Just a short note on Aaron tonight. As far as we know, Aaron's skin graft surgery is still on for tomorrow. Please pray that Aaron and Kelly will get a good night's sleep tonight and that tomorrow the surgery will happen and go well. The sooner this is over, the sooner Aaron can heal up and get on to learning to walk. But this is going to be a challenge in and of itself, and we really need your prayers for Aaron. At this point, I'm not sure what time Aaron's skin graft surgery will take place, but I'll post whatever I know as I know it tomorrow.
Tonight, I wanted to give you all an update on Mom and her health concerns. Dad reminded me a few days ago that I kind of left all of you hanging about that. I apologize. Just to recap, before Aaron was hurt, Mom was having some trouble shaking a respiratory infection/cough type thing. She had been on a lot of different medications without really improving and was having asthma-like attacks that made it hard for her to breathe at all. She had just been referred to a specialist when Aaron was hurt, so she was not able to go to her appointment. Her general practitioner in Hattiesburg had told her that he thought she had developed a temporary stress-related form of asthma, and he gave her a few medications to help her during her time in Maryland. She had a tough time in Maryland and had at least one night when she couldn't sleep because of coughing, but she started improving a little towards the end.
Right after Mom went back home to Hattiesburg two weeks ago, she was able to see a pulmonary specialist who agreed with the general practitioner's opinion. He said that Mom likely developed stress-triggered asthma in recent months as a complication of her original respiratory illness and ... well, you know, all the STRESS. He said she seemed to have been treated very well by her general practitioner and that he expects her condition will improve on its own now that things are somewhat calmer. ("Calm" is kind of a relative term for us right now, but I guess that's just to be expected.) He plans to see her again in a few weeks just to make sure she is still improving, but Mom said she can tell she is doing much better since she's been back home, and we're very thankful to God for that. Mom also asked me to thank all of you for praying for her so faithfully. Please pray that she will continue to improve. Each of us has had different needs during this whole thing, and it's been so encouraging to see how you've all been willing to pray for those things and help us in any way you can. It's really just overwhelming how God has blessed us through your love and prayers. Thank you.
Again, please pray for Aaron's surgery tomorrow, and you'll hear from me tomorrow.