I first of all want to thank each and everyone of you who have either called, emailed, text or stopped by! The prayers and words are very thoughtful and we all feel very LOVED! This was a strange and scary thing to go through, but with the support of God and our loved ones...it has made it so much easier!
Worry is blind and cannot discern the future, but Jesus sees the end from the beginning. In every difficulty He has His way prepared to bring relief.--DA 330 (1898). {2MCP 471.2}
Many have asked me if I have been worried, nervous, anxious or stressed about Garhett. Honestly, it's a scary thing, but I have felt so much peace. The peace that surpasses All understanding! After I wrote my last entry, many things happened. I thought I would just enjoy the morning with the children and go over their weekly lesson, read some other Bible stories, etc. Things change and the Lord is trying to teach me to be even more flexible with my time! Rhett, called from church saying that his power point on the CD wasn't working and he was going to preach in less than 10 minutes! I found the zip drive, Garhett put all of the power point information on it, threw the kids in the car and we were off to the church. I was going to run in, but Garhett said he felt good enough to go. I parked in the back, because the kids still had their jammies on! I didn't have time for them to change...it felt strange to be there Sabbath morning, not prepared to go in and still in bed clothes!! We made it in time and drove back home. When we got here, there was a message on our land line from our doctor. So, I called him back. He had heard Garhett had been in the ER and had some questions to ask us. He wanted to know everything....after telling him the story he said he would call back. He did, four or five more times. He was discussing things with fellow Cardiologists, etc. The last time he called he felt we needed to come back to the ER. He said he didn't want to alarm me (he is a Christian man who is very calm and gentle) but they wanted to do more testing (that should have been done on Friday) to rule out two things they were concerned about. One was a descended lung, the other a hole in the lung. Hearing that was alarming, but the Holy Spirit was with me and I was okay. I didn't share that with Garhett, just yet. Church by then, was almost out. I was trying to get a hold of someone to tell Rhett what was going on, because he had forgotten his phone. The other children wanted to stay home, because Tori had a fever and just wasn't feeling like sitting there for more tests. Garhett felt uneasy about the Sabbath and going to the hospital/clinic, but I told him that Jesus healed on the Sabbath and this wasn't anything to mess around with. I left Tori here with the other three and drove to the church, hoping to pass Rhett and Mitchell on the way. We were almost to the church when we passed them. I pulled over and they turned around. I barely got ,"I have to take Garhett back to the ER...." Rhett took off and was gone! It was almost as if he had wings...! Garhett was laughing so hard, it hurt! The problem was, I didn't have the other children with me and we weren't going to the Hospital ER this time...we were going to the Clinic ER! There wasn't anything I could do, because I couldn't catch him or call him. We got to the clinic and they were waiting for us. Our Dr. came in just as Rhett got there! To make a long story short...Garhett had all his stats taken, they put a pic line in, took blood, did a CT. We were there for awhile, three or four hours. The doctors were very thorough. Praise the Lord....the lungs are fine...both of them...they ruled out what they thought the pain was! Garhett was so calm, he was loving all of the interesting "doctor" talk, instruments, x-rays, pic line, etc....They have basically narrowed it down to his growth and the inside pulling away from the chest cavity. They said it's like a shin splint, but he had all the classic symptoms of the two things they were worried about. Why they didn't do those tests on Friday, I don't know, but we can breath easy now. I take him into the doctor tomorrow morning, a Cardiologist has been reviewing all of his tests. We are still praying, he is very tired and sore, but he's in good spirits. The nurse came in to remove the pic line...well..Rhett couldn't handle it...so he took off into the waiting room. Garhett was asking all kinds of questions and watching every movement! After I signed all of the papers...we walked out into the waiting room to see Rhett talking with.....the Tall family and the Ratcliff's! What a support we have had. What true friends and family....Thank you all...please continue to lift Garhett in prayer...we know you are praying, we can feel it! I will update more tomorrow after our appointment. God bless each and every one of you!
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