February 23, 2010 - News and Prayer Request

Hello! What a time we have been having! We have had both good news and concerns raised over the past few days and we want to share these with you. First . . . We went for Erik's Botox appointment last week (2/17) and on the way to the appointment Erik began to have a seizure. The seizure continued to the point where we had to pull off of the road to administer emergency medication. We hate to have to do this because it sedates him for 2 days or so. The good news though is that he did not react to the Botox at all! Like we shared, Botox is quick but really painful. We figured God just did not want him to be uncomfortable! We would have preferred no seizure though! He did get the Botox and we can already see some improvement. We did get confirmation that there is housing on the first floor of a facility near the center. One problem we encountered last trip was that many of the place did not have elevators or first floor housing which made them less than ideal for us because of the wheelchair. We are working now to set up things with the facility. It is also only ~ 1/2 mile from the center so we are hoping we will be able to walk to and from at least one of his daily treatments if not both. We also had an AWESOME surprise on Sunday. We were approached by a couple in our Sunday School class about a ramp for our home for Erik. Apparently God placed us in a Sunday School class with a member who has built wheelchair ramps! We were blown away by this and truly did not know how to respond. We have not even been praying for this lately! Prayer focus has been elsewhere! God has a way of doing this for us. We have to remember that He knows our needs even if we do not continually ask. Trust me . . . we have asked for a ramp for greater than 2 years now. It was awesome for God to answer this prayer NOW. The plan is to try to have the ramp completed by the time we return from Charlotte. Hurray!!! We do have a prayer request. Since the Grand Mal Seizure last week, Erik has just not been himself. Real quiet and just different. He has had a few seizures as well. Nothing major but just a few breaking through. This morning at 4am we woke to Erik in a mild seizure. By the time we got to him, he was settled. We realized that Erik was hot with a fever. This is concerning because Erik is not one to spike a fever. In fact, I only recall 2 times when he has had a fever not connected to a major infection. We gave him Motrin which cooled him off and took him to the pediatrician this afternoon. They did blood work and determined that it appears to be a virus. Please lift a prayer that it is nothing more than this and that it will quickly pass! It is just so rare for Erik to have a fever. Thanks so much for all of your continued support. Love in Christ, Erik's Family Psalm 55:22 Cast your burden on the LORD, And He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved. KJV