Offerings....

Hi Everyone.

Thank you for your ovrewhelming support, prayer and presence. The Holy Spirit is taking your petitions and thoughts and personally laying each one before the feet of Jesus. Your prayers and thoughts and actions are honoring the Lord and filling Gail's, Devon's any my cup. When we feel depleted, something happens that again fills our cup. For example two days ago, we received some tough news and were, I think, kind of down. In walks Bertha Villa and her son Raul from work testifying to the goodness of the Lord and this encouraged us.

Gail's condition did not change too much yesterday, which at this point is a good thing. The reason for this is that when one is placed into a state of being in a paralytic coma, there are other serious side effects. Thankfully, she did not have any of these side effects. The Ct scan taken yesterday showed that there was no additional bleeding (good, good, the ventricles in her brain did not swell up.
The location of the aneurysim is the Posterior Cerebllum, next to the brain stem. It is dome shaped, and not the shape of a balloon.

This morning, I called the nurse and she said that last night was a better night than the last, as Gail did not have any seizure or vasospasm.

We were not able to speak to the Neurosurgeon yesterday to get an idea of a game plan, but part of the reason, I think is that Gail has to get stable first. But the nurse will see to it that we can have some time with Dr. Baiz. One thing that is clear, even in the best case scenario, this will be a long journey.

Please pray that:

1. Gail would remain stable and show signs that the induced coma is not necessary. This, I think, would be based on the absence of complications over a period of time.
2. That the Lord will heal the aneurysm and all associate effects of the bleed.
3. That the Lord will continue to use this hardship to bring us closer to Him.
4. That our friends and family that do not yet know the Love of Jesus Christ, will be open to knowing Him on a personal basis. There is absolutely no denying that He is already working wonders!

Moving forward, please pray for wisdom and discernment as to some of the following issues/concerns

1. Moving visitors from the hotel to homes. I think that we might keep one room at the travel lodge and have the last person that is with Gail every night stay there.
2. How to balance being with Gail and the need to rest and take care of everyday things especially for Devon. We will probably go home for awhile today.
3. We have given two dear friends the authority to advocate on our behalf for Devon's education. The principal of HMB High School has already said that Devon can take his final's when he's ready. We need to be able to retain his current grades, do make-up work and plan for this summer and the fall. (adjustments to schedule)

More prayer requests
1. That we can process this grief safely under the protective hand of the Father.
2. How Devon processes this and when and how to help him to do this.

How is Devon doing?
Devon's home school buds, Allie, Taylor and mom Lisa came to hang with Devon. Some other friends (siblings) hung out.
There are a lot of people, and I think that Devon needs to process more on an individual basis. I will take him out and probably back home for awhile today. We will do some normal stuff around the house.

How am I doing?
I haven't had much time to think about it, but both Devon and I have been sleeping well. I have been waking up before my alarm. This has been good, so that I can have some quiet time and think through some things and do this blog. I know that as time goes on, we will need people to sit with us and walk with us, not do say anything, or do anything, but just to be there. This isn't easy to do. It is often awkward, especially for us guys, but I think that that is what we need. I think that we will have people just sit with Gail in her room, have people just hang with Devon and people to walk/sit with me. There is a lot inside that needs to come out.

It's good, because both Devon and I have been emoting and lamenting already.

Gail would want you to know that she is grateful for your acts of love and kindness on her behalf.

Love,

Jon, Gail and Devon