Between taking care of Luke in the hospital and getting ready for his home coming on Tuesday, we have been very busy. We praise God as each day we see new indications of the healing process taking place in Luke's body. A couple of examples, Luke is starting to blink as we put eye drops into his eyes. Also, Luke will look for voices he recognizes. His breathing is improved and needs oxygen only once in a while. Thank You Lord for Your healing process for Luke.
On Friday night Luke was hooked up to a CPAP for the first time. The CPAP is a device that pushes air into Luke's lungs to help him breath while he sleeps. The CPAP was connected incorrectly to his trach and it pulled the trach out in the middle of the night. Needless to say, this was a bit scary for Sue who worked with the RT to get it back in place quickly. They were able to get it back in and this showed us that Luke can breath without his trach. Please pray that Luke will cough and swallow and then he will be able to have the trach removed for good. We continue to pray each and every day that God will completely restore Luke's body.
There was a question regarding the prognosis for Luke. At this point the Doctors are not very optimistic regarding Luke's recovery, however we will continue to pray for his complete healing. The doctors have said that on a scale of 1-10 for brain damage, he is at a level 5. They say that we will most likely be able to communicate with Luke, but that he probably will never walk. I understand the doctors not wanting to give you false hope by telling us that he will be okay, because they cannot do anything for his condition. That said, my hope is not in doctors, but in God. We will continue to seek God persistently on Luke's behalf for his complete healing. Lord heal my son Luke.
My oldest son Daniel wrote the song "A Brother's Cry" for Luke. Saturday evening he sang the song to me for the first time. The song touched me deeply and I told him that he needed to record it so that others could hear it. Our friend Chuck helped us record it late last night and then we were able to host it on soundclick.com this evening. To hear the song, click on the link and it will take you to Daniel's page on Soundclick.com, here you will need to click on the music link and then click on lo-fi next to "A Brother's Cry". Below are the words to the song:
"A Brother's Cry"
Verse 1
Is this the day the LORD will,
Luke my little brother heal.
Every day I cry out louder,
To the LORD God my Father.
Chorus
Luke come back to me,
The LORD has something for you to be.
Verse 2
I pray that he'll recover,
So I can teach my brother.
How God sent His son,
To die for everyone.
Chorus
Verse 3
I look long into your eyes,
Hoping for a surprise.
Waiting for you to see,
All of me clearly.
Chorus
Bridge
I'd run a thousand miles,
to see your precious smile.
But I can't do anything,
That's why to the LORD I sing.
Heal my brother Luke,
I give him wholly to you.
Heal my brother Luke,
I give him wholly to you.
7 comments:
Searles Family
Sounds like while I have been out of town... you have all been having a busy busy time preparing for Luke to be home again with all of you...how wonderful that is going to be for you and for Him.
I love seeing all the pictures of your children with Luke .... you can see the incredible love and care they have for Him....I believe this is the BEST medicine for Luke....the Love of his family touching, talking and singing to him....praying for him.....I have come to know the important role our children play in each others lives...and how they need each other...and rely on each other as well....
Daniel's song is an incredible testimony of a TRUE brothers love...WOW....Thank you for sharing it with all of us.
I believe your children have been a great example to us all.... of a family that stands together that loves, honors and cares about one another.....Thank you for encouraging our families to continue growing strong not just as individulas but as a complete family...placing each others circumstances ahead of our own ....
I am also thrilled about the searles family having another baby girl in the house...YEA....
Gordy and Sue we are praying for a complete healing for Luke...and believe we serve an amazing GOD ....and we are optimistic because of that.....
The Novotny Family
May God grant grace, peace and a miracle.
His will be done,
Pastor KSD
AMEN!! To the Devin's prognosis. I have not read Devin's story, but the statement regarding the prognosis is well put. While the doctors prognosis is not good, our hope is in God.
I stumbled across your blog. I was reading your blog with tears running down my face. I have a 3 year old and a pool. This has scared me. I WILL PRAY SO HARD FOR YOUR SON LUKE. GOD WILL HEAL. I am truley amazed at your faith. I will pass the word and the link to your blogg to my other friends they will pray also. God bless you and keep the faith. You have inspired me to keep mine. God bless little Luke. Lisa S. In NJ
Hi, it is your friends from GA. I am sorry we have not posted! Our oldest son has been in the hospital since Monday (today is Wed.) and I have been with him a lot of the time. Nothing serious just dehydration/flu. He is back at college. I am so very happy you are HOME!!! I loved the picture of Sue on the couch (that is a couch?) with Luke. Such peace to just be at home. I will keep in touch. I loved the pictures. We all listened to Daniel's song... so powerful, beautiful. Again, I thank you for sharing with all of us. When I pulled up the site and saw that Luke went home I started screaming.... "LUKE, IS HOME, LUKE IS HOME" my children all came to look. We love all of you!
Blessings,
Billy, Teena, Michael 19, Mandi 15, Dakota 11, Alyssa 7, Wyatt 2 1/2, Wesley 14 months
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Dear family and friends of Luke; A short time ago I'v read a book of Karen Kingsbury. In the back of her book she told about Luke's story. I just want to let you all know that I'm praying for you all, and that I'm respecting all of you for your power, faith and perseverance. God is with you all! Love, Astrid Hellendoorn, Netherland. P.s. I'm sorry for my bad english.
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