I'm on my way out the door to work, but I wanted to ask y'all to pray for my Mom because she is having some health issues of her own. A month or so before all of this happened with Aaron, Mom got something that seemed like the flu or some other kind of respiratory ailment. She saw the doctor and they put her on medication, but it never really went away. Just before Aaron got hurt, she was referred to see a specialist about it, but now that's going to have to be postponed a bit. Her general practitioner gave her several prescriptions to help her along while she is in Maryland, but she had a bad, sleepless night last night because she couldn't stop coughing. Please pray that either she will stop coughing or that arrangements can be made for her to see someone at Bethesda who can help her. She so wants to be able to spend time with Aaron and Kelly, and it would take a lot more than a cough to keep her from doing that, but we want her to be able to rest and stay healthy while she's doing it. Mom also said that she wants to thank you all for your love and prayers. She said they can really feel how much they are helping.
I am hoping to talk to Dad and Kelly later this morning. They were with Aaron when I talked to Mom. As a short note, Mom said Kelly told her that Aaron had a lot of pain last night after getting out of surgery and they had to give him something to make him go to sleep again. Pray that today his pain will be less. It must be pretty bad for Aaron to actually comment on it, because from what Kelly told me yesterday, he hadn't complained about the pain a single time prior to that.
More as the day goes on. We love you all.