August 25, 2005 - Stanford Day 2

Hello All, The weather in California is wonderful. Sunny and mid 70’s during the day and low 60’s at night. Absolutely wonderful. The hospital is huge and the people are very nice. We are all set for the procedure tomorrow. We discussed the procedure with the doctors today. We planned to send an email tomorrow but decided we had some specific prayer requests for Erik. Following the procedure, the plan is for Erik to stay in Intensive Care for the first 24 to 48 hours and then send him to a regular room for a day of observation before being discharged. Because of the nature of Erik’s condition, he has an extremely high risk for a brain bleed the first 48 hours post procedure. This is why he will have more intensive care in the ICU. The doctors said today that they do not know how much of a change we can expect from Erik since some of the past set backs could be permanent. They basically do not know if we are addressing the issue of the AVM in time to regain what he has lost over the past 9-12 months. We have been praying for a miracle. We can’t wait to see how God brings us through this but it is certainly difficult to wait it out! Pray for Erik to experience full recovery! The last time, and only time, Erik had this procedure resulted in Erik suffering a stroke on December 11, 2003. Please pray for us to have peace and faith and for God to manifest healing in Erik! Prayer is so powerful. We know that. We hope that every time you think of Erik tomorrow that you will say a prayer for him and our family. I am sure we will have good news to celebrate this weekend. We already have good news to celebrate!! Prayers have been answered. We visited the Ronald McDonald House today after we left the hospital and learned that they had just left us a voicemail saying that they have a room available for us. THANK YOU GOD!!! We took a tour of the house and it is absolutely awesome. It’s very clean and it has 47 beds. Everyone has their own room. They have 6 TV/Lounge rooms to relax in and a huge kitchen with a huge frig and freezer. We also have our own small (dorm like) frig in the kitchen area. Here is our new address and telephone number. Erik and Wendy Medlin C/O Ronald McDonald House Room 209 520 Sand Hill Road Palo Alto, CA 94304 Telephone # 650-470-6000 (This is the main line and then you will need to ask for Wendy or room 209) Thank you in advance for your prayers tomorrow. We have some great prayer warriors and we know great things will happen. God Bless you all!!! Erik's Family