surgeon advised that the infection looked like it had mostly, if not entirely, cleared up. Fortunately we seemed to have caught it quickly while it was still very minor. Micah is eating very well now, and keeping down all of his food. In general he is a much happier and healthier looking child than he was before this whole ordeal, and we are both feeling very relieved, if a bit emotionally and physically exhausted. Thank you all for your continuous thoughts and prayers. It has been a bit of a bumpy ride, but as has always been the case, God has brought us through and provided everything we needed (from babysitters to meals and, of course, healing). For each of our children we have chosen a bible verse that corresponds with the meaning of their name, and while we have not quite decided on one for Micah yet, Emily found a verse while reading at the hospital that she thought fit well with both his name (which means “Who is like God? He is worthy of praise), and with his early-life experience. Habakkuk 3:17-19(a) reads, “Though the fig tree should not blossom and there be no fruit on the vines, though the yield of the olive shall fail and the fields produce no food, though the flock should be cut off from the fold, and there be no cattle in the stalls, yet I will exult in the Lord, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation. The Lord God is my strength.” (NASB)