Luke continues to do well, he's his normal happy self. He looks good and eats very well. They've upped his oxygen flow to help with some of the wetness that makes it harder for him to breath while on the Nitric Oxide therapy. They've had to adjust his food since he has to take a few different medications while on the Nitric therapy and that changes the composition of his food and they have to keep it easy to digest for him. It's a balancing act of how changing one thing causes a change with another. Tonight steroids begin to see if this will help his lungs heal. They will start them tonight and then they will tapper them off as the week goes on. He can have repeat steroids if needed, but this is the start to see if this will help jump start some healing.
As for Jeremy and I, it's been tough, but we've had some great "intervention" the last few days. One being Luke's Godparents getting the prayers going in full force for Luke and us. They are amazing. Another has to do with a Maronite Priest from St. Sharbel's Parish that Jeremy met for a business call yesterday. He has brought Jeremy great peace and today I had the pleasure of meeting him at the hospital. He came by to pray, and bless Luke and me and his nurse. Very wonderful and peaceful. He reminded me to not be afraid, he said to me in his very humbling voice, "Luke is fine, don't be afraid" and reminded me to not have any fear and before he left said "there cannot be any fear in Luke's room".
Jeremy and I are very hopeful, but having this Maronite Priest intervene reminded us that we are not alone in this. We are never alone.
Nurse Barb and I talked a lot today and she mentioned an article that Bishop Vasa wrote called "Spiritual fulfillment begins with a genuine sense of hope", I read it tonight and it's very good. You can read it at:
We will always remain hopeful and especially during this Advent season, may we all be reminded of the hope our Savior brought to us. Emmanuel meaning "God is with us", is in our hearts this Advent season.
See this website for more information regarding the Maronite Order:
Melinda
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"Spe Salvi." In hope we are saved. That's the title of Pope Benedict's latest encyclical. I encourage everyone to begin reading this beautiful document. Luke has embodied the three most important aspects of our human experience, faith, hope, and love.
Take heart in the words of St. Paul in Romans 5:1-5. Hope truly does not disappoint.
To read Benedict's encyclical you can go to this web site. Sorry I don't have a hyperlink. My HTML coding skills are quite limited, but you can cut and paste this link into your browser to get there.
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20071130_spe-salvi_en.html
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