God has a plan.....


I know that God has a plan....although it can be hard to wait & when your not informed of what plan is at the time.....

We just have to sometimes wait longer to know what that plan is....


I am so thankful for friends that God has here for me and I for them; while here at the resort... having someone to prayer with ....is such a gift!

It is such a different world here in the ICU....I really miss our team on 9East....I was thrilled to get a visit from one of Avery's nurses and also one from his GI doctor (the one I am constantly talking about...she's great)....I was so irritated last night , that NO ONE had come in all day to inform me or discuss with me the plan of action for Avery's care...So at about 10:30 I told the nurse that I wanted to see a doctor; NOW....I expressed many things; one being that their lack of communication with me needs to change...

The long and short of that is...it has been a little better of a day(the nurses this afternoon have been very attentive) and I have seen the doctor already several times...(I think she got the hint)....part of the plan is for the doctor to talk to others on his team....

Avery's respiratory status : he is on continuous o2(pretty high percent), they are hoping to not have to intubate him(as am I)...he is getting nebulizer treatments very often, along with suctioning(which he hates) and chest pt(which he loves)all the time.....

Avery's x-ray was worse than yesterday.....he has some kind of virus and aspiration pneumonia,they started him on steroids for his lungs along with 2 other antibiotics....they are also giving him 2 bolus's of IV fluids as I type this...he is putting out more than he is keeping in and he needs the hydration ...(believe it or not he is dehydrated).....


I am waiting to see his labs in order to better understand some of what's going on....I do know the labs confirmed dehydration!

He has been off his feed since Tuesday and won't be put back on ...until his respiratory status improves.....he is getting some of his other meds via the IV opposed to the stomach....

The nurse practitioner from CCS just came in to check on him (which s comforting to me)...I kinda asked if we can go back to our floor(knowing full well what the answer was)and of course she said.."you know Grace we'd love to have you back on ,but you don't want to have to turn right round and come back here" ....she continued to say ...that he is not looking good enough for the floor....but that at some point he will be back! ....I was glad to see her:)

I'll post pictures at some point ...I don't have my camera attachment for the computer with me!

On another added note...Joanna our music friend just stooped by; cause she heard we were here....unfortunately Avery was asleep....but how nice was that for her to seek us out....God is good!


So here we sit and wait.....

Therfore will the Lord wait,that he may be gracious unto you ....blessed are all they that wait for HIM---Isaiah 30:18

**We should not only understand the importance of our waiting on God but realize something even ore wonderful ---the Lord waits on us.And the very thought of His waiting on us will give us renewed motivation & inspiration to "wait on HIM"**
----this was in the devotional book I'm reading..


Thanks for all your continued prayers......

Please also pray for our friend Eithene & her family..... you can read her story!
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/eithenerosehilliard