Micah Update
An email that I sent out today:
I can't remember the last time I did a for real "Micah update". I have done lots of writing on my blog, but an actual email feels odd and actually brings me back a little. It gives me butterflies of sadness. But I have had more than one person who has prayed for Micah and our family for so long, ask how we are doing. So I thought it was time. This may sound nuts, but as I was thinking of doing an update, while I was doing dishes, I was thinking that I have kind of left my friends behind. I know there are so many of you that continue to keep us in your prayers. But my part of the relationship all of these years was to send an email and tell you how we are doing and even tell you how God is using your prayers. Do you know what I mean? I feel like I haven't kept my part of the bargain! (o:
I will apologize now for the overlap. I have people who just received email updates, people who are just in the facebook prayer group and people who just read my blog. But there are some of you who are connected all three ways, so you may get this 3 times! (o:
Our family is doing well. Our kids are growing quickly. Josh is now 13, Micah is 9, Natalie is 7. Josiah is 5 and Grace will be 1 year next week. To think that Josh was 9, Micah was 5, Natalie was 3 and Josiah was 1 when I did my first update seems crazy. Our little lady Grace was not even close to being with us. This little girl is such a special blessing from the Lord. She still makes us smile every single day. I cannot fathom a life without her. She has added a richness to our life that I can't even explain.
We are so thankful for the time that God has given us. We are so blessed. He has given us our miracle. He has given us more than we could have ever even dared to pray for. I was just going to say that God is good. He is good, but I have realized in the last while, that it is so easy to say that God is good when things are going well. That phrase is on my lips every single day. But I often wonder if it will be on my lips in the same way if Micah's cancer comes back. We all need to remember that God is good even in our darkest days.
Please praise God with us that Micah is doing so well. It has been 1 year and 2 months since Micah's surgery. It is almost crazy! (o: You would never know Micah is missing 3/4 of a lung. He is remarkably healthy and strong. He is playing baseball, doing gymnastics and is keeping up with his peers most of the time. Praise God.
Micah is still having scans every 3 months. His next scan is July 12. We are starting to get a little nervous about it. We plan to continue in this 3 month pattern for another year. If the cancer hasn't come back by then, we need to start balancing the toll that scans have on his body and the need to watch him super carefully. I read some where that a CT of his chest has the same amount of radiation as 50 chest XRAYS. That is not healthy. But at this point the scans are too important to spread out. I am thankful that they are still so close together. It is much easier on my heart. Waiting 6 or 8 months would be so hard.
He still has his times of being of being out of breathe, especially when he is tired. It is hard at times just to relax. We don't want to over react, but are scared of missing something. I don't want to look back and regret not seeing the signs. Last time we didn't see them and I know a few others did. I don't feel sad about not seeing them. Finding his cancer happened in God timing. Now we also have to trust that God will give us wisdom and that if the cancer comes back, we will find it in His timing again. But I struggle with that.
We don't dwell on Micah's cancer all day, everyday. But we certainly do think of it everyday. Even if it's just in passing. It still has the ability to bring us to our knees in tears. We still plead with the Lord to let us keep our Micah for many years. We still have times of hurt over the past and pain over thoughts of the future. It is getting better as time passes. I pray all the time for the Lord to take it from us. I just want to move on and forget. But He must have a reason for keeping our hearts so tender.
If we could ask for prayers, please pray that Micah would stay healthy and that he would have peace. Sometimes, he seems a little sad, but won't talk to to me. Please pray that God would heal our hurting hearts. Above all, please pray that we would surrender Micah's future to the Lord and that He will use our hurts for His glory.
In Him,
Ken and Belinda
I can't remember the last time I did a for real "Micah update". I have done lots of writing on my blog, but an actual email feels odd and actually brings me back a little. It gives me butterflies of sadness. But I have had more than one person who has prayed for Micah and our family for so long, ask how we are doing. So I thought it was time. This may sound nuts, but as I was thinking of doing an update, while I was doing dishes, I was thinking that I have kind of left my friends behind. I know there are so many of you that continue to keep us in your prayers. But my part of the relationship all of these years was to send an email and tell you how we are doing and even tell you how God is using your prayers. Do you know what I mean? I feel like I haven't kept my part of the bargain! (o:
I will apologize now for the overlap. I have people who just received email updates, people who are just in the facebook prayer group and people who just read my blog. But there are some of you who are connected all three ways, so you may get this 3 times! (o:
Our family is doing well. Our kids are growing quickly. Josh is now 13, Micah is 9, Natalie is 7. Josiah is 5 and Grace will be 1 year next week. To think that Josh was 9, Micah was 5, Natalie was 3 and Josiah was 1 when I did my first update seems crazy. Our little lady Grace was not even close to being with us. This little girl is such a special blessing from the Lord. She still makes us smile every single day. I cannot fathom a life without her. She has added a richness to our life that I can't even explain.
We are so thankful for the time that God has given us. We are so blessed. He has given us our miracle. He has given us more than we could have ever even dared to pray for. I was just going to say that God is good. He is good, but I have realized in the last while, that it is so easy to say that God is good when things are going well. That phrase is on my lips every single day. But I often wonder if it will be on my lips in the same way if Micah's cancer comes back. We all need to remember that God is good even in our darkest days.
Please praise God with us that Micah is doing so well. It has been 1 year and 2 months since Micah's surgery. It is almost crazy! (o: You would never know Micah is missing 3/4 of a lung. He is remarkably healthy and strong. He is playing baseball, doing gymnastics and is keeping up with his peers most of the time. Praise God.
Micah is still having scans every 3 months. His next scan is July 12. We are starting to get a little nervous about it. We plan to continue in this 3 month pattern for another year. If the cancer hasn't come back by then, we need to start balancing the toll that scans have on his body and the need to watch him super carefully. I read some where that a CT of his chest has the same amount of radiation as 50 chest XRAYS. That is not healthy. But at this point the scans are too important to spread out. I am thankful that they are still so close together. It is much easier on my heart. Waiting 6 or 8 months would be so hard.
He still has his times of being of being out of breathe, especially when he is tired. It is hard at times just to relax. We don't want to over react, but are scared of missing something. I don't want to look back and regret not seeing the signs. Last time we didn't see them and I know a few others did. I don't feel sad about not seeing them. Finding his cancer happened in God timing. Now we also have to trust that God will give us wisdom and that if the cancer comes back, we will find it in His timing again. But I struggle with that.
We don't dwell on Micah's cancer all day, everyday. But we certainly do think of it everyday. Even if it's just in passing. It still has the ability to bring us to our knees in tears. We still plead with the Lord to let us keep our Micah for many years. We still have times of hurt over the past and pain over thoughts of the future. It is getting better as time passes. I pray all the time for the Lord to take it from us. I just want to move on and forget. But He must have a reason for keeping our hearts so tender.
If we could ask for prayers, please pray that Micah would stay healthy and that he would have peace. Sometimes, he seems a little sad, but won't talk to to me. Please pray that God would heal our hurting hearts. Above all, please pray that we would surrender Micah's future to the Lord and that He will use our hurts for His glory.
In Him,
Ken and Belinda
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