...and sometimes reality kicks you square in the pants.
I've been a bit out of touch with reality lately. With the holiday mumbo-jumbo and support raising and trying to sell everything I own...one just sometimes gets a bit out of touch with reality.
Reality hit VERY hard today.
Justin and I have some dear dear friends who we love like family. They have three amazing children and their baby (an 11 year old boy) has come down with encephilitis (I totally botched the spelling of that) which is swelling of the interior portion of the brain.
I'm assuming here: It, like its "outer brain" cousin Menengitis, can come in a bacterial form (very treatable) and a viral form (deadly).
Our sweet friend has the viral form and has been writhing in pain for a couple of weeks now.
The swelling has caused pressure on his nervous system and is causing his entire body to cramp and his muscles to draw up.
Justin and I (along with our friend Gennie), having the day off and feeling that we want to do SOMETHING, decided to take New Years day to go to Childrens Hospital in Little Rock to visit the little guy and just spend the day praying over him.
We spent most of the day in the waiting room, reading the word...praying specific prayers over him and his family...and speaking scriptural truths over him. We had no real intention of actually going into his room or even seeing his family. We know that they've had a lot of visitors and may not have time to dedicate to us. And they shouldn't. We planned on being in the background during the day.
...however...we were blessed to spend a small amount of time with the Mom and Dad. Dad was on his way out to spend some (much needed) time away and Mom was taking her shift with her sister-in-law to help massage her little ones legs and back when he cramped up.
She said that, if we wanted to, we could go in and see him one at a time. Gennie and I just ended up standing outside his door and praying for him and for clarity and wisdom for the medical staff.
Justin went in to pray directly over him and had the opportunity to serve the family by helping out when he was cramping up.
The moaning, shaking and obvious pain he is in was almost too much for ME to handle. I can only imagine what his family is going through.
Obviously, I've left their names out of this blog to protect their identity and confidentiality...but, if you can...RIGHT NOW...say a prayer for this little boy.
We are Christians and believe strongly in the power of prayer and that the Lord God is still healing people today. Please pray for a miracle. This little guy has a long hard battle...
Reality hit VERY hard today.
Justin and I have some dear dear friends who we love like family. They have three amazing children and their baby (an 11 year old boy) has come down with encephilitis (I totally botched the spelling of that) which is swelling of the interior portion of the brain.
I'm assuming here: It, like its "outer brain" cousin Menengitis, can come in a bacterial form (very treatable) and a viral form (deadly).
Our sweet friend has the viral form and has been writhing in pain for a couple of weeks now.
The swelling has caused pressure on his nervous system and is causing his entire body to cramp and his muscles to draw up.
Justin and I (along with our friend Gennie), having the day off and feeling that we want to do SOMETHING, decided to take New Years day to go to Childrens Hospital in Little Rock to visit the little guy and just spend the day praying over him.
We spent most of the day in the waiting room, reading the word...praying specific prayers over him and his family...and speaking scriptural truths over him. We had no real intention of actually going into his room or even seeing his family. We know that they've had a lot of visitors and may not have time to dedicate to us. And they shouldn't. We planned on being in the background during the day.
...however...we were blessed to spend a small amount of time with the Mom and Dad. Dad was on his way out to spend some (much needed) time away and Mom was taking her shift with her sister-in-law to help massage her little ones legs and back when he cramped up.
She said that, if we wanted to, we could go in and see him one at a time. Gennie and I just ended up standing outside his door and praying for him and for clarity and wisdom for the medical staff.
Justin went in to pray directly over him and had the opportunity to serve the family by helping out when he was cramping up.
The moaning, shaking and obvious pain he is in was almost too much for ME to handle. I can only imagine what his family is going through.
Obviously, I've left their names out of this blog to protect their identity and confidentiality...but, if you can...RIGHT NOW...say a prayer for this little boy.
We are Christians and believe strongly in the power of prayer and that the Lord God is still healing people today. Please pray for a miracle. This little guy has a long hard battle...
posted by Shelli at
10:00 PM
2 Comments:
My prayers are with them!
Oh Shell...my heart is breaking for this family. I will definitely continue to pray. Please let me know if I can do anything else for them. I can't even imagine having to watch my child go through that...I'm just broken. Thank you for keeping us updated about them and thank you for taking the time to go down there and support there family in that way.
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