Farther Along...

Today continues to be a roller coaster as we wrestled with care for Lucy and our changing living situation here as Jodi was discharged.  Our best case scenario of staying in the in-house Ronald McDonald House (the same floor as Lucy) is happening and we are slated to be here until Sunday evening, then another round of uncertainty will develop.  

As for the littlest patient, we have been able to spend some time bedside and she is doing as well as can be expected.  She has a breathing tube and is breathing off of a ventilator.  Mainly, the only meds she is dealing with right now are morphine for the pain and something that they have been intermittently giving her for stabilizing her blood pressure.  Her left lung did seem to collapse somewhat in the surgery, but in the hours since has greatly improved.  There is still no set timetable for how quickly steps will be taken, ventilator turned off, central line removed, food given, etc., but we are trusting in the great knowledge and experience of those around us.  

God continues to remove worries and concerns and grants us the opportunity to talk to other families at the hospital and learn about their situations as well.  We continue to pray for strength and perseverance as the irregular (and reduced) sleep schedule and long days are starting to catch up to us.  

We miss our other kiddos and have been blessed to have a few visits with them today, but they are heading back to GR tomorrow AM.  Pray that they are able to maintain some normalcy in their days.  They have certainly taken to the newest Goad and will be anxious to get at her as soon as they can.  

I continue to be encouraged by a song I have been listening to by Josh Garrels...the song is titled Farther Along...I have posted the lyrics below (they are long to read but totally worth it, and I posted the video of it to follow)...

Farther Along we'll know all about it

Farther Along we'll understand why

Cheer up my brothers, live in the sunshine

We'll understand this, all by and by

Tempted and tried, I wondered why

The good man died, the bad man thrives

And Jesus cries because he loves 'em both

We're all cast-aways in need of ropes

Hangin' on by the last threads of our hope

In a house of mirrors full of smoke

Confusing illusions I've seen

Where did I go wrong, I sang along

To every chorus of the song

That the devil wrote like a piper at the gates

Leading mice and men down to their fates

But some will courageously escape

The seductive voice with a heart of faith

While walkin' that line back home 

So much more to life than we've been told

It's full of beauty that will unfold

And shine like you struck gold my wayward son

That dead weight burden weighs a ton

Go down into the river and let it run

And wash away all the things you've done

Forgiveness alright

Farther Along...

Still I get hard pressed on every side

Between the rock and a compromise

Like the truth and a pack of lies fightin' for my soul

And I've got no place left to go

Cause I got changed by what I've been shown

More glory that the world has known

Keeps me ramblin' on

Skipping like a calf loosed from its stall

I'm free to love once and for all

And even when I fall I'll get back up

For the joy that overflows my cup

Heaven filled me with more than enough

Broke down my levee and my bluff

Let the flood wash me

And one day when the sky rolls back on us

Some rejoice and the others fuss

Cause every knee must bow and tongue confess

That the son of God is forever blessed

His is the kingdom, we're the guests

So put your voice up to the test

Sing Lord, Come Soon...Ah Yes.

Farther Along...