Little Things speak for God

I am still brought to tears by how such an awesome God, with infinite power, that created the universe in 6 days, can know the simplest ways to pierce our hearts here.

Mike continues to improve with little baby steps every day. He spent hours this morning throwing up, but that continues to be a good thing. He had his IV Therapy and then LBG and a detox foot bath this afternoon. I actually had a foot bath too. I have been "ordered" by Bill to have two this week. Bill wants Mike to concentrate on adding nutrition to his routine. Tonight, he had lentil and salmon soup. He has one small bite of my lentil burger. He finished a nutrition drink and he had maybe two ounces of a yogurt prune drink that I made for him. All this is wonderful food is focused on getting proteins in his body and trying to beef up his digestive track. He also drank a full glass of cold water tonight. Again, this is a baby step. Mike could not drink anything cold when we got here. Now he can. God is so good.

God continues to put people in our path that just humble me. At the IV clinic, some of the guys that work there are off duty paramedics. Everyone at that clinic goes above and beyond the call of duty. I think God has placed Mike in many peoples' heart. The paramedics seem to really look out for him like he is one of there own. On Sunday, Mike's IV port became infiltrated. Dr. Monhollon tried to get one started, but his veins are hard to get in his left arm. So he called and got a hold of Cory. Cory walked away from the Tampa Bay football game and came in on his own time to help Mike. He even said he wouldn't have done it for just anybody, but when he knew it was Mike, he came.

Today, Pete brought Elizabeth this perfect shark tooth. It is about 3 inches high and about 2 inches across. It is very cool. Elizabeth was stunned. Our routine in the morning is to drop Mike off at the IV Therapy. Elizabeth and I have fun with it because we pretend we are dropping him off for school. I hand him his lunch - 5 pills that he needs to swallow in 3 hours - and Elizabeth walks him in to get him settled.

Today, she popped in the car with a shark tooth. I asked her what it was and she said Mr. Pete gave it to her. It is a shark tooth. All the time she was just looking at it. I asked her, "Did he find it? Do you say thank you? Did you give him a hug? What kind of tooth is it?" She just looked up and said I did say thank you, but I didn't ask him anything else. So she went back in and gave him a hug and found out that he had found it on the beach and had it at his house. Now, this may seem like a little thing, but it really isn't. That means that when he is at his house, he has thought about us. He cared enough to bring it to Elizabeth and give it to her. I think it is God giving Elizabeth a little hug through Pete.

I love the small gestures in this journey. The emails, the cards, the phone calls, the blogs. All of it. It may seem like the littlest of things, but trust me God uses you to encourage us. Speaking of cards, Roxanne is putting all the cards that we have gotten at home in the mail to us tomorrow. We look forward to getting them and reading through them.

In His Hand and Holding on Tightly!! ~Deanna