Answered Prayers

There’s a song that has been our anthem through this entire journey with Veya called Sparrows by Cory Asbury and I would love to take a moment to share some of the lyrics with you.

The sparrow's not worried 'bout tomorrow

Or the troubles to come

The lily's not thinking 'bout the seasons

The drought or the flood

A tree that's planted by the water

Isn't fazed by the fire

So why should I be?

'Cause You take good care of me

You take good care of me

You know what I need before I even ask a thing

And You hold me in Your hands

With a kindness that never ends

I'm carried in Your love no matter what the future brings

Yeah, You take good care of me

 

Every time we listen to this song, it’s a beautiful reminder of His promises. There have been many moments of worry and at times where we feel discouraged as Veya’s parents…wanting so badly restoration and healing for her.  Yet we are reminded that she first belongs to God and regardless of her trials…her ongoing health struggles…He takes very good care of her. Better than we could ever provide, and interestingly enough…today as I was reading from Matthew 6, I came across this verse about the birds and lilies in the field. The verse stood out to me and left me in awe of the Father's love and care for us. It's amazing how God speaks to us in unexpected ways to reassure us!

The procedure to set Veya up on dialysis last week Thursday was blessed by our Heavenly Father! It has been six days now since she’s been on it and the team is very pleased with how her body has been responding to it!  Her creatinine levels have come down from 313 to 90! Her urea levels have also been decreasing along with the extra fluid she was retaining.  Praise the Lord for answering our prayers!

The plan for this week is to continue with running her dialysis around the clock with the goal of scaling back on the cycle runs sometime next week.  This then can show them where her kidney function is at and how long to continue with the dialysis.  They have also taken away her two sedatives – Fentanyl and Precedex and replaced it with one new sedative called Hydromorphone which she has been responding better to.  She will remain under some sort of sedation until they are able to extubate her and remove her dialysis.  Yesterday they also reintroduced her feeds again. (They removed her feeds around the time that she was intubated…tried to start them up a few days later but had to stop because of her kidney injury) They are starting off with 3ml and plan to slowing increase it to try and get her back to where she was.  We are incredibly thankful that Veya has been enjoying a comfortable and stable week thus far! 

We would just like to say thank you once again from the bottom of our hearts!  Words cannot express how much we have seen and have been experiencing the love of God by so many.  From your prayers, phone calls, words of encouragement, delicious meals, babysitting, gift cards, visits (and the list goes on!) This journey has not been easy, but we have seen the goodness of Jesus by His people being His hands and feet. We are thankful to our Heavenly Father who has given us a peace that passes understanding.  He has given abounding joy, and He has given us hope.  Lord willing, we look forward to the day we can share with Veya just how many people love her and prayed for her life! 

“But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.” 

Isaiah 40:31