July 22, 2009 - Louisiana Bound!

Hello All. Well . . . all is set. We will be traveling to Louisiana for HBOT for Erik the first week of August, 2009. We are so excited! We plan to leave for our trip on Wednesday - August 5th. This has happened really quick for us and we strongly feel God's hand pushing us in this direction. WE NEED YOUR PRAYERS! This is happening so quickly for us and seems like an impossible or at minimum very challenging journey. Those of you who know us, know that we faced a similar trial in 2005 when we traveled to CA for surgery and through this challenge we were given the opportunity to witness and participate in God's miracle for Erik. We have found ourselves facing many of the same challenges as we move towards HBOT for Erik in LA: - Our family will be under different roofs for ~8 weeks. - Family and friends will be at home to maintain the household and keep the family in tact. - Erik and Mom will be staying in the Ronald McDonald House in New Orleans during treatment. - Insurance has indicated that they will not cover the treatment. Erik will need 40 treatments costing $200 per session. - Mom will have to care for Erik without nursing help while in LA. Erik currently receives 12 plus hours per day skilled nursing care. - We are also faced once again with totally trusting God - (challenging yet rewarding!). All that stated, we have prayed about this and continue to believe this is the direction we need to go. We ask first and foremost that you lift Erik and our family in prayer. God has extended grace to Erik many times before and we look forward to witnessing even more miracles as we proceed with HBOT. After the email was sent yesterday, we have received so much support and encouragement! Some of the needs we will have are listed on the website. It has been amazing! We are going to do as we have in the past and let God work to take care of all of this particularly because we do not have the luxury of time! We would like to ask for your prayers and for you to forward this email to your friends, family, co-workers, small groups, neighbors, and anyone else who can lift us in prayer or who you believe will benefit from participating in what we believe will be miraculous. Love in Christ, Erik's Family If you are interested in sending notes of encouragement to ERik's family or if you are able to help us cover medical expenses for this trip, please use the mailing address below: 1413 Celandine Drive Apex, NC 27502 Wendy and Erik's mailing address as of August 7th will be: Ronald McDonald House 4403 Canal Street New Orleans, LA 70119 Information regarding HBOT: http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00290186?cond=%22Cerebral+Palsy%22&rank=1 http://www.hyperbaricmedicalassociation.org/390/text/591/files/8_Stoller_May6_2004_Written_Testimony.pdf